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HON.  WILLIAM  C  CLARKK. 

MAVOK    OK    MANCHKSTER,  N     H.,    I  S95  -  96  -  97  -  98. 


Fifty-first  annual  Report 


Receipts  and  Expenditures 


City  OF  MANCHESTER 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


FOR   THE   FISCAL,   YEAR  ENDING 


DECEMBER    31,    1896. 


TOGETHER    WITH 


OTHER   ANNUAL   REPORTS   AND  PAPERS  RELATING 
TO  THE  AFFAIRS  OF  THE  CITY. 


MANCHESTER: 

PRINTED    BY    THE    JOHN    B.    CLARKE    CO. 
1897. 


MANCHESTER 

CITY   GOVERNMENT. 

1896. 


Mayor. 

WILLIAM  0.  CLARKE Office,  City  Hall 

Chosen  at  biennial  election  in  November,  1894.  Salary,  $1,800 
per  annum,  payable  quarterly.  (Act  of  June,  1848,  section  1. 
Chapter  223,  Laws  of  1883.  Public  Statutes,  chapter  47.)  Tele- 
phone at  house  and  office. 


Aldermen. 
Act  of  June,  1848,  section  1.     Public  Statutes,  chapter  48. 

Ward  1.  Gardner  K.  Browning,  55  Stark  Corporation, 
Canal  street. 

Ward  2.  George  E.  Heath,  River  road  north,  at  Hook- 
sett  line. 

Ward  3.  George  W.  Reed,  483  Chestnut  street. 

Ward  4.  Howard  C.  Holt,  411  Amherst  street. 

Ward  5.  Richard  J.  Barry,  240  Lake  avenue. 

^Vard  6.  Frank  H.  Libbey,  Nutt  road. 

^V^ard  7.  Johann  A.  Graf,  10  Middle  street. 

Ward  8.  Christian  L.  Wolf,  36  Clinton  street. 

Ward  9.  Frank  T.  Provost,  21  Amory  street. 

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MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 

President  of  the  Common  Council 
John  T.  Gott,  Mammoth  road. 


Members  of  the  Common  Council. 

Act  of  June,  1S48,  section  1.     Public  Statutes,  chapter  48. 

Ward  1. 

Charles  E.  Blanchard,  53  Market  street. 

William  Watts,  31  Stark  Corporation,  Mechanic  street. 

Carl  E.  Eydin,  28  Stark  Corporation,  Mechanic  street. 

Ward  2. 

Eben  Carr,  Union,  near  River  road  north. 
Ossian  D.  Knox,  757  Chestnut  street. 
John  A.  Lindqiiist,  48  Blodjjjet  street. 

Ward  3. 

Clarence  E,  Rose,  337  Pearl  street. 
Joseph  O.  Tremblay,  18  Malvern  street. 
William  F.  Elliott,  194  Concord  street. 

Ward  4. 

George  H.  Phinnoy,  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,  21)0  Pine  street. 
Daniel  A.  Murphy,  103  East  Spruce  street. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS. 


Ward  6. 


Jolm  T.  Gott,  Mammoth  road. 
Charles  Hazen,  436  Central  street. 
B.  Frank  Welch,  14  Elm  street. 

Ward  7. 

Norris  P.  Colby,  17  Middle  street. 
Samuel  F.  Davis,  57  West  Merrimack  street. 
Robert  Morrow,  66  Amoskeag  Corporation,  West  Mer- 
rimack street. 

Ward  8. 

Edward  F.  Scheer,  135  Milford  street. 
John  W.  Wilson,  215  Turner  street. 
William  E.  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  Mj'rtle  street. 

Salary,  $200.     (General    Laws,  chapter    46,  sections    7-9.     City 
Laws  and  Ordinances,  page  33,  chapter  6,  section  11.) 


City  Clerk. 
]S[athan  P.  Kidder Office,  City  Hall 

Salary,  $900.     The  city  clerk,  in  addition  to  his  salary,  is  in  re- 
ceipt of  fees  as  registrar  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths,  and  as 


6  MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 

a  recording  officer  for  record  of  mortgages  on  personal  property, 
of  attachments  of  real  estate,  of  partnerships  and  assignments, 
and  for  recording  various  other  legal  papers.  He  also  receives 
fees  for  issuing  dog  licenses,  billiard  and  hoveling  alley  licenses, 
for  certifying  records,  and  for  various  other  matters. 

These  fees  are  established  by  the  state  legislature  under  vari- 
ous laws,  and  are  estimated  to  be  between  $2,100  and  $2,500  per 
annum.  Chosen  in  convention  of  City  Councils  in  January,  an- 
nuall3^  (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  Manchester  street. 


City  Auditor. 

James  E.  Dodge Office,  City  Hall 

Salary,  $1,200.  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 

Residence,  1589  Elm  street. 


City  Treasurer. 
Fred  L.  Allen Office,  City  Hall 

Salary,  $1,200.  Elected  in  convention  of  City  Councils  in  Janu- 
ary, annually.  (Charter,  section  23.  Act  of  1856,  section  4.  Gen- 
eral Laws,  chapter  48,  sections  3,  4.  Act  of  1859,  section  4.  City 
Laws  and  Ordinances,  pages  36,  86-89,  170,  172.) 


LIST    OF  OFFICERS.  7 

Treasurer's  Clerk. 
Blanche  E,  Bullock Treasurer's  Office,  City  Hall 


Collector  of  Taxes. 

George  E.  Morrill Office,  City  Hall 

Salary,  $1,650  and  fees.  Elected  by  Mayor  and  Aldermen  be- 
fore May  1,  annually.  (Act  of  July,  1851.  Act  of  June,  1859,  sec- 
tion 6.  Public  Statutes,  chapter  43.  City  Laws  and  Ordinances, 
chapter  33.)     Residence,  740  Chestnut  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  Block,  936  Elm  street 

Salary,  $800.  Elected  in  convention  of  City  Councils,  in  Janu- 
ary, 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  Janu- 
ary, annually.  (City  Laws  and  Ordinances,  chapters  4,  6.)  Res- 
idence, 49  Appleton  street. 


8  MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 

Joint  Standing  Committees. 

On  Finance. — The  Mayor  and  Alderman  Graf;  Council- 
men  Knox,  Colby,  and  Hazen. 

On  Accounts. — Aldermen  Browning  and  Provost;  Coun- 
eilmen  Watts,  Blakely,  and  W.  J.  Allen.  (Meet  Wednes- 
day 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,  Martel,  and  Wilson.  (Meets  third  Friday  in  each 
month.) 

On  Streets. — Aldermen  Reed  and  Heath;  Councilmen 
Tremblay,  Scheer,  and  Hazen. 

On  Sewers  and  Drains. — Aldermen  Wolf  and  Heath; 
Councilmen  Phinney,  Sullivan,  and  Lindquist. 

On  Lighting  Streets. — Aldermen  Browning  and  Wolf; 
Councilmen  Deschenes,  Carr,  and  Murphy. 

On  Lands  and  Buildings. — Aldermen  Graf  and  Barry; 
Councilmen  Welch,  Davis,  and  Richards. 

On  Fire  Department. — Aldermen  Libbey  and  Holt; 
Councilmen  Tremblay,  Blanchard,  and  Welch. 

On  Commons  and  Cemeteries. — Aldermen  Graf  and 
Holt;  Councilmen  Blanchard,  Gildard,  and  Carr. 

On  Public  Instruction. — Aldermen  Heath  and  Provost; 
Councilmen  Lindquist,  W.  J.  Allen,  and  Morrow. 

On  Water-Works. — Aldermen  Reed  and  Holt;  Council- 
men  Wilson,  Watts,  and  Davis. 

On  City  Farm. — Aldermen  Barry  and  Reed;  Council- 
men  Elliott,  Rydin,  and  Gildard. 

On  House  of  Correction. — Aldermen  Reed  and  Barry; 
Councilmen  Murphy,  W.  J.  Allen,  and  Schindler. 

On  Military  Affairs. — Aldermen  Provost  and  Brown- 
ing; Councilmen  Rose,  Scheer,  and  M.  R.  Sullivan. 

On  Public  Health. — Aldermen  Holt  and  Wolf;  Council- 
men  Martel,  Richards,  and  Colby. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS.  9 

Standing  Committees. 

BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN. 

On  Enrollment. — Aldermen  Reed  and  Barry. 
On  Bills  on  Second  Reading. — Aldermen  Browning  and 
Wolf. 

On  Market. — Aldermen  Holt  and  Libbey. 

On  Marshal's  Accounts. — Aldermen  Heath  and  Provost. 

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,  Elli- 
ott, and  Hazen. 

On  Enrollment. — Councilmen  Rydin,  Carr,  and  Des- 
chenes. 


City  Physician. 
Frederick  Perkins OflSce,  895  Elm  street 

Salary,  $600.  Elected  by  City  Councils  in  convention  in  Janu- 
ary, annually.  (Laws  of  1870,  chapter  99.  City  Ordinances, 
chapter  9,  sections  29,  30.)  Residence,  Clark  street,  corner 
Chestnut. 


City  Engineer, 
Winfred  H.  Bennett OfiSce,  City  Hall 

Salary,  $1,200.     Chosen  by  Citj^  Councils  in  convention  in  Janu- 
ary, annually.     (City  Ordinances,  chapter  6,  sections  33,  34.) 


10  MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 


Water    Commissioners. 

(Chapter  70,  Laws  of  1871.  City  Ordinances,  chapter  36,  and 
Laws  of  1891,  chapter  26,  page  319,  act  approved  March  31,  1891. 
Chapter  183,  Laws  of  1893.)  One  commissioner  elected  annually 
by  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  in  the  mouth  of  September,  for  a  term 
of  six  years.  Office  at  Court  House,  corner  Franklin  and  West 
Merrimack  streets.     Telephone  at  office  and  at  pumping  station. 

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. 
Harry  E.  Parker,  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.  .Oflfice,  Court  House,  Franklin  street 

Salary,    $2,000.     Chosen    by    Avater    commissioners     annually. 
Eesidence,  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. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS.  11 


Engineer  at  Old  Pumping  Station. 

Josiah  Laselle.     Salary,  |700,   rent,  fuel,  and  use  of 
land. 

Chosen  by  water  commissioners  annually. 


Engineer  at  New  Pumping  Station. 

Henry  A.  Donaway.     Salary,  $2.50  per   day,  rent,  and 
fuel. 


Justice  of  tine  Police  Court. 

Isaac  L.  Heath,  court  room  at  Police  Station,  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. 

George  W.  Prescott.     Salary,  $300  per  annum. 

Appointed  by  the  Governor,  with  the  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, 

Appointed  by  the  justice  of  the  police  court.  (Chapter  163, 
sections  17-19,  General  Laws,  amended  by  chapter  236,  Laws  of 
1881.     Public  Statutes,  chapter  211.)     Eesidence,  15  Ash  street. 


12  MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 


Police. 

The  members  of  the  police  are  appointed  by  the  Police  Com- 
missioners, and  hold  their  commissions  during  good  behavior. 
They  are,  by  virtue  of  their  appointment,  constables  and  con- 
servators of  the  peace,  and  their  jurisdiction  extends  through- 
out the  city.  (Chapter  253,  section  5,  General  Law^s;  chapter 
303,  Laws  of  1887;  chapter  202,  Laws  of  1893.)  Police  station,  at 
the  corner  of  Chestnut  and  Manchester  streets. 


Police  Commissioners. 
See   chapter  202,   Laws   1893. 

Noah  S.  Clark,  clerk,  term  expires  January,  1898. 
Frank  P.  Carpenter,  term  expires  January,  1902. 
Harry  E.  Loveren,  chairman,   term    expires   January. 
1900. 


Chief  of  Police. 

Michael  J.  Healy Office  at  Police  Station 

Salary,    $900.     Eesidence,    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. 

Tliomas  E.  Steele.     Salary,  $2.50  per  day.     Residence, 
56  Nashua  street. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS.  13 

Sergeant. 

William   M.   Caldwell.     Salary,  $2.50   per  day.     Resi- 
dence, 269  Merrimack  street. 


Patrolmen. 

SALARY,  $2.25  PER  DAY. 

Randall  W.  Bean,  85  Ash  street, 

Frank  E.  Bourrassa,  552  Lincoln  street. 

Lucius  M.  Rollins,  437  Laurel  street. 

Olaf  Ring,  330  Central  street. 

Jolm  T.  O'Dowd,  311  East  Spruce  street. 

Florence  Sullivan,  340  Cedar  street. 

Henry  A.  Burns,  451  Manchester  street. 

Theodore  Flodin,  21  Jane  street. 

George  A.  Lovejoy,  99  Orange  street. 

John  D.  Healy,  172  East  Spruce  street. 

Frank  W.  Marden,  423  Belmont  street. 

Oscar  R.  Poehlman,  386  Dubuque  street. 

Albert  Russell,  352  Amherst  street. 

Leon  E.  Magoon,  355  East  Spruce  street. 

Joseph  Archambeault,  64  Merrimack  street. 

James  S.  Butler,  41  Cedar  street. 

John  C.  Badger,  325  Amherst  street. 

Peter  Callaghan,  470  East  Spruce  street. 

John  J.  Connor,  155  Pine  street. 

Frank  P.  Moore,  47  Elm  street. 

John  T.  Welch,  1263  Elm  street. 

Jolm  T.  Nixon,  314  Lake  avenue. 

Elmer  E.  Somers,  336  Lake  avenue. 

Levi  J.  Proctor,  Candia  road  corner  Massabesic. 

Joseph  A.  Farrell,  323  East  Spruce  street. 

James  S.  Hampston,  179  Central  street. 


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MANCHESTER  CITY    GOVERNMENT. 


Janitor  of  Station. 

Frank  P.  Wiggin.     |1.75  per  day.     Residence,  255  Au- 
burn street. 


Miss  A.  B.  Brown. 
Chestnut  street. 


Matron. 
|415  per  annum.     Residence,  329 


School  Committee. 

Chosen  at  the  biennial  election  in  November,  189-t;  Maj'or  and 
president  of  the  Common  Council  members  ex-offlcio.  The  board 
of  school  committee  choose  the  clerk  of  the  board,  the  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction,  the  truant  officer,  and  the  teachers 
^n  the  public  schools,  and  determine  their  salaries.  Thej^  have 
charge  of  the  repairs  of  schoolhouses,  to  a  limited  extent,  and 
the  purchase  of  free  text-books  and  other  supplies,  and  are  lim- 
ited by  the  appropriations  of  the  City  Councils.  The  salary  of 
the  committee  is  $10  each.. 

Ward  1. 


Walter  B.  Heath. 


Augustus  P.  Home. 


George  U.  Towne. 


Charles  M.  Floyd. 


Elliott  C.  Lambert. 
Ward  2. 

Charles  H.  Manning. 
Ward  8. 

Louis  E.  Phelps. 
Ward  4. 

Nathaniel  L.  Colby. 


James  P.  Slattery. 


Harry  I.  Dodge. 


Marshall  P.  Hall.* 
Fred  W.  Pillsbury, 


Luther  0.  Baldwin. 


Robert  E.  Walsh. 


list  of  officers. 
Ward  5. 

Harry  J.  Woods. 
Ward  6. 

Herbert  E.  Richardson. 
Ward  7. 

Edward  B.  Woodbury. 

Ward  8. 

Josiah  G.  Dearborn. 
Ward  9. 

Jeremiah  Sullivan.*- 


15 


William  C.  Clarke,  ex-officio  chairman. 
John  T.  Gott,  ex-officio. 
George  D.  Towne,  vice-chairman, 
Edward  B.  Woodbury,  clerk. 


,  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction. 

William  E.  Buck Office,  City  Hall 

Salary,  $2,300.     Kesidence,  324  Myrtle  street. 


Superintendent's  Clerk. 

Fannie  L.  Sanborn Residence,  161  Hanover  street 

Salary,  $500. 
♦Deceased. 


16  MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 

Truant  Officer. 

Curtis  W.  Davis Office,  City  Hall 

Salary,  $750.     Kesidence,  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  abatement  of  taxes.  Office,  City  Hall.  (Chartei% 
section  25.  Public  Statutes,  chapter  48,  section  1;  chapter  50, 
section  4;  chapter  49,  sections  10,  11,  12.  City  Ordinances,  chap- 
ter G,  section  26.)  Assistant  assessors,  not  exceeding  six,  chosen 
hy  the  city  councils. 

Ward  1.  Henry  Lewis,  32  Amoskeag  Corporation. 
Ward  2.  John  E.  Stearns,  58  Myrtle  street. 
Ward  3.  David  O.  Furnald,  384  Lowell  street. 
Ward  4.  Harrison  D.  Lord,  387  Hanover  street. 
Ward  5.  George  F.  Sheehan,  85  Cedar  street. 
Ward  6.  George  H.  Dudley,  159  Laurel  street. 
Ward  7.   William  T.  Kowell,  14   Manchester   Corpora- 
tion. 

Ward  8.  Frank  N.  Daniels,  137  Milford  street. 
Ward  9.  Julius  Wiesner,  16  Rimnion  street. 


CHAIRMAN  OF   ASSESSORS. 

David  0.  Furnald Office,  City  Hall 

CLERK  OF  ASSESSORS. 

George  H.  Dudley Office,  City  Hall 


LIST    OF     OFFICERS. 


17 


Inspectors  of  Check-Lists. 

One  in  each  ward,  chosen  at  the  biennial  election  in  November. 
Compensation,  $2.25  per  day  for  each  day  actually  employed. 
Office,  City  Hall.  (Laws  of  1878,  chapter  163,  sections  5,  6,  7,  9, 
10,  11,  13,  13,  14,  16,  and  City  Ordinances,  chapter  14,  section  9.)    - 

Ward  1.  George  C.  Kemp,  40  Machine  Shop  block. 

Ward  2.  Charles  B.  Tucker,  777  Union  street. 

Ward  3.  William  B.  Corey,  88  Pearl  street. 

Ward  4.  Samuel  J.  Lord,  387  Hanover  street. 

Ward  5.  Patrick  Daley,  188  Chestnut  street. 

Ward  6.  Albert  J.  Peaslee,  Cohas  avenue,  near  Water- 
Works. 

Ward  7.  Joseph  A.  Foster,  42  Amoskeag  Corporation. 

Ward  8.  Charles  C.  Tinkham,  9  Parker  avenue. 

Ward  9.  John  B.  Bourque,  22  Wayne  street. 


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 
Ordinanees,  chapter  14,  section  18,  as  amended  by  Ordinance  of 
August  5,  1890.  Meet  third  Wednesday  of  each  month  in  City 
Hall  building. 

Ward  1.  William  H.  Maxwell,  clerk,  20  Amoskeag  Cor- 
poration, Stark  street. 

Ward  2.  Thomas  L.  Quimby,  railroad  station,  foot  of 
West  Salmon  street. 

W^ard  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  Manches- 
ter. 


18  MANCHESTER    CITY   GOVERNMENT. 

Ward  7.  William  Marshall,  72  Amoskeag  Corporation, 
West  Merrimack. 
Ward  8.  Cliarles  S.  McKean,  495  Granite  street. 
Ward  9.  Moise  Bessette,  322  Rimmon  street. 
William  C.  Clarke,  ex-officio,  Office,  City  Hall. 


Board  of  Health. 

(City  Ordinances,  chapter  14,  section  10,  as  amended.  Laws  of 
188.5,  chapter  165;  Laws  of  1887,  chapter  227;  Public  Statutes, 
chapters  108,  109,  110.)  One  member  appointed  by  the  Mayor  in 
January  of  each  year,  to  hold  office  for  a  term  of  three  years. 
Salarj^  $200  each  per  annum.  Office,  Court  House,  West  Merri- 
mack, corner  of  Franklin  street. 

Clarence  W.  Downing,  M.  D.  Term  expires  first  Mon- 
day in  February,  1896.     Reappointed. 

William  K.  Robbins,  290  McGregor.  Term  expires 
first  Monday  in  February,  1898. 

Cornelius  F.  Starr,  M.  D.,  49  Manchester  street.  Term 
expires  first  Monday  in  February,  1897.  Resigned 
March,  1896.  » 

William  J.  Starr,  1008  Elm  street.  Term  expires  first 
Monday  in  February,  1897. 

Herbert  S.  Clough,  sanitary  inspector,  Hanover-street 
road.  Office,  Court  House,  Merrimack,  corner  of  Frank- 
lin 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  of  Franklin  street.  Residence, 
232  Lake  avenue. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS.  19 

Fire  Department. 

The  chief  engineer  and  four  assistant  engineers  are  chosen  an- 
nually in  the  month  of  January,  by  a  majority  of  the  City  Coun- 
cils'in  convention.  The  salary  of  the  chief  engineer  is  $1,300  per 
annum;  the  assistant  engineers,  each  $125  per  annum.  They 
exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  of  firewards.  Tho 
said  engineers  constitute  the  board  of  engineers,  and  elect  a 
clerk  whose  compensation  is  $25  a  year.  The  annual  compensa- 
tion of  the  call  members  of  the  several  hook-and-ladder,  hose, 
steam  fire  engine,  and  chemical  engine  companies  is  as  follows: 
Captain,  each  $165;  lieutenants,  each  $160;  clerks,  each  $160; 
assistant  engineers,  each  $155;  all  other  members,  each  $150; 
payable  in  equal  semi-annual  payments,  on  the  first  of  January 
and  July.  (Laws  of  1870,  chapter  99.  General  Laws,  chapter 
106.  City  Ordinances,  chapters  6  and  12.)  Six  members  are 
permanently  employed  as  engineers  at  $76.25  per  month  each, 
and  twenty-one  as  drivers  at  68.33y3  jjer  month  each,  six  other 
permanent  men  at  $65  per  month  each,  and  receive  no  compensa- 
tion as  call  members.  Members  and  officers  of  each  company 
are  appointed  by  the  board  of  engineers. 


Chief  Engineer. 

Thomas  W.  Lane. . .  .OflQce,  Central  Station,  Vine  street. 
Eesidence,  1937  Elm  street.     Telephone  at  house  and  office. 

Fred  S.  Bean,  clerk,  102  Orange  street. 
Ruel  G.  Manning,  52  Douglas  street.  West  Manchester. 
Eugene  S.  Whitney,   River   road   north,  corner   West 
North  street. 

Clarence  R.  Merrill,  418  Merrimack  street. 
For  further  information  see  chief  engineer's  report. 


Trustees  of  City  Library. 

(Laws  of    1854,  chapter   1588.     See    contract   with  Manchester 
Atheneum,  printed  on  pages  i07  and  108  of  City  Eeport  for  fiscal 


20  MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 

year  ending  January  31,  1855.)  Board  of  seven  trustees,  one  of 
whom  is  elected  bj^  Aldermen  and  board  of  trustees  in  joint  con- 
vention in  September,  annually.  Term  of  service,  seven  years; 
no  salary.  Two  additional  trustees,  Maj'or,  and  president  of 
Common  Council,  ex-officio. 

Frank  P.  Carpenter,  term  expires  October  1,  1902,  Elm, 
corner  West  North  street. 

Nathan  P.  Hunt,  term  expires  October  1,  1901,  774 
Union  street. 

Herman  F.  Straw,  term  expires  October  1,  1900,  607 
Chestnut  street, 

Walter  M.  Parker,  term  expires  October  1,  1899,  West 
Webster  street,  corner  Elm. 

Isaac  W.  Smith,  term  expires  October  1,  1898,  1855 
Elm  street. 

Moody  Currier,  term  expires  October  1,  1897,  Ash 
street,  corner  Myrtle. 

C.  D.  McDuffie,  term  expires  October  1,  1903,  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,  management,  and 
control  of  the  building,  constructing,  repairing,  and  maintain- 
ing 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  meeting  of  the  board  at 


LIST    OF   OFFICERS.  21 

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,  clerk,  term  expires  1898. 
Leonard  P.  Keynolds,  term  expires  1896. 
Horace  P.  Simpson,  chairman,  term  expires  1900. 
Byron  Worthen,  term  expires  1902. 


Assistant  Clerk. 
Julia  F.  Stearns. 

City  Weigher. 

Elected  annually  in  convention  of  City  Councils.  Salary,  $400 
per  annum;  all  fees  for  weig'hing"  returned  monthly  to  city 
treasurer  with  sworn  statement.  Stationed  at  city  scales  on 
Franklin  street. 

Asa  B.  Eaton.     Office,  city  scales;  residence,  23  Apple- 
ton  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  chap- 
ter 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. 


22  MANCHESTER    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 

Kobert  Snyder. 

Harry  P.  Ray,  River  road  north. 

C.  R.  Hodge,  574  Hall  street. 

Henry  C.  Wallace,  64  Hanover  street. 


Trustees  of  Cemeteries. 

(City  Ordinances,  chapter  39,  sections  1,  2,  3,  4.)  Two  trustees 
elected  by  City  Councils  in  convention  in  January,  annuallj%  for 
the  term  of  four  years.  Snb-trustees  appointed  by  board  of  trus- 
tees. 

John  F.  Frost,  11  Manchester  Corporation,  term  ex- 
pires 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,  term  expires  1897. 

James  E.  Bailey,  Goffstown  road  near  Front  street, 
term  expires  1897. 

Edwin  F.  Jones,  15  High  street,  term  expires  January, 
1900. 

John  P.  Young,  346  Merrimack  street,  term  expires 
January,  1900. 

Fred  L.  Allen,  clerk  and  treasurer,  6  Linden  street. 


Sub-Trustees  of  Cemeteries. 

A^ALLBY   CEMETERY. 

Alderman  Howard  C.  Holt,  411  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. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS.  23 

PINE  GROVE  CEMETERY. 

Alderman  J.  Adam  Graf,  10  Middle  street. 
Councilman  Charles  E.  Blanchard,  53  Market  street. 
John  F.  Frost,  11  Manchester  Corporation. 
.     John  P.  Young,  346  Merrimack  street. 
Edwin  F.  Jones,  15  High  street. 

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  ceme- 
tery.    Telephone. 

SUPERINTENDENT   OF   VALLEY   CEMETERY. 

Charles  H.  G.  Foss.     Office  at  the  cemetery;  residence, 
2G7  Lake  avenue. 

TRUSTEES  OF  CEMETERY  FUNDS. 

Charles  H.  Bartlett,  25  High  street. 
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  1,  an- 
nually. (Public  Statutes,  chapter  127.)  Appointed  by  Mayor 
and  Aldermen.     Salary,  $300  per  annum. 


24  MANCIIESTEll    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 


Inspector  of  Buildings. 

Thomas  W.  Lane Office  at  Central  Fire  Station 

Eesidence,  1937  Elm  street.  Appointed  by  Board  of  Mayor  and 
Aldermen,  biennially,  in  February.  Salary,  $100  per  annum. 
(Citj'  Ordinances,  chapter  15.  Laws  of  1883,  chapter  94.  Public 
Statutes,  page  170.)     Telephone  at  house  and  office. 


Inspectors  of  Oil. 

Joseph  B.  Baril .' 99  Bridge  street 

John  Cayzer 383  Granite  street 

(Public  Statutes,  chapter  129,  sections  25-34.     City  Ordinances, 
chapter  25.)     Paid  by  fees,  V4  of  1  per  cent  per  gallon. 


Moderators. 


Elected  bienniallj'.  (General  Laws,  chapter  31,  sections  3,  9; 
chapter  36,  section  9;  chapter  44,  section  7.  City  Ordinances, 
page  18.     See  Public  Statutes  relating  to  towns  and  cities.) 

Ward  1.   Abial  W.  Eastman,   24  Amoskeag   Corpora- 
tion, Stark  street. 

Ward  2.  Lyman  W.  Colby,  753  Chestnut  street. 
.   Ward  3.  Arthur  S.  Bunton,  27  Walnut  street. 

Ward  4.  George  H.  Warren,  461  Hanover  street. 

Ward  5.  John  B.  Rodgers,  240  Lake  avenue. 

Ward  G.  Herbert  S.  Clough,  45  Middle  street. 

Ward  7.  Frank  A.  Dockham,  18  Pleasant  street. 

Ward  8.  Robert  E.  McKean,  50  Main  street. 

Ward  9.  John  T.  Hannigan,  159  Cartier  street. 


LIST    OF    OFFICERS.  25 

Ward  Clerks. 

Elected  biennially.  (General  Laws,  cliapter  44,  sections  10,  12. 
City  Ordinances,  page  18.  Public  Statutes  relating  to  towns  and 
cities.) 

Ward  1.  Frank  X.  Foster,  1382  Elm  street. 
Ward  2.  Charles  A.  Allen,  GS  Liberty  street. 
Ward  3.  John  H.  Hayes,  lOG  Arlington  street. 
Ward  4.  Joseph  W.  Abbott,  256  Manchester  street. 
Ward  5.  Martin  J.  Whalen,  CO  Cedar  street. 
Ward  6.  Arthur  B.  Dickey,  39  Elm  street. 
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. 


Selectmen. 


Elected  biennially.  (General  Laws,  chapter  1,  section  27; 
chapter  12,  section  6;  chapter  40,  sections  2,  3;  chapter  109,  sec- 
tion 27;  chapter  213,  section  1.  City  Ordinances,  page  18.  Pub- 
lic Statutes  relating  to  towns  and  cities.) 

Ward  1. 

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. 


26  manchester  city  government. 

Ward  3. 

George  N.  Baker,  78  Ashland  street. 
John  Cronin,  284  Bridge  street. 

Ward  4. 

Charles  H.  Bartlett,  251  Concord  street. 
Wilfred  Beaneliemin,  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. 

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  Merrimack  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,  101  Milford  street. 


list  of  officers.  27 

Ward  9. 


Albert  Oliver,  309  Bartlett  street. 
Martin  J.  Rafferty,  450  Beauport  street. 
Joseph  Trahan,  508  Dubuque  street. 


REPORT 


BOARD  OF  WATER  COMMISSIONERS. 


REPORT 

OF  THE 

BOARD  OF  WATER  COMMISSIONERS. 


To  the  City  Councils  of  the  City  of  Manchester: 

Gentlemen, — The  Manchester  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners herewith  submit  their  twenty-fifth  annual  re- 
port to  your  honorable  body  for  the  year  ending  Decem- 
ber 31, 1896,  with  the  report  of  the  superintendent  during 
the  same  period,  to  which  reference  is  made  and  which 
indicates  the  gratifying  results  of  the  service  connected 
with  this  department. 

The  receipts  and  expenditures  for  the  year  have  been 
as  follows: 

Balance  unexpended  December  31,  1895 |42,720.01 

Eeceived  from  water  rentals  and   miscellane- 
ous    128,907.03 

Total 1171,627.04 

Paid  interest  on  water  bonds $11,446.00 

current  expenses  and  repairs    30,894.36 

construction 65,099.32 

hydrant  rentals  set  aside  for 

sinking     fund 16,800.00 

1154,239.68 

Balance  unexpended |17,387.36 

31 


32  ANNUAL    REPORTS. 

The  premium  received  by  the  city  on  |100,000  of  water 
bonds  refunded  at  four  per  cent,  amounting  to  |6,248.00, 
has  not  been  credited  to  the  water-works  department, 
making  total  premium  on  bonds  sold,  which  has  not  been 
credited  to  this  department,  |24,G00.56. 

Your  commissioners  have  continued  acquiring  posses- 
sion of  lands  bordering  on  Lake  Massabesic,  and  during 
the  year  have  secured  10,041  lineal  feet. 

In  a  portion  of  this  purchase  is  included  lands  in  Hills- 
borough county  which  were  condemned  by  the  city  and 
damages  assessed  by  the  board  of  county  commissioners, 
and  which  have  since  been  secured  to  the  city  at  several 
thousand  dollars  less  than  the  amount  awarded  by  them. 

In  the  Devonshire  Mills'  suit  against  the  city  there  has 
been  but  little  progress  made  during  the  year. 

Aside  from  the  damage  resulting  from  the  freshet  in 
the  Merrimack  river  in  March,  1896,  no  serious  accident 
or  losses  caused  by  defective  pipes  have  occurred  during 
the  year. 

The  city  having  accepted  the  terms  of  the  bequest  of 
the  late  Ja,mes  A.  Weston,  a  contract  has  been  awarded 
for  the  construction  of  an  observatory  on  Oak  Hill  inDer- 
ryfield  Park,  near  the  new  reservoir. 

Its  location  commands  an  extensive  view  of  the  city 
and  surrounding  country,  and  will  be  a  point  of  interest 
to  our  own  people  as  well  as  to  those  who  may  be  visiting 
our  city. 

Universal  harmony  has  prevailed  among  the  members 
of  the  board  during  its  deliberations,  and  the  execution 
of  its  plans  carried  forward  with  promptness. 

In  its  negotiations  with  the  various  parties  with  whom 
the  board  has  had  dealings,  in  connection  with  the  pur- 
chase of  lands  bordering  on  the  Lake,  the  utmost  cour- 


BOARD    OF    WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  33 

tesy  and  friendliness  has  been  shown  by  all  those  with 
whom  it  has  had  business  relations. 

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  1, 1897. 


SUPERINTENDENT'S  REPORT. 


To  the  Honorable  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Manchester : 

The  report  of  the  superintendent  for  the  jear  ending 
December  31,  1896,  is  herewith  respectfully  submitted: 

MASSABESIC  LAKE. 

The  water  in  the  lake  has  been  low  throughout  the 
summer  and  fall.  The  lowest  point  reached  was  Sep- 
tember 1,  when  it  stood  twenty-six  inches  below  the  dam. 
This  was  four  inches  higher  than  the  lowest  point  in  1894. 

The  water  now  stands  twenty  inches  below  the  dam, 
which  is  three  feet  and  four  inches  lower  than  last  year 
at  this  time. 

October  12  it  was  four  feet  below  the  dam  at  the  head 
of  the  canal. 

In  the  month  of  October,  we  pumped  by  steam  into  the 
low  service  reservoir  three  different  times,  to  assist  the 
low  service  pumps  in  filling  it.  When  the  water  is  so 
very  low,  it  takes  the  head  from  the  wheel,  and  requires 
more  gallons  to  pump  up  one;  also  more  hours  of  pump- 
ing, which  is  a  loss  of  water  to  the  lake.  When  the  lake 
is  full,  the  pumps  run  twenty-two  strokes  per  minute; 
while  in  low  water  it  is  from  sixteen  to  eighteen  strokes. 
The  Davidson  pump  delivers  into  the  reservoir  152  gal- 
lons each  stroke;  the  R.  D.  Wood  pump,  13G  gallons  each 
stroke. 

34 


BOARD    OF   WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  35 

These  pumps  are  in  good  condition.  The  man  in 
charge  keeps  them  in  good  working  order.  Pumping  fif- 
teen to  nineteen  hours  out  of  twenty-four  requires  almost 
constant  care. 

As  will  be  seen  by  the  following  table,  more  water  was 
pumped  at  the  old  station  this  year  than  in  1895. 


36 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


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HIGH  SERVICE  STATION. 

The  pumps  at  this  station  are  doing  their  work  satis- 
factorily, and  as  a  rule,  one  pump  running  every  other 
day.  The  engineer  in  charge  understands  perfectly  how 
to  run  the  pumps,  and  also  how  to  make  any  repairs  on 
the  same. 

The  pumping  station,  the  dwelling-house,  barn,  and 
sheds  are  clean,  and  kept  in  condition  beyond  criticism. 
The  grounds  about  the  premises  are  in  excellent  condi- 
tion, and  show  great  care  and  attention.  About  the  same 
amount  of  labor  has  been  exjjended  in  improvements 
about  the  station  as  last  year.  The  low  land  at  the 
mouth  of  Slager  brook  has  been  cleared  of  bushes  and 
I)artly  graded.  Stone  walls  haA'e  been  built  and  fences 
made.  The  highway  leading  from  the  Borough  road  to 
the  pumping  station  has  been  repaired,  and  is  in  good 
condition.  A  portion  of  the  land  on  the  Kidder  place 
has  been  plowed  and  seeded  down  to  grass.  The  land 
just  north  of  the  pumping  station,  which  was  a  part  of 
the  Hunter  purchase,  was  woodland,  but  since  acquiring 
this  property,  a  strip  near  the  superintendent's  dwelling 
has  been  cleared  as  a  protection  against  fire  in  the  future. 
The  buildings  have  often  been  endangered  in  the  past  by 
brush  fires  in  this  immediate  vicinity,  and  only  from  the 
fact  that  the  hydrant  service  was  at  command,  have  the 
buildings  been  saved  from  destruction.  It  is  thought 
the  danger  of  fire  from  this  source  is  now  avoided. 

LOW    SERVICE    STATION. 

It  having  become  apparent  that  the  storage  room  was 
insufficient  in  capacity,  at  the  old  station,  it  was  thought 
advisable  to  take  down  the  barn  on  the  Webster  land, 
which  is  owned  by  the  city,  and  use  the  lumber  in  the 
erection  of  a  new  barn  at  this  station,  which  has  been 
completed. 


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RESERVOIRS. 

There  lias  been  no  expenditure  of  labor  or  money  at  the 
old  reservoir  or  upon  the  grounds  surrounding  it.  The 
fence  around  it,  which  was  built  some  twenty  years  ago, 
is  showing  visible  signs  of  decay,  and  must  of  necessity 
undergo  rei^airs. 

The  new  reservoir  on  Oak  Hill  shows  no  apparent 
leaks.  The  banks  have  been  topdressed  and  re-seeded,  a 
process  w^hich  will  probably  have  to  be  continued  until 
the  banks  are  in  such  condition  as  to  prevent  washing. 
A  gauge  has  been  put  in  the  gate-house  to  measure  the 
height  of  the  w^ater  in  the  reservoir. 

All  the  land  taken  for  a  reservoir  site  has  been  turned 
over  to  the  street  and  park  commissioners,  except  the 
land  enclosed  by  the  fence  at  its  base. 

MAIN  PIPES. 

The  high  service  cast-iron  force  main  has  had  five 
leaks  the  past  year,  which  have  occurred  at  the  joints, 
fill  without  serious  damage. 

A  break  occurred  on  the  low  service  force  main  under 
the  Webster  brook,  about  one  thousand  feet  from  the 
pumping  station.  This  was  caused  by  the  water  under- 
mining the  stonework  and  letting  the  stone  down  upon 
the  pipe.  This  was  the  old  wrought-iron  and  cement 
pipe,  and  on  examination  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  re- 
place 193  feet  of  it  with  new  cast-iron  pipe. 

There  have  been  quite  a  number  of  leaks  repaired  on 
this  line  of  pipe  the  past  year.  The  pipe  appears  sound 
when  uncovered,  and  as  a  rule  the  leaks  are  in  the  joints. 

DISTRIBUTION   PIPES. 

There  has  been  considerable  trouble  with  the  distribu- 
tion x^ipes  during  the  year.     The  first  serious  break  was 


40  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

in  Februarj^,  at  the  corner  of  Elm  and  Bridge  streets. 
There  were  no  personal  claims  for  settlement,  the  dam- 
age being  confined  to  the  street. 

On  the  second  day  of  March,  owing  to  the  unprecedent- 
ed freshet  in  the  Merrimack  river,  a  portion  of  Granite 
bridge  was  swept  away,  and  with  it  one  of  the  supply 
mains  for  West  Manchester. 

A  supply  main  which  had  been  laid  in  the  bed  of  the 
Merrimack  river  twenty-one  j^ears  ago,  about  one  thou- 
sand feet  below  Granite  bridge,  has  always  been  kept  in 
repair  for  use  should  accidents  occur  whereby  the  sus- 
pended p!pe  on  the  bridge  became  disabled.  Some  delay 
was  experienced  in  letting  the  water  into  this  pipe,  the 
gate  being  covered  by  eight  feet  of  water. 

When  this  pipe  was  laid  in  the  river  the  gate  w^as  two 
hundred  feet  further  east  and  twenty-five  feet  higher. 
Later  it  was  moved  to  its  present  position,  as  the  railroad 
company  was  grading  the  ground  in  its  vicinity,  to  in- 
crease their  yard  room,  and  also  to  be  available  in  case  of 
fire  to  Granite  bridge. 

An  examination  of  the  river  pipe  was  made  this  last 
summer,  and  only  one  leak  was  found,  which  was  re- 
paired. There  are  now  three  lines  of  pipe  to  West  Man- 
chester, one  in  the  bed  of  the  river,  and  one  each  on  Gran- 
ite and  McGregor  bridges. 

The  pipe  across  the  canal  on  Granite  street  rusted 
through  and  was  replaced  by  a  fifteen-inch  steel  pipe 
made  by  the  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Company.  The 
pipe  removed  was  fourteen-inch  plain  wrought-iron,  and 
had  been  in  use  seventeen  years. 

About  three  miles  of  water-pipe  extensions  have  been 
made  on  thirty-seven  different  streets,  at  an  expense  of 
$15,774.  There  have  also  been  laid  over  about  one  and 
three  fourths  miles  with  cast-iron  pipe,  at  a  cost  of  |5,6S0. 
The  grade  having  been  changed  in  the  streets,  about 


BOARD    OF    WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  41 

one  fourth  of  a  mile  of  pipe  lias  been  lowered  to  conform 
to  the  grade.  There  are  now  laid  nearlj^  eighty-eight 
miles  of  distribution  pipe,  thirteen  of  which  are  cement. 
There  have  been  laid  two  hundred  and  twenty-four 
service  pipes  during  the  season,  and  some  have  been  re- 
laid  that  were  filled  with  rust.  Nearly  one  half  the  ex- 
tensions have  been  made  in  hard  soil,  and  considerable 
rock  has  also  been  encountered. 

The  trench  at  the  north  end  of  Elm  street  is  now  being 
excavated  through  solid  ledge,  the  expense  being  borne 
by  the  sewer  and  water  departments,  both  laying  their 
pipes  therein.  This  method  is  to  be  avoided  when  not 
too  expensive,  for  a  leak  over  a  sewer  would  not  be  de- 
tected readily,  and  considerable  loss  of  water  might  en- 
-sue  before  discovery. 

FISH. 

There  have  been  quite  a  number  of  service  pipes  exam- 
ined and  fish  found  therein.  This  cannot  be  avoided.  It 
is  common  in  all  water-works  where  the  supply  is  taken 
from  open  waters.  They  pass  through  the  screens  when 
in  the  fry,  and  are  so  small  that  they  will  go  through  the 
smallest  kind  of  a  mesh,  and  grow  in  the  pipes.  The  only 
remedy  is  to  remove  them  when  so  found,  which  is  not  a 
frequent  occurrence. 

The  loudest  complaint  against  the  water  department 
caused  by  fish  comes  from  persons  who  own  houses  near 
the  city  watering-troughs,  and  supply  them  from  this 
source,  while  they  have  a  water  meter  on  their  premises. 
If  a  fish  gets  into  the  pipe  to  stop  the  water,  your  su- 
perintendent is  immediately  notified  that  the  public  good 
requires  these  troughs  to  be  supplied  with  running  w^  ater 
all  the  time. 

For  the  first  time  since  the  operation  of  the  water- 
works, complaint  was  made  in  April  that  the  water  had  a 


42  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

disagreeable  taste  and  the  odor  was  Terv  unpleasant. 
The  complaints  were  from  persons  who  were  drawing 
from  the  high  service  supply,  and  it  was  asserted  that  an 
animal  had  been  drowned  in  the  reservoir.  The  objec- 
tionable features  soon  passed  away,  and  the  water  as- 
sumed its  normal  condition. 

Although  this  condition  has  never  before  appeared 
here,  the  water  in  other  localities  has  been  affected  simi- 
larly. There  is  a  vegetable  growth  in  all  lake  waters 
which,  when  developed  to  a  certain  stage,  and  with  agita- 
tion of  the  water  by  continuous  high  winds,  will  produce 
an  odor  that  is  distinguishable,  but  at  the  same  time 
harmless.  The  condition  appeared  to  be  the  same 
whether  in  deep  or  shallow  water.  It  extended  north  to 
the  shore,  east  to  Deer  Neck  bridge,  and  south  to  within 
about  fifteen  hundred  feet  of  the  outlet  for  the  low  ser- 
vice system. 

This  is  a  subject  which  has  been  discussed  at  meetings 
of  the  New  England  Water-Works  Association,  and  no 
remedy  for  its  avoidance  has  as  yet  been  discovered.  As 
the  water  when  in  this  condition  seems  to  be  harmless, 
no  fear  need  be  had  from  its  use  for  culinary  purposes. 

It  is  a  demonstrated  fact  that  more  water  is  wasted 
than  is  used  for  domestic  and  fire  jjurposes.  More  pub- 
lic w^atering-troughs  are  running  water  to  waste  than  in 
any  other  city  the  size  of  Manchester. 

Meters  have  a  tendency  to  decrease  the  waste  of  water, 
but  they  are  expensive.  They  have  to  be  looked  after 
every  month,  and  twelve  dollars  a  year  is  too  low  for  a 
minimum  rate. 

The  old  building  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river  near 
River  street,  long  and  familiarly  known  as  the  ''old 
shantj',"  has  been  removed.  It  was  built  twenty  years 
ago  on  the  Amoskeag  Company's  land,  the  late  E.  A. 
Straw  giving  the  water-works  department  the  privilege 


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to  build  and  haTe  the  use  of  the  land  from  Ferry  street 
nearly  to  Granite  for  a  pipe  yard.  In  this  shanty  were 
kept  branches,  cast-iron  sleeves,  wood,  cement,  and  other 
material  to  repair  the  pipe.  The  railroad  has  taken  pos- 
session now,  and  it  does  not  leave  much  yard  room. 
There  is  not  so  much  need  of  it  now,  there  being  not  more 
than  six  hundred  feet  of  cement  pipe  now  in  use  on  the 
west  side  of  the  river. 

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pumping  station  for  1896. 


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48  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

The  income  from  sale  of  water  for  189G  has  been  as  fol- 
lows: 

Eeceived  for  water  bv  rate |32,540.03 

for  water  by  meter. . .     77,G10.10 
for  building  purposes.  638.48 

from   tines 302.80 

1111,091.41 

Eeceived  for  hydrant  rent 16,800.00 

Received  for  old  cement  pipe ... .  .  $162.00 

for  labor  and  pipe  sold  83.42 
for  labor  and  pipe  sold 

S.  C.  Forsaith  Co 48.45 

for  old  brass 74.25 

from    city,    for    2-inch 

pipe  and  valves 72.00 

440.12 

Received  from  Mel.  Hall,  for  five 

buildings $300.00 

from      H.      Severance 

(Heath   cottage) 12.00 

from    Arthur    Sinclair 

(Faucher  barn) 25.00 

from    Chas.  Pettigrew 

(Webster  building).  25.00 

from    S.     G.    Prescott 

(Wilkins'   building).  10.00 

from   S.    G.    Prescott, 

rent 6(T.OO 

from       Massabesic 

Grange,   rent 50.00 

from      Asa     Heselton, 

rent 12..50 

from  Sarah  II.  Gilbert, 

rent  two  years 4.00 


BOARD    OF   WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  49 

Keceived  from  W.  G.  Brown,  rent 

(Coclirane  building).  |36.00 

from  Charles   Whitten, 

grass  on  Reed  land. .  5.00 

from  Charles  Spofford, 

grass      on      Canfleld 

land 20.00 

from  L.  E.  Emery,  grass 

on  Eaton  land 3.00 

from  T.  E.  Reed,  grass 

on  C.  Reed  land 3.00 

from  G.  G.  Griffin,  lease  1.00 

from  F.  Brown,  lease. .  .  1.00 

from  J.  A.  Sinclair,  rent  8.00 

1575.50 

Total  receipts $128,907.03 

Abatements,  |467.89. 
Amount  on  hand  Dec.  31, 1895. ...  |42,720.01 
received     from     water 

rates,  etc 112,107.03 

received  from    hydrant 

rentals 10,800.00 

Total  receipts |171,G27.04 

Amount    paid    for     current    ex- 
penses  $30,894.36 

paid    for  construction 

expenses 65,099.32 

Interest  on  bonds,  1896 41,446.00 

Hydrant    rentals    set   aside  for 

sinking  fund 16,800.00 

Total  expenditures,  1896 |154,239.6S 

Balance  on  hand  Dec.  31, 1896 |17,387.3a 

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50  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

The  premium  on  water  bonds  sold  in 

1893,  amount  |200,000,  was $6,090.00 

3894,  amount  |50,000,  was 2,.395.00 

July,  1895,  amount  |100,000,  was 6,265.00 

December,  1895,  amount  |50,000,  was 3,602.50 

1896,  amount  |100,000  (refunded),  was 6,248.00 


Total 124,600.56 

This  amount  has  not  been  credited  to  the  water-works 
department  as  it  should  have  been,  but  has  been  used  by 
the  city  for  other  purposes. 

CLASSIFICATION  OP  ACCOUNTS  FOR  1896. 

Superintendence,  repairs,  and  re- 
newals   121,271.42 

Stationery  and  printing 317.67 

Office  and  incidental  expenses. .  3,329.57 

Pumping  expenses, — low  service  2,150.61 

Pumping  expenses, — high  ser- 
vice   2,569.23 

Repairs  to  dam,  canal,  dam  and 

reservoir 209.86 

Repair  to  buildings 46.00 


Total  current  expenses  for  1896 $30,894.36 

Service  pipes $.3,591.54 

Distribution  pipes 20,216.19 

Fire  hydrants  and  valves 1,442.62 

Meters 4,257.34 

Land 32,525.00 

Pumping   machinery  and   build- 
ings         1,577.42 

Grading  and  fencing 1,489.21 

$65,099.32 


Total  construction  expenses  for  1896 . .       95,993.08 
Sinking  fund 16,800.00 


Total $112,793.68 


BOARD    OF   WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  61 

Construction  Expenses. 

Land  and  water  rights |135,T34.00 

Dam,  canal,  penstock  and  races.   101,399.16 
Pumping    machinery,    pump 

house,  and  buildings 176,372.19 

Distribution  reservoir 117,697.90 

Force  and  supply  main 89,769.02 

Distribution  pipes 568,011.24 

Fire  hydrants  and  valves 57,716.69 

Meters  and  fixtures 51,093.06 

Service  pipes 68,617.89 

Grading  and  fencing 16,711.97 

Tools  and  fixtures 10,649.35 

Boarding  and  store  houses .^         919.36 

Roads  and  culverts 4,405.20 

Supplies 550.39 

Engineering 22,176.19 

Livery  and  traveling  expenses. . .       2,856.64 
Legal  expenses 563.79 

Total  construction  expenses  to  Deo. 

31,  1896 11,425,244.04 

Current  Expenses. 

Superintendence,  collecting,  and 

repairs |273,054.25 

Stationery  and  printing 7,026.43 

Ofiice  and  incidental  expenses..       31,407.26 

Pumping  expenses  at  low  ser- 
vice         51,655.65 

Pumping  expenses  at  high  ser- 
vice  ,      9,758.55 

Eepairs  to  buildings 3,216.73 

Repairs  to  dam,  canal,  races,  and 

reservoir 5,034.38 

Total  current  expenses  to  Dec .  31, 

1896 $381,153.25 


62  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Interest |40,678.51 

Highway  expenditures 14,000.53 

$54,078.04 

Total   amount  of    bills    approved  to 

date $1,8G1,076.3S 

Interest,  discount,  and  labor 
performed  on  highway,  trans- 
fers, and  tools  and  materials 

sold 166,106.17 

Current    expenses   to   Dec.    31, 

1896 381,153.25 

1447,259.42 

Total  cost,  exclusive  of  interest  and 

current  expenses |1,413,S16.91 

Interest  and  discount  to  Dec.  31, 

1895 1801,454.51 

Interest  for  1896 41,446.00 

Total    interest    and    dis- 
count to  Dec.  31,  1896 $842,900.51 

AMOUNT  OF  WATER  BONDS  ISSUED  TO  DECEMBER  31,  1896. 

Issued  January  1,  1872,  rate  6  per  cent,  due 

January  1,  1902 |100,000 

Issued  January  1,  1887,  rate  4  per  cent,  due 

January  1,  1907 100,000 

Issued  July  1, 1890,  rate  4  per  cent,  due  July 

1,  1910 100,000 

Issued  January  1,  1892,  rate  4  jjer  cent,  due 

January  1,  1910 100,000 

Issued  August  1,  1893,  rate  5  per  cent,  due 

August  1,  1913 100,000 

Issued  November  1,  1893,  rate  4^  per  cent, 

due  November  1,  1913 100,000 


BOARD    OF    WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  53 

Issued  October  1,  1894,  rate  4  per  cent,  due 

October  1,  1914 |50,000 

Issued  July  1, 1895,  rate  4  per  cent,  due  July 

1,  1915 100,000 

Issued  December  16,  1895,  rate  4  per  cent, 

due  December  16,  1915 50,000 

Issued  January  1,  1897,  rate  4  per  cent,  due 

January  1,  1917 100,000 

1900,000 

SINKING  FUND. 

1893 112,750.00 

1894 13,925.00 

1895 15,800.00 

1896 16,800.00 


Total $59,275.00 


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$190,84 
1,436.56 

$14.00 

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1874 

i  $22,425,001    7,987.27 

$119.10 

104.18 

699.85 

98 

1875 

29,223.60 

13,095,00,  10,292.13 

3,348.11 

122.13 

120., 59 

2,245.64 

160 

1876 

39,028.47 

16,320.00  15,900.03 

6,305.81 

72.32 

180.16 

249.55 

166 

1877 

43,823.30 

17,475.00  1S,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 

'53,14,1.17 

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 

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60,215.62 

18,780.00,  25,336.18 

15,,5,54,9S 

105.60 

223.99 

203.87 

11.00 

310 

1882 

67,630.13 

20,130  00;  26,803.06 

.19,898,69 

146.65 

197.49 

443.24 

11.00 

371 

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73,4.58.20 

20,520.00  28,83>i24 

23,431.20 

314.65 

208.04 

125.07 

21.00 

404 

1884 

75,580-08 

21,350.00!  31,724.07 

21,329.75 

19.5.10 

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 

19,7.50.00  33,062.11 

21, .573.45 

287.40 

130.80 

320.23 

6.00 

613 

1887 

80,518.17 

20,437.,50  33,497.21 

25,277.0£ 

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 

1.55.27 

53.00 

951 

1890 

90,463.37 

19,880.00  32,431.10 

37,009,8( 

649  90 

151.80 

298.77 

42.00 

1,135 

1891 

76,605.23 

4,590.00  30,,5S8.79  40,479.25 

,     494.80 

160.40 

200.99 

91.00 

1,313 

1S92 

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  32,603.59  58,103.20 

'  1,033.75 

159.60 

339.38 

180.56 

1,895 

1894',  110,210.2f 

13,925.00  32,176.28  62,.501.3.i 

697.80 

227.40 

334.82 

347.(34 

2,182 

1895 

118,374.50 

15,800.00  32,903.99  67,465.90 

808.20 

300.40 

768.17 

327.84 

2,520 

1896 

128,907.03 

16,800.00  32,540  03  77,610.K 

638.48 

302.80 

440.12 

575.50 

2,856 

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 
treasurer,  and  credited  to  the  water-works : 

1872,  supplies  and  materials  sold 1573.61 

1873,  supplies  and  materials  sold 177.07 

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 607.81> 

March     12,     highway     expenditures 

transferred  from  water  account. . .         14,000.53 
March  17,  interest  and  discount  trans- 
ferred from  water  account 12,347.25 


BOARD    OF   WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  55 

1874,  September   1,  interest   and   discount 

transferred  from  water  account...  |22,361.74 

water  and  hydrant  rent 30,233.54 

December  29,  interest  transferred . .  .  4,566.25 

1875,  water  and  hydrant  rent 27,119.15 

sundry  items 2,104.45 

1876,  sundry  items 149.00 

water  and  hydrant  rent 38,879.47 

1877,  sundry  items 131.56 

water  and  hydrant  rent 43,691.74 

1878,  water  and  hydrant  rent 48,632.64 

sundry  items 241.62 

1879,  sundry  items 303.87 

water  and  hydrant  rent 52,839.30 

1880,  water  and  hydrant  rent " 57,180.19 

sundry  items 475.06 

1881,  water  and  hydrant  rent 60,000.75 

sundry  items <  214.87 

1882,  water  and  hydrant  rent 67,175.89 

sundry  items 454.24 

1883,  water  and  hydrant  rent 73,312.13 

sundry  items 146.07 

1884,  water  and  hydrant  rent 74,830.88 

sundry  items 749.20 

1885,  water  and  hydrant  rent 80,211.67 

sundry  items *       192.45 

1886,  water  and  hydrant  rent 74,803.76 

sundry  items 326.23 

1887,  water  and  hydrant  rent 79,682.70 

sundry  items 835.47 

1888,  water  and  hydrant  rent 85,397.20 

sundry  items 246.62 

1889,  water  and  hydrant  rent 86,492.19 

sundry  items 208.27 

1890,  water  and  hydrant  rent 90,122.60 


56  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

1890,  sundry  items 1340.77 

1891,  water  and  hydrant  rent 76,313.24 

sundry  items 291.99 

1892,  water  and  hydrant  rent 83,007.99 

sundry  items 400.80 

1893,  water  rent 90,900.14 

sundry  items 519.94 

1894,  water  rent 95,602.83 

sundry  items 682.46 

1895,  water  rent ■ 101,478.49 

sundry  items 1,090.01 

1896,  water  rent lll,091.4i 

sundry  items 1,015.02 


Total 11,697,086.60 

METERS. 

The  number  of  meters  set  during  the  year  has  been 
three  hundred  and  thirty-six  (336). 

Total  number  of  meters  now  in  use,  twenty-eight  hun- 
dred and  fifty-six  (2,856). 

The  number  of  applications  for  water  has  been  two 
hundred  and  seventeen  (217). 

Total  number  of  applications  to  date,  fifty-one  hundred 
and  fifty-two  (5,152). 

SERVICE  PIPES. 

Two  hundred  and  twenty-four  service  pipes  (224)  have 
been  laid  this  year,  as  follows: 
221  1-inch 5,369.0  feet 

3  2-inch 16.0      " 

Total 5,415.0  feet 


BOARD    OF   WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  57 
SERVICE  PIPES  RELAID. 

3  1-inch  dia.       91.0  feet  to  1-inch  dia 63.5  feet 

48  finch  dia.  1,-331.0  feet  to  1-inch  dia 1,285.6  " 

1  finch  dia.       34.0  feet  to  U-inch  dia 34.0  " 

1  1-inch  dia.     155.8  feet  to  1-inch  dia 44.0  '' 

1  2-inch  dia.        8.5  feet  to  2-inch  dia 8.5  " 


1,620.3  feet  1,435.6  feet 

Old  pipe,  1,620.3  feet;  new  pipe,  1,435.6  feet. 
Forty-nine  hundred   and   eighty-three   (4,983)    service 
pipes  have  been  laid  to  date,  as  follows: 

29  |-inch  diameter 620.6  feet 

1,617  f-inch  diameter 42,208.8  " 

3,201  1-ineh  diameter 80,579.9  " 

22  If  inch   diameter 893.5  " 

24  1^-inch  diameter 770.2  " 

67  2-inch  diameter 2,182.7  " 

2  2^-inch   diameter 57.0  " 

5  3-inch  diameter 89.8  " 

10  4-inch   diameter 269.5  " 

6  6-inch  diameter " 

127,672.0  feet 
Number  miles  service  pipe,  24.18. 


68 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


Tlie  following  streets  are  where  cement-lined  pipe  was 
taken  up  and  cast-iron  laid  in  1896: 


Streets. 


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Brook 

Canal 

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Dean  

Douglas 

Dutton 

Green 

Grove 

Hollis    

Kidder  

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Laurel 

S.  Main 

Manchester. 


Length  of  Pipe. 


20  in. 10  in.   8  in.   6  in.    4  in 


193 


193 


172 


1890 


1890 


2300 
661 


1243 

48 

10 

228 


59 
59 
25 

710 
33 

653 


6887 


471 


Location. 


Beech  to  flail. 
Elm  lo  Canal. 
Bridge  to  Brook. 
Maple  to  Wilson. 
At  Culvert. 
Cor.  Canal. 
East  of  Main. 
Amherst  to  Concord. 
Elm  near  freight  station. 

Cor.  Canal. 

Canal  to  Elm. 

Cor.  Canal. 

Wilson  to  east  of  Hall. 

Near  Mil  ford. 

No.  200  to  Beech. 


Total  relaid,  9,613  feet,  or  1.82  miles. 

Hydrant  on  Massabesic,  corner  Old  Falls  road,  was 
moved  over  on  Old  Falls  road. 

The  pipes,  gates,  and  hydrants  on  Green,  Grove,  and 
Summer,  corner  Elm,  at  new  freight  station,  were 
changed  to  Elm  street. 


BOARD    OF   WATER    COMMISSIONERS. 


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Corner  Beech  and  Dutton. 

South  of  Mast. 

Northward  to  Salmon. 

Auburn  to  Valley. 

Corner  Beech. 

Over  20-inch  pipe  at  Valley  St. 

South  of  Clay. 

North  of  Orange, 

Canal  across  the  river. 

West  of  Union. 
North  of  Kelley. 
Across  Lincoln  street. 
To  Lincoln. 
Thayer. 
Corner  Beech. 
Corner  Beech. 
Cedar  to  Auburn. 
VV^'st  of  Belmont. 
Hall  to  Belmont. 

Eii^t  of  Tine. 
To  Kelley  street. 
Aniory  to  Wayne. 
Corner  Montgomerjf. 
Corner  Elm. 
East  of  Canton. 
East  of  Mammoth. 
East  of  Cass. 

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Hydrant  on  Massabesic,  corner  Old  Falls  road,  moved 
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SIZE. 

Cement-lined  pipe. 

Cast-iron  pipe. 

Gates. 

20-inch  diameter 

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24,679  feet. 

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14-inch  diameter 

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396,164  feet. 

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Cement-lined  pipe 12.893  miles 

Cast-iron  pipe 75.031       " 

Total  pipe 87.924  miles 

687  hydrants. 
810  gates. 
13  air  yalves. 

Yours  respectfully, 

CHARLES  K.  WALKER, 

Superintendent. 


Uses  for  which  Water  is  Supplied. 

WATER  FIXTURES,  ETC. 

11,123  Families,  148  boarding-houses,  14,616  faucets, 
3,549  wash-bowls,  2,845  bath-tubs,  9,408  water-closets, 
539  wash-tubs,  206  urinals,  3,332  sill-cocks,  2,674  horses, 
126  cattle,  687  fire-hydrants,  28  watering-troughs,  8 
drinking-fountains,  51  stand-pipes,  2  public  urinals. 


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PUBLIC  BUILDINGS. 

1  Jail,  27  churches,  1  court  house,  10  hose  companies,  6 
fire  engines,  2  hook-and-ladder,  3  opera  houses,  3  con- 
vents, 4  city  hospitals,  4  cemeteries,  1  orphanage,  1  post- 
office,  1  city  library,  6  banks,  9  hotels,  1  Masonic  hall,  1 
Odd  Fellows'  hall,  3  halls. 

SHOPS. 

57  Barber,  10  wheelwright,  19  blacksmith,  8  carpenter, 
2  tinsmith,  1  copper,  3  currying,  19  plumber  and  gas  and 
water  pipe,  14  paint,  3  gunsmith. 

STORES. 

4  Auction,  35  drug,  22  jewelry,  1  fur,  3  house-furnish- 
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produce,  24  dry  goods,  12  candy,  1  cloak,  16  millinery,  3 
tea,  9  furniture,  1  wholesale  grocer,  107  grocery,  6  meal,  3 
hardware,  34  boot  and  shoe,  11  stove,  17  gents'  furnish- 
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upholstery,  9  undertakers,  5  sewing-machine,  1  feather- 
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SALOONS. 

18  Dining,  7  billiard,  55  liquor. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

6  Clubrooms,  3  bleacheries,  37  laundries,  4  ice-houses, 
11  photographers,  1  Mercy  Home,  2  old  ladies'  homes,  1 
soldiers'  monument,  1  Turner  hall,  4  fountains,  2  trust 
companies,  1  city  farm,  3  depots,  9  greenhouses,  2  band 
rooms,  26  bakeries,  2  waste,  1  business  college,  32  school- 
houses,  1  battery  building,  1  skating-rink,  1  kitchen,  3 
ward-rooms,  1  gymnasium,  2  police  stations. 


76  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

,         MANUFACTURING   ESTABLISHMENTS. 

1  Hosiery  mill,  1  silver-plating,  2  iron  foundries,  2  dye- 
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ness shops,  1  cornice  works,  1  brush  shop,  9  carriage 
shops,  12  cigar  factories,  1  brass  and  copper  foundry,  1 
locomotive  works,  1  grist-mill,  1  silk-mill,  3  granite 
works,  2  electric  light  stations,  4  sash  and  blind  shops,  1 
brewery,  6  shoe  shops,  1  gas  works,  4  slaughter-  houses,  1 
soap  factory,  4  needle  manufactories,  6  beer-bottling,  3 
book-binderies,  1  paper-mill,  2  box-makers,  1  paper-box 
manufactory. 

MARKETS. 

6  Fish,  12  meat  and  fish,  3  meat  (wholesale). 

STABLES. 

23  Livery,  1  electric  railroad,  1,073  private. 

OFFICES. 

20  dentists,  1  telephone,  2  telegraph,  2  express,  14 
printing,  1  gas,  17  coal. 


Materials  on  Hand. 

PIPE. 


8,100  feet  20-inch,  2,000  feet  14-inch,  5,000  feet  12 -inch, 
2,500  feet  10-inch,  1,000  feet  8-inch,  1,000  feet  6-inch. 


BRANCHES. 


2  double  6  on  20,  1  double  6  on  12,  2  double  8  on  12,  0 
double  6  on  10,  6  double  6  on  14,  1  double  4  on  4,  1  double 


BOARD    OF    WATER    COMMISSIONERS.  77 

4  on  6, 1  single  6  on  20,  2  single  10  on  20, 1  single  12  on  14, 
6  single  6  on  14,  2  single  6  on  10, 1  single  8  on  8,  5  single  0 
on  12,  2  single  10  on  10,  1  single  4  on  6,  3  single  20-incli 
Y's,  17  single  6  on  6. 

WHOLE  SLEEVES. 

2  20-incti,  2  14-inch,  1 12-inch,  10  10-inch,  21  8-inch,  37  6- 
inch,  22  4-inch. 

REDUCERS. 

5  8-inch  to  6-inch,  5  10-inch  to  8-inch,  2  14-inch  to  12- 
inch,  4  10-inch  to  6-inch,  2  6-inch  to  4-inch,  2  10-inch  to  14- 
inch. 

TURNS. 

2  20-inch  1-16,  2  10-inch  1-4,  2  10-inch  1-8,  2  8-inch  1-4, 
4  6-inch  1-4,  5  6-inch  1-8. 

RISERS. 

2  10-inch,  2  6-inch,  2  8-inch. 

GATES. 

1  12-inch,  1  10-inch  spigot,  1  10-inch  hub,  2  8-inch 
spigot,  3  8-inch  bells,  9  6-inch  spigots,  7  6-inch  bells. 


REPORT 


STREET  AND  PARK  COMMISSIONERS. 


FOURTH  ANNUAL   REPORT 


STREET   AND    PARK   COMMISSIONERS. 


To  His  Honor  the  Mayor  and  City  Councils  of  the  City  of 
Manchester,  N.  H.: 

Gentlemen, — We  have  the  honor  herewith  to  submit 
the  fourth  annual  report  of  this  department. 

The  following  gives  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of 
the  office  for  the  year  1896: 

RECEIPTS. 

Received  from  Manchester  Street  Railway..  |1,228.00 

from  sundry  sources 172.07 

Total 11,400.07 

Deposited  with  city  treasurer 1,391.29 

Cash  paid  out  for  express,  etc 8.2.5 

Balance  on  hand .53 

Total 11,400.07 

EXPENDITURES. 

Commissioners'  salaries |1,800.00 

Clerical   services 1,174.46 

81 


82  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Carriage  allowance 

Office  supplies 

Blank  books 

Incidentals 

Telephone 

Total $3,712.03 


1450.00 

72.42 

92.44 

82.96 

39.75 

Inventory  of  City  Property. 

Commissioners'  office,  including  typewriter, 

furniture,  office  supplies $349.25 

Division  No.  2,  including  18  horses,  dump- 
carts,  sprinklers,  snow'-plows,  road-ma- 
chine,   tools,    Carson    trench    machine, 

steam  hoister,  etc 20,724.49 

City  stables,  storage  shed,  blacksmith  shop, 

carpenter  shop 15,950.00 

Lot  of  land  on  Franklin  street 89,312.00 

Valuation  of  pipe  on  hand  at  city  yard 1,075.27 

Division  No.  4 2.00 

Division  No.  5 37.73 

Division  No.  6 23.50 

Division  No.  7 77.65 

Division  No.  8 37.50 

Division  No.  9 23.00 

X>ivision  No.  10,  including  3  horses,  road- 
machine,  dump-carts,  sprinklers,  etc 1,849.40 

-Stable  and  lot,  Division  No.  10 1,200.00 

Valuation  of  pipe  on  hand.  Division  No.  10..  25.27 
Commons,    including     horse    lawn-mower, 

swings,  seats,  etc 335.96 

Total $131,023.02 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  83 

Orders  Received  from  City   Government,  v/ith   Date 
of  Passage. 

ORDERS  TO  BUILD  FOLLOWING  SEWERS. 

Hevey  east  back,  Amory  to  "Wayne. 

Auburn  south  back,  Wilson  to  150  feet  east  of  Hall. 

Belmont,  Bridge  to  Mead. 

Spruce,  Canton  easterly  250  feet. 

Passed  January  7. 

Valley,  Wilson  easterly  200  feet. 
Beacon,  Spruce  northerly  150  feet. 
Orange,  Hall  to  Belmont. 
Clarke,  River  road  to  Elm. 
Elm,  Clarke  to  Rowell. 
Passed  February  4. 

Pine,  Auburn  northerly  to  Cedar  south  back. 
Cedar  south  back,  Pine  to  Beech. 
Passed  May  5. 

Cartier  east  back,  present  sewer  to  250  feet   south  of 
Sullivan. 

Dartmouth,  Dickey  to  Frederick. 
Conant,  Cartier  westerly  60  feet. 
Cesspool  in  Main  west  back. 
Two  cesspools,  corner  Myrtle  and  Hall. 
Passed  June  2. 

B,  C  street  northerly  about  150  feet. 
Valley,  Jewett  westerly  to  Foster  ave. 
Foster  avenue,  Valley  southerly  to  Hayward. 
Merrimack,  northerly  to  Hanover  east  of  Beacon. 
Hanover,  above  sewer  easterly  about  500  feet. 
Passed  July  14. 


84  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPOKTS. 

Quincy,  present  sewer  southerly  90  feet. 
Beauport  east  back,  Wayne  southerly  350  feet. 
Locust,  Christian  brook  to  Sagamore. 
Sagamore,  Locust  easterly  about  136  feet. 
Sagamore,  Salmon  120  feet  west  to  west  line  of  Elm. 
Liberty,  Christian  brook  to  200  feet  north  of  Xorth. 
Old  Bridge  street,  Belmont  westerly  125  feet. 
Belmont,  Valley  to  Clay. 
Green  south  back.  Union  to  Beech. 
Passed  August  4. 

Laurel  to  Merrimack. 
Hall,  Prospect  to  Harrison. 
Harrison,  Hall  to  Belmont. 
Union,  Appleton  north  150  feet. 
Maple,  Silver  to  Prescott. 
Passed  September  1. 

Carroll,  Amherst  road  southerly  250  feet. 
Lake  avenue,  Canton  easterly  300  feet. 
Grove  south  back,  Union  easterly  150  feet. 
Passed  October  6. 

Beacon,  Amherst  to  Concord. 

Schiller,  Hale  to  South  Main. 

Sagamore,  Oak  to  Linden. 

Walnut  east  back,  Christian  brook  to  Salmon. 

Montgomery  east  back,  Kelly  to  Amory. 

Carpenter,  Elm  to  Union. 

Auburn  south  back,  Maple  westerly  about  50  feet. 

Passed  November  10. 

Walnut  east  back.  Christian  brook  northerly  200  feet. 
Linden,  Prospect  to  Harrison. 
Harrison,  Linden  to  Russell. 
Passed  December  1. 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  85 

ORDERS  TO  BUILD  FOLLOWING  STREETS. 

Wentworth. 
Passed  January  7. 

Shasta,  Beech  to  Lincoln. 
Spruce,  Canton  to  J.  Hall  road. 
Carpenter,  Elm  to  Union. 
Passed  June  2. 

Sagamore,  Oak  to  Smyth  road. 
Passed  July  14. 

€olby,  West  Hancock  to  Log. 
Passed  August  4. 

Candia  road,  Mammoth  road  easterly  to  Kevere  ave. 
Passed  October  6. 

MISCELLANEOUS  ORDERS. 

Order  to  erect  steel  bridge  across  the  Merrimack  river 
on  Granite  street. 
Passed  April  27. 

Order  to  concrete  Nutfield  Lane  from  Amherst  to  Con- 
cord. 

Passed  June  2. 

Order  to  macadamize  Chestnut  street  from  Lake  ave- 
nue to  Valley  cemetery. 
Passed  July  7. 

Order  to  erect  and  equip  a  horse  drinking-fountain  at 
Amory  and  Hevey  east  back  street. 
Passed  August  4. 

Order  to  erect  and  equip  a  drinking-fountain  west  side 
of  Elm  near  Bridge. 
Passed  August  7. 


86 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


List  of  Apfropriations. 


Amount 
appropriated. 


Amount 
expended. 


Repairs  highways 

New  highways 

Watering  streets 

Paving  streets 

Macadamizing  streets 

Grade  for  concrete 

Scavenger 

City  teams 

Street  sweeping 

Street  and  park  commission 

Bridges 

Repair  of  sewers 

Christian  Brook  sewer 

Silver-street  sewer 

•River  road  and  Elm  street  sewers. 

t  New  sewers , 

Snow  and  ice 

Widening  Old  Mammoth  road 

Commons 

Stark  and  Derryfield  pai'ks 

t  New  Gianite  bridge 


S19 

20, 
5, 
6, 

20, 
5. 

16: 

6 
3, 

4, 
f 

6, 

15, 

15, 

40< 

4. 

1 

4 

5 

131. 


,000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
,000.00 
703.00 
000.00 
000.00 
437.83 
OOO.qO 
,000.00 
500.00 
,000.00 
228.00 


Total . 


$18,370.94 

18,617.52 
4,196.48 
6,320.69 

19,848.48 
6,035.82 

14,991.10 
6,285.70 
2,968.44 
3,712.03 
5,336.88 
5,421.63 
.%187.08 

16,124.13 
9,302.43 

41,015.68 
5,250.78 
1,000.00 
4,351.15 
5,000.00 
137,755.73 


$336,092.69 


♦Includes  $1,703  balance  1895,       1 
t  Includes      437  "       1S95,         j^ 

J  Includes  1,228  from  M.  S.  R.  Co.  J 


Total  expended  in  excess  of  appropria- 
tion, $223.86. 


STREET   AND    PARK   COMMISSION. 
COXTRACTS. 


87 


Awarded  to  or  agree- 
ment with 


Clarence  R.  Merrill 

A.  H.  Chadbourne  Co.... 

Warren  Harvey 

W.  F.  Head  &  Son 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Co 

Henry  W.  Parker 

A.  C.Wallace 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co 

Manchester  H.  &  L.  Co.. 

Head  &  Dowst  Co 

A.  H.  Chadbourne  Co 

Groton  Bridge  Co 

Charles  A.  Bailey 

Charles  H.  Robie  Co 

J.  T.  Underbill  Co 

Webster  &  Moore 

Charles  A.  Bailey 

Clemens  Langer 


Contract,  Material,  or  Location. 


To  furnish  No.  1  clipped  oats 

To  furnish  shrubs 

Cesspool,  edgestone 

Sewer  brick 

Iron  castings 

Cement 

Spruce  bracing 

Sewer  pipe 

Sewer  pipe 

Bridge  plank 

To  furnish  trees 

Superstructure  new  bridge 

Stone  for  new  bridge 

Concreting  Chestnut  street 

Concreting  Chestnut  street 

Building  Beech  street  extension.. 

Block  paving 

Iron   railing,  to  approaches    new 
bridge 


Date. 


January 

6 

February 

29 

April 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

30 

30 

June 

20 

20 

October 

24 

November 

1 

88 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 
PERMITS  TO  ENCUMBER. 


Given  to 


J.  H.  Cram 

D.  J.  Adams 

Jolin  E.Towle  &  Co  ... 

William  C.  Preston 

J.  C.  Quiniby 

B.  R.  Dufresne  &  Co.... 

Smith  &  Pliitts 

J.  A.  Jack.son 

S.  T.  Wortlien 

Bixby  &  Wilson 

Albert  J.  Sawyer 

Mary  Mullen 

Jas.  H.  Mendell  &  Co.. 

A.L.  Bixby 

Head  &  Dowst  Co 

S.  T.  Worthen 

Peter  McQuillan 

Ward  Bros  

John  Campbell 

L,.  M.  Aldrich 

D.  M.  K.  Phillips 

FredM.  Smith 

Postal  Tel.  &  Cable  Co. 

John  Morrison ,. 

W.  H.  Plumer 

S.  T.  Worthen 

James  F.  Brown  .... 

Flint  &  Lewis 

Stark  Mills 

Fred  Smith 

Merrimack  Elec.  Co 

N.W.Page 

Thomas  Shea 

J.  H.  Mendell  &  Co.. 

Stark  Mills 

F.  L.  Flanders 

James  Collity 

N.W.Page 

Charles  M.  Floyd 

"Mead,  Mason  &  Co. . 

Peter  Rogers 

Flint  &  Lewis 

Union  Pub.  Co 


Location. 


Young  road 

98  Pennacook  street 

Elm  west  back 

317  Pine  street 

727  Beech  street 

Cedar  and  Union 

River  road 

203  Merrimack  street 

Elm  at  Weeks  block 

A  street 

Auburn  street 

1736  Cedar  street 

Spruce  and  Union 

Hall  and  Spruce 

Straw's  block 

Pine  street 

Belmont  and  Lake  avenue 

Elm  and  Auburn 

Belmont  street 

Manchester  south  back 

Central  sti-eet 

Cedar  and  Pine 

Erect  poles,  Pine  street  — 

Cedar  and  Union 

Nutfleld  lane 

Ash  street 

Brook  street 

South  Main  street 

Bridge  street 

Salmon  street  

Erect  poles.  River  road  — 
Lake  avenue  and  Milton.., 

78  Lowell  street 

331  Merrimack  street 

Spring  street 

Spruce  street 

North  street 

Milton  and  Lake  avenue. . 

Elm  street 

JNIain  street 

Cedar  street 

Birch  street 

Hanover  street 


Date,  1896. 


Jan. 


March 
April 


May 


July 


Aug. 

Sept. 
Nov. 

Dec. 


6 

3 
IS 

3 
18 
20 
23 
25 
28 
29 

1 
II 
14 
18 
18 
20 
21 
25 


9 
13 
14 
15 

IS 

28 

29 

5 

5 

8 

13 
26 
5 
10 
22 
11 
17 
17 
18 
17 
24 


NOTE.—  A  bond  of  S500  being  filed  with  city  clerk  in  each  case  when  permit 
is  granted. 

STREETS    TURNPIKED    WITH    ROAD    MACHINE. 

Appleton 1,000  feet. 

A.dams 1,200 

Ash,  Brook  to  Harrison 300 

Ash,  Harrison  to  M3'rtle 500 

Bay,  Webster  to  Sagamore 1,500 

Blodget,  Elm  to  Union 900 


STREET   AND   PARK   COMMISSION.  89 

Brook,  Pine  to  'Ksh 1,000  feet. 

Beech,  Gore  to  Sagamore 300 

Beech,  Gore  to  Myrtle 1,000 

Brook,  Elm  to  Pine 800 

Beech,  Prospect  to  Harrison ....  400 

Brook,  Maple  to  Ash 250 

Beech,  Nutt  road  to  top  of  Beech  6,000 

Clarke 1,600 

Chestnut 1,200 

Chestnut,  Pennacook  to  Brook. .  300 

Elm,  Clarke  to  Sagamore 3,500 

Elm,  Clarke  to  Reform  School. . ..  3,500 

Elm,   railroad   bridge   to    Brown 

ave 1,700 

Gore,  Union  to  Ash 500 

Oore,  Beech  to  Smith  road 1,500 

Hazel,  Brook  to  Harrison 600 

Harrison,  Elm  to  Union 1,000 

Harrison,  Union  to  Maple 1,000 

Harrison,  Maple  to  Russell 600 

Hooksett  road,  Webster  to  Hook- 
sett  line 6,800 

Hall,  East  High  to  Bridge 300 

Kennard    road,    between    Smith 

and  Mammoth  road 3,000 

Liberty 800 

Munroe 500 

Maple,  Gore  to  Myrtle 1,200 

Maple,  Valley  to  Silver 1,500 

North,  Bay  to  Elm 700 

North  River  road 3,000 

North  River  road.  Reform  School 

to  Union  street '. .'. .  . .  ...  7,000 

North  River  road.  Union  to  Hook- 
sett  line 4,000 


90  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Oak,  Harrison  to  Myrtle 500  feet. 

Pine 1,400 

Pennacook,  Elm  to  Union 900 

Pine,  Brook  to  Salmon 900 

Pine,  Prospect  to  Brook 600 

Prospect,  Elm  to  Union 1,000 

Prospect,  Union  to  Russell 1,350 

Prospect,  Linden  to  Hall 600 

Pine,  Cedar  to  Valley 1,000 

Ray 400 

Russell,  Harrison  to  Gore 600 

Salmon 900 

Sagamore,  Elm  to  Bay 200 

Sagamore,  Chestnut  to  Walnut.  .  1,600 

Salmon,  Pine  to  Walnut 500 

Salmon,  River  road  to  Elm 800 

Sagamore,  Pine  to  Walnut 400 

Smith  road 5,000 

Titus  avenue,  Beech  west 800 

Trenton,  River  road  to  Union.  . . .  2,000 

Union 1,800 

Union,  Salmon  to  Brook 900 

Union,  Myrtle  to  Brook 800 

Union,  Hooksett  line  to  Clarke. .  10,000 

Union,  between  Cedar  and  Spruce  300 

W^ebster 2,100 

Walnut,  Brook  to  Salmon 900 

Walnut,  Brook  to  Myrtle 800 

Walnut,  Webster  to  Salmon 1,000 

Webster,  Hooksett  road  to  Smith 

road 5,000 

Total 106,000  ft.,or  20.09  ms. 

Labor  for  this  work  charged  to  repairs  of  highways. 


STREET   AND   PARK   COMMISSION. 


91 


STREETS  GRAVELED. 

Beech,  railroad  to  Mitchell. 

Baker,  Nutt  road  to  railroad. 

Calef  road,  near  Pine  Grove  cemetery. 

Calef  road,  east  of  Pine  Grove  cemetery. 

Elm,  Valley  south  to  Brown  ave. 

Gore. 

Hooksett  road. 
-    Myrtle. 

Kutt  road,  Kailroad  bridge  east. 

Prospect  and  Linden. 

Smith  road. 

Webster. 

1,300  loads  of  gravel  used;  labor  charged  to  repairs  of 
highways. 

NEW  CULVERTS. 


Location. 

Length        Width 
Id  feet.        in  feet. 

Labor. 

68                  i^ 

$78.00 

68 

48 

16 

283.96 

14.80 

Total 

184 

$376.76 

REPAIRED  CULVERTS. 


Calef  road,  labor 

Elm,  near  Ray  brook. 

Lincoln 

.Wilson,  near  Valley . . 


Total , 


$32.00 

358.22 

128.00 

98.40 

$616.62 


92  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

STREETS. 

We  will  make  mention  in  this  portion  of  our  report 
of  some  of  the  most  important  permanent  improvements 
made  upon  our  streets  the  past  season. 

Built  Carpenter  street,  Elm  to  Union,  1,400  feet;  Ma- 
ple, Valley  to  Silver,  1,500  feet;  Sagamore,  Oak  to  Smith 
road,  1,300  feet;  Shasta,  Beech  east  1,200  feet;  Wilson, 
East  Spruce  to  Valley,  1,750  feet;  Ray,  Appleton  to 
Clarke,  600  feet;  Hevey,  Amory  to  Wayne,  350  feet;  He- 
vey,  Kelly  to  Amory,  660  feet;  Kelly,  3,113  feet;  all  the 
above  were  built  to  grade. 

Bridge-street  extension  from  Mammoth  road  to  Hano- 
ver road  widened  and  graded  7,000  feet.  Extension  of 
Beech  street  at  junction  of  River  road,  1,200  feet.  Mam- 
moth road  from  Bridge  street  north,  2,000  feet. 

Retaining  wall  on  Mast  street  built,  using  415  perch  of 
stone. 

Two  culverts,  6x6,  built  at  Ray  and  Union  streets  over 
Ray  brook.  Total  amount  expended  on  new  streets,  |19,- 
617.52. 

Macadamizing  North  Main  street  from  Adams  to  Put- 
nam, 3,412  cubic  j'ards  stone  used.  Auburn,  Elm  to 
Chestnut,  600  feet,  2,266  square  yards;  Central,  Maple  to 
Hall,  1,825  feet,  6,896  square  yards;  Concord,  Union  to 
Ash,  800  feet,  3,211  square  yards;  Elm,  Pennacook  to 
Webster,  1,900  feet,  5,277  square  yards;  Merrimack, 
Chestnut  to  Union,  800  feet,  3,200  square  yards;  Wilson, 
1,840  feet,  6,951  square  yards;  repaired  Bridge,  Elm  to 
Canal,  Dean  street,  and  Myrtle  street,  a  distance  of  1,150 
feet,  5,954  square  yards.  4,025  loads  of  crushed  stone 
used  in  general  repairs  upon  dur  streets,  at  a  total  cost  of 
$19,848.48. 

There  has  been  put  in  12,801  square  yards  of  cobble 
gutters;  1,265  loads  of  paving  used.  6,542  feet  of  new 
fencing  built,  two  rails  high. 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  93 

The  amount  of  new  concrete  laid  in  street  crossings 
and  streets  is  8,760  square  yards,  at  a  cost  of  |4,846.65. 

The  above  in  tabulated  form  appears  under  the  several 
respective  heads. 

The  views  of  the  commissioners  cannot  be  better  ex- 
pressed than  by  quoting  from  His  Honor  the  Mayor's  in- 
augural address,  delivered  before  the  city  councils,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1897. 

"In  common  with  nearly  every  city  and  town  in  the 
United  States,  Manchester  is  vitally  interested  in  the 
subject  of  good  roads,  and  in  the  adoption  of  a  more  efli- 
cient,  economical,  and  equitable  system  of  highway  im- 
provements. It  has  become  the  fashion  in  this  city  for 
certain  classes  of  people  to  denounce  in  a  wholesale  man- 
ner the  condition  of  our  streets  and  roads,  and  to  bitterly 
criticise  our  street  dei^artment  for  not  making  them  bet- 
ter. For  one,  I  believe  that  a  large  share  of  this  criticism 
is  undeserved,  and  is  the  result  either  of  ignorance  or 
malice.  As  a  class,  our  streets  and  roads  are  fairly  good, 
and  will  stand  comparison  with  those  of  other  cities 
which  have  the  same  or  similar  conditions  of  native  soil 
and  rock  to  deal  with.  Ours  is  a  loose  and  sandy  soil,  and 
our  native  rock  has  been  proven  unfit  for  road  building 
except  for  purpose  of  ballast.  Not  until  the  street  com- 
missioners adopted  the  policy  of  sending  elsewhere  for  a 
top  dressing  for  our  streets,  was  the  work  of  macadamiz- 
ing successfully  accomplished.  Since  the  advent  of  the 
Salem  trap  rock  the  streets  of  Manchester  have  shown 
great  improvement,  and  as  the  commissioners  and  the 
public  are  well  satisfied  with  the  present  system  of  build- 
ing a  macadam  road,  it  is  likely  to  be  continued  with  in- 
creasing favorable  results.  In  macadamizing  streets 
under  the  new  process,  a  ballast  consisting  of  native 
broken  stone  taken  from  the  stone  crusher,  is  laid  about 
twelve  inches  deep,  and  on  top  of  this  is  placed  trap  rock 


94  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

to  the  thickness  of  about  four  inches,  and  the  whole  rolled 
down  by  the  citv  road-roller,  weighing  eighteen  tons. 
Samples  of  this  kind  of  road-building  may  be  found  in 
various  parts  of  the  city,  and  where  the  work  has  been 
thoroughly  done,  the  streets  are  in  a  most  excellent  con- 
dition. 

"Aside  from  an  inferior  quality  of  soil  and  rock,  Man- 
chester is  poorly  provided  with  a  first-class  quality  of 
gravel,  an  essential  quantity  in  good  road  building.  So, 
in  many  ways,  the  conditions  here  are  largely  against  the 
best  roads,  and  when  such  are  built,  they  are  very  expen- 
sive. 

"If  Manchester  was  provided,  as  some  cities  are,  with 
an  abundance  of  good  material  for  good  roads,  the  prob- 
lem of  building  them  would  be  an  easy  one;  but  as  she  is 
not,  the  officials  of  our  street  department  have  to  do  the 
best  they  can  with  the  material  at  their  command;  and  by 
buying  the  rest  from  other  sections  according  to  the 
means  placed  at  their  disposal. 

"It  is  an  easy  matter  to  criticise  the  condition  of  our 
streets;  but  did  you  ever  stop  to  consider  that  there  are 
200  miles  of  streets  and  roads  within  our  city  limits  that 
call  for  the  attention  of  our  street  department?  If  yon 
have,  then  you  will  understand  why  Manchester  has  not  a 
larger  percentage  of  good  streets,  and  a  smaller  percent- 
age of  poor  ones.  Herein  lies  the  fundamental  reason 
for  so  many  bad  streets  and  roads, — we  have  too  many  of 
them  laid  out." 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


95 


NEW  STEEETS  GRADED. 


Location. 


Ashland 

Carpenter,  Elm  to  Union 

Laurel,  from  Belmont 

Milton,  from  Laurel 

Maple,  Valley  to  Silver 

Ray,  Appleton  to  Clarke 

Summer,  west  Beech 

Sagamore,  Oak  to  Smyth  road. 

Salmon,  Walnut  to  Beech 

Shasta,  Beech  east 

Wilson,  East  Spruce  to  Valley 

Total 


Length 
in  feet. 


262 

1,400 

200 

300 

1,500 

600 

150 

1,300 

150 

1,200 

1,750 


S,S13 


Cut  or 
fill. 


Both. 


Cut.. 
Both. 
Cut.. 
Both. 


Cut.. 
Both. 


Lahor. 


$100.75 
951.86 


522.20 
t55.50 
311.50 
30.00 
980.50 
198.75 
560.00 
453.50 


$4,164.56 


SUMMARY. 


Total  cost  for  labor  for  new  highways,  cul- 
verts, etc.,  including  all  the  divisions. .....  $16,900.05 

Covering  stone  for  culverts 336.35 

Paving  stone  and  curbing 982.63 

Hardware 69.78 

Concrete 107.15 

General  incidentals 68.75 

Fencing  and  railing 152.81 

Total $18,617.52 

*  Labor  Included  in  Milton  street.         t  Turnpiked  with  road-machine. 


96 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 
NEW  MACADAMIZING. 


Location. 

Length 

in 

feet. 

Square 
yards. 

Crushed 
stone. 

Other 
stone. 

Labor. 

Auburn,  Elm  to  Chestnut 

600 
1,825 

800 

850 

1,900 

100 

800 

1,275 

1,840 

2,266 
6,896 
2,845 
3,211 
5,277 
222 
3,200 
3,412 
6,951 

450 

1,180 
325 
500 

1,060 

50 

650 

846 

1,350 

12 

84 

96 
250 

$1,020.80 

2,046.53 

858  75 

Central,  Maple  to  Hall 

Chestnut,  Lake  avenue  south 

Elm,  Webster  to  Pennacook 

Manchester  B.  S.,  Chestnut  east   . . . 

Merrimack,  Chestnut  to  Union 

North  Main,  Putnam  to  Adams 

Wilson 

1,005.00 
2,093.8O 
90.00 
1,674.51 
1,272.25 
2,315.17 

Total 

9,990 

34,280 

6,411 

442 

$12,376.81 

REPAIRED  MACADAMIZING. 


Location. 

Length 

in 

feet. 

Square 
yards. 

Crushed 
stone. 

Labor. 

Bridge,  Canal  to  Elm 

700 
250 
200 

4,200 

1,000 

754 

350 

200 

150 

4,023 

$775.00 

Dean,  Elm  west 

''55  00 

Myrtle,  from  Elm 

203.58 

General  repairs 

2,746.69 

Total 

1,150 

5,954 

4,723 

$3,980.27 

Crusher  was  run  from  April  13  to  November  16;  aver- 
age number  of  loads  crushed  each  day  was  49. 

Number  of  loads  used  for  new  macadamizing,  6,411; 
and  4,768  loads  used  on  repairing. 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


97 


SUMMARY. 

Incidentals 1364.61 

Stone  chips 547.75 

Salem  stone 623.00 

Coal,  coke,  oil,  wood 350.98 

Forcite  powder 934.16 

Repairs  on  crusher,  roller,  drills 550.98 

Eepairs  on  concrete  crossings 89.92 

Water- Works 30.00 

Labor 16,357.08 

Total 119,848.48 

PAVING  STREETS. 


Location. 

Sq.  yds. 

No. 
loads. 

Cost  of 
stone. 

Cost  of 
labor. 

223 

448 

272 

24 

54 

88 

544 

156 

27 

327 

252 

233 

21 

12 

564 

241 

111 

13 

1,303 

291 

33 

1,200 

106 

584 

350 

175 

165 

88 

51 

39 

1,250 

23 

30 

35 

3 

7 

9 

58 

16 

2 

38 

30 

28 

2 

2 

65 

32 

11 

2 

135 
30 
4 
50 
11 
48 
15 
20 
17 
11 
5 

"iso' 

$40.25 
52.50 
61.25 

5.25 

12.25 

15.75 

101.50 

28.00 

3.50 
60.50 
52.50 
49.00 

3.50 

3.50 

113.75 

56.00 

19.25 

3.50 
236.25 
52.50 

7.00' 
87.50 
19.25 
84.00 
26.25 
35.00 
29.75 
19.25 

8.75 

'262  iso' 

$41.60 

68.80 

♦     54  00 

Bi'idge,  east  of  Ashland 

6.50 

Belmont  and  Old  Bridge 

Brook,  between  Union  and  Walnut 

11.30 

17.50 

194.. 50 

Chestnut,  Cedar  to  Auburn 

35.75 

5.30 

64.00 

36  50 

Hazel,  Harrison  north 

32. 55 

Hanover  and  Ashland 

5.00 

3.25 

106.40 

Laurel  and  Milton 

88.00 

35.50 

2.75 

INIaple  to  Hall  on  Central 

201.20 

Malvern  and  East  High 

56.80 

Manchester  and  Hall 

7.50 

Manchester,  between  Union  and  Beech 
Manchester,  bet.  Lincoln  and  Wilson.. 
Merrimack,  Chestnut  to  Union 

195.50 
15.50 
90.50 
63.80 

Prospect  and  Union 

28.50 

Russell  to  Linden,  on  Myrtle 

,35.25 

Russell,  bet.  Prospect  and  Myrtle 

Union,  Salmon  to  North 

20.00 
6.50 

Union,  south  of  Sagamore 

5.50 

Wilson,  East  Spruce  to  Valley 

209.10 

Total 

9,245 

889 

$1,555.75 

$1,744.85 

98 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


PAVING  RELAID. 

Elm,  ne.ir  New  City  Hotel 

Elm,  near  Ray  brook 

Elm,  near  Bridge 

Hall  and  Manchester 

Lake  avenue,  between  Pine  and  Union . . 
Lake  avenue,  between  Canton  and  Cass. 

Lowell   street 

Spruce  and  Hall 


Total 

Labor,  |75.25. 


GRADE  FOR  CONCRETE. 


188  sq 

12 

7G 

34 
113 

83 

46 
7 


yds. 


559  sq.  yds. 


Location. 


Appleton  and  Chestnut 

Auburn,  Beech  and  Maple 

Belmont,  south  Concord 

Beech  and  Harrison 

Bridge,  near  Hall 

lU'ook  and  Ash 

Belmont,  north  Bridge 

Belmon  t  and  Pearl 

Ca)ef  road,  near  cemetery 

Carpenter,  Elm  to  Union 

E.  Spruce,  Valley  ou  Wilson 

Elm,  north  Clarke 

Grove  ajid  Union 

Harvard  and  Pine 

Lake  avenue,  Belmont  "west 

Lake  avenue,  east  Hall 

Lake  avenue,  east  Belmont 

Lake  avenue,  No.  t!05 

Lake  avenue  and  Belmont 

Milton  and  Laurel,  north  side 

Milton  and  Laurel,  south  side 

Merrimack  and  Hall 

Noi'th  and  Walnut 

North  Union,  near  Carpenter 

Old  Bridge,  northeast  to  Belmont. 
Orange,  between  Linden  and  Hall 

Pearl  and  Belmont 

Pine,  south  North ■ 

Pine,  Salmon  and  Nortli 

South  ICIni,  south  railroad  bridge. 

Salmon  and  Liberty 

Union  and  Biidge 

Union,  south  Webster  

Union,  nortli  A))pleton 

Walnut,  north  Salmon 

Total 


Length 
in  feet. 


100 
50 
200 
100 
50 
200 
200 
100 
865 
2,800 
J,o00 
100 
150 
100 
300 
200 
400 
175 
200 
375 
275 
200 
50 
520 
400 
150 
50 
75 
500 
500 
150 
400 
200 
275 
200 


Width 

Cut  or 

in  feet. 

fill. 

8 

Fill... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

Cut... 

8 

Fill... 

S 

Cut... 

8 

"  .   . 

8 

Both.. 

8 

Fill... 

8 

Both.. 

8 

"    ,. 

16 

"    .. 

8 

'<    .. 

8 

Fill... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

Cut... 

8 

It 

8 

«<  ... 

8 

Both. . 

8 

Fill... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

Both.. 

8 

"    .. 

8 

Cut... 

8 

Fill... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

"    ... 

8 

"    ... 

S 

Both.. 

8 

Fill... 

8 

Both.. 

8 

Fill... 

8 

... 

Labor. 


$12.50 
10.00 
20.00 
17.00 
10.00 
28.00 
3G.00 
14.50 
122.00 
544.00 
1C4.00 
24.50 
9.00 
17.00 
22.00 
40.00 
20.00 
21.00 
30.00 
50.00 
65.00 
12.00 
10.00 
243.00 
.58.00 
25.25 
9  25 
16.00 
72.00 
40.00 
97.00 
12.00 
37.00 
32.75 
23.50 


$1,964.25 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  99 

FENCING. 

W 

Arlington  street 145  feet 

Everett  street 300 

Elm,  near  Carpenter 278 

Gore  east  to  Russell 583 

Nutt  road 720 

Pennacook  street 48 

Prospect  east  to  Russell 250 

Ray,  near  Ray  brook 185 

Sagamore,  between  Elm  and  Chestnut 480 

Union,  near  Ray  brook 83 


Total 3,072  feet 

Note. — Labor  on   above   charged  to  repairs  of  high- 
ways. 

EDGESTONES  SET. 

Location.  Feet. 

Appleton  and  Chestnut 30 

Ash  and  Concord 48 

Ash  and  Brook IG 

Auburn,  east  of  Wilson 40 

Auburn,  between  Pine  and  Chestnut 100 

Brook  and  Walnut 17 

Belmont  and  Amherst 16 

Belmont  and  Laurel 16 

Beech  and  Sagamore 16 

Bridge  and  Belmont 10 

Beech  and  Orange IG 

Bridge  and  Maple 16 

Bridge  and  Russell 17 

Bridge  and  Russell 16 

Bridge  and  Maple. ,  40 

Blodget  and  Union 8 


100  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Beech  and  Orange 48 

Beech  and  Concord 50 

Clarke  and  Chestnut 18 

Concord  and  Ashland 2<> 

Clarke  and   Chestnut 16 

Central  and  Wilson 1(> 

Cedar  and  Union 200 

Carpenter,  Elm  to  Union 148 

Cedar  south  back  and  Union 65 

Elm  and  Baker 24 

Elm  and  Webster 20 

Granite 146 

Hanover  and  Hall 18 

Harrison  and  Hazel 5:i 

Hall  and  Laurel 34 

Hall  and  Spruce 14 

Lake  avenue,  between  Pine  and  Union 100 

Laurel  and  Milton 32 

Lake  avenue  and  Belmont 16 

Lowell  and  Malvern IS 

Linden  and  Prospect IS 

Lake  avenue  and  Beacon 16 

Lowell  and  Birch 17 

Lowell  and  Birch 24 

Lake  avenue  and  Beacon.. IS 

Lowell,  east  of  Ashland 32 

Lincoln  and  Central 45 

Milton  and  Laurel 36 

Maple,  near  Nashua 25 

Maple  and  Bridge 32 

Manchester  and  Hall 100 

Maple  and  East  High 52 

Malvern  and  East  High 36 

Manchester  and  Maple l'> 

Merrimack  and  Chestnut 100 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  101 

Orange  and  Pine 13 

Orange  and  Walnut IG 

Pine  and  Prospect 10 

Pine  and  Amherst 14 

Pine,  near  Lowell 60 

Pine  and  Cedar 103 

Spruce  south  back  on  Union 41 

Salmon  and  Walnut 32 

Sagamore  and  Union 150 

Shasta -. 50 

Salmon  and  Liberty 16 

Union  and  Grove 24 

Union  and  Green IS 

Union  and  Grove 30 

Union,  between  Salmon  and  North 103 

Union  and  Spruce 200 

Walnut  and  Orange IS 

Wilson  and  Valley 202 

Wilson,  between  Summer  and  Cedar 215 

Walnut  and  Bridge 52 

Walnut  and  Concord 62 

Total 3,551 

EDGESTONES  RESET. 

Location.  Feet. 

Auburn,  west  of  Chestnut ; 136 

Elm  south  back  at  Lowell 61 

Granite 325 

Lincoln  and  Central 50 

Total 572 

Total  cost  for  labor  of  foregoing  work, $388.30;  an  aver- 
age cost  of  $0,094  per  foot. 


102  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

CONCRETE  WORK.— J.  T.  UNDERBILL  CO. 


Location. 


Amory  and  Dubuque 

Aniory  and  Columbus 

Amory  and  Ilevey  cast  back 

Amorj'  and  Hevey 

Bridge  and  Maple 

Clarke  and  Cbestnut 

Cedar  and  Maple 

Elm  and  Welch  avenue 

East  Higb  and  Belmont 

Elm  near  Brown  avenue 

Elm  and  Clarke '. 

Gore  and  Walnut 

Hay  ward  and  Jewett 

Hay  ward  and  Front  avenue 

Hosley  avenue  and  Summer 

!Milton  and  Laurel 

Milton  and  Laurel 

INIilton  and  Lake  avenue 

ISIilton 

Merrimack  and  Pine 

Orange  and  Beecb 

Orange  anil  Walnut 

Pine  and  Prospect  south  back  . . 

Pine  and  Prospect 

Pearl  and  Walnut 

Pearl  and  Warren 

Prospect  and  Linden 

Salmon  and  Union 

Salmon  and  Liberty  east  back. . 

Sagamore  an d  Walnut 

Wilson  and  Bell 

Wilson  and  Grove  south  back.. . 

AVilson  and  Grove 

Wilson  and  Green  south  back. . . 

Wilson  and  Green 

Wilson  and  Summer  south  back 

Wilson  and  Summer 

Wilson  and  Auburn  south  back. 

Wilson  and  Auburn 

Wilson  and  Cedar  south  back... 

Wilson  and  Cedar 

Wilson  and  Spruce 

Wilson  and  Auburn 

Total 


Square 

Price 

yards. 

per  yd. 

90.67 

$0.75 

30.22 

.75 

17.33 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

62.22 

.75 

62.22 

.75 

29.33 

.75 

55.. 56 

.75 

.57.78 

.75 

56.00 

.75 

88.00 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

32.89 

.75 

20.44 

.75 

25.00 

.75 

92.00 

.75 

17.33 

.75 

18.67 

.75 

32.89 

.75 

89.06 

.75 

50.89 

.75 

62.04 

.75 

17.78 

.75 

38.22 

.75 

28.00 

.75 

28.44 

.75 

58.67 

.75 

28.89 

.75 

17.77 

.75 

61.33 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

17.74 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

16.89 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

16.89 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

16.89 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

16.89 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

60.44 

.75 

5.78 

.75 

1,668.92 



Total 
cost. 


$68.00 
22.06 
13.00 
22.66 
46.66 
46.66 
22.00 
41.67 
43  33 
42.00 
66.00 
22.66 
24.66 
15.33 
18.75 
69.00 
13.v,0 
14.00 
24.66 
66.79 
42.66 
46.53 
13.33 
28.66 
21.00 
21.33 
44.00 
21.66 
13.33 
46  00 
22.66 
13.33 
22.66 
12.66 
22.66 
12.66 
22.66 
12.66 
22.66 
12  06 
22.66 
45.33 
4.33 


$1,261.58 


SIDEWALKS. 


Location. 


Milton 

Wilson,  south  Spruce 

Total 


Square 
yards. 


180.. 59 
17.77 


198.36 


Price 
per  yd, 


$0.35 
.45 


Total 
cost. 


863.20 
7.99 


871.19 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


103 


CROSSINGS  AND  SIDEWALKS  REPAIRED. 


Location. 


Bridge  and  Union 

Bridge  and  Union,  east  back, 

Bridge  and  Maple 

Bridge  and  Maple 

Clarke  and  Chestnut 

Hallsville  sclioolhouse 

Lake  avenue  and  Pine 

Milton  and  Lake  avenue 

Orange  and  Pine    

Orange  and  Pine 

Sagamore  and  Vfalnut 

Total 


Square 
yards. 


27.11 

17. 7S 
63.56 
24.47 
3.90 
28.3!) 
28.89 
46.. 56 
84.71 
10.56 
11.61 


347.54 


Price 
per  yd, 


$0..37 
.37 
.37 
.45 
.45 
.37 
.37 
.35 
.37 
.45 
.45 


Total 
cost. 


$10.03 
6.58 
23.51 
11.01 
1.75 
10.50 
10  68 
16.29 
31.34 
4.75 
5.22 


$131.66 


ROADWAYS  RE-COVERED. 


Location. 

Square 
yards. 

Price 

per yd. 

Total 
cost. 

1,106.47 
352.86 

$0.50 
.50 

$553.24 
176  43 

Total 

1,459.33 

$729.67 

SUMMARY. 

Concrete  Work  by  J.  T.  Underhill  Co.,  Street  and  Parle  Covimission  Department. 


Square 
yards. 


Total  cost. 


New  crossings 

New  sidewalks , 

Crossings  and  walks  repaired 
Roadways  recovered 

Total 


1,668.92 
198.36 
347.54 

1,459.33 


$1,251.58 

71.19 

131.66 

729.67 


2,184.10 


104 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


CONCRETE  WORK.— CHARLES  II.  ROBIE  CO. 
STREET  CROSSINGS. 


Location. 

Square 
yards. 

Price 
per  yd. 

Total 
cost. 

Amory  and  Beauport 

29.70 
8i.71 
20.00 
29.33 
20  22 
6r78 

8.00 
36.44 
27., '56 
55.56 
40.00 
31.83 
18.67 
34.00 
30.00 
15  H 
17.33 
56.90 
30.00 

9.00 
28.78 

7.94 
15.97 
30.20 
30.20 
28.40 
53.33 
30.22 
35.44 
32.44 
42.00 
17.33 
16.89 

3.. 56 

9.78 
17.78 

$0.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 

J22.27 
63  53 

Appleton  and  Chestnut 

Beacon  and  Manchester 

15  00 

22  00 

19  66 

Bridge  i^nd  Walnut..   

46.33 

Beecli  and  Myrtle 

6  00 

Bath  and  Tliird 

07  33 

20  67 

41.67 

Concord  and  Walnut 

30  00 

Concord  and  Beech 

23.87 

Concord  and  Ash 

14  00 

25  95 

Elm  at  Bakersville  school 

22  50 

Harrison  and  Beech 

11.33 

Harrison  and  Walnut  east  back 

13.00 

42  67 

22.50 

Lake  avenue  west  of  Hall 

6  75 

Lowell  and  Malvern 

21.58 

Milf  ord  and  Tilton 

5.95 

North  and  Elm 

11  97 

North  and  Bay 

22  65 

Russell  and  Harrison 

22  65 

Russell  and  HaiTison 

21.30 

Sagamore  and  Walnut 

Salmon  and  Walnut 

40.00 
22.66 

South  Elm,  at  engine-house 

26  58 

Summer  and  Hall 

24.33 

South  Main  and  A .... 

31  50 

Union  and  Grove  south  back 

13.00 

Union  and  Green 

12.66 

2.67 

Walnut  and  Myrtle 

7.33 

Wilton  and  Cartier 

13.33 

Total 

1,056.90 

S797.19 

SIDEWALKS. 


Location. 


Auburn 

Amory,  Coolidgc  avenue  to  Beauport 

Bridge  and  Elm 

Concord  common 

Concord  common 

Harrison  and  Beech 

Lake  avenue  engine  house 

No.  224  Laurel 

Peter  McQuillan's 

Total 


Square 

Price 

yards. 

per yd. 

23.57 

$0.35 

127.08 

.35 

2.00 

.40 

300.10 

.50 

81.28 

.35 

80.22 

.40 

25.00 

.40 

7.20 

.50 

98.00 

.35 

744.45 

Total 
cost. 


S8.25 

44.48 

.80 

'i7s!49 

32.08 

10.00 

3.60 

34.30 


$312.00 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


105 


CROSSINGS  AND  SIDEWALKS  REPAIRED. 


Location. 


Amory  and  Beauport 

Beech  and  Myrtle 

Beech  and  Orange 

Bridge  and  Walnut 

Bridge  and  Walnut 

Brook  anil  Union 

Brook  and  Union 

Central  and  Hall 

Central  and  Hall 

Central  and  Wilson 

Central  and  Lincoln 

Central  and  Lincoln 

Concord  and  Beech 

Concord  and  Ash 

Concord  and  Walnut 

Elm  at  Christian  brook 

Elm  at  Christian  brook 

Elm  and  Webster 

Granite  and  Second 

Granite  bridge  approaches 

Harrison  and  Beech 

Market  and  Elm  west  back 

Myrtle  and  A.sh 

McGregor  at  mill  entrance 

Milford  and  Tilton 

Orange  and  Beech 

Salmon  and  Walnut 

Walnut  and  Orange 

Walnut  and  Myrtle 

Total 


Square 
yards. 


10.60 
28  89 
35.11 
31.61 
61.78 
25.44 
.58.84 
28.00 

2.78 
12.84 
20.00 
22.11 
28.78 
10.67 
56.27 
37.78 
12.89 

3.50 
37.44 
214.30 
51.56 
28.00 
66.22 

6.67 

7.94 
32.89 

7.56 
11.56 
12,00 


953.41 


Price 
per  yd 


0.50 
.37 
.37 
.45 
.37 
.35 
.37 
.37 
.45 
.25 
.37 
.25 
.37 
.37 
.37 
.25 
.40 
.75 
.37 
.37 
.37 
.37 
.37 
.37 
.3/ 
..37 
.37 
.37 
.37 


Total 
cost. 


S5.30 

10.68 

12.99 

14.23 

5:2.85 

8.90 

21.77 

10.36 

1.25 

3.05 

7.40 

5.52 

10.64 

3.94 

20.82 

9.44 

5.15 

2.62 

10.15 

107.15 

19.07 

10.36 

24.50 

2.46 

2.93 

12.16 

1.89 

4.27 

4.44 


$377.28 


ROADWAYS  RE-COVERED. 


Location. 

Square 
yards. 

Price 
per  yd. 

Total 
cost. 

Amherst 

14.25 

1,105.67 

118. 56 

18.00 

10.00 
174.44 
761.19 

20.94 
108.06 

$0.50 
.50 
.50 
.50^ 
..50 
..50 
.50 
1.00 
.50 

■^7  12 

Chestnut,  Hanover  to  Amlierst 

552.89 

Chestnut,  near  the  common 

59.28 

Hanover ■. 

9  00 

Nutfleld  lane 

5  00 

North  Main  at  engine-house 

87  33 

Union 

380.60 

Union  and  Central  south  back 

■'0  94 

West  Merrimack 

54.03 

Total 

2,331.11 

$1,176.08 

106 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


SUMMARY. 
Concrete  Work  by  Charles  H.  Robie  Co.,  Street  and  Park  Commission  Department. 


New  crossings 

New  sidewalks 

Crossings  and  walks  repaired 
Roadways  recovered 

Total 


Square 
yards. 


1,056.90 
744.45 
953.41 

2,331.11 


5,085.87 


Total  cost. 


$797.19 
312.00 
377.28 

1,176.08 


$2,662.55 


STONE. 


Paid  F.  S.  Bodwell,  covering-stone f 80.75 

Warren  Harvey,  covering-stone 73.G0 

Warren  Harvey,  circles,  cesspool  stone. .  1,388.39 

Charles  A.  Bailey,  covering-stone 438.00 

Charles  A.  Bailey,  pinners 290.00 

Charles  A.  Bailey,  stone  for  new  bridge  10,233.97 

Charles  A.  Bailey,  paving  stone 1,042.63 

J.  H.  Coburn,  cobble  stone 1,212.75 

Palmer  &  Garmon 13.06 

Brooks  &  Brock,  cobble  stone 18.50 

John  McCarty,  cobble  stone 9.00 

Total $14,800.65 


SNOW  AND  ICE. 


Receipts. 

'Appropriation $4,000.00 

Transferred  from   repairs  of  high- 
ways   941.84 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund .  .  308.94 


,250.78 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION, 


107 


Expenditures. 


Labor,  January  draft |1,0G8.67 

February  draft 1,695.42 

March  draft 1,731.13 

April   draft 177.74 

December  draft 308.94 

Bills  for  sand  and  supplies 68.88 

Paid  for  snow  plows 200.00 


,250.78 


REPAIRED  CESSPOOLS. 


Location. 


Concord,  Union  to  Beech. 

Cedar  and  Union 

Cedar  and  Union 

Elm,  near  Concord 

Hanover  and  Cliestnut . . . , 
Lake  avenue,  near  Pine. . . 
Lake  avenue,  near  Beecli . 
Manchester,  east  of  Union 

Salmon  and  Elm 

Spruce,  east  of  Union 

Union  and  Lake  avenue.. . 

Total 


No. 


Cost  of. 
material. 


Labor. 


$7.4T 
8.62 

12.48 
1.12 
7.17 
3.15 
1.42 
9.20 
5.47 
7.97 
8.68 


$7.25 
4.50 
5.00 
1.50 
5.00 
6.75 
1.50 
5.00 
4.00 
4.25 
3.00 


$47.75 


REPAIRED  SEWERS. 


Location. 


Chestnut  back,  corner  Cedar 

Elm,  near  Ray  Brook 

Hall  and  Merrimack 

Total 


Cost  of 
material. 


$2.11 
12.95 
1.73 


$16.79 


Labor. 


tl4.25 
6.00 
8.50 


$28.75 


108 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


KEW  CESSPOOLS. 


Location. 


Cost  of 
material. 


Labor. 


Auburn  back,  uear  IMaple 

Amherst,  between  Hall  and  Belraont... 

Arlington  and  Monison 

Amherst  and  Lincoln 

Bridge  and  Helmont 

Bridge,  east  of  Walnut 

Beech  and  Gore 

Belmont  and  Amherst 

Belmont  and  Hall 

Belmont  and  Lake  avenue 

Bridge  and  Walnut 

Bridge  and  Maple 

Clarke,  near  Chestnut 

Cedar  back,  near  Lincoln , 

Central  and  Hall 

Concord  and  Union 

Concord  and  Nashua 

Concord  and  Beech 

Concord  and  Walnut 

Chestnut,  between  Cedar  and  Auburn 

Cheney  Place 

Elm  and  North , 

Elm  and  Sagamore 

Elm  and  Salmon 

Elm  and  Myrtle 

Gore  and  ^Valnut 

Hall  and  Manchester 

Hall  and  Laurel , 

Hazel  and  Harrison 

Harrison,  near  Elm 

Hall,  uear  Mead 

Hall  and  Amherst 

Laurel  and  Belmont 

Laurel  and  Milton 

Lake  avenue,  near  Belmont 

Lake  avenue,  east  of  Wilson 

Lowell,  near  Birch 

Lake  avenue,  near  Pine 

Lake  avenue,  rear  of  engine-house. . . 

Myrtle  and  Hall 

Market,  near  City  Hall 

Myrtle  and  Walnut 

Mead  and  15elmont 

Malvern,  south  of  Bridge 

Merrimack  and  Wilson 

Myrtle  and  Kussell 

Malvern  and  East  High 

Kutt  road 

North  and  Liberty ■ 

Orange  and  AValnut 

Orange  and  Linden 

Orange  and  Morrison 

Prospect  ;ind  Union 

Pine  aud  Harrison 

Forward 


§13. 33 
13.38 
13.69 
12. OS 
57.24 
14.39 
2,5.42 
14,39 
16.06 
14.04 
10.50 
26.49 
15.70 
ll..')l 
16.50 
13.47 
10.05 
27.30 
10.79 
60.53 
14.09 
60.16 
13.  OS 
31.35 
13.09 
44.90 
13.09 
44.99 
42  .52 
13^51 
26.65 
16.39 
,14.87 
62.09 
27.67 
11.68 
12.28 
24.43 
13.79 
25.81 
12.62 
47.42 
11.5fi 
12.09 
14.00 
17.24 
34.21 
13.90 
73.29 
16.94 
30.41 
13.98 
13.39 
13.98 


$7.50 
6.50 
5.75 
3.50 

40.00 
6.50 
8.50 

10.00 
7.0C 
6.50 
4.50 

12.50 
6.75 
6.75 
6.50 
7.00 
7.00 

15.00 
6.50 

36.80 
8.00 

38.00 
6.75 

13.00 
6.50 

18.00 
8.00 

18.75 

18.50 
5.75 

14.25 

10  00 

16.20 

50.00 

14.. 50 
5.75 
6.50 

17.50 
0.50 

13.00 
5.50 

39.50 
7,50 
6,. 50 
6.. 50 
7.50 

13.00 
9.75 

30.50 

12.00 

17.00 
8.50 
5.00 
5.50 


$1,249.83      ?6S0.75 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 
NEW  CESSFOOhS.— Continued. 


109 


Location. 


Amount  forward 

Pearl  and  Hall 

Pine  and  Sagamore 

Russell  and  Myrtle 

Kiver  road  and  Munroe 

Salmon  and  Union 

Union,  near  Grove 

Union,  near  Ray  Brook 

Union  and  Grove 

Wilson,  between  East  Spruce  and  Valley 

Wilson  and  Central 

Walnut,  near  Gore 

Walnut  and  Bridge 

Total 


No. 


113 


Cost  of 
material. 


Labor. 


82 

$1,249.83 

$680.75 

2 

33.08 

18.00 

2 

31.59 

13.. 50 

1 

13.98 

6.50 

1 

14.35 

6.50 

1 

15.57 

8.00 

2 

45.71 

18.00 

2 

31.75 

n..5o 

2 

40.37 

16.75 

12 

209.35 

97.00 

2 

22.77 

19.50 

1 

13.41 

6.00 

3 

50.19 

20.50 

$1,771.95 


$922.50 


SEWERS. 


There  have  been  built  26,530  feet  or  5  miles  of  new  sew- 
ers the  past  year.  Among  the  most  important  built  as 
trunk  sewers  were  the  Silver  street  sewer,  Christian 
brook  sewer,  River  road  sewer,  Elm  street  sewer,  Jewett 
street  sewer,  and  Sagamore  street  sewer.  The  most  of 
these  sewers  were  built  through  solid  ledge.  Three 
steam  drills  were  in  constant  use  during  the  season.  The 
total  amount  expended  was  |6G,408.87. 

There  will  be  a  large  demand  for  sewers  for  the  year 
1897.  The  total  length  of  sewers  voted  in  to  date  is  35,- 
067  feet,  or  6.6  miles.  The  orders  recommended  by  the 
committee  on  sewers  to  be  presented  to  the  citj^  councils 
contain  5,454  feet,  or  1.03  miles,  making  a  total  of  40,521 
feet,  or  7.63  miles,  at  an  estimated  cost  exceeding  $100,- 
000. 

This  estimate  does  not  include  the  demand  that  will  be 
made  on  the  city  government  for  new  sewers  for  the 
coming  year. 


no 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


SEWERS  BUILT 


Street. 


Amherst 

Auburn 

Auburn  south  back.. 
Auburn  south  back . . 

Beacon 

Beech 

Beech 

Beech  east  back 

Belmont 

Canton 

Cedar 

Cedar  south  back. . . . 
Cedar  south  back .... 
Central  south  back.. 
Central  south  back.. 

Christian  brook 

Clarke  

Elm 

Elm 

Elm 

Elm  west  back 

Granite 

Granite 

Green  south  back 

Green  south  back. . . . 

Grove 

GroTe  south  back. ... 
Jewett 


Location. 


From  east  of  Ashland  easterly 

From  Canton  easterl j' 

From  west  of  Maple  easterly 

From  Wilson  easterly 

From  Spruce  northerly 

From  Gore  northerly 

From  Sagamore  northerly 

From  south  of  Concord  northerly 

Mead  to  old  Bridge 

From  south  of  Spruce  to  Auburn 

Wilson  to  Wilson  east  back 

Pine  to  west  of  Beech 

From  Wilson  east  back  easterly 

Union  to  Beech 

From  east  of  Wilson  easterly 

Liberty  east  back  to  Beech  east  back 

River  road  to  Elm 

Clarke  to  Thayer 

Thayer 

From  Clarke  southerly 

Christian  brook  to  Salmon 

At  east  end  of  bridge  

At  east  end  of  bridge 

From  Union  westerly 

From  Union  easterly 

From  west  of  Taylor  westerly 

From  west  of  Union  easterly 

From  north  of  Young  to  Clay 


Akron.. 

8 

II 

10 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

8 

"      .. 

10 

"     .. 

10 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

12 

"      .. 

12 

<•      .. 

10 

"      .. 

15 

II 

10 

II 

15&12 

II 

12 

Brick  . . 

42x63 

i< 

24x36 

(I 

22x33 

Akron.. 

16 

"      .. 

8 

"      .. 

10 

Steel.... 

36 

Brick... 

36 

Akron.. 

12 

II 

10 

II 

10 

II 

10 

(I 

15 

STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


Ill 


IN  1896.— EAST  SIDE. 


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660 
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19 


$13.25 

1,572.25 

165.58 

513.27 

70.44 

355.19 

378.61 

56.27 

410.04 

388.14 

198.50 

277.60 

2,370.87 

899.23 

82.28 

5,187.08 

1,927.26 

1,752.78 

3,016.00 

34.48 

734.78 

592.27 

150.20 
686.19 
137.02 
468.37 
3,635.13 


$0.17 
3.083 
0.827 
1.00 
0.355 
3.116 
0.91 
0.296 
1.694 
1.102 
0.936 
0.925 
2.651 
1.606 
0.872 
5.135 
3.794 
3.794 
4.00 
0.189 
1.212 

6.966 


Oct. 
Nov. 

Nov. 
June 

March 
Oct. 
July 
June 

Sept. 


July 
April 
Sept. 
April 
August   11 
"  11 

Sept.       17 


Oct.  4 

Dec.  1 

July  15 

June  12 

Ma  r.  28 

Oct.  12 

July  9 

June  31 

"  20 

Oct.  4 

4 

Sept.  16 

May  9 

Sept.  23 

May  30 

Dec.  30 

"  30 

"  30 


Sept. 


16 


Sept.    30 


1.444    

1.38    ! 

1.356     June 


1.446 
4.145 


Oct.  15 

April        20 


July  3 
Oct.  27 
June     12 


112 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

SEWERS  BUILT  IN  1896. 


Street. 


Liberty  east  back 

Lincoln 

Malvern 

Mead 

Merrimack  south  back 

Old  Bridge 

Pine 

Porter 

Kay 

Kiver  road 

River  road 

Sagamore 

Silver 

Union 

Union  east  back 

Union  east  back 

Valley 

Valley 

Valley 

Walnut  ea;st  back 

Wilson 

Wilson  

Wilson  east  back 

Wilson  Ui!l 

Wilson  Hill 


Total. 


Location. 


From  Christian  brook  northerly ... 

From  Silver  northerly 

At  Bridge 

Hall  to  Belmont /. 

From  Beech  westerl j' 

From  Belmont  westerly 

Auburn  to  Cedar  south  back 

From  Amherst  northerly 

From  Ray  brook  northerly 

At  Ray  brook 

Monroe  to  Clarke 

From  east  of  Beech  to  Oak 

Union  to  Lincoln 

From  Appleton  northerly 

From  Christian  brook  southerly  ... 

Christian  brook  to  Webster 

From  Wilson  to  east  of  Belmont... 
From  Wilson  to  oast  of  Belmont... 

From  Jewett  easterly 

From  Christian  brook  southerly . . . 

Valley  to  Prescott 

Prescott  to  Harvard 

Cedar  to  Cedar  south  back 

Laurel  to  Merrimack 

Merrimack  northerly 


Akron. 


Iron . . . 
Brick.. 
Akron. 
Brick.. 
Akron. 


Iron . . . 
Akion. 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


113 


—  EAST  SIDE.— Continued 


453 
215 

67 
362 
148 
125 
142 
260 
504 
24 
663 
829 

1,788 

150 

350 

607 

12 

1,030 
300 
410 
807 
336 
126 
257 
250 


bES 

c  o 


14 


18,938     1,541     69     10       594       73       $56,127.59 


$473.83 
38.02 
108.24 
655.56 
163.14 
127.62 
336.54 
149.89 
475.43 

2,606.39 

2,617.17 

16,124.13 

79.50 

565.00 

942.54 

2,400.63 

229.00 
445.71 
779.02 
294.80 
106.27 
400.14 
35.94 


O 


$1,045 
0.180 
1.615 
1.811 
1.102 
1.021 
2.37 
0.576 
0.943 

3.794 

3.157 
9.018 
0.530 
1.615 
1.552 

2.304 

0.763 
1.087 
0.965 
0.877 
0.843 
1.557 
0.144 


Sept.  21 
August  15 
May  9 


Dec. 
Sept. 

July 
May 
April 


August   11 

June  12 

May  20 

Sept.  26 

June  13 

"  13 


May 

Nov. 
Oct. 


=3 -a 

«.2 


Sept.  28 

Aug.  17 

May  13 

Jan.  18 

Sept.  22 

"  29 

"  16 

May  14 

April  25 


Aug.       6 
15 

Sept.    29 

Aug.     12 

12 

June     12 

May       7 

Nov.      23 

"         10 


Oct. 


114 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


SEWERS  BUILT  IN 


Street. 


Amherst  road. 
Amherst  road . 


B. 


Bo ynton 

Carroll 

Cartier  cast  back. 

Conaut 

Dartmouth 

Granite 

Granite 

Heyey  cast  back. . 
Main  west  back. . . 

Mast 

Mast 

McDuffle 

Parker  avenue. . . . 

Prince 

Quincy  

Second 

Tilton 


Location. 


Total. 


Mast  to  south  of  Carroll 

South  of  Carroll  southerly 

From  C  northei'ly 

C  to  McDuffle 

From  Amherst  road  southerly. . . 

From  Putnam  southerly 

From  west  of  Cartier  westerly. . . 

Dickey  to  Frederick 

At  west  end  of  bridge 

At  west  end  of  bridge 

From  Arnory  southerly 

From  Wayne  southerly 

Fi'om  west  of  Bowman  easterly. 
From  west  of  Riddle  westerly — 

Boynton  to  Huntress 

From  Parker  southerly 

Boynton  to  Huntress 

From  Douglas  southerly 

From  Schiller  southerly 

From  Milford  northerly 


Akron. 


Steel . . 
Akron. 


24 
10 
10 
15 
10 
10 
10 
10 
24 
15 
12 
12 
10 
24 
10 
8 
10 
10 
12 
10 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


115 


1896.— WEST  SIDE. 


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416 

1 

11 

4 

$2,238.26 

$5,381 

May 

29 

Oct.       2 

184 

1 

7 

1 

141.47 
188.17 

0.769 
0.905 

July 

29 
29 

•  «          2 

219 

1 

Aug.       1 

577 

2 

20 

3 

527.53 

0.914 

April 

21 

April    27 

250 

1 

1 

3 

1 

178.64 

0.715 

Oct. 

3 

Oct.        6 

344 

3 

1 

3 

247.80 

0.721 

May 

10 

May      21 

56 

2 
14 

2 
) 

36.52 
322.97 

0.652 
0.913 

June 

16 

17 

June     17 

354 

1 

"        24 

39 

562.85 

3.127 

Oct. 

6 

Oct.      20 

141 

1 

1 

4) 

404 

1 

16 

291.20 

0.721 

May 

5 

May       9 

350 

2 

2 

1 

306.99 

0.877 

Oct. 

7 

Oct.      19 

202 

1 

4 

1 

203.91 

1.01 

June 

9 

June     15 

610 

2 

15 

6 

3,297.42 

5.602 

May 

29 

Oct.       2 

512 

1 

18 

3 

313.99 

0.613 

April 

30 

May       2 

150 

1 

1 

6 

60.58 

0.404 

Nov. 

11 

Nov.     13 

588 

2 

17 

3 

299.00 

0.509 

April 

28 

AprU   30 

84 

4 

.... 

1 

4 

56.88 

0.646 

August 

25 

Aug.     27 

290 

1 

12 

762.08 

2.973 

May 

12 

May     28 

277 

1 

11 

1 

245.02 

0.881 

April 

13 

April    16 

5,867 

184 

20 

7 

152 

33 

$10,281.28 

1 

116  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Length  of  sewers,  East  side,  division  No.  2 .      15,377  feet 
Length  of  sewers,  East  side,  division  No.  7..        5,102    " 
Length  of  sewers,  West  side,  division  No.  10       6,051    " 

Total 26,530  feet 

Cost  of  sewers.  East  side,  division  No.  2 $48,032.42 

Cost  of  sewers,  East  side,  division  No.  7 8,095.17 

Cost  of  sewers,  West  side,  division  No.  10.  . . .     10,281.28 

Total $66,408.87 

Average  cost  per  foot.  East  side,  division  No. 2  $3,123 

Average  cost  per  foot.  East  side,  division  No.  7  .  1.586 
Average  cost  per  foot,  West  side,  division  No. 

10 1.700 

Average  total  cost  per  foot,  $2,503. 

SUMMARY. 

Total  appropriation  for  new  sewers $77,326.81) 

Expended,  Silver  street  sewer $16,124.13 

Christian  brook  sewer,       5,187.08 
Kiver    road    and    Elm 

street  sewer 9,302.43 

new  sewers.  East  side..     25,513.95 
new  sewers,  West  side.     10,281.28 

113  new  cesspools 2,694.45 

On  hand,  River  road  sewer 5,697.57 

supplies  at  city  yard. . , .       2,526,00 

Total $77,326.89 

The  following  table  shows  how  the  cost  for  new  sewers, 
including  Silver  street,  Christian  brook,  and  River  road, 
has  been  divided: 


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118  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

SCAVENGER  SERVICE. 

The  scavenger  service  has  become  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant features  of  this  department. 

There  are  nine  teams  in  daily  use  collecting  the  waste 
matter  about  the  city.  These  teams  will  average  six  or 
more  loads  each,  per  day,  or  exceeding  17,000  for  the 
year. 

The  city  farm,  which  has  the  contract  for  removing  the 
perishable  waste,  disposes  of  3,000  loads,  making  in  all 
20,000  loads  of  waste  matter  collected.  The  question 
arises  for  future  consideration,  What  disposition  can  be 
made  of  this  large  accumulation  of  waste  matter? 

There  are  some  over  3,000  cesspools  that  require  clean- 
ing  out  three  or  fouriimes  each  year,  making  4,000  loads. 
The  sweeping  department  collects  3,000  loads,  making  a 
total  of  27,000  loads  which  is  carted  to  the  dumps. 

SUMMARY. 

Labor. '. |11,432.5.5 

City  farm 2,291.67 

Incidentals 118.87 

Repairs  on  teams  and  sleds 257.06 

Repairs  on  harnesses 118.68 

Hay,  grain,  feed 722.73 

Horse  shoes 49.51 

Total $14,991.10 

NEW  BRIDGE,  GRANITE  STREET. 

On  March  3,  1896,  the  city  experienced  the  most  disas- 
trous flood  known  in  its  history,  carrying  away  the  old 
wooden  bridge  at  Granite  street,  which  had  stood  the  test 
of  wind  and  flood  for  fifty  years. 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  119 

McGregor  and  Amoskeag  bridges  were  more  or  less 
damaged,  necessitating  expensive  repairs;  the  abutments 
of  bridges  on  the  Gofifstown  road  and  at  Harvey's  Mills 
were  carried  out,  requiring  rebuilding;  while  costly  re- 
pairs had  to  be  made  upon  the  streets  and  highways, 
caused  by  extensive  washouts. 

As  early  as  practicable  a  contract  was  made  with  The 
Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  to  build  a  foot-bridge  at  Granite 
street,  which  was  completed  in  about  three  weeks,  the 
water  commissioners  bearing  a  portion  of  the  expense. 
This  step  was  much  appreciated  by  the  people  on  the 
West  side. 

On  April  27  the  city  councils  passed  a  resolution  au- 
thorizing the  street  and  park  commissioners  to  build  a 
steel  bridge,  to  replace  the  old  wooden  structure,  and  ap- 
propriated $130,000  for  the  same. 

Previous  to  this,  proposals  had  been  received  from  fif- 
teen reputable  bridge  contractors  throughout  the  coun- 
try, with  plans  and  specifications,  only  three  of  which 
were  selected  to  cRoose  from,  the  others  being  deemed 
impracticable. 

Finally  the  plan  of  the  Groton  Bridge  Co.,  Works  & 
Briggs  agents,  was  selected,  and  a  contract  made  for  a 
steel  high  truss  bridge,  with  granite  road  bed. 

Proposals  were  also  received  from  plans  prepared  by 
the  city  engineer,  for  building  the  piers  and  abutments, 
but  the  bids  received  were  considered  too  expensive. 

The  character  of  the  river  bed  and  the  old  piers  was 
such  that  the  commissioners  deemed  it  advisable  to  have 
the  work  done  by  the  city  instead  of  by  contract. 

L.  F.  Kittredge  &  Son  were  employed,  and  they  com- 
pleted the  work  in  a  most  satisfactory  manner,  at  a  sav- 
ing to  the  city  of  about  $1,000.  Work  was  commenced 
May  18,  and  the  bridge  opened  to  public  travel  November 
28. 


120  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

The  commissioners  are  much  indebted  to  Capt.  Charles 
H.  Manning,  consulting  engineer,  for  his  sound  advice 
and  good  judgineut  given,  while  the  bridge  was  in  process 
of  building. 

SUMMARY  OP  NEW  BRIDGE,  GRANITE  STREET; 

548  loads  of  sand $411.00 

2,844  barrels  of  Hoffman  cement 2,957.76 

33  barrels  of  Portland  cement 83.25 

Hardware 166.11 

Coal 209.18 

Lumber 910.50 

Stone 10,293.97 

Use  of  derricks  and  tools 2,959.50 

Incidentals 346.68 

Pay-roll 27,667.78 

146,005.73 
Superstructure 92,750.00 

^138,755.73 
Less  Manchester  Street  Railway    |1,228.00 

Less  cost  of  foot-bridge 1,000.00 

2,228.00 


Actual  cost $136,527.73 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


121 


BRIDGES. 


The  following  table  gives  the  dimensions,  material, 
and  number  of  spans  of  the  various  bridges  within  the 
city  limits: 


Location. 


Amoskeag 

Bridge  street,  at  canal 

Bridge  st.,  McGregor  and  approaches 

Cohas  avenue,  at  Great  Cohas 

Derry  road,  at  Great  Cohas 

Derry  road,  near  Cohas  avenue 

Derry  road,  near  town  line 

Dunbarton  road,  Black  brook 

Elm  street,  at  railroad 

Front  street,  at  Black  brook 

Granite  street,  at  canal 

Granite  street,  at  river .. 

Harvey  road,  at  Great  Cohas 

Island  Pond  road,  outlet  to  lake 

Main  street,  at  'Squog  river 

Mammoth  road,  at  Great  Cohas 

Mammoth  road,  near  town  line 

Mill  road,  at  Harvey's  mill 

Parker  street,  at  railroad 

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 

Webster  road,  at  water-works  dam.. . 
Weston  road,  east  of  D .  Connor's . . 


Length 

in 
feet. 


Width 

of 

roadway 


765.5 

57 

1,085 

36 

38 

20 

21 

25 

89 

10. 5 

56.3 

472 

32 

41 

180 

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 
40 
21 

16.7 
34 
IS 
20 
20.5 
24 
20 
16 
30 

32.5 
32.5 
22 
17.5 
16 


No.  of 
walks. 


Width 

of 
walks. 


5.5 

7 

6 


4.5 


Material. 


8.75 
8.75 


Wood. 
Iron. 


Stone. 
Wood. 


Iron. 
Steel. 
Wood. 

Stone. 
Wood. 


Iron. 
Wood. 


Steel. 


Wood. 


Arch 

es  or. 
spans- 


Stone  bridges,  2  ;  steel,  3;  iron,  4;  wood,  IS;  total,  27. 


122  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    KEPORTS. 

Report  of  Division  No.  10. 

GENERAL  REPAIRS. 

Repaired  Black  brook  bridge,  labor $12.00 

Repaired  Parker  street  bridge,  labor 35,00 

Repaired  bridge,  Goffstown  road,  labor 39,00 

186.00 

Graveled  Amory  back  street,  labor |10,00 

Black  brook  road,  labor 12.25 

Beauport"  street 47.75 

Cleveland  street 25.00 

Douglas  street 3.00 

Front  street 23.50 

Mast  street 23.00 

1144.50 
Used  234  loads  of  gravel. 

Repaired  Eddy  road  with  stone  chips,  labor,  $19.75. 
Repaired  Parker  street,  labor,  $15. 
Repaired  Railroad  street,  labor,  $5. 

Culverts  repaired.  Railroad  street,  labor $6.00 

Rockland  avenue,  labor...  6.00 

Amoskeag,   labor 9.00 

Mast  road 3.25 

$24.25 

Cut  bushes,  labor,  $25. 

Whitewashing  tree  boxes,  material  and  labor,  $21.20. 
Qleaned  out  gutters,  scraped  crossings,  and  general  re- 
pairs, labor,  .$849.64. 

FENCING. 

Back  road,  Amoskeag 36  feet 

Back  road,  Amoskeag 350    " 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION. 


123 


Bedford  road 200  feet 

Goffstown  road 200    " 

Hooksett  road 1,000    " 

Mast  road 310    " 

Milford  street 224    " 

New  Mast  street 150    " 

Total 2,470  feet 

Cost  of  materials  and  labor,  |145.50. 

NEW  STREETS  GRADED. 


Location. 


Bremer 

Back  road ,  Amoskeag 

Carroll 

Dickey  

Dubuque,  Wayne  to  Sullivan  ... 

Daitmouth 

Greenwood 

Hevey,  Kelley  to  Atnory 

Hevey,  Amofy  to  Wayne 

Hevey,  north  of  Conant 

Joliette,  Kelley  to  Amory 

Kelley  street 

McDuffle 

Montgomery,  Kelley  to  Amory. 
Putnam,  Beauport  to  Cartier... 

Rimmon 

Rimmon,  north  Conant 

Wheelock 


Totals  , 


Length 
in  feet. 


350 
510 
800 
300 
.5-20 
350 
800 
660 
350 
310 
550 
3,113 
150 
560 
175 
650 
100 
40 


10,288 


Cut  or 
fill 


Both 


Cut... 
Fill.. 


Cut.. 


Both 
Cut.. 
Both 
Fill . . 
Both 
Cut.. 
Both 
Fill.. 


No.  feet 
graveled 


225 

800 
300 
520 


400 


.550 
2,228 


560 
175 


5,758 


Labor. 


$24.00 

97.00 

176.00 

247.25 

289.50 

25.00 

29.00 

797.06 

184.25 

15.00 

294.12 

2,196.92 

40.00 

341.37 

25.00 

40.70 

22.00 

25.00 


$4,869.17 


Wall  built  on  Mast  road,  279  perch  stone,  labor 
Wall  built  on  New  Mast  road,  136  perch  stone. 


$141.50 


labor 


118.50 

Total $260.00 

Note. — In  some  cases  above  streets  have  only  been 
turnpiked  with  road-machine. 

For  incidentals  see  summary  of  new  streets  graded  in 
report  of  Division  No.  2. 


124 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 


•  MACADAMIZING. 

*Xorth  Main  street,  Putnam  to  Adams,  3,412  square 
yards. 

Used  961  loads  of  crushed  stone. 
Used  96  loads  of  chips. 
Labor,  $1,272.25. 

STREETS  TOP-DRESSED. 


Location. 


Amory-street  bill 

Bryant 

Bedford  road 

Beauport,  north  Conant. 

Eddy  road 

Front  street 

Goffstown  road 

Mast  road 

Mast  road 

Mast  road 


Total. 


Length  in. 
feet. 


300 
300 
350 
230 
1,150 


230 
400 
200 
200 


3,360 


Width  in 
feet. 


23 

27 
15 

28 
18 


Labor. 


$68.25 
37.64 
66.50 
30.30 
20.00 
27.00 
55.50 
30.00 
56.25 
23.25 


S414.69 


COBBLE  GUTTER  PAVING. 


Location. 


Amory 

A 

Bryant 

Bath 

Carroll 

Dubuque 

Dubuque,  north  of  Amoi-y. 
Dubuque,  south  of  Wayne. . 
Dubuque,  north  of  Conant.. 

Kelley 

Mast  road 

North  Main  and  McGregor. 

Putnam 

Riddle 

Rinimon 

Riinmon 


Total. 


Square 
yards. 


156 

85 

370 

76 

445 

58 

20 

97 

162 

92 

573 

842 

124 

102 

243 

111 


3,556 


No. 
loads. 


16 

9 

47 

9 

54 

8 

3 

13 

22 

10 

18 

100 

13 

11 

30 

13 


376 


Labor. 


$86.24 
27.00 

123.86 
21.00 

119.25 
19.87 
6.50 
25.00 
51.50 
17.00 

218.11 

380.65 
58.34 
55.26 
77.32 
47.75 


51,334.65 


*  Included  in  table  for  macadamizing  in  Division  2  report. 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  125 
PAVING  RELAID. 

Beauport,  north  of  Adams 20  feet 

Eddy  road 100    " 

Forrest  street.' 60    " 

Main  street 160    " 

West  end  McGregor  bridge 10    " 

Total 350  feet 

Labor,  |140.50. 

EDGBSTONES   SET. 

Feet. 

Amory  and  Columbus 16 

Amory  and  Essex 16 

Amory  Manufacturing  Co.'s  lot 356 

Amory  and  Laval 16 

Amory  and  Dubuque 16 

A  and  Bryant 23 

Amory  and  Cartier 167 

Amory  and  Coolidge  avenue 19 

Amory  and  Beauport 13 

Beauport  and  Conant 22 

Beauport  and  Milton 35 

Cartier  and  Milton 24 

Cartier  and  Putnam 38 

Conant  .and  Dubuque 24 

Dickey  and  Dartmouth 28 

Douglas 76 

Granite  bridge,  west  end 144 

Granite  and  Green 14 

Harvard  and  Second 14 

Hevey  and  Amory 32 

Wallace's  mills 8 

Total 1,101 

Labor,  $132.91. 


126 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 
GRADE  FOR  CONCRETE. 


Location. 

Length 
in  feet. 

Width 

iu 

feet. 

Cut  or 
fill. 

Labor. 

50 
160 
1.50 
150 
275 
200 
440 
250 
112 
350 
600 
375 
1,000 
420 
8G0 
100 
100 
450 

50 
1,550 

75 

8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
6 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
7 

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6 

S 

Fill... 

Both" 

Fill.. 
Cut... 

Fill'.!". 

Cut.'.".* 
Fill... 
Cut... 

$1  50 

5.00 

28.75 

10.00 

29.00 

8.00 

11.00 

8.36 

6.00 

11.50 

*  Dickey 

Both.. 

Fill... 

Both" 
Fill... 
Both.. 
Cut... 
Both.. 

9.00 

Milford 

61.00 

Milton                           

15.50 

20.00 

7.00 

16.00 

10.00 

10.00 

29.50 

22.00 

Total                    

7,717 

$309.11 

*  Lahor  charged  to  new  highways. 


STREET   AND    PARK    COxMMISSION. 
NEW  CESSPOOLS. 


127 


Location. 


Amory  and  Rimmon 

Amory 

A 

Amherst  road 

Boynton  and  Prince 

Boynton  and  McDuffle 

Bath 

Boynton 

Canton  and  Wayne 

Canal 

City  yard,  division  No.  10 

Cartier  and  Sullivan 

Dickey  and  Dartmouth. . . 

Dubuque  and  Wayne 

Dubuque  and  Coriant 

Granite  and  Turner 

Hancock  and  Second 

Kelley  and  Dubuque 

Kelley  and  Rimmon 

Kelley 

Main  at  Wallace's  mills. . 

Mast  road 

Mast  road 

McGregor 

Main,  west  back 

North  Main 

Rimmon  and  Conant 

Rimmon  and  Conant 

Turner 

Williams 

Total 


No. 


46 


Cost  of 
material. 


$17.24 
44.21 

7.96 

4.90 
21.14 
11. OS 

9.45 
24.04 
19.80 
29.74 

7.66 
13.04 
25.90 
12.60 
16.50 
28.92 
17.40 
25.16 
16.94 
53.32 
17.71 
86  0-2 
12.27 
33.91 
10.20 
16.36 
13.80 
15.07 

9.98 
17.72 


$640.04 


Labor. 


$13.25 
41.22 
12.00 

7.00 
12.00 

7.00 
12.50 
37.70 
13.50 
30.00 

8.00 
12.00 
26.50 
33.50 
15.50 
15.00 
16.25 
25.62 
22.50 
66.67 
18.00 
59.62 

9.75 
22.00 

5.00 
11.50 
10.90 
16.50 
10.00 
13.50 


$584.48 


128 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 
REPAIRED  SEWERS  AND  CESSPOOLS. 


Location. 


Bath  atid  Second 

Beauport 

C  street  (sewer) 

Conant  and  Waj-nc 

Kelley  (sewer) 

McGregor 

Mast  road 

Milford 

North  Main 

Cleaning  out  cesspools. 


Total. 


Cost  of 
material. 


$0.82 


1.29 


8.90 
2.32 


1.43 
1.12 


Cost  of 
labor. 


$1.50 

2.50 

40.00 

1.75 

248.00 
3.75 
1.50 
1.50 
6.00 

361.97 


$668.47 


The  following  table  gives  only  the  length  in  feet  and 
total  cost  of  sewers  built  in  this  division  the  past  season. 
For  further  details  see  (Sewer  Table)  division  No.  2  re- 
port. 


NEW  SEWERS. 


Location. 


Amherst  road,  Mast  to  south  of  Carroll . . 
Amherst  road,  south  of  Carroll  southerly 

B,  C  northerly 

Boynton,  C  to  McDuffle 

Carroll,  Amherst  road,  southerly 

Cartier  east  back,  Putnam  southerly 

Conant,  west  of  Cartier  westerly 

Dartnioutli,  Dickey  to  Frederick 

Granite  bridge,  west  end 

Hevey  east  back,  Amory  southerls' 

Main,  west  back,  Waj'ne  southerly , 

Mast,  west  of  i'.owman  easterly 

Mast,  west  of  Riddle  westerly 

McDuflie,  Boynton  to  Huntress 

Parker  avenue,  Parker  southerly 

Prince,  Boynton  to  Huntress 

Quincy,  Douglas  southerly 

Second,  Schiller  southerly 

Tilton,  Milford  northerly 

Total 


Length 
in  feet. 


416 
184 
219 
577 
250 
344 

56 
354 
180 
404 
350 
202 
610 
612 
150 
588 

88 
290 
277 


6,051 


Total 
cost. 


§2,2,38.26 
141.47 
188.17 
527.53 
178.64 
247.80 

36.52 
322.97 
562.85 
291.20 
306.99 
203.91 
3,297.42 
313.99 

60.58 
299.00 

56.88 
762.08 
245.02 


$10,281.28 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  129 

REPORTS  FROM  HIGHWAY  DIVISIONS. 


Division  No.  4. 
Byron  E.  Moore,  Agent. 

Number  of  feet  of  new  roads  built  this  year,  550. 

Number  of  feet  of  roads  graveled,  1,000. 

Number  of  feet  of  roads  widened,  500. 

The  total  number  of  cubic  yards  filled  has  been  2,000. 

Two  new  stone  culverts  have  been  built,  and  one  pipe 
culvert  repaired. 

Bushes  have  been  cut  both  sides  of  the  roads  through- 
out the  division,  and  all  roads  broken  out  after  snow- 
storms. 

Total  amount  expended  for  labor,  |566.87. 


Division  No.  5. 
Mark  E.  Harvey,  Agent. 

Number  of  feet  in  length  of  roads  graveled,  4,950. 

Number  of  feet  in  length  of  roads  turnpiked,  895. 

Graded  by  cut.  Porter  street 445  cu.  yds. 

Graded  by  cut,  Londonderry  old  road 646       " 

Graded  by  cut,  Weston  road 74       '' 

Total 1,165  cu.  yds. 

Londonderry  old  road  has  been  widened  7^  feet  for  a 
distance  of  1,050  feet,  making  a  fill  of  from  one  to  five  feet 
deep.  The  high  water  last  spring  washed  out  the  east 
abutment  of  the  bridge  across  Cohas  brook  near  the  old 
Harvey  mill  site.     This  abutment,  together  with  the  en- 

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130  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

tire  bridge,  has  been  rebuilt,  using  new  timbers  where 
necessary.  This  bridge  has  been  narrowed  about  three 
feet,  and  straightened,  making  it  more  in  line  with  the 
highway  than  before.  One  stone  culvert  has  been  taken 
up,  cleaned,  and  relaid.  Loose  stones  removed  from  the 
roads  twice  a  month  from  April  until  November.  All 
roads  broken  out  after  each  snowstorm. 
Total  amount  expended  for  labor,  |707.01. 


Division  No.  6. 
Daniel  H.  Dickey,  Agent. 

Turnpiked  2,280  feet  with  road-machine,  graveled 
Dickey  road,  covered  two  bridges  with  new  plank,  rebuilt 
six  culverts,  three  stone  and  three  of  pipe. 

Bushes  cut  on  both  sides  of  the  road  for  about  three 
and  one  half  miles.  Eoads  broken  out  after  all  snow- 
storms, and  general  repairs  made  throughout  division. 

Total  amount  expended  for  labor,  $365.52. 


Division  No.  7. 

Charles  Francis,  Agent. 

new  highways. 

Cypress     street,    turnpiked    Young    road    to 

"  Clay  street 1,200  feet 

Harvard   street,  by  cut  of   2  feet,  Wilson   to 

Hall 315  " 

Revere  avenue,  by  cut  and  fill 250  " 

Grove  street,  graded  and  graveled 600  " 

Wilson  street,  from  Valley  to  Silver,  graded..  1,400  " 

Total 3,765  feet 


STKEET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  131 

GRADE  FOR  COXCRETE. 

Grove  street 100  feet 

AVilson  street 450  " 

Vinton   street 200  " 

Harvard  street 300  " 

Prout  avenue 200  " 

Jewett  street 300  " 

Falls  road 120  " 

Total 1,670  feet 

STONE  WORK. 

Built  culvert  Highland  and  Glenwood  avenue,  1  foot  x 
li  feet. 

Built  culvert  Belmont  street  and  Young  road,  2  feet  x  2 
feet. 

Gutter  paved  Falls  road,  150  feet. 

Edgestone  set,  Jewett  and  Hay  ward 16  feet 

Hay  ward  and  Prout  avenue. .         32    " 

Summer  and  Massabesic 16    " 

Hosley  and  Summer 32    " 

Hay  ward  and  Taylor 16    " 

Total 112  feet 

Used  road-macliine  on  following  roads:  Mammoth 
road,  Huse  road,  Hall  road,  Candia  road,  Young  road, 
Paige  street,  Belmont  street,  Longwood  avenue.  High 
land  avenue,  Orchard  avenue. 


132 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


NEW  SEWERS  BUILT. 


Location. 


Auburn,  Canton  easterly 

Auburn  sontli  back,  Wilson  easterly 

Beacon,  Spruce  northerly 

Canton,  south  of  Spruce  to  Auburn 

Cedar,  Wilson  to  Wilson  east  back 

Cedar  south  back,  Pine  to  west  of  Beech 

Grove,  west  of  Taylor  westerly 

.Jewett,  north  of  Young  to  Clay 

Vallev,  Jewett  easterly 

Wilson,  Valley  to  Prescott 

■Wilson,  Prescott  to  Harvard 

Total 


.9,102 


Length 

Total 

in  feet. 

cost. 

.510 

$1,.572.25 

51.5 

.513.27 

198 

70.44 

3.52 

388.14 

212 

198.50 

894 

277.60 

101 

137.02 

877 

3,635.13 

300 

229.00 

sn: 

779.02 

33f; 

294.80 

S8,095.17 


Note. — Most  of  the  work  in  this  division  this  year  has 
been  on  new  sewers,  the  above  list  giving  only  the  length 
in  feet  and  total  cost.  For  further  details  see  (Sewer  Ta- 
ble) division  No.  2  report. 

General  repairs  have  been  made  throughout  the  divi- 
sion, all  roads  broken  out  after  snowstorms,  bushes  cut, 
stones  removed  from  the  roads,  etc. 

Total  amount  expended  for  labor,  including  new  sew- 
ers, 18,892.12. 


Division  No.  8. 

George  H.  Penximax,  Agext. 

Considerable  work  has  been  done  on  the  Bridge-street 
extension  this  year.  The  street  has  been  widened  and 
graded  for  a  distance  of  3,000  feet.  Number  of  cubic 
yards  cut,  2,987;  filled,  3,007.  Number  of  cubic  yards 
rock  blasted,  74;  8.3  cubic  yards  ledge  blasted  near  Can- 
dia  road,  and  100  cubic  yards  stone  removed. 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  133 


178  feet  x  1  foot  x  1  foot  culvert  laid. 
75  feet  x  1  foot  x  1^  feet  culvert  laid. 
26  feet  x  1  foot  x  2  feet  culvert  laid. 
15  feet  X  H  feet  x  2  feet  culvert  laid. 


294  feet  total  length. 

Stonework  for  above  culverts,  including  covering,  63.7 
cubic  yards. 

Rubble  for  above  culverts,  20  cubic  yards. 

Graded  three  sidewalks  on  Hanover  road,  total  length 
in  feet,  708;  and  paved  gutters,  204  square  yards.  Built 
bank  wall;  142  feet. 

Number  of  cubic  yards  filled,  600. 

3,564  feet  of  roads  turninked. 

Stone  culverts  (new)  built : 
12  feet  X  11  feet  x  1^  feet. 
24  feet  x  2  feet  x  1^  feet. 
165  feet  x  1  foot  x  1  foot. 
15  feet  X  1  foot  x  U  feet. 


216  feet  total  new. 

Stone  culverts  relaid : 
23  feet  x  2  feet  x  1^  feet. 
25  feet  x  2  feet  x  1  foot. 
27  feet  x  1  foot  x  li  feet. 

133  feet  stone  and  pipe. 

112  feet  plank. 


320  feet  total  relaid. 

Stonework  for  above  culverts,  including  covering,  123 
cubic  yards. 

Rubble  for  above  culverts,  27  cubic  yards. 

Bank  wall  built.  111  feet  x  3^  feet  x  2  feet,  31  perch 
stone. 


134  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Bank  wall  built,  142  feet  x  4  feet  x  2  feet,  45  perch 
stone. 
New  railing  built :  60  feet  of  wood. 

205  feet  4x6  rail,  18  iron  posts  set  in 

stone  on  Page's  hill. 
430  feet  4x4  rail,  40  iron  posts  set  in 
stone  on  Hanover  road. 
Built  two  driveways,  using  27  feet  10-inch  iron  pipe. 
Bushes  have  been  cut  both  sides  of  the  road  for  a  dis- 
tance of  twelve  miles.     General  repairs  made  throughout 
the  division,  loose   stones   removed   from  roads  once  a 
week.     All  roads  broken  out  after  snowstorms. 
Total  amount  expended  for  labor,  $2,502.36. 


Division  No.  9. 
Lester  C.  Paige,  Agent. 

Number  of  feet  of  roads  graveled,  3,780. 

Number  of  feet  of  roads  plowed  and  turnpiked,  708. 

Number  of  feet  of  railing  built,  128. 

The  bridge  over  Cohas  brook  on  Mammoth  road  was 
newly  planked,  using  2,400  feet;  also  the  bridge  on  Derry 
road  was  patched  with  800  feet  of  plank. 

ROAD-MACHINE  USED. 

On  Cohas  avenue,  from  Derry  road  to  division  line. 

On  Webster  road,  from  Derry  road  to  division  line. 

On  Paige  road,  from  Mammoth  road  to  Londonderry 
line. 

On  Mammoth  road,  from  division  line  to  Londonderry 
line. 

Derry  road  about  one  and  one  half  miles. 

Bushes  have  been  cut  on  all  roads  throughout  the  divi- 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  135 

sion.  Small  stones  were  removed  from  the  roads  several 
times  during  the  season.  All  roads  broken  out  after 
snowstorms,  and  kept  in  a  passable  condition  during  the 
winter  months. 

Total  amount  expended  for  labor,  $465.78. 


Division  No.  12. 

Eugene  C.  Liebey,  Agent. 

Koads  broken  out  and  opened  for  travel  during  the 
winter  months.  Cleaned  out  the  culverts  and  ditches 
throughout  the  division.  Graveled  the  entire  length  of 
the  hill  on  Bald  Hill  road;  also  graveled  810  feet  on  Mam- 
moth road.  Widened  and  graded  3,400  feet  Bridge-street 
extension,  lengthened  on  and  built  over  several  culverts. 
Made  general  repairs  throughout  the  division. 

Total  amount  expended  for  labor,  |889.72. 


COMMONS. 

John  Fullerton,  Superintendent. 

The  principal  labor  done  on  the  commons  in  the  winter 
months  is  preparing  and  flooding  the  small  ponds  for 
skating  purposes.  This  costs  but  a  small  sum,  and  is 
well  worth  the  expenditure  for  the  pleasure  it  affords  the 
boys  and  girls  in  outdoor  healthful  exercise.  There  are 
eight  ponds  so  cared  for, — three  on  Merrimack,  two  on 
Park,  one  on  Concord,  one  on  Hanover,  and  two  on  Tre- 
mont  commons. 

Early  in  the  spring  a  general  cleaning  up  is  made  of  all 
accumulated  waste,  seats  painted  and  put  in  position, 
and  all  dead  trees  removed  and  new  set  out.  The  grass 
is  cut  several  times  during  the  season,  and  flowers  and 


136  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

shrubbery  cared  for.  Before  freezing,  all  flowering 
plants  are  removed  and  distributed  among  the  various 
schools  throughout  the  city. 

The  following  is  a  summary  of  the   expenditures  on 
commons  : 

Labor $2,450.00 

Water- Works 700.00 

Trees,  shrubs,  and  flowers 282.75 

Concreting 222.97 

Incidentals 1.39.28 

Tools  and  supplies 74.13 

Grass  seed  and  dressing 160.87 

Seats 81.30 

Painting 64.53 

Lights 30.00 

Hose 145.20 


Total 14,351.15 

DERRYFIELD   PARK. 

The  plan  adopted  by  the  city  councils  in  regard  to  beau- 
tifying both  Derryfield  and  Stark  parks  has  been  fol- 
lowed as  far  as  possible  with  the  limited  appropriations 
available  for  this  work. 

There  has  been  constructed  on  the  north  of  old  Bridge 
street  a  circular  macadamized  driveway,  1,528  feet  by  20 
feet,  4,415  square  yards,  using  1,500  loads  of  stone,  with  a 
cobble  gutter  on  both  sides  2^  feet  wide,  1,154  cubic 
yards;  also  the  west  side  of  the  avenue  leading  to  Oak 
Hill  has  been  paved  2^  feet  wide  for  1,500  feet.  A  stone 
culvert  2x2  has  been  built  across  Bridge  street  to  take 
care  of  the  water  coming  down  Oak  Hill.  Several  acres 
of  bushes  have  been  cut  and  burned.  Five  new  cesspools 
have  been  built,  and  84  feet  of  8-inch  pipe  laid. 

All  manure  made  at  the  city  stables  has  been  carried  to 


STREET    AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  137 

the  park  and  thoroughly  mixed  with  loam,  making  an  ex- 
cellent fertilizer  of  over  two  hundred  loads,  which  will  be 
utilized  for  top  dressing  the  coming  season. 

The  foundation  for  the  Weston  Observatory  was  put 
in,  and  the  same  will  be  erected  the  coming  year,  which 
will  add  much  to  the  attraction  of  the  park. 

The  area  of  Derryfield  park,  with  the  addition  of  Oak 
Hill,  is  now  93.65  acres. 

Following  is  a  summary  of  expenditures  on  this  park 
for  the  season : 

Labor |3,832.95 

Stone 38.50 

Incidentals 11.57 

Water-Works 24.00 

Coke 17.00 

Hardware 55.08 

Forcite  powder 23.27 

Total ^,002.37 

STARK  PARK. 

Early  in  the  season  all  ditches  and  gutters  were 
cleaned  out  and  roadways  repaired,  bushes  cut,  and  all 
waste  matter  collected  and  burned.  Eleven  acres  have 
been  top-dressed  with  ashes  and  other  fertilizers;  set  out 
twenty-five  trees,  and  beautified  the  grounds  with  over 
eight  hundred  flowering  shrubs  carefully  selected  for 
this  purpose. 

There  was  also  built  a  tool-house.  The  lot  about  the 
Stark  cemetery  was  graded  and  an  attractive  curbing 
placed  in  position,  furnished  by  Augustus  Stark  and  Miss 
Elizabeth  Stark. 

All  trees  and  shrubbery  were  well  watered  during  the 
dry  season.  Six  hundred  feet  of  new  fencing  was  built 
on  the  north  side  of   the  park.     Grass   was  cut  several 


138  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

times  during  the  season,  and  trees  trimmed  in  the  natural 
grove  located  in  the  northwestern  section  of  the  park. 

Following  is  a  list  of  expenditures  on  this  park  for  the 
season: 

Labor $535.75 

Trees  and  shrubs 335.00 

Dressing ! 112.50 

Hardware 14.38 

Total $997.63 

Following  is  the  area  of  the  different  parks  and  squares 
throughout  the  city,  showing  the  extensive  territory  to 
be  taken  care  of  with  the  small  amount  of  money  availa- 
ble for  this  purpose: 

Area  of  Derryfield  park 93.65  acres 

Stark  park 30.00     " 

West  side  park 9.76     " 

Rimmon  park  (proposed) 42.91     " 

Concord   square 4.48     " 

Hanover  square 3.00     " 

Merrimack  square 5.89     " 

Park  square 3.49     " 

Simpson  square .56     " 

Tremont  square 2.25     " 

Total  area 195.99  acres 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSIOM. 


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In  closing  we  desire  to  extend  our  thanks  to  His  Honor 
the  Major  and  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  Streets, 
Sewers,  and  Commons  for  the  uniform  courtesy  and  read- 
iness to  aid  and  assist  us  in  the  discharge  of  our  duties. 

We  also  wish  to  express  our  api)reciation  of  the  faith- 
ful and  efficient  services  of  those  connected  with  us  in 
carrying  out  the  work  in  the  various  departments. 

HORACE  P.  SIMPSON, 
GEORGE  H.  STEARNS, 
BYRON  WORTHEN, 

Street  and  Park  Commissioners. 
January  1,  1897. 


REPORT 


CITY    ENGINEER 


City  Engineer's  Department 

1896. 


CITY   EXGINEER. 

WINFRED  H.  BENNETT. 

FIRST  ASSISTANT,  FIELD  AND  OFFICE. 

HARRIE  M.  YOUNG. 

BECOND  ASSISTANT,  DRAUGHTING. 

GEORGE  W.  WALES. 

THIRD  ASSISTANT,  FIELD  AND  OFFICE. 

HARRY  J.  BRIGGS. 

ASSISTANTS. 

GEORGE  M.  CURRIER,  Jan.  6  to  Apr.  25. 

HERBERT  L.  WATSON,  May  25  to  Sept.  3. 
ALFRED  T.  DODGE,  began  Apr.  14. 

LOUIS  B.  WEBSTER,  began  Apr.  28. 

TYPEWRITERS. 

MISS  LENA  A.  DODGE,  Jan.  2  to  Jan.  17. 
MISS  ELLA  M.  BARKER,  Oct.  1  to  Jan.  1. 

142 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER. 


To  His  Honor  the  Mayor  and  Gentlemen  of  the  City  Coun- 
cils: 

Sirs, — I  have  the  honor  of  presenting  my  eleventh  an- 
nual report,  being  the  eighteenth  annual  report  of  the 
work  of  the  city  engineer's  department,  for  the  year  end- 
ing December  31,  1896. 

Expenses  of  the  department  for  the  year  1896  per 
monthly  draft: 

January |284.50 

February , 275.11 

March 635.01 

April 329.63 

May 575.04 

June 823.77 

July 480.27 

August 351.75 

September 715.70 

October 357.85 

November 394.65 

December 671.94 

Total 15,895.25 

Appropriation 4,500.00 

Amount  overdrawn |1,395.25 

143 


144  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Itemized  account  of  expenses  for  the  year: 

For  salary  of  city  engineer .$1,200.00 

salary  of  assistants 3,717.85 

supplies  for  office 206.67 

additions  to  office  furniture >.  .  ..  4.25 

stakes  and  lumber 84.38 

horse  shoeing  and  repairs  of  wagon  and 

harness 32.25 

new  wagon 75.00 

street-car  fares 55.65 

express  and  postage 4.02 

repairing 14.15 

books  and  folios 48.75 

printing 11.00 

telephone • 36.80 

horse  hire 87.00 

typewriter  supplies 65.00 

typewriter  clerk 105.06 

street  numbers 45.00 

painting  rods 3.00 

photographs 11.50 

expenses 7.00 

reports 68.57 

deeds  and  lay-outs 12.35 

Total $5,895.25 

The  items  for  salaries  may  be  divided  as  follows: 
For  giving  lines  and  grades  for  the  extension 
and   construction  of   streets   and  side- 
walks   1704.05 

plans   and   profiles    relating  to  the    con- 
struction of  streets  and  sidewalks 197.51 

surveys  and  levels  for  the  construction 

of  streets  and  sewers 456.90 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  145 

For  iniving:  lines  and  grades  for  and  superin- 
tending the  construction  of  sewers.  . .  .        |286.8i> 

plans  and  profiles  relating  to  the  con- 
struction of  sewers 195.75 

surveys,  measurements,  and  plans  for  the 

assignment  of  street  numbers 96.65 

making  plans  for  improvements  other 
than  those  mentioned  in  this  account.  .  324.42 

surveys,  levels,  and  plans,  also  lines  and 
grades  given  for  improvements  in  Pine 
Grove  cemetery 77.41 

surveys,  levels,  and  plans,  also  lines  and 
grades  given  for  improvements  in  Val- 
ley cemetery 33.42 

making  new  map  of  Valley  cemetery. . . .  82.73 

making  plans  and  new  majj  of  Pine  Grove 

cemetery 123.33 

making  additions  to  map  of  Pine  Grove 

cemetery  for  city  treasurer 14.48 

plan,  survey,  and  location  of  lots  in  Mer- 
rill yard 28.05 

surveys,  levels,  and  plans,  also  lines  and 
grades  given  for  repairing  and  extend- 
ing the  street  railway.  ? 82.73 

collecting  data,  classifying  accounts,  and 

other  work  in  relation  to  ofltice  report.  .  110.04 

lines,  grades,  and  superintendence  given 
for  the  construction  of  avenues  in  Stark 
park 20.03 

lines,  grades,  and  superintendence  giten 
for  the  construction  of  avenues  in  Der- 
ryfield  park 29.32 

indexing  plans  and  notes 28.76 

checking  notes,  figures,  etc 22.5G 

new  sewer  map  of  city 21.31 

10 


146  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

For  new  sewer  book $117.95 

measuring  and  figuring  concrete  laid  for 

the  city 29.15 

attendance  upon  meetings  of  the  street 
and  park  commissioners,  and  data  fur- 
nished them 180.00 

plans   made   for    location  of    wires    and 

boxes,  police  patrol 33.27 

plans,  lines,  grades,  and  other  data  in  ref- 
erence to  Granite  bridge 455.68 

sketches,  lines,  and  grades  for  construc- 
tion of  walks  at  new  high  school  lot 55.92 

mating  plans  of  streets  laid  out  and  sew- 
ers constructed,  in  city  clerk's  record 

book 27.00 

record  of  streets  laid  out,  office  use 22.28 

locating  and  putting  up  street  signs  and 

guideboards 11.10 

locating  and  setting  stone  bounds 9.07 

office  work,  preparing  notes,  data,  rec- 
ords, etc 186.05 

procuring  abutters'  names 25.04 

figuring  areas ." 27.94 

lettering  and  finishing  plans 50.00 

information  given  engineers  and  others 

regarding  lines,  grades,  sewers,  etc.. . .  300.00 

researches  of  deeds  for  property  lines  and 

ownership 30.00 

plans  for  and  attendance  upon  board  of 

aldermen  at  street  hearings 60.00 

attendance  upon  meetings  of  the  commit- 
tee   on    streets,  and    plans   pertaining 

thereto 55.00 

attendance  upon  meetings  of  the  commit- 
tee on  sewers  and  drains,  clerical  work, 
including  orders  written 65.00 


KEPOflT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


147 


For  attendance  upon  meetings  of  the  commit- 
tee on  lands  and  buildings,  and  plans 

pertaining  thereto 150.00 

attendance  upon  meetings  of  special  com- 
mittees, and  plans  pertaining  thereto. .  40.00 

list  of  streets  laid  out,  for  tables 6.00 

list  of  sewers,  for  tables 15.00 

street  petitions 21.60 

sewer  petitions 10.00 

addition  to  city  maps 11.82 

sewer  sheet  tables 10.00 

sewer  licenses  and  permits 60.12 

testing  cement 16.52 

Total $4,917.85 

The  following  bills,  charged  to  other  appropriations, 
have  been  certified  to  by  this  department. 


STREET  SIGNS  AND  GUIDE-BOARDS. 

Charles    H.    Wood,    to  painting  2  signs  for 

Granite      bridge,      @ 

11.50 

$3.00 

to     painting     2     guide- 

boards,  @  $1 

2.00 

to    painting    12    street 

signs,  (5)  35c 

4.20 

to     painting     3     guide- 

boards,  @  11.25 

3.75 

to  gilding  sign  for  May- 

or  

1.25 

SUNDRIES. 

E.  R.  Coburn  Co.,  3  sheets  parchment 

12.25 

4  sheets  Bristol  board 

.50 

'   ■                           1  dozen  flags,  Rimmon  park 

1.00 

148  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

CONCRETE. 

John  T.  Underbill  &  Co.,  4,135.05  square  yards  $2,433.2G 

Charles  H.  Robie  Co.,  7,157.84  square  yards.  ..  3,656.84 
The  amount  of  work  done  by  this  department  during 
the  year  is  as  follows: 
Number  of  orders  for   surveys,   street  lines, 

and  grades 741 

for  sewer  grades 108 

for  paving  grades 91 

for  street  railway  grades.  10 
for  Pine  Grove  cemetery 

grades 29 

for  profile  levels 37 

for  Granite  bridge  grades  60 

Total  number  of  orders 1,076 

Level  for  profiles  for  establishing  grades,  16,156  feet, 
equal  to  3.06  miles.     These  profiles  have  three  lines  of 

levels  on  each  street,  making  a  total   distance  actually 
leveled  of  48,478  feet. 

Levels  for  sewer  profiles 9,461 

for  center  profiles 12,587 

in  Pine  Grove  cemetery 2,039 

in  Stark  park 176 

Other  levels 18,506 

Total  levels  taken 91,247 

Equal  to  17.28  miles. 

Surveys  of  streets  and  street  lines 94,200 

in  Pine  Grove  cemetery 2,000 

for  street  numbers 43,575 

Other  surveys 20,382 

Total  surveys  made 159,957 

Equal  to  30.29  miles. 


REPOKT    OF   THE    CITY   ENGINEER.  149 

Street  lines  marked  on  ground 20,500 

Lines  of  lots  and  avenues,  Pine  Grove  ceme- 
tery   4,500 

of  avenues.  Stark  park 2,088 

of  avenues,  Derryfield  park 3,000 

for  gutters 32,400 

for  curbs 4,74»; 

for  sewers 28,715 

for  street  railway 15,950 

Other  lines 12,000 

Total    length   of   lines   marked  on  the 

ground 123,905 

Equal  to  23.47  miles. 

Grades  set  for  sidewalks 32,001 

for  gutters 32,406 

f or^  curbs 4,746 

for  sewers 28,715 

for  street  railway  tracks 15,950 

for  building  streets 30,581 

in  Pine  Grove  cemetery 3,367 

in  Stark  park 88 

in  Derryfield  park 3,000 

Other  grades 1,779 

Total  length  of  grades  set 152,633 

Equal  to  29.98  miles. 
Lot  owners  looked  up,  31,560  feet. 
Equal  to  5.98  miles. 

BATTERS  SET. 


Beech  street,  culvert  near  Brown  avenue. 
Elm  street,  retaining  wall  at  schoolhouse. 
Granite  street,  at  bridge. 


150  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Mast  street,  bank  wall  at  Mrs.  Head's. 

Mast  street,  bank  wall  at  Hiram  Hoitt's. 

Prospect  street,  bank  wall  at  Burke's. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery,  Josiah  Carpenter's  tomb. 

Ray  street,  culvert  at  Ray  brook. 

Wilson  street,  culvert  near  Bell  street. 

Old  lots  restaked  in  Pine  Grove  cemetery /..        20 

New  lots  laid  out  in  Pine  Grove  cemetery 41> 

Total  cemetery  lots  laid  out 69 

Street  numbers  assigned  and  put  on 24.5 

replaced 19 

assigned  but  not  put  on 60 

changed 8 

Total 333 

Street   signs  put  up,  15;  guide-boards,  10;  sewer  per- 
mits granted,  237. 

PLANS  AND  PROFILES  MADE  FOR  SIDEWALK  GRADES. 

Auburn,  Elm  to  Pine. 

Chestnut,  Clarke  to  north  of  Trenton.     Two  plans. 

Cypress,  Valley  to  Clay.     Two  plans. 

Front,  Bridge  road  to  GofFstown  road. 

Huntress,  Albert  to  north  of  Prince. 

Prout  avenue,  Hayward  to  Young. 

Salmon,  Union  to  Maple. 

Somerville,  Union  to  Maple. 

Somerville,  Taylor  to  Jewett. 

Trenton,  Elm  to  Union. 

Total  plans  and  profiles,  12. 

SEWER  PLANS  AND  PROFILES. 

Auburn,  Canton  to  James  Hall  road. 
Beech,  Gore  to  Salmon. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.         151 

Belmont,  Spruce  to  Merrimack. 

Belmont,  East  High  to  Gore. 

Cedar,  Wilson  to  east  side  of  school  lot. 

Cedar  south  back,  east  side  of  school  lot  to  Belmont. 

Cedar  south  back,  Maple  to  Lincoln. 

East  of  Wilson,  Cedar  to  Cedar  south  back. 

Elm,  Valley  to  Hayward. 

Hayward,  Jewett  to  Mammoth  road. 

High  south  back,  Pine  to  Union. 

Jewett,  Young  to  Cilley  road. 

Lake  avenue,  Hall  to  Beacon. 

Lowell  south  back.  Chestnut  to  Pine. 

McDuflfie,  Boynton  to  Huntress. 

Mead,  Hall  to  Belmont. 

Nutt  road.  Elm  to  Silver. 

Pine,  High  south  back  to  Lowell  south  back. 

Prince,  Boynton  to  Huntress. 

Silver,  Nutt  road  to  Lincoln. 

Tilton,  Milford  to  Bowman  place. 

Walnut  east  back.  Sagamore  to  Webster. 

Wilson,  Hayward  to  Cilley  road.  • 

Wolf  and  Wagner  land,  sewerage. 

Myrtle,  and  Woodbury  lot. 

Total  sewer  plans  and  profiles,  25. 

NUMBERING  PLANS. 

Cedar,  Hall  to  James  Hall  road.     Two  plans. 
Dartmouth,  east  of  Wingate  to  east  of  Harvell. 
Hale,  Wingate  to  Harvell. 
Hill,  Bell  to  east  of  Schiller. 
Hillside  avenue,  Milford  southerly. 
Nutfleld  Lane,  Manchester  south  back  to  Lowell.     Two 
plans. 

Sagamore,  Russell  to  east  of  Smyth  road. 


152  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Spiingview  avenue,  Somerville  northerly. 
Wheelock,  Belknap  to  east  of  Harvell. 
Williams,  Milford  northerly'. 
Total  numbering  plans,  13. 

GRANITE   BRIDGE    PLANS. 

Details  of  masonr3^  Two  plans,  two  tracings,  two 
blue  prints. 

Details  of  stonework,  at  abutments.     Two  plans. 

East  abutment  and  piers.     Three  plans,  four  tracings. 

Groton  Bridge  Co.'s  plans.     Two  blue  prints. 

Location  of  piers.     Two  plans. 

Manchester  Mills  land  at  east  end.     Tracing. 

Pier  No.  1.  One  working  plan,  two  tracings,  three 
blue  prints;  one  working  plan  of  nose  stone,  one  tracing, 
two  blue  prints. 

Pier  No.  2.  One  working  plan,  one  tracing,  two  blue 
prints;  one  working  plan  of  nose  stone,  one  tracing,  two 
blue  prints. 

Pier  No.  3.  One  working  plan,  two  tracings,  three 
blue  prints;  one  working  plan  of  nose  stone,  one  tracing, 
three  blue  prints. 

Proposed  bridge,  location  for  E.  K.  Turner.  One  plan, 
one  tracing,  two  blue  prints. 

Bailing  at  approaches.     Plan  and  tracing. 

Section  showing  sewer  outlet.  Two  plans,  one  trac- 
ing. 

Sketch  of  bridge  site  for  using  old  piers.  One  plan, 
one  tracing. 

Sketches  at  bridge.     One  tracing,  five  blue  prints. 

Sketches  at  bridge  for  street  commissioners.  Thir- 
teen blue  prints. 

Transverse  and  cross  section  of  spans  for  wooden 
bridge.     Three  plans. 

Total  bridge  plans,  81. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  153 


MISCELLANEOUS  PLANS. 

Borough    road  laud,  bought  of   Clough   aud    Proctor. 

Bridge  and  Malvern,  land  of  J.  B.  McCrillis.     Copy. 

Glenwood  park,  plan  of  a  part  of.     Copy. 

Hanover,  Page  aud  C.  &  P.  R.  R.,  laud  of  J.  W.  Rand. 
Copy. 

Jewett  aud  Cypress,  laud  of  L.  W.  &  A.  A.  Page.    Copy. 

Mammoth  road,  laud  of  D.  B.  Morency.     Copy. 

Taylor,  land  of  A.  B.  Page.     Copy. 

Union,  Walnut,  aud  Beech,  land  of  Mrs.  H.  C.  Lowell. 
Copy. 

Total  miscellaneous  plans,  8. 

WORKING  PLANS. 

Baker,  Elm  to  Calef  road.     Center  profile. 

Beacon,  Hanover  to  Amherst.     Profile. 

Beech,  Concord  to  Bridge,  street  railroad  line. 

Beech,  Lake  avenue  to  Orange.     Profile. 

Beech,  north  of  Mitchell  to  River  road.     Profile. 

Bedford  road,  Milford  to  west  of  town  line.     Location. 

Bridge  street  fountain.     Details  of  cooler. 

Calef  road.  Baker  to  Pine  Grove  cemetery.     Layout. 

Calef  road.  Baker  to  Pine  Grove  cemetery.  Center  pro- 
file. 

Cedar  south  back,  Pine  to  Beech.     Sewer  profile. 

Central,  Lincoln  to  Hall.     Profile. 

Central  south  back.  Union  to  Maple.     Sewer  profile. 

Concord,  Union  to  Ash.     Profile. 

Concord,  Hall  to  Beacon.     Profile. 

East  Manchester,  portion  of,  for  sewer  book. 

Hall,  Harrison  to  Gore.     Profile. 

High  school  lot.  Location  of  building,  trees,  and 
walks. 


151  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

High  school  lot.  Details  of  curbing  and  posts.  Two 
plans. 

High  school  lot.     Sketch  for  drainage. 

Holt  avenue,  Candia  road  to  Borough  road.  Two  plans. 

Island  Pond  road.     Land  of  William  Corey. 

Lalie  avenue,  Belmont  to  Mammoth  road.     Profile. 

Laurel,  at  No.  62.     Sketch  for  county  solicitor. 

Liberty  east  back,  Christian  brook  northerly.  Sewer 
profile. 

Manchester.     Plan  of  city  land  for  police  patrol  stable. 

Merrill  yard.     Plan  of  lots. 

Merrimack,  Hanover  and  Beacon.  Lot  sewerage. 
Profile. 

Milford  and  Bedford  road  to  Catholic  cemetery.  Cen- 
ter profile. 

^Milton,  Beacon,   Hanover,   Amherst,   square  bounded 

by. 

Milton,  Hanover  to  Amherst.     Profile. 

]Nrontgomery,  Amory  to  Kelley.     Profile. 

New  Mast,  Mast  to  Goffstown  line.     Location. 

New  Mast,  Mast  to  Goffstown  line.     Layout. 

Old  Bridge,  Hall  to  Belmont.     Profile. 

Parker  avenue,  Parker  southerly.  Sewer  plan  and 
profile. 

Pennacook,  Granite,  Elm,  and  railroad.  Corporation 
land. 

Pine  GroVe  cemetery.  Proposed  lots  south  of  Pine 
lawn.     Three  plans. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery.  Proposed  drainage.  Three 
plans. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery.  Linden  avenue.     Profile. 

Rimmon  park.     Proposed  layout.     Two  plans. 

Ryderyille  road  and  adjoining  land.     Location. 

Sagamore,  Union  to  east  of  Smyth  road.     Profile. 

South  Main,  schoolhouse  lot  and  adjoining  land. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.         155 

South  Manchester  school  lot.     Bank  wall. 
Stark  park.     Design  for  curbing  around  burial  lot. 
Stark  park.     Profile  through  burial  lot. 
Union   east  back,  Gore  to  Webster.     Two   sewer  pro- 
files. 
Valley  cemetery.    Proposed  lots. 
Valley  cemetery.    Lots  and  avenues.     Five  plans. 
Vault  shelves.     Details  of  construction. 
West  Manchester.     Land  of  N.  H.  Improvement  Co. 
Total  working  plans,  63. 

TRACINGS. 

Amoskeag,  Front  and  Goffstown  road,  northwesterly. 
Part  of  a  plan  of. 

Amoskeag,  old  back  road.     Land  of  Mrs.  Agnes  Linen. 

Baker,  Elm  to  Calef  road.     Street  railroad  location. 

Baker,  Elm  to  Calef  road.     Land  of  Waterman  Smith. 

Beech,  Hayward  and  Harvard.  Land  of  Harrington 
and  Shea. 

Beech,  Lake  avenue  to  Sagamore.  Location  of  street 
railroad. 

Borough  road,  land  of  Clough  and  Proctor. 

Bowditch,  Boylston,  and  Woodlawn  avenue.  Lots  in 
Woodlawn. 

Bridge,  Union,  Lowell,  Chestnut,  square  bounded  by. 

Calef  road,  Baker  to  Pine  Grove  cemetery.  Street 
railroad  location. 

Candia  road,  Londonderry  turnpike.  Land  of  Samuel 
G.  Reed. 

Canton,  Spruce  to  Auburn.     Sewer  profile. 

Cemetery  brook.  Pine  to  Maple.     Location. 

Clay,  Cypress  to  Jewett.     Land  of  William  H.  Thayer. 

Dickey  avenue,  D  street  and  New  Mast  road.  Land  of 
John  W.  Dickey. 


156  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

East  Manchester.    Land  of  Moore,  Fellows,  and  Miller. 

Elm,  Union,  Carpenter,  Griffin,  Kidder,  Farrington. 
For  assessors. 

Elm,  Hanover  and  Maple.     Location  of  conduits. 

Foster  avenue.     Land  of  Fred  A.  Platts. 

Goffstown  road.     Land  of  Meserve,  Carr,  and  Fellows. 

Groux  Island.     Land  of  John  H.  Groux. 

Grove.     Land  of  William  E.  Moore. 

Hall  road,  Mammoth  road  and  Lake  avenue.  Land  of 
Eobert  I.  Stevens. 

Harvard,  Union  to  Beech.     Land-takings. 

Hayward,  Belmont  and  Taylor.     Land  of  A.  S.  Lamb. 

High  school  lot.     Proposed  drainage. 

High  school  lot.     Details  of  curbing  and  posts. 

High  school  lot.     Curbing  and  walks. 

High  school  lot.  Elevation  of  Beech  and  Ash  street 
sides. 

High  school  lot  and  adjoining  land.  Proposed  improve- 
ments. 

Holt  avenue,  Candia  road  to  Lake  Shore  road. 

Jewett  and  Cilley  road.     Land  of  Thomas  Gorman. 

Kelley,  M.  &  N.  W.  R.  R.  to  Goffstown  line.  Proposed 
extension.     Two  plans. 

Lake  avenue,  Hall  to  Cass.     Proposed  widening. 

Lakeview  and  Summit.     Land  of  E.  P.  Cummings. 

Laurel  extension.     Plan  of  lots. 

Lovering.     Land  of  David  Lovering. 

Mammoth  road.     Land  of  George  L.  Sargent. 

Maple.     Land  of  Elliott  and  Burpee. 

Massabesic  street.     Land  of  Fred  A.  Platts. 

Merrill  yard.     Plan  of  a  part  of. 

Mitchell.     Land  of  W.  H.  Smith. 

Mystic.     Land  of  M.  N.  Badger. 

Nutt  road.      Land  of  Joseph  N.  Auger. 

Paere  and  Bell.     Land  of  S.  T.  Page. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  157 

Page,  Candia  road  and  C.  &  P.  K.  R.     Land  of  David 
Lovering. 

Pine.     Land  of  A.  J.  Lane. 

Pine  park.     Land  of  Fred  A.  Palmer. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery.     Lots  and  avenues.     Four  trac- 
ings. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery.     Lots  Nos.  1167  and  1170.     For 
A.  G.  Fairbanks. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery.     Location  of  water  pipes.     Two 
plans. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery.     Lay-out  of  Manesquo  field. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery.     Proposed  drainage. 

Rimmon  park.     Proposed  lay-out.     Four  plans. 

Eyderville  road,  Goffstown  road  to  Front  street. 

Second.     Land  of  Charles  F.  Harvell. 

Silver,  Harvard,  Beech,  Maple.    Land  of  Thomas  John- 
son. 

Somerville  and  Hall.     Proposed  extension. 

South  Main  school  lot  and  adjoining  land.     Two  plans. 

South  Manchester  school  lot.     Bank  wall. 

Summer,  Milton,  and  Dearborn.     Land  of  Austin  Go- 
ings. 

Taylor,  Clay,  Somerville.     Land  of  Mrs.  Cotton. 

Taylor  and  Massabesic.     Land  of  Melvin  Badger. 

Township  of  Chester.     Plan  of  a  part  of. 

Union,   Walnut,  Beech.     Land   of  Mrs.  H.  C.  Lowell. 
Two  plans. 

Valley  cemetery.     Lots  and  avenues.     Five  plans. 

Wilson  Hill  sewer.     Proctor  claim. 

Total  tracings,  82. 

BLUE  PRINTS. 

Canton,  Spruce  southerly.     Sketch  showing  sewer. 
East  Manchester.    Land  of  Moore,  Fellows,  and  Miller. 
Elm.     Land  of  People's  Gas  Co. 


158  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Groux  Island,     Land  of  John  H.  Groux. 

Grove.     Land  of  ^Yilliam  E.  Moore. 

Harvard,  Union  to  Beech.     Land  takings. 

Hay  ward,  Belmont  to  Taylor.     Land  of  A.  S,  Lamb. 

Holt  avenue,  Candia  road  to  Lake  Shore  road.  Loca- 
tion. 

Isabella,  at  'Squog  river.     Proposed  bridge. 

Jewett  and  Cilley  road.     Land  of  Thomas  Gorman. 

Maple.     Land  of  Elliott  &  Burpee. 

Massabesic  street.     Land  of  Fred  A.  Platts. 

Page,  Hanover  to  Bridge.     Land  of  S.  T.  Page. 

Rimmon  park.     Proposed  lay-out.     Twelve  plans. 

Ryderville  road,  Goffstown  road  to  Front.  Location. 
Two  plans. 

Sagamore,  Oak  easterly.  Land  of  W.  A.  Burgess  & 
Go. 

Second.     Land  of  Charles  F.  Harvell.     Two  plans. 

Sherburne,  Candia  road  northerly.  Land  of  Samuel 
D.  Sherburne. 

Silver,  Harvard,  Beech,  Maple.  Land  of  Thomas 
Johnson. 

Stark  park.  Design  for  curbing  around  burial  lot. 
Profile. 

Valley  cemetery.    Water  pipe  plan. 

Valley  cemetery.  Lots  and  avenues  for  superintend- 
ent.    Four  plans. 

Whittemore  land,  West  Manchester.  Proposed  sewer- 
age. 

Total  blue  prints,  39. 

MAPS. 

City  of  Manchester,  east  side,  showing  sewers.  Blue 
print. 

City  of  Manchester,  west  side,  showing  sewers.  Two 
blue  prints. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  159 

City  of  Manchester,  for  police  patrol  system.     Tracing. 

City  of  Manchester,  for  police  patrol  system.  Four 
blue  prints. 

City  of  Manchester,  for  locating  boxes  police  patrol 
system.     Blue  print. 

City  of  Manchester,  for  New  England  Telephone  and 
Telegraph  Co.     Two  blue  prints. 

City  of  Manchester,  southern  section.     Lot  map. 

City  of  Manchester,  northern  section.     Lot  map. 

Derryfield  park  and  adjoining  land.     Tracing. 

Pine  Grove  cemetery  and  extensions.  Showing  water 
pipe. 

Valley  cemetery.     Lots  and  avenues. 

Total  maps,  16. 

Four  plans  of  lots  in  the  Pine  Grove  cemetery  have 
been  made  in  the  new  book  of  the  city  treasurer,  and 
twenty-nine  sheets  of  plans  in  the  sewer  book. 

Six  plans  have  been  made  in  city  clerk's  book  of  streets 
laid  out. 

Total  of  all  plans  made,  378. 

Four  plans  are  under  way  which  will  be  completed  dur- 
ing the  year. 

Sewer  plans  brought  up  to  date,  25. 

Numbering  sheets  brought  up  to  date,  6, 

Plans  lettered  and  finished,  20. 

Plans  made  for  establishment  of  grade  on  laid-out 
streets,  36,210  feet. 

Plans  made  for  the  establishment  of  grade  on  streets 
not  laid  out,  5,130  feet. 

Total,  41,890  feet,  equal  to  7.93  miles. 


160 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


SEWERS  BUILT 


Amberst 

Auburn. 

Auburn  soutli  back  — 
Auburn  soutli  back  — 

Beacou 

Beech 

Beech 

Beech  cast  back 

Belmont 

Canton 

Cedar  

Cedar  south  back 

Cedar  south  back 

Central  south  back  — 
Central  south  back  — 

Christian  brook 

Clarke  

Elm 

Elm 

Elm 

Elm  west  back 

Granite 

Granite 

Green  south  back 

Green  south  back 

Grove 

Grove  south.back 

Jewett 


Location. 


From  east  of  Ashland  easterly  

From  Canton  easterly 

From  west  of  Maple  easterly 

From  Wilson  easterly 

From  Spruce  northerly 

From  Gore  northerly 

From  Sagamore  northerly 

From  south  of  Concord  northerly 

Mead  to  old  Bridge 

From  south  of  Spruce  to  Auburn 

Wilson  to  Wilson  east  back 

Pine  to  west  of  Beech 

From  Wilson  east  back  easterly 

Union  to  Beech 

From  east  of  Wilson  easterly .*, 

Liberty  east  back  to  Beech  east  back 

River  road  to  Elm 

Clarke  to  Thaj'er , 

Thayer  to  Carpenter 

From  Clarke  southerly ■ 

Christian  brook  to  Salmon 

At  east  end  of  bridge  

At  east  end  of  bridge 

From  Union  westerly 

From  Union  easterly 

From  west  of  Taylor  westerly 

From  west  of  Union  easterly 

From  north  of  Young  to  Clay 


Akron.. 

8 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

8 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

12 

"      .. 

12 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

15 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

|16 
il2 

"      .. 

12 

Brick  . . 

42xG3 

24x36 

II 

22x33 

Akron.. 

15 

"      .. 

8 

"      .. 

10 

Steel.... 

36 

Brick... 

36 

Akron.. 

12 

"      .. 

10 

"      .. 

10 

•'      .. 

10 

"      .. 

15 

KEPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 
IN  1896.— EAST  SIDE. 


161 


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£1 

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ci 

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202 
358 


101 
324 
877 

*  To  take  surface  water. 
11 


$13.25 

1,572.25 

165.58 

513.27 

70.44 

355.19 

278.61 

56.27 

410.04 

388.14 

198.. "50 

277.60 

2,370.87 

899.23 

82.28 

5,187.08 

1,927.26 

1,752.78 

3,016.00 

34.48 

734.78 

.592.27 

150.20 
686.19 
137.02 
468.37 
3,635.13 


$0.17 
3.083 
0.827 
1.00 
0.355 
3.116 
0.91 
0.296 
1.694 
1.102 
0.936 
0.925 
2.651 
1.606 
0.872 
5.135 
3.794 
3.794 
4.00 
0.189 
1.212 

6.966 

1.444 

1.38 

1.356 

1.446 

4.145 


Oct. 
Nov. 

Nov. 
June 

March 
Oct. 
July 
June 

Sept. 


July 
April 
Sept. 
April 
August    11 

"     .      11 
Sept.       17 


Oct.  4 

Dec.  1 

July  15 

June  12 

Mar.  26 

Oct.  12 

July  9 

June  30 
20 

Oct.  4 

"  4 

Sept.  16 

May  9 

Sept.  23 

May  30 

Dec.  30 

"  30 
30 


Sept. 


Sept.    30 


June 

Oct. 

April 


July  3 
Oct.  27 
June     12 


162 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

SKWERS  BUILT  IN  1896. 


Street. 


Liberty  east  back 

Lincoln 

Malvern 

Mead 

Merrimack  south  bacli 

Old  Bridge 

Pine 

Porter 

Ray 

River  road 

River  road 

Sagamore 

Silver 

Union 

Union  oast  back 

Union  east  back 

Valley 

Valley 

Valley 

Wal  nut  east  back 

Wilson 

Wilson  

Wilson  east  back 

Wilson  mil 

Wilson  Hill 


Location. 


Total. 


From  Christian  brook  northerly. 

From  Silver  northerly 

At  Bridge 

Hall  to  Belmont 

From  Beech  westerly 

From  Belmont  westerly 

Auburn  to  Cedar  south  back 

From  Amherst  northerly 

From  Ray  brook  northerly 

At  Ray  brook 

Monroe  to  Clarke 

From  east  of  Beech  to  Oak 

Union  to  Lincoln 

From  Appleton  northerly •. 

From  Christian  brook  southerlj' . 

Christian  brook  to  Webster 

From  Wilson  to  east  of  Belmont. 
From  Wilson  to  east  of  Belmont. 

From  Jewett  easterly 

From  Christian  brook  southerly. 

Valley  to  Prescott 

Prescott  to  Harvard 

Cedar  to  Cedar  south  back 

Laurel  to  INIcrrimack 

Merrimack  northerly 


Akron. 


Iron... 
Brick.. 
Akron. 
Brick.. 
Akron. 


Iron . . . 
Akron. 


10 
8 
15 
12 
12 
12 
15 
10 
10 
20 

24x36 
12 

38x57 
8 
12 
12 
20 
20 
10 
10 
12 
10 
10 
■  10 
10 


Average  cost  of  sewers,  East  Side  f  Division  No.  2,   $3  123 

I        "  No.  7,  $1,586 

Average  cost  of  sewers,  both  sides  of  river,  S2.603 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


163 


—  EAST  SIDB.— Continued. 


2 
c'3 


1,541 


29 

9 

12 

25 

11 

3 

5 

3 

594 


73 


$473.83 
38.02 
108.24 
655.56 
163.14 
127.62 
336.54 
149.89 
475.43 

2,606.39 

2,617.17 

16,124.13 

79.50 

565.00 

942.54 

2,400.63 

229.00 
445.71 

779.02 
294.80 
106.27 
400.14 
35.94 

$56,127.59 


$1,045 
0.180 
1.615 
l.Sll 
1.102 
1.021 
2.370 
0.576 
0.943 


Sept.  21 
August  15 
May  9 


Dec. 

Sept. 

i( 

July- 
May 
April 


3.794     August   11 


3.157 
9.018 
0.530 
1.615 
1.552 

2.304 

0.763 
1.087 
0.965 
0.877 
0.843 
1.557 
0.144 


June 
May 
Sept. 
June 

<4 

May 

Nov. 
Oct. 


r3 


Sept.  28 

Aug.  17 

May  13 

Jan.  18 

Sept.  22 

"  29 

"  16 

May  14 

April  25 


Aug.      6 

15 

Sept.    29 

Aug.     12 

12 

June    12 

May       7 

Nov.     23 

10 

10 

Oct.         5 

7 


164 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


SEWERS  BUILT  IN 


Street. 


Location. 


Amherst  road Mast  to  south  of  Carroll 

Amherst  road South  of  Carroll  southerly 

B From  C  northerly 

Boynton C  to  McDuffle 

Carroll From  Amherst  road  southerly. . . 

Cartier  east  back From  Putnam  southerly 

Conant From  west  of  Cartier  westerly. . . 

Dartmouth Dickey  to  Frederick 

Granite At  west  end  of  bridge 

Granite At  west  end  of  bridge 

Hevey  cast  back From  Amory  southerly 

Main  west  back From  Wayne  southerly 

Mast Fi'om  west  of  Bowman  easterly. 

Mast From  west  of  Riddle  westerly.. . , 


McDuffle 

Parker  avenue. 

Prince 

Quincy  

Second 

Tilton' 


Total. 


Boynton  to  Huntress 

From  Parker  southerly. . . 

Boynton  to  Huntress 

From  Douglas  southerly. 
From  Schiller  southerly. , 
From  Milford  northerly. 


Akron.. 

24 

"   .. 

10 

"   .. 

10 

"   .. 

1.5 

"   .. 

10 

"   .. 

10 

^j 

10 

"   .. 

10 

Steel . . . 

24 

Akron.. 

15 

"   .. 

12 

"   .. 

12 

"   .. 

10 

"   .. 

24 

'■   .. 

10 

"   .. 

8 

"   .. 

10 

"   .. 

10 

"   .. 

12 

"   .. 

10 

•  Cesspool  manholes. 

Average  cost  of  sewers,  West  Side,  per  foot,  $1.70. 

Average  cost  of  sewers,  both  sides  of  river,  per  foot,  §2.503. 


REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


165 


1896.— WEST  SIDE. 


si  ® 


416 
1S4 
2!9 
577 
250 
344 
56 
354 


404 
350 
202 
610 
512 
150 
588 
84 
290 
277 

5,867 


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3 

p. 

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S 

^ 

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1 

11 

4 

1 

7 

1 

1 

2 

20 

3 

1 

1 

3 

1 

*3 

1 

2 

3 

1 

14 

2 
4J 

39 
141 

1 

1 

1 

16 

2 

2 

1 

1 

4 

1 

2 

15 

6 

1 

18 

3 

1 

1 

5 

2 

17 

3 

4 

1 

1 

4 
12 

1 

11 

1 

184 

20 

7 

152 

33 

$2,238.26 
141.47 
188.17 
527.53 
178.64 
247.80 
36.52 
322.97 

562.85 

291.20 
306.99 
203.91 
3,297.42 
313.99 

60.58 
299.00 

56.88 
762.08 
245.02 

$10,281.28 


$5,381 
0.769 
0.905 
0.914 
0.715 
0.721 
0.652 
0.913 

3.127 

0.721 
0.877 
1.010 
5.602 
0.613 
0.404 
0.509 
0.646 
2.973 
0.881 


May 

July 

April 

Oct. 

May 

June 

Oct. 


May 

Oct. 

June 

May 

April 

Nov. 

April 

August    25 

May        12 

April       13 


«.2 


Oct.  2 

t(  .2 

Aug.  1 

April  27 

Oct.  6 

May  21 

June  17 
24 

Oct.  20 

May  9 

Oct.  19 

June  15 

Oct.  2 

May  2 

Nov.  13 

April  30 

Aug.  27 

May  28 

April  16 


166 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS, 


PIPE  REMOVED  WHERE  NEW  SEWERS  HAVE  BEEN  BUILT. 


Street. 


Cedar  south  back  — 

Cedar  south  back 

Central  south  back. . 

Granite 

Granite 


Location. 


Pine  to  Union 

Union  to  west  of  Beech 
Union  to  Beech 

At  east  end  of  Bridge. . 
At  west  end  of  Bridge.. 


Material. 

-  ai 

S.5 

Cement... 

12 

Akron — 

12 

Cement.. 

12 

Brick  .... 

36 

24 

v  d 

K?-^ 


400 

560 

85 

160 

1,671 


SUMMARY  OF  SEWERS  BUILT  IN  1896. 

Feet . 

Total  42  X  63  inches,  brick 1,010 

38  X  57  inches,  brick 1,788 

24  X  36  inches,  brick 1,171 

22  X  33  inches,  brick 462 

36-inch,  brick 46 

36-inch  steel  pipe 39 

24-inch  Akron  pipe 1,026 

24-inch  steel  pipe 39 

20-inch  Akron  pipe 1,030 

20-inch  iron  pipe 36 

15-inch  Akron  pipe 3,65 1 

12-inch  Akron  pipe 5,422 

10-inch  Akron  pipe 9,834 

8-inch  Akron  pipe 973 

Total 26,530 

Following  is  the  total  amount  of  sewerage  in  the  city, 
January  1,  1897: 

Feet. 

Total    8-inch  Akron  pipe 9,367 

10-inch  Akron  pipe 71,734 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


167 


Feet. 

Total  12-inch  Akron  pipe 78,091 

15-inch  Akron  pipe 25,159 

18-inch  Akron  pipe 3,964 

20-inch  Akron  pipe 11,266 

24-inch  Akron  pipe.  . . . , 6,282 

Total  Akron  pipe 205,863 

Equal  to  39.059  miles. 

Feet. 

8-inch  Portland  pipe,  old 90 

12-inch  Portland  pipe,  old 3,990 

18-inch  Portland  pipe,  old 770 

Total  Portland  pipe,  old 4,850 

Equal  to  0.919  miles. 

Feet. 

10-inch  Portland  pipe,  new 7,605 

12-inch  Portland  pipe,  new 4,526 

15-inch  Portland  pipe,  new 4,518 

18-inch  Portland  pipe,  new -  395 

20-inch  Portland  pipe,  new 3,345 

24-inch  Portland  pipe,  new 3,284 

Total  Portland  pipe,  new 23,673 

Equal  to  4.483  miles. 

Feet. 

9-inch  cement  pipe 11,658 

12-inch  cement  pipe 20,011 

15-inch  cement  pipe 490 

18-inch  cement  pipe 860 

24-inch  cement  pipe 735 

16  X  24  inches,  cement  pipe 1,697 

Total  cement  pipe 35,454 

Equal  to  6.716  miles. 


168  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Feet. 

10-inch  earthen  pipe l,17o 

12-inch  earthen  pipe 2,515 

Total  earthen  pipe 3,720 

Equal  to  0.704  miles. 

Feet. 

18-inch  brick  sewers 5,532 

24-inch  brick  sewers 1,900 

29-inch  brick  sewers 1,600 

364nch  brick  sewers 506 

42-inch  brick  sewers 4"46 

44-inch  brick  sewers 1,195 

57-inch  brick  sewers 1,400 

60-inch  brick  sewers 285 

17  X  26  inches,  brick  sewers 1,506 

20  X  30  inches,  brick  sewers 1,197 

22  X  33  inches,  brick  sewers 849 

24  X  36  inches,  brick  sewers 11,051 

26  X  39  inches,  brick  sewers 514 

29^  X  44  inches,  brick  sewers 4,530 

30  X  46  inches,  brick  sewers 1,360 

32  X  48  inches,  brick  sewers 3,279 

36  X  54  inches,  brick  sewers 1,067 

38  X  57  inches,  brick  sewers 4,388 

40  X  44  inches,  brick  sewers 790 

42  X  63  inches,  brick  sewers 3,104 

50  X  75  inches,  brick  sewers 712 

Total  brick  sewers 47,211 

Equal  to  8.941  miles. 

Feet- 

8-inch  iron  pipe 24 

10-inch  iron  pipe 12 

12-inch  iron  pipe 24 

14-inch  iron  pipe 24 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER. 


169 


20-inch  iron  pipe 

24-inch  iron  pipe 

36-ineh  iron  pipe 

Total  iron  pipe 

Equal  to  0.103  miles. 

24-inch  steel  pipe 

36-inch  steel  pipe 

48-inch  steel  pipe. . 

Total  steel  pipe 

Equal  to  0.00  miles. 

Total  in  all  sewers,  321,7921  feet,  equal  to  G0.945  miles 

STREET  GRADES  ESTABLISHED  IN  1896. 


Feet. 

158 
24 

2771 

5431 

Feet. 

67 

39 

372 

47S 


No.  of 
plan. 


4092 
1000 


4181 
1084-5 


Street. 


741 
993-4-5-6 


Alsace 

Amberst 

Beacon  

Carpenter . . 
Chestnut  ... 

Concord 

Essex 

Lake  ave  . . . 

Milton 

Salmon 

South  Main. 


Location. 


Kelley  to  Bremer 

Belmont  to  Beacon 

Hanover  to  Amherst 

Elm  to  Union 

Clarke  to  Trenton 

Belmont  to  Beacon 

Amory  southerly 

J.  Hall  road  to  Hanover 

Hanover  to  Amherst 

Walnut  to  Beech 

Boynton  to  Bedford  town  line. 


Length 
in  feet. 


Order 
passed. 


550 
452 
312 

1,346 

1,645 
450 
574 

1,450 
312 
220 

4,040 


11,351 


Jan .  4,  1S97 
June  2 
June  2 
June  19 
Jan.  4,  1897 
Aug.  4 
Aug.  4 
Oct.    6 
June  2 
Jan.  7 
Jan.  4,  1897 


Equal  to  2.15  miles. 

On  these  plans  both  sides  of  the  street  are  shown,  mak- 
ing the  actual  distance  of  grade  established  22,702  feet, 
or  4.30  miles. 


170 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


The  following  shows  the  amount  of  concrete  laid  for 
the  city  in  189G  by  John  T.  Underhill  &  Co.,  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  street  and  park  commissioners.  The  meas- 
urements relating  thereto  haye  been  made  by  this  depart- 
ment, and  rendered  as  vouchers  for  the  same: 

STREET  CROSSINGS. 


Location. 


Amory  and  Dubuque  (3) 

Auburn  at  Wilson 

Auburn  south  back  at  Wilson 

Auburn  south  back  at  Wilson,  repairs.. 

Beacon  at  Manchester 

Beacon  at  Lake  avenue 

Bell  at  Wilson 

Bridge  at  Union,  top-dressed 

Bridge  and  Maple  (2) 

Bridge  and  Maple  (2)  top-dressed 

Cedar  at  Wilson 

Cedar  south  back  at  Wilson 

Clarke  and  Chestnut  (2) 

Clarke  and  Chestnut,  patching 

Columbus  at  Aniory 

East  High  and  Belinont(2) 

Elm  at  Welch  avenue 

Elm  near  Brown  avenue 

Elm  at  Clarke 

Gore  at  Walnut 

Green  at  Wilson 

Green  south  back  at  Wilson 

Grove  at  Wilson 

Grove  south  back  at  Wilson 

Hay  ward  at  Jewett 

Hevey  at  Amory 

Hevey  east  back  at  Amory 

Hosley  at  Suminer 

Lake  avenue  and  Pine,  top-dressed 

Laurel  south  back  at  ^Milton 

Liberty  east  back  at  Salmon 

Maple  at  Cedar 

Merrimack  and  Pine  (3) 

Milton  and  Laurel  (4) 

Orange  and  Pine  (3)  top-dressed 

Orange  and  Walnut  (2) 

Orange  and  Beech  (2) 

Pearl  at  Walnut 

Prospect  and  Pine  (2) 

Prospect  south  back  at  Pine 

Prospect  and  Linden  (2) 

Pi'out  avenue  at  Hay  ward 

Sagamore  and  Walnut  (2) 

Sagamore  and  Walnut,  patching 

Spruce  at  Wilson  (2) 

Spruce  south  back  at  Wilson,  repairs.. 

Summer  at  Wilson 

Summer  south  back  at  Wilson 

Union  east  back  at  Bridge,  top-dressed 

Union  at  Salmon 

Warren  at  Peai-1 


Square 

Price 

yards. 

per  yd. 

90.67 

$0.75 

30.22 
1G.S9 

.75 
.75 

5.78 

.75 

20.00 

.75 

1S.G7 
30.22 

.75 
.75 

27.11 

.37 

62.23 

.75 

63.56 

.37 

30.22 

.75 

16.89 

.75 

62.22 

.75 

3.90 

.45 

30.22 

.75 

57.78 

.75 

55.56 

.75 

56.00 

.75 

88.00 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

16  89 

.75 

30.22 

.iO 

17.74 

.75 

32.89 

.75 

30.22 

.75 

17.33 

.75 

2.-,.  00 

.75 

28.89 

.37 

17.33 

.75 

17.77 

.75 

29.33 

.75 

89.06 

.75 

92.00 

.75 

84.71 

.37 

62.04 

.75 

56.89 

.75 

28.00 

.75 

38.22 

.75 

17.78 

.75 

58.67 

.75 

20.44 

.75 

61.33 

.75 

11.61 

.45 

60.44 

.76 

17.77 

.45 

30.22 

.75 

16.89 

.75 

17.78 

.37 

28.89 

.75 

28.44 

.75 

1,911.36 

Total 
cost. 


$68.00 
22.66 
12.66 

4.33 
15.00 
14.00 
22.66 
10.03 
46.66 
23.51 
22.66 
12.66 
46.66 

1.75 
22.66 
43.33 
41.67 
42.00 
66.00 
22.66 
22.66 
12.66 
22.66 
13.33 
24.66 
22.66 
13.00 
18.75 
10.63 
13  00 
13.33 
22.00 
66.70 
69.00 
31.34 
46.52 
42.66 
21.00 
28.66 
13.33 
44.00 
15.33 
46.00 

5.23 
45.33 

7.99 
22.66 
12.66 

6.58 
21.66 
21.33 


$1,339.02 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    EJJGINEER. 
SIDEWALKS. 


171 


Location. 


Beacon  and  Lake  avenue  at  Abbott's  — 

Bridge  and  Maple,  patcliing 

IMilton  at  George  W.  Cheney's 

Milton  at  George  W.  Cheney's  driveway 
Orange  and  Pine,  patching 


Square 
yards. 

Price 
per  yd. 

46.56 
24.47 
180.59 
32  89 
10.56 

$0.35 
.45  i 
.35 
.75 
.45 

295.07 

Total 
tcost. 


$16.29 

11.01 

63.20 

24.66 

4.75 


$119.91 


ROADWAYS. 


Location. 

Square 
yards. 

Price 
per  yd. 

Total 
cost. 

Chestniit,  Hanover  to  Manchester,  top-dressed  — 
Concord,  Elm  east  back  to  Vine,  top-dressed 

1,106.47 
252.86 

$0.50 
.50 

$553.24 
176.43 

1.359.33 

S729  67 

The  following  shows  the  amount  of  concrete  laid  for  the 
city  in  1896  by  John  T.  Underhill  &  Co.,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  committee  on  lands  and  buildings  and  the 
cemetery  trustees : 


Location. 


East  Manchester  schoolhouse,  repairs. 

High  school,  driveways  in  rear 

Main-street  engine-house,  repairs 

Parker  school,  around  building 

Valley  cemetery 


Square 
yards. 


28.39 
359.64 


118.66 
62.60 


Price 
per  yd, 


569.29 


$0.37 
.44 


.45 
.20 


Total 
cost. 


$10.50 

158.24 

10.00 

53.40 

12.52 


$244.66 


The  following  shows  the  amountof  concrete  laidforthe 
city  in  1896  by  the  Charles  H.  Robie  Co.,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  street  and  park   commissioners.     The  meas- 


172 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


urements  relating  thereto  have  been  made  by  this  depart- 
ment, and  rendered  as  vouchers  for  the  same : 

STREET  CROSSINGS. 


Location. 


Square   Price  |  Total 
yai-Qs.  per  yd.|    cost. 


Amberst  at  Belmont I    26. 

Appleton  and  Chestnut  (3) 5    fc4. 

Bath  at  Third 36. 

Bay  at  North 30. 

Beauport  at  Anoprj- 29. 

Beauport  at  Amory,  patching 10. 

Beech  and  Orange,  top-dressed 32. 

Beech  at  Myrtle,  patcliing 28. 

Beech  at  Myrtle 8. 

Beech  and  Orange,  patching 35. 

Bridge  and  Walnut  (2) 61. 

Bridge  and  Walnut  (2)  re-covered I    61. 

Cartier  east  hack  at  Wilton I    17. 

Central  and  Lincoln  (3) i    55, 

Central  and  Lincoln,  patching 20. 

Central  at  Wilson 27 

Central  at  Hall,  i  op-dressed ,    28, 

Concord  and  Walnut  (2) i    40 

Concord  and  Walnut  (2)  top-dressed :    56 

Concord  and  Beech  (2) 31 

Concord  and  Beech  (2)  top-dressed !    28. 

Concord  and  Ash i    18. 

10 
34 
37 
15 
3 
16 
17 
32 
17 
15 
51 
9 
30 
56 
2S 
28 
9 
12 


Concord  and  Ash,  top-dres.«ed. 

Coolidge  avenue  at  Amory 

Elm  at  Christian  Brook,  top-dressed... 

Elm  at  North 

Elm  antl  Webster,  repaired 

Green  south  back  at  Union 

Grove  south  back  at  Union 

Hall  at  Sanimer 

Harrison  and  Walnut  east  back 

Harrison  and  Beech 

Harri.son  and  Beech  (2)  top-dressed  — 

Lake  avenue  west  of  Hall 

Lake  avenue  and  Belmont 

Lowell  and  Belmont  (2) 

Malvern  at  Lowell 

Mai'ket  at  Elm  west  back,  top-dressed. 

Myrtle  at  Walnut 

Myrtle  at  Walnut,  patching 

Myrtle  and  A  sh  (2)  top-dressed 

Russell  and  Harrison  (2) 

Salmon  at  Walimt 

Salmon  at  Walnut,  patching 

Second  atGriinite,  top-dressed 

South  Main  at  A 

Tilton  at  .Milford 

Tilton  at  Milford,  top-dressed 

Union  at  Brook 

Union  at  Urook  (2)  top-dressed 

Walnut  and  Orange 

Walnut  and  Orange,  patching 

Walnut  at  Sagamore  (2) 


Total . 


1,602.94 


$0.75 


.75 
.50 
.37 
.37 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.75 
..37 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.25 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.37 
.37 
.75 
.75 
.25 
.37 
.75 
.75 
.37 
.75 
.S7 
.75 
.37 
.75 


SI  9.66 
63.53 
27.33 
22.65 
22.27 

5.30 
12.16 
10.68 

6.00 
12.99 
46.33 
22.85 
13.33 
41.67 

7.40 
20.67 
10.36 
30.00 
20.82 
23.87 
10.64 
14.00 

3.94 
25.95 

9.44 
11.97 

2.62 
12.66 
13.00 
24.33 
13.00 
11.13 
19  07 

6.75 
22.50 
42.67 
21.58 
10.36 

7.33 

4.44 
24.50 
43.95 
22.60 

1.89 
10.15 
31.50 

5.95 

2.93 
22.00 
21.77 

2.67 

4.27 
40.00 


S961.63 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


173 


ROADWAYS. 


Square 

Price 

yards. 

per  yd. 

14.2.') 

$0.50 

1.105.67 

.50 

118.56 

.50 

18.00 

.50 

7.20 

.50 

174.44 

.50 

108.06 

.50 

10.00 

..TO 

507.86 

.50 

253.33 

.50 

20.94 

1.00 

'2,338.31 

Total 
cost. 


Amherst,  patching 

Chestnut,  Hanover  to  Amherst,  top-dressed 

Chestnut,  patching 

Hanover,  patching 

Lake  avenue  at  engine-house,  repairs 

Main  street  at  engine-house,  patching 

Merrimack,  west  of  Elm,  patching 

Nutfleld  Lane  and  Amherst,  patching 

Union,  Concord  to  Lowell,  patching 

Union,  patching 

Union  and  Central  south  back 

Total 


$7.V2 

552.89 

59.28 

9.00 

3.60 

87.22 

.54.03 

5.00 

253.93 

126.67 

20.94 


§1,179.68 


SIDEWALKS. 


Location. 


Square   price 
yards,    per  yd. 


Total 
cost. 


Amory  at  square 

Auhurn  at  M.  Sullivan's,  repaired 

Bridge  and  Elm  at  fountain 

Bridge  and  Walnut,  patching 

Brook  and  Union,  patching 

Central  and  Lincoln,  repaired 

Central  and  Wilson,  repaired 

Central  and  Hall 

Concord  square,  Chestnut 

Concord  square.  Chestnut,  top-dressed.. 

Elm  at  Christian  Brook 

Granite  bridge,  approaches 

Granite  street  at  Gage  &  McDougall's. . . 
Harrison  at  Mrs.  E.  E.  Patch's,  repaired. 

Lake  avenue  at  Peter  McQuillan's 

McGregor  at  mill  entrance 


Total 


127,08  ,  $0.35 


2.00 
31.61 
25.44 
22.11 
12.22 

2.78 
300.10 
81.28 
12.89 
167.30 
47.00 
80.22 
98.00 

6.67 


1,016.70 


$44.48 

8.25 

0.80 

14.22 

8.90 

5.53 

3.05 

1.25 

150.05 

28  44 

5.15 

83.65 

23.50 

32.08 

41.16 

3.46 


The  following  shows  the  amount  of  concrete  laid  for 
the  city  in  189G  by  the  Charles  H.  Robie  Co.,  under  the  di- 


174 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPOKTS. 


reel  ion  of  the  committee  on  lands  and  buildings  and  cem- 
etery trustees. 


LOCATIOX. 


Square!  Price 
yards,  per  yd. 


Ash  streeet  school,  walks  and  corners '  565 

East  Manchester  school [    19 

Pine  Grove  cemetery,  patching '      9 

Pine  Grove  cemetery,  lodge  house  cellar 22 

Pine  Grove  cemetery,  eaves ,    18 

Pine  Grove  cemetery        |    43 

Pine  Grove  cemetery,  driveway 423 

Police  station  at  patrol  stable I    84 

South  Manchester  engine-house,  driveway '    35 

Soulh  Manchester  school,  driveway 30 

South  ^lanchester  school,  driveway 110 

South  Manchester  school,  walks 115 

South  Manchester  school,  walks  re-covered 294 

Valley  cenieterj%  walks 66 

Valley  cemetery,  walks i    82 

Varney  school,  walk 8 

Varney  school,  walks 106 

Varney  school,  sidewalk 155 

Varney  school,  driveway 

Webster-street  school 


51 
33 
00 
30 
25 
56 
31 
11 
44 
00 

a3 

.97 
45 
50 
42 
22 
44 
75 
8.44 


3.44 
.50 
.25 
.40 
.40 
.50 
.65 
.50 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.40 
.35 
.35 
.35 
.50 
.35 
.40 
.50 


Total 
cost. 


$248.82 

9.66 

2.25 

8.94 

7.30 

21.78 

275.15 

42.05 

26.58 

22.50 

83.12 

46.38 

103.05 

23.27 

28.84 

4.11 

37.25 

62.30 

4.22 

5.00 


2,199.89  i$l,062.57 


SUMMARY. 

Concrete  laid  by  John  T.  Underhill  d-  Co. 


Location. 


Crossings 

Sidewalks 

Roadways 

Miscellaneous. 


Square  I    Total 
yards.  I     cost. 


1,91136 
295.07 

1  ,.359.33 
569.29 

$1,339.02 
119.91 
729.67 
244.66 

Total 4,135.05 


§2,433.26 


Concrete  laid  by  the  Charles  H.  liobie  Company. 


Location. 


Square     Total 
yards,      cost. 


Crossings 1,602.94 

Sidewalks 1,01070 

Roadways 2,.3H8.31 

Miscellaneous    2,199.89 

Total 7.157.8-1 


$961.63 

4.52.96 

1,179.68 

1,062.57 


$3,656.84 


Total  concrete  laid  for  the  city,  11,292.89  square  yards, 
at  a  cost  of  $6,090.10. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


175 


BRIDGES. 


The  following  table  gives  the  dimensions,  material, 
and  number  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 
468 

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 

40 

21 

16.7 

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. 
Steel. 
Wood. 

Stone. 
Wood. 

Iron. 
Wood. 

Steel. 
Wood. 

3 

1 

Bridge  st.,  McGregor  and  approaches 

3 

2 

Derry  road,  near  Cohas  avenue 

Derry  road,  near  town  line 

Dunbarton  road.  Black  brook 

1 

4.5 

Front  street,  at  Black  brook 

2 
2 

6 

8 

Harvey  road,  at  Great  Cohas 

2 

6.5 

Mammoth  road,  at  Great  Cohas 

Mammoth  road,  near  town  line 

^ 

Mill  road,  at  Harvey's  mill 

Parker  street,  at  railroad 

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 

Webster  road,  at  water-works  dam.. . 

5 

Weston  road,  east  of  D.  Connor's 

J 

Stone  bridges,  2  ;  steel,  3;  iron,  4;  wood,  18;  total,  27. 


176 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    KEPOKTS. 


NEW  HIGHWAYS  LAID  OUT  IN  1896. 


Streets. 


Bay 

Chestnut.. . 
Cypress... 
Glenwood  ave 
Holt  avenue.. 
Maynard  ave  . 

Merrill 

North 

Plummer 

Sagamore.  ... 
Somervllle  ... 
Summer 


Location. 


Trenton  northerly 

North  of  Clarke  to  Tren 

ton 

Young  to  Clay 

Page  easterly 

Candia    road    to    Lake 

Shore  road 

Huse  road  to  Porter 

Jewett  easterly 

Union  to  Walnut 

Pine  to  Union 

Oak  to  Smyth  road. 

Jewett  to  Cj'press. . 

Beech  westerly 


c2 

m  O 

5^ 

^.2 

June 

I'J 

50 

580 

April 
Sept. 

24 
2.") 

50 

1.337 

860 

Sept. 

25 

50 

725 

July 
Aug. 

31 

28 

66 
50 

7,8,50 
1,345 

April 

22 

50 

350 

Aug. 

28 

50 

220 

May 

26 

40 

450 

June 

19 

40 

1,453 

July 

31 

50 

410 

Nov. 

25 

50 

200 

15,780 

Petition  of 


A.  O.  Brown. 


J.  Carpenter. 
J.  A.  Kimball. 

Geo.  F.  Laird. 


G.W.Dearborn. 
J.  H.  Maynard. 

P.  O.  Woodman. 

G.  L.  Reed. 

Thos.  Stewart. 

W.  R.  Call. 

C.  W.  Dan  forth. 

Pat.  J.  Horan. 


Equaling  3.00  miles. 

The  following  table  shows  the  streets  laid  out  to  date 
which  have  not  been  built.  Many  of  these  have  been 
turnpiked,  and  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  excep- 
tions. It  will  necessitate  the  expenditure  of  a  considera- 
ble amount  of  money  to  properly  build  them  to  grade. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 
STREETS  LAID  OUT  TO  DATE  BUT  NOT  BUILT. 


177 


Streets. 


Ainswortb  avenue,  Hay  ward  to  Young 

Alfred,  Hanover  to  Amherst 

Allen,  Main  to  Boynton 

Alsace,  south  of  Kelley  northerly , 

Amory  to  Kimball 

Amory  extension  to  Bartletl 

Arah,  Union  to  Hooksett  line 

Ash,  Gore  northerly* 

Auburn,  Maple  to  Lincoln 

Auburn,  Wilson  to  Belmont , 

Auburn,  Cypress  to  Flatts  avenue  * , 

Bartlett,  Amory  extension  southerly 

Bay,  Trenton  northerly , 

Beech,  Webster  to  Clarke* 

Bell,  Wilson  easterly , 

Belmont,  Young  to  Clay 

Benton,  Jones  to  James  Hall  road , 

Blaine,  Second  to  Hiram , 

Boutwell,  Amory  nortberly  * , 

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 , 

Cedar,  Wilson  easterly , 

Central,  James  Hall  road  westerly  * , 

Chestnut,  north  of  Clarke  to  Trenton  * 

Clay,  Jewett  to  Cypress 

Cleveland,  Blaine  to  Merrimack  river 

Colby,  West  Hancock  to  Log , 

Columbus  avenue,  Cartier  to  Amory* 

Cypress,  Lake  avenue  to  Massabesic  * 

Cypress,  Young  to  Clay 

Dartmouth,  West  Hancock  to  Frederick 

Erie,  South  Main  westerly , 

Essex,  Amory  southerly , 

Forest,  Milford  to  Old  Mast  road 

Foster  avenue,  Valley  to  Hay  ward 

Glenwood  ave..  Mammoth  road  to  J.  Cronin's  *. . 

Glenwood  avenue,  Page  easterly , 

Grant,  Hanover  to  Mammoth  road  * 

Green,  Douglas  northerly 

Green,  Pine  to  Beech 

Green,  Wilson  to  Belmont  * 

Grove,  Wilson  to  Belmont  * 

Grove,  Taylor  westerly 

Hale,  across  Wolf  and  Wagner  land 

Hall,  Hay  ward  to  Young 

Hall,  Lake  avenue  to  Bell 

Hall,  Pearl  to  north  side  of  Prospect* 

Harrison,  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  INIammotb  road 

Highland  Park  avenue,  Candia  road  to  Glen 

wood  avenue 

Holt  avenue,  Candia  road  to  Lake  Shore  road  * 

Hosley,  Green  to  Summer 

Huntress,  Bank  to  north  of  Prince 

12 


Length 
in  feet. 


499 
212 
700- 

1,160 

2,800 
735 

3,162 
590 
600 
S09 
967 

1,800 
580 

1,176 
636 

1,395 
240 
395 

1,693 
400 
998 
860 

2,900 

1,023 
550 
665 
304 

1,337 
3S7 

1,487 
220 

3,110 

1,300 
860 
636 
470 
575 

1,460 
490 

2,085 
725 

1,008 
96 
990 
809 
809 
757 
800 
125 
1,890 
716 

1,218 
365 

1,190 

1,060 
471 

6,000 

1,007 

7,850 

490 

648 


When  laid  out. 


August  31,  1893. 
July  19,  1893. 
Julv  24,  1891. 
May  26,  1893. 
November  17, 1891. 
June  26,  1892. 
July  21,  1895. 
June  9,  1893. 
July  28,  1891. 
August  15,  1892. 
June  9,  1893. 
July  26,  1892. 
June  19,  1896. 
November  29,  1893. 
August  15,  1892. 
September  1,  ls91. 
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. 
August  15,  1892. 
July  6,  1892. 
April  24, 1896. 
August  31,  1893. 
May  20,  1892. 
November  16, 1S93. 
May  20, 1892. 
December  28,  1892. 
September  25, 189P 
August  28,  1891. 
June  20,  1893. 
November  20,  1893. 
December  16,  1890. 
July  31.  1895. 
December  28,  1892. 
September  25, 1896. 
October  20,  1893. 
July  28,  1891. 
August  31,  1S93. 
August  15,  1892. 
September  9, 1893. 
December  28, 1892. 
July  25,  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. 

December  28,  1892. 
July  31,  1896. 
November  16,  1893. 
September  18, 1891. 


178  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL.  REPORTS. 

STREETS  LAID  OUT  TO  DATE  BUT  NOT  BUILT.—  Continued. 


Streets. 


Length 
in  feet. 


When  laid  out. 


Jewett,  Cilley  road  to  Weston  road  * 

Joliette,  south  of  Kelley  northerly 

Jones,  Nelson  to  K.  I.  Stevens's  land 

Josselyn,  Kyron  to  Varney 

Kelley,  to  M.  &N.W.R.  R 

Kennedy,  Brown  avenue  to  Josselyn 

Knowlton,  Hay  ward  southerly 

Lafayette,  Amory  northerly  * 

Laval,  Amory  northerly* 

Liberty,  North  southerly 

Liberty,  south  of  North  to  Salmon 

Lincoln,  Cedar  to  Shasta  * 

Longwood  ave.,  Mammoth  rd.  to  Woodbine  ave. 

Maple,  Gore  northerly* 

Moynard  avenue,  Huse  road  to  Porter* 

McKinnon,  Central  to  Pleasant* 

McNeil,  Second  to  West  Hancock 

Merrill,  Jewett  easterly 

Iderrimack,  east  of  Beacon  to  Hanover 

Millord,  Amherst  road  westerly 

3Iitchell,  Beech  to  Brown  avenue  • 


Montgomery,  Conant  northerly 

Morgan,  Amory  to  Kelley 

Mystic  avenue,  Candia  road  northerly 

Nelson,  James  Hall  road  to  Mammoth  road.... 

North,  Union  to  Walnut* 

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 

Platts  avenue,  Candia  road  to  0.  &  P.  R.  R 

Plum  Hi  er.  Pine  to  Union 

Prospect,  Derry  old  line  to  Hall 

Prout  avenue.  Hay  ward  southerly 

Putnam,  to  Dubuque  j 

Quincy,  Douglas  northerly —  i 

Revere  avenue,  Candia  road  to  C.  &  P.  R.  R j 

Rinimon,  to  south  of  Wayne 

Sagamore,  Oak  to  Smyth  road I 

Salmon,  Walnut  to  Beech  * 

Schiller,  Hale  to  Wentworth 

Schiller,  Wentworth  to  Merrimack  river 

Second,  Blaine  to  Main 

Silver,  Union  to  Maple 

Somerville,  Union  to  Hall 

Somerville,  Jewett  to  Cypress 

Stevens,  Baker  southerly 

Summer,  Beech  westerly 

Summer,  Wilson  to  Massabesic 

Titus  avenue.  Union  to  Beech 

Union,  Auburn  to  Nutt  road 

Varney,  .losselyn  to  west  of  B.  &  M.  R.  R.* 

Vinton,  Taylor'to  .Jewett 

Wallace,  Winter  southwesterly  * 

Wayland  avenue,  Massabesic  to  Mammoth  road 

Wayne,  west  of  Dubuque  westerly     

Wentworth,  West  Hancock  southerlj'* 

West  Hancock,  .Merrimack  river  westerly 

Wilkins,  Rockland  avenue  to  Bedford  line 

Willi  )w.  Hay  ward  to  Xutt  road* 

WocxUiine  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 


3,000 

400 
650 

1,200 
509 
220 
600 

1,500 

1,337 

2,500 

1,0.52 
4.50 
325 
500 
300 
96 

1,200 
735 

1,4.53 
270 
855 
218 

5,528 
690 

2,925 
410 
300 
200 

1,480 
540 

4,175 
290 

1,256 
165 
134 
150 

1,.546 
700 
595 
292 

1,290 


November  27, 1S91. 
May  26,  1893. 
August  31,  1893. 
October  3,  1893. 
June  23,  1891. 
September  21,  1891. 
November  27,  1S91. 
May  26,  1893. 
May  26,  1893. 
April  26,  1892. 
June  12,  1895. 
May  20,  1892. 
December  28,  1S92. 
June  9,  1893. 
August  28,  1896. 
June  7, 1892. 
August  28,  1891. 
April  22, 1896. 
,Julv  28,  1891. 
December  16,  1890. 
(  October  28,  1890. 
\  November  29, 1892. 
May  26,  1893. 
May  26, 1893. 
December  28,  1893. 
August  21,  1893. 

August  28,  1896. 

June  9, 1893. 

December  28,  1892. 

December  28, 1892. 

June  19,  1889. 

August  24,  1894. 

May  26,  1896. 

May  29,  1889. 

June  6,  1893. 

June  .5,  1888. 

July  28,  1891. 

December  28,  1892. 

September  26, 1892. 

June  19,  1896. 

June  27,  1894. 

Julv  25,  1894. 

.Julv  25,  1894. 

Sep'tember  18, 1891. 

June  7,  1892. 

June  7,  1892. 

July  31,  1896. 

November  29,  1892. 

November  25,  1896. 

September  22, 1891. 

May  21,  1894. 

October  25,  1892. 

October  3,  1893. 

Augusts],  1893.     • 

November  23,  1894. 

August  24.  1894. 

June  23,  1893. 

September  21, 1893. 

November  28,  1890. 

July  6,  1892. 

June  23,  1893. 

December  28, 1892. 

December  28,  1892. 
November  23,  1894. 


Equaling  25.70  miles. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   ENGINEER.  179 

Tabulated  Statement   of   Work    Done    and    Present 

Standing  Relative  to  Streets  and  Sewers, 

January  1,  1897. 

New  streets  laid  out  in   1893. . .     36,666.00  ft.,  equal  to  6.940  miles. 

1894...      13,325.00  "          "  2.330 

"            1895...      12,090.00  "           "  2.290         " 

"           1896...     15,780.00  "          "  3.000        " 

New  streets  built  in  1893 15,840.00"          "  3.000        " 

"    1894 18,513.00  "          "  3.506        " 

"              "             "    1895 16,943.00"          "  3.220        " 

"             "    1896 19,950.00  "          "  3.778        " 

Sewers  built  in  1893 21,716.00"          "  4.110        " 

"      1894 19,612.00  "          "  3.714        " 

"           "      1895 23,152.00  "          "  4.383        " 

"           "      1896 26,530.00"          "  5.024        " 

Sewers  voted  in  1893 34,007.00"          "  6.440        " 

"           "        1894 18,366.00"          "  3.480        " 

"           "        1895 24,136.50  "          "  4.569        " 

"            "         1896 22,444.00"           "  4.250 

Streets  laid  out  but  not  built 

to  January  1,  1897 135,693.00  ft.,  equal  to  25.700  miles. 

Sewers    ordered    in    but    not 

built  to  January  1,  1897....      35,067.00"          "  6.640        " 

Total  amount  of  sewers  January  1,  1896,  equal  to..  56.240  miles. 

Actual  increase  in  1896  equal  to 4.710        " 

Total  amount  of  sewers  January  1,  1897 60.950  miles. 

Length  of  streets  open  for 

travel 588,527.00  ft.,  equal  to  111.463  miles. 

Length  of    streets  planned 

for  on  ground 88,205.00"           "  16.705        " 

Length    of    roads    open    for 

travel 323,400.00  "          "  61.250        " 

Length  of    avenues  oj)ened 

for    travel 45,257.00  "          "  8.571        " 

Length   of   avenues  planned 

for  on  ground 16,234.00  "          "  3.074        " 

1,061,623.00  "          "  201.065  miles. 


180  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Length  of  walks  on  streets.     664,900.00  ft.,  equal  to  125.928  miles. 
Length  of  walks  on  roads..         4,740.00  "  "  .897        " 

Length  of  walks  on  avenues      35,388.00  "         "  6.702       " 


705,028.00  ft.,  equal  to  133.527  miles. 
KOADWAYS. 

Cobblestone  paving 2,720.00  ft.,  equal  to     0.515  miles. 

Block    paving 10,358.00  "  "             11.961 

Coal   tar   concrete 0,346.00"  "               1.770 

Macadam 35,257.00  "  "               6.677 

Telford 27,097.00  "  "               5.132 


Total    length    of    improved 
streets 84,778.00  ft.,  equal  to     16.056  miles. 

Streets,  roads,  and  avenues  open  for  travel  January  1, 
1897,  057.184.00  feet,  equal  to  181.281  miles. 

City  Hall  step  is  219.352  feet  above  sea  level. 

The  highest  point  in  the  city  above  mean  sea  level,  539 
feet;  the  lowest,  129  feet. 

Four  cemeteries  belonging  to  the  city  have  a  combined 
area  of  105  acres,  and  eleven  private  burying  grounds 
about  50  acres. 

The  largest  sewer  in  the  city  is  50  x  75  inches;  the 
smallest,  8  inches.  There  are  seven  sewer  outlets  into 
the  river,  two  above  high  water  mark,  and  five  submerged 
from  one  to  eight  feet. 

The  city  owns  wholly  or  in  part  forty-three  public 
buildings,  of  which  one  is  built  of  brick  and  stone,  thirty- 
five  of  brick,  and  seven  of  wood. 

The  common  width  of  streets  is  fifty  feet;  the  narrow- 
est is  twenty  feet;  the  widest,  one  hundred. 

There  are  ninety  miles  of  streets  having  shade  trees. 

Area  of  city,  21,700  acres,  or  33.906  square  miles. 

Area  of  Derryfield  park 68.00  acres 

Oak  Hill  reservoir  park 25.65     " 

Rimmon  park  (proposed) 42.91     " 

Stark  park 30.00     " 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


181 


Area  of  West  side  park. . , 
Concord  square. . . 
Hanover  square... 
Merrimack  square. 

Park  square 

Simpson  square... 


9.76  acres 

4.48 

3.00 

5.89 

3.49 

0.56 


Total  area  of  parks 123.65  acres 

Total  area  of  squares 19.67     " 

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2.54 
1.73 
1.56 
2.15 
1.44 
1.73 
2.66 
1.81 
3.08 
3.13 
3.31 
2.91 
3.98 
4.71 

18.66 
20.84 
24.21 
26.75 
28.48 
30.04 
32.19 
33.63 
35.36 
38.02 
39.83 
42.91 
46.04 
49.35 
52.26 
56.24 
60.95 

$19,919.40 
23,895.12 
24,148.13 
21,452.05 
21,548.60 
28,122.84 
44,479.15 
19,893.92 
31,154.19 
27,513.73 
39,297.97 
55,409.73 
39,724.65 
51,392.15 
46,116.01 
71,859.36 
66,408  87 

$12,295.92 

10,961.06 

7,165.65 

8,445.69 

12,455.84 

18  0''7  46 

1881 

1882 

1S83 ..   . 

1884 

1885 

1886 

20,687.97 
13,815.22 
18,008.20 
10.343.51 

21  711  58 

1887 

1888 

1889 

2,003 
2,067 
2  220 
2,434 
2,625 
2,883 
3,138 
3,375 

1S90 

64 
153 
214 
191 
258 
255 
237 

1891 

17,990.17 
12,691.58 
15,526.33 
15,847.42 
18,055.11 
14,099.33 

1892 

1893 

1894 

1895 

1896 

Total  cost  for  17  years,  $632,335.87. 


182  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

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  com- 
piled 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  re- 
laid  when  the  growth  of  the  city  demands  it.  Since  1888 
there  have  been  25.59  miles  built,  at  a  cost  of  |397,722.47; 
at  an  average  cost  of  |15,542.10  per  mile. 


Orders. 


The  following  orders  have  been  written  by  this  depart- 
ment for  the  various  committees. 

'An  Order  to  sell  land  on  School  Street,  West  Manches- 
ter. 

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  School  street,  containing  12,176  square  feet,  and 
known  as  lots  Nos.  30  and  31  on  the  Amoskeag  Co.'s  plan 
of  land  in  said  section. 

Recommended  by  the  joint  standing  committee  on 
lands  and  buildings. 


An  Order  to  purchase  a  Desk  for  the  City  Treasurer's 

Office. 

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  city  treasurer's  office,  the  expense  thereof  to 
be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for  City  Hall. 

Recommended  by  the  mayor  and  joint  standing  com- 
mittee on  lands  and  buildings. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  183 

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  Valley  street  from  Wilson  street  easterly  about  200 
feet. 

In  Beacon  street  from  Spruce  street  northerly  about 
150  feet. 

In  Orange  street  from  Hall  to  Belmont. 

In  Clarke  street  from  River  road  to  Elm  street. 

In  Elm  street  from  Clarke  to  Rowell  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  new  sewers. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
January  27,  1896. 


An  Order  to  Appropriate  Money  to  build  a  Public  Bath- 

House. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  joint  standing  committee  on  finance  be  and  are 
hereby  authorized  to  apxjropriate  the  sum  of  |2,500  in  the 
appropriation  for  1896,  for  the  purpose  of  building  and 
maintaining  for  one  year  a  public  bath-house,  located  at 
the  foot  of  Ferry  street,  in  the  Merrimack  river. 

Recommended  by  the  special  committee  on  public 
bath-houses  February  3,  1896. 


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  the  following  sewers: 


184  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

In  Pine  street  from  Auburn  street  northerly  to  Cedar 
south  back  street,  and  in  Cedar  south  back  from  Pine  to 
Beech  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  new  sewers. 

Kecommended  by  committee  on  sewers  and  drains  May 
•5,  189G. 


An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Beacon  street  from 
Hanover  street  to  Amherst  street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  grade  of  Beacon  street  from  Hanover  to  Am- 
herst be  established  as  follows: 
The  corner  of  Hanover  and  Beacon  on  the  west 

side  of  Beacon  to  be  elevation 250.75 

50  ft.  north  of  corner  of  Hanover  to  be  elevation  254.15 
■J  00  ft.  north  of  corner  of  Hanover  to  be  elevation  25G.50 
150  ft.  north  of  corner  of  Hanover  to  be  elevation  258.00 
Then  the  grade  to  rise  2.1G  per  100  feet  for  162  feet, 
making  the  corner  of  Amherst  and  Beacon  2G1.50. 
On  the  east  side  the  corner  of  Hanover  and  Bea- 
con      252.60 

50  ft.  north  of  corner  of  Hanover  and  Beacon  to 

be 255.40 

100  ft.  north  of  corner  of  Hanover  and  Beacon  to 

be 257.50 

150  ft.  north  of  corner  of  Hanover  and  Beacon  to 

be 2.^8.50 

Then  the  grade  to  rise  2.16  per  100  feet  for  162  feet, 
making  the  corner  of  Amherst  and  Beacon  262.00  on  the 
east  side  of  Beacon  street. 

And  the  same  is  hereby  made  the  established  grade  of 
said  street. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  May  14, 
1896. 


REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  185 

An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Milton  street  from 
Hanover  to  Amherst  street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  grade  of  Milton  street  from  Hanover  to  Am- 
herst street  shall  be  as  follows: 

The  west  side  of  Milton  and  the  north  side  of  Hanover 
street  shall  be  237.00;  then  the  grade  to  rise  3.04  per  100 
feet  for  312  feet  to  the  south  side  of  Amherst  street,  when 
grade  shall  be  216.50. 

On  the  east  side  of  Milton  street  at  the  line  of  Hanover 
street  the  grade  to  be  239.70;  and  then  rise  2.91  per  100. 
feet  for  about  312  feet  to  Amherst  street,  where  grade 
shall  be  218.80. 

And  the  same  is  hereby  made  the  established  grade  of 
said  street. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  May  14, 
1896. 


An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Amherst  street  from 
Belmont  to  Beacon  street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur. 
That  the  grade  of  Amherst  street  from  Belmont  to  Bea- 
con street  be  established  as  follows: 
The  corner  of  Amherst  and  Belmont  streets  on 

•north  side  of  Amherst  to  be  elevation 235.41 

50  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Belmont  and  Amherst 

streets  to  be 237.90 

100  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Belmont  and  Amherst 

streets  to  be 240.70 

150  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Belmont  and  Amherst 

streets  to  be 243.70 

200  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Belmont  and  Amherst  . 

streets  to  be 247.00 


186  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

250  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Belmont  and  Amherst 

streets  to  be 250.60 

300  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Belmont  and  Amherst 

streets  to  be 253.85 

350  ft.  east  of  corner  of   Belmont  and  Amherst 

streets  to  be 256.S8 

400  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Belmont  and  Amherst 

streets  to  be 259.80 

452  ft.  or  the  corner  of  Beacon  and  Amherst  to  be 

elevation 262.50 

On  south  side  the  corner  of  Amherst   and   Bel- 
mont to  be  elevation ,    234.41 

50  ft.  west  of  Belmont  street  to  be  elevation ....     237.30 

100  ft.  west  of  Belmont  street  to  be  elevation 240.30 

150  ft.  west  of  Belmont  street  to  be  elevation 243.40 

200  on  the  corner  of  Milton  and  Amherst  to  be 

elevation 247.00 

240  on  the  corner  of  Milton  and  Amherst  to  be 

elevation 248.80 

50  ft.  east  of  Milton  to  be  elevation 252.30 

iOO  ft.  east  of  Milton  to  be  elevation 255.50 

150  ft.  east  of  Milton  to  be  elevation 258.40 

212  ft.  or  the  corner  of  Beacon  and  Amherst  to  be 

elevation 216.50 

And  the  same  is  made  the  established  grade  of   said 

street. 

Recommended   by  the   committee  on    streets  May  14, 

1896. 


An  Order  to  establish  the   Grade  of   Carpenter   Street 
from  Elm  to  Union  street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  grade  of  Carpenter  street  from  Elm  to  Union 
street  be  established  as  follows: 


REPORT  OF  TEE  CITY  ENGINEER.  187 

The  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Elm  street  on  north 

side  to  be  elevation 188.00 

Then  the  grade  to  rise  0.22  per  100  feet  for  260 

feet,  making  the  corner  of  Bay  street  and 

Carpenter  street  to  be  elevation 188.57 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Bay  street  to 

be  elevation 188.68 

Then  the  grade  to  rise  0.22  per  100  feet  for  140 

feet,  making  the  elevation 189.00 

50  ft.  east  of  elevation  189.00  to  be  elevation ....  189.40 
100  ft.  east  of  elevation    189.00,  or  corner  of 

Chestnut  and  Carpenter  street,  to  be  eleva- 
tion      190.00 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Chestnut  to  be 

elevation 190.75 

50  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Chestnut 

to  be  elevation 191.G0 

100  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Chestnut 

to  be  elevation 192.60 

150  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Chestnut 

to  be  elevation 193.70 

185  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Chestnut 

to  be  elevation 194.50 

220  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Chestnut 

on  the  corner  of  Adams  and  Carpenter  to  be 

elevation 195.45 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to  be 

elevation 196.75 

50  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 198.25 

100  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 199.75 

150  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 201.45 

185  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 202.6^ 


188  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

220  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  on 
the  corner  of  Ray  and  Cari)enter  to  be  eleva- 
tion      204.00 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street  to 

be  elevation 205.00 

30  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street 

to  be  elevation 206.75 

60  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street 

to  be  elevation 209.50 

85  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street 

to  be  elevation 212.40 

110  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street 

to  be  elevation 215.75 

135  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street 

to  be  elevation 219.35 

160  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  «,nd  Ray  street 

to  be  elevation 222.55 

183  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street 

to  be  elevation 225.15 

206  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street 
on  the  corner  of  Union  and  Carpenter  to  be 
elevation 226.50 

The  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Elm  street  on  the 

south  side  to  be  elevation 185.U0 

Then  the  grade    rises  0.49  per  100  for  2G0  ft.  to 

corner  Bay  and  Carpenter,  making  elevation     186.27 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Bay  street  to 

be  elevation 186.52 

Then  the  grade  to  rise  0.49  per  100  for  140  ft., 

making  the  elevation 187.20 

50  ft.  east  of  elevation  187.20  to  be  elevation 187.70 

100  ft.  east  of  elevation  187.20  on  corner  Chest- 
nut and  Carpenter  to  be  elevation 188.50 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Chestnut  street 

to  be  elevation 189.25 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER,  18& 

50  ft.  east  of   corner  Carpenter   and   Chestnut 

street  to  be  elevation lOO.lS 

100  ft.  east  of  corner  Carpenter  and   Chestnut 

street  to  be  elevation 191.15 

150  ft.  east  of  corner  Carpenter  and   Chestnut 

street  to  be  elevation 192.35 

185  ft.  east  of  corner  Carpenter  and   Chestnut 

street  to  be  elevation 19-3.20 

220  ft.  east  of  corner   Carpenter   and    Chestnut 

street  on  the  corner  of  Cari)enter  and  Adams 

to  be  elevation 191.10 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to  be 

elevation 195.50 

50  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 197.00 

100  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 108.05 

150  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 200.35 

185  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  to 

be  elevation 201.65 

220  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Adams  on 

the  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  street  to  be 

elevation 203.00 

The  east  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray  streets  to 

be  elevation 204.00 

30  ft.   east  of  corner  of   Carpenter  and   Ray 

streets  to  be  elevation ♦. 205.65 

00  ft.   east  of  corner  of   Carpenter  and   Ray 

streets  to  be  elevation 208.25 

85  ft.  east  of  corner  of   Carpenter  and   Ray 

streets  to  be  elevation 211.00 

110   ft.   east   of   corner  of   Carpenter   and   Ray 

streets  to  be  elevation 214.00 

135   ft.   east  of  corner  of   Carpenter  and   Ray 

streets  to  be  elevation 217.25 


190  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

160   ft.   east  of  corner  of   Carpenter  and   Ray 

streets  to  be  elevation 220.30 

183  ft.   east  of  corner  of   Carpenter  and  Ray 

streets  to  be  elevation 222.50 

206  ft.  east  of  corner  of  Carpenter  and  Ray 
streets  on  the  corner  of  Union  and  Carpen- 
ter to  be  elevation 224.00 

And  the  same  is  hereby  made  the  established  grade  of 

said  street. 

Recommended  by  the   committee  on   streets  May  14, 
1896. 


An  Order  to  Concrete  Nuffield  Lane  from  Amherst  to 
Concord  street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners  be  and 
are  hereby  authorized  to  concrete  Nutfield  Lane  from 
Amherst  street  to  Concord  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  macadamizing. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  May  14, 
1896. 


A  Resolution  Changing  the  Name  of  Certain  Streets. 

Section  1.  That  the  names  of  certain  streets  in  said 
city  be  changed  as  follows: 

That  the  highway  commonly  known  as  Everett  Street 
Passageway,  leading  from  Elm  street  near  Clarke  to  Ev- 
erett street,  be  called  Waldo  street. 

Sect.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  upon  its  pas- 
sage. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  May  14, 
1896. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  191 

An  Order  to  build  Spruce  Street  from  Canton  to  J.  Hall 

Koad. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners  be  and 
are  hereby  authorized  to  build  to  grade  as  established 
Spruce  street  from  Canton  street  to  the  J.  Hall  road. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  new  streets. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  May  20, 
1896. 


An  Order  to  build  to  Grade  Shasta  Street  from  Beech  to 
Lincoln  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  to  grade  Shasta  street 
from  Beech  to  Lincoln  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  new  streets. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  May  26, 
1896. 


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  sewers  as  follows: 

In  Cartier  east  back  from  present  sewer  to  250  feet 
south  of  Sullivan. 

In  Dartmouth  street  from  Dickey  to  Frederick  street. 

In  Conant  street  from  Cartier  westerly  about  60  feet. 


192  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Also  a  cesspool  in  Main  west  back  about  50  feet  south 
of  Schuyler. 

Also  two  cesspools  at  the  southeast  and  northeast  cor- 
ner of  Myrtle  and  Hall  streets. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  a})propri- 
ation  for  new  sewers. 

Eecommended  by  committee  on  sewers  and  drains  May 

28,  1896. 


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  B  street  from  C  street  northerly  about  180  feet. 

In  Valley  street  from  Jewett  street  westerly  to  Foster 
avenue. 

In  Foster  avenue  from  Valley  street  southerly  to  Hay- 
ward  street. 

Wilson  Hill  from  Merrimack  street  northerly  to  Hano- 
ver street  east  of  Beacon  street. 

In  Hanover  street  to  Highland. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  new  sewers. 

Eecommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
June  24, 1890. 


Ax  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Essex  Street. 

Ordered;  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur. 
That  the  grade  as  shown  on  plan  Xo.  4103  of  the  city  en- 
gineer's department  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  estab- 
lished grade  of  said  street  as  follows: 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  193 

The  northwest  corner  of  Amory  and  Essex  street  shall 
be  163.89;  100  feet  south  of  corner  to  be  164.70;  then  the 
street  to  rise  0.30  per  100  for  474.49  feet. 

On  the  west  side  the  grade  to  be  164.05;  100  feet  south 
of  corner  the  grade  to  be  164.70;  then  the  grade  to  rise 
0.30  per  100  for  474.49  feet;  and  the  same  is  hereby  made 
the  established  grade  of  said  street. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  June  4, 
1896. 


'An  Order  to  build  Sagamore  Street  Extension. 

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  extension  of  Sagamore 
street  from  Oak  street  to  the  Smyth  road  to  the  estab- 
lished grade  of  said  street 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  streets. 

Eecommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  July  7,1896. 


An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Concord  Street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  grade  of  Concord  street  from  Belmont  to  Bea- 
con street  be  established  as  follows: 
The  south  line  of  Concord  street  with  the  east 

line  of  Belmont  street  shall  be 242.76 

At     50  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be 246.75 

100  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be 250.50 

150  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be 254.00 

13 


194  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

'At    200  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

sliall  be 257.35 

250  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be 260.45 

300  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be 263.40 

350  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be. 200.10 

400  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be 268.40 

450  ft.  east  of  Belmont  on  south  side  grade 

shall  be 270.75 

The  north  side  shall  be  parallel  and  1  foot  higher  than 
the  grade  on  the  south  side. 

And  the  same  is  hereby  made  the  established  grade  of 
said  street. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  July  29, 
1896. 

An  Order  to  Erect  and  Equip  a  Horse  Drinking-Foun- 

tain. 

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  equip  a  horse  drink- 
ing-fountain  on  Amory  street  at  Hevey  east  back  street, 
and  supply  the  same  in  proper  working  condition,  on  the 
above  location,  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
twenty-five,  dollars. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  incidental  expenses. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  July  29, 
1896. 


An  Order  to  build  Colby  Street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners  be  and 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  195 

are  hereby  authorized  to  build  to  grade  Colby  street  in 
West  Manchester  from  West  Hancock  to  Log  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  streets. 

Eecommended   by  the   committee  on  streets   July  29, 
1896. 


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  Quincy  street  from  present  sewer  southerly  about 
90  feet. 

In  Beauport  east  back  street  from  Wayne  street  south- 
erly about  350  feet. 

In  Locust  street  from  Christian  brook  to  Sagamore. 

In  Sagamore  from  Locust  street  easterly  about  136  feet. 

From  Sagamore  street  to  Salmon  street  120  feet  west 
of  the  west  line  of  Elm  street. 

In  Liberty  east  back  from  Christian  brook  to  200  feet 
north  of  North  street. 

In  Old  Bridge  street  from  Belmont  street  westerly  125 
feet. 

In  Belmont  street  from  Valley  to  Clay  street. 

In  Green  south  back  from  Union  to  Beech  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  sewers. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  August  3, 
1896. 


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: 


196  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL  REPORTS, 

From  Laurel  to  ^Merrimack  street  through  the  laud  of 
Mara,  Moore,  aud  Muzzey. 

In  Hall  street  from  Prospect  to  Harrisou  street. 

In  Harrison  street  from  Hall  to  Belmont  street. 

In  Union  street  from  Appleton  street  northerly  about 
150  feet. 

In  Maple  street  from  Silver  to  Prescott  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  sewers. 

Eecommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
August  31,  1896. 


An  Order  to  build  to  Grade  Candia  road. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur^ 
That  the  board  of  street  and  park"  commissioners  be  and 
are  hereby  authorized  to  build  to  grade  Candia  road  from 
the  Mammoth  road  easterly  to  Revere  avenue. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  streets. 

Eecommended  by  the  committee  on  streets  September 
10, 1896. 


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  Carroll  street  from  Amherst  road  southerly  about 
250  feet. 

In  Lake  avenue  from  Canton  street  easterly  about  300 
feet. 

In  Elm  street  from  Clarke  southerly,  the  city  to  furnish 
pipe,  Mr.  Ray  to  excavate  for  the  same. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER,  197 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  sewers. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
September  29,  1896. 


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  Beacon  street  from  Amherst  to  Concord  street. 

In  Schiller  street  from  Hale  to  South  Main  street. 

In  Sagamore  street  from  Oak  to  Linden  street. 

In  Walnut  east  back  from  Christian  brook  to  Salmon 
street. 

In  Montgomery  east  back  from  Kelley  to  Amory  street. 

In  Carpenter  street  from  Elm  to  Union  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  sewers. 

Recommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
November  6,  1896. 


An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  South  Main  Street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  grade  of  South  Main  street  from  Boyntou  street 
to  Bedford  town  line  be  established  as  follows: 
The  intersection  of  South  Main  and  Boynton  on 

the  west  side  of  South  Main  shall  be 71.50 

At    19  ft.  south  of  Boynton  street  on  west  side 

grade  shall  be 71.30 

09  ft.  south  of  Boynton  street  on  west  side 

grade  shall  be 70.70 

119  ft.  south  of  Boynton  street  on  west  side 

grade  shall  be 70.10 


198  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

At  169  ft.  south  of  Boynton  street  on  west  side 

grade  shall  be 69.60 

219  ft.  south  of  Boynton  street  on  west  side 

grade  shall  be 69.20 

269  ft.  south  of  Boynton  street  on  west  side 

grade  shall  be 69.00 

319  ft.  south  of  Boynton  street  on  west  side 

grade  shall  be 69.00 

Then  the  grade  to  fall  0.115  per  100  for  1,300  feet. 
Then  at  1019  ft.  from  south  of  Boynton  street  on 

west  side  grade  shall  be 67.50 

1669  ft.  from  south  of  Boynton  street  on 

west  side  grade  shall  be 67.55 

1719  ft.  from  south  of  Boynton  street  on 

west  side  grade  shall  be 07.70 

1769  ft.  from  south  of  Boynton  street  on 

west  side  grade  shall  be 68.00 

1819  ft.  from  south  of  Boynton  street  on 

west  side  grade  shall  be 68.45 

1869  ft.  from  south  of  Boynton  street  on 

west  side  grade  shall  be 68.80 

1919  ft.  from  south  of  Boynton  street  on 

west  side  grade  shall  be 69.00 

Then  100  feet  level  at 69.00 

Then  the  grade  to  rise  0.125  per  100  for  400  ft. 

grade  to  be 69.50 

Then  50  ft.  from  elevation  69.50  the  grade  shall 

be 69.50 

'At  100  ft.  from  first  elevation   69.50  the   grade 

shall   be 69.30 

150  ft.  from  first  elevation   69.50   the   grade 

shall  ibe 69.00 

Then  the  grade  to  fall   0.407  per  100  for  900  ft. 

grade  shall  be 64.80 

At    50  ft.  from  elevation  64.80  the  grade  shall  be      64.55 
100  ft.  from  elevation  64.80  the  grade  shall  be      64.10 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  199 

At  150  ft.  from  elevation  6-1.80  the  grade  shall  be      63.50 

200  ft.  from  elevation  64.80  the  grade  shall  be       63.00 

250  ft.  from  elevation  64.80  the  grade  shall  be      62.60 

300  ft.  from  elevation  64.80  the  grade  shall  be      62.30 

Then  the  grade  to  fall  0.1107  per  100  for  271  ft. 

grade  shall  be 62.00 

The  east  side  of  South  Main  shall  be  parallel  to  the 
west  side  of  said  street,  and  one  foot  lower,  as  shown  on 
plans  993,  994,  995,  996  on  file  in  the  city  engineer's  de- 
partment. 

And  the  same  is  hereby  made  the  established  grade  of 
said  street. 

Recommended  by  committee  on  streets  November  12, 
1896. 


An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Alsace  Street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  grade  of  Alsace  street  from  Kelley  street  north- 
erly to  Bremer  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  established 
grade  as  follows: 

That  the  grade  of  Alsace  street  from  Kelley  street  north- 
Alsace  street  and  the  north  line  of  Kelley  street 

shall  be 142.22 

At    50  ft.  north  of  Kelley  street  grade  shall  be     143.75 
100  ft.  north  of  Kelley  street  grade  shall  be. ..     145.90 
150  ft.  north  of  Kelley  street  grade  shall  be. ..     147.75 
200  ft.  north  of  Kelley  street  grade  shall  be. . .     149.10 
250  ft.  north  of  Kelley  street  grade  shall  be. . .     149.80 
300  ft.  north  of  Kelley  street  grade  shall  be. . .     150.00 
Then  200  ft.  straight  grade  at  0.20  per  100  ft., 
making  elevation  at  corner  of  Bremer  and  Al- 
sace streets 150.50 

The  east  side  of  the  street  shall  be  level  with  the  grade 
of  said  west  side. 

Eecommended  by  committee  on  streets  November  12, 
1896. 


200  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

An  Order  to  build  Cleveland  Street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Maj'or  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners  be  and 
are  hereby  authorized  to  build  to  grade  Cleveland  street 
from  its  intersection  with  Second,  thence  easterly  to  the 
Merrimack  river. 

And  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  new  streets. 

Recommended  by  committee  on  streets  November  12, 
1896. 


An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Chestnut  Street. 

The  grade  of  Chestnut  street  from  Clarke  to  Trenton 
street  be  established  as  follows: 
At  northwest  corner  Clarke  and  Chestnut  grade 

shall  be  elevation 156.50 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.75  per  100  ft.  for  400  ft.  to 

elevation 167.50 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.411  per  100  ft.  for  170  ft.  to 

elevation 171.60 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.444  per  100  ft.  for  180  ft.  to 

elevation 176.00 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.912  per  100  ft.  for  412  ft.  to 

elevation 188.00 

Being  the  southwest  corner  Chestnut  and  Carpenter. 
The  northwest  corner  Chestnut   and   Carpenter 

streets  grade  shall  be 189.50 

At    36  ft.  from  corner  Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

streets  west  side  grade  shall  be 100.90 

86  ft.  from  corner  Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

streets  west  side  grade  shall  be 193.53 

136  ft.  from  corner  Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

streets  west  side  grade  shall  be 197.20 

Then  grade  to  rise  8.50  per  100  for  100  ft.  grade 

shall  be 205.70 


REPORT    OF    THE   CITY    ENGINEER.  201 

At  50  ft.  from  elevation  205.70  grade  shall  be.. .  209.70 
100  ft.  from  elevation  205.70  grade  shall  be. . .  213.10 
150  ft.  from  elevation  205.70  grade  shall  be..  .  216.10 
200  ft.  from  elevation  205.70  grade  shall  be. .  .  218.60 
247  ft.  from  elevation  205.70  on  the  southwest 
corner  Chestnut  and  Trenton   streets   the 

grade  to  be 220.50 

The  grade  of  Chestnut  street  from  Clarke  to  Trenton 
street  on  east  side  shall  be  as  follows: 
At  the  northeast   corner   Clarke   and   Chestnut 

grade  shall  be 156.50 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.75  per  100  for  400  ft.  to  ele- 
vation       167.50 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.588  per  100  for  170  ft.  to  ele- 
vation      171.90 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.011  per  100  for  180  ft.  to  ele- 
vation      176.60 

Then  grade  to  rise  2.949  per  100  for  412  ft.  to  ele- 
vation       188.75 

Being  the  southeast  corner  of   Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

streets. 
The  northeast    corner    Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

grad^  shall  be 190.25 

At    36  ft.  from  corner  Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

east  side  grade  shall  be 191.50 

86  ft.  from  corner  Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

east  side  grade  shall  be 194.20 

136  ft.  from  corner  Chestnut  and  Carpenter 

east  side  grade  shall  be 197.85 

Then  grade  to  rise  8.40  per  100  ft.  for  100  ft.  to 

elevation 206.25 

At  50  ft.  from  elevation  206.25  grade  shall  be...  210.20 
100  ft.  from  elevation  206.25  grade  shall  be. . .  213.65 
150  ft.  from  elevation  206.25  grade  shall  be. . .  216.65 
200  ft.  from  elevation  206.25  grade  shall  be. . .  .  219.10 


202  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

At  2-17  ft.  from  elovation  20G.25  on  the  southeast 
corner  Chestnut  and  Trenton  the  grade 
shall  be 221.00 

Eecommended  by  committee  on  streets  November  12, 
1896. 


An  Order  to  build  Chestnut  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  to  grade  as  established  by 
the  city,  Chestnut  street  from  the  north  line  of  Clarke 
street,  northerly  in  said  Chestnut  street  to  Trenton 
street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  streets. 

Eecommended  by  committee  on  streets  November  12, 
1896. 


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  Walnut  east  back  street  from  Christian  brook  sewer 
northerly  about  200  feet. 

In  Linden  street  from  Prospect  street  to  Harrison 
street. 

In  Harrison  street  from  Linden  street  to  Russell  street. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  sewers. 

Eecommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
November  30,  1896. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.         203 

An  Order  to  purchase  lot  of  Land  on  the  Bank  of  the 
Piscataquog  Eiver. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  sewers 
and  drains  be  and  are  hereby  authorized  and  instructed 
to  purchase  from  Gustavus  F.  Swift  the  lot  of  land  owned 
by  him  situated  on  the  bank  of  the  Piscataquog  river  in 
West  Manchester,  for  a  sum  not  exceeding  thirty-five 
hundred  dollars  (|3,500),  the  expense  of  the  same  to  be 
charged  to  the  appropriation  for  the  purchase  of  land  on 
the  bank  of  the  Piscataquog  river. 

Kecommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
December  1,  1896. 


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  Dubuque  east  back  street  from  Kelley  street  north- 
erly to  Coolidge  avenue  west  back  street,  and  thence  200 
feet  north  of  Bremer  street  in  Coolidge  avenue  west  back 
street. 

In  Milford  street  from  Amherst  road  westerly  about 
300  feet. 

In  Hanover  street  from  near  Beacon  street  to  Highland 
street. 

In  Valley  street  from  near  Belmont  to  Cypress  street. 

In  Harvard  street  from  Wilson  street  easterly  200  feet. 

And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropria- 
tion for  new  sewers. 

Eecommended  by  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains 
December  18,  1896. 


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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  com- 
mittee: 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  December  31,  1896. 
Gentlemen  of  the  City  Councils: 

The  committee  appointed  by  your  honorable  board  to 
act  as  the  joint  standing  committee  on  sewers  and  drains, 
would  submit  the  following  repoft  of  the  work  done  by 
them  the  present  year,  and  the  second  in  their  term  of 
oflSce. 

At  the  opening  of  the  season  there  were  fifty-two  or- 
ders for  sewers  voted  in  but  not  built.  The  following  list 
gives  the  street,  location,  date  of  order,  and  length. 

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212 


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Street. 


Location. 


Length 
in  feet. 


Amherst  Union  to  Asliland  . . . 

Amherst  road j  Mast  southerly 

Auburn i  Canton  easterly 

Blaine Second  to  Hiram 

Ueech :  Sagamore  northerly. 

Boynton i  C  to  McDuffie 

Canton '  Auburn  northerly... 

Concord I  Hall  easterly 

Cartier  east  back \  Putnam  southerly. 

Cedar 

East  of  Wilson. .. 
C^edar  south  back 
Christian  brook . . 

Dover  

Elm 

Elm 


Date 
ordered. 


Front 

Grove 

Hale 

Harvell 

Hay  ward 

Hevey  east  back 

Jewett 

Jewett 


Wilson  easterly 

Cedar  to  Cedar  soutli  back 

East  of  WiLson  to  Hall 

East  ot  Liberty  to  Walnut 

Clinton  northerly  

Monroe  south  back  to  Thayer. 

Shasta  to  Baker 

Railroad  bridge  to  Elm  avenue 

Eddy  to  north  of  liotel 

Present  sewer  easterly 

Schiller  southerly    

Hale  to  South  Main 

Jewett  easterly 

Amory  to  Columbus  avenue  .. 

To  Somerville 

To  Clay 

Lowell j  Belmoiit  to  Beacon 

Mast 1  Near  Bowman  westerly 

Mast '  Extension  westerly 

Mead {  Hall  to  Belmont 

Merrimack i  Belmont  to  Milton 

McDuffle Boj'nton  to  Huntress 

Myrtle I  Hall  westerly 

Porter '  Amherst  northerly 

Prince Boynton  to  Huntress 

Prospect '  Hall  easterly 

Ray I  Rajr  brook  northerly 

River  road '  Monroe  to  Clarke 

Sagamoi-e Beech  to  Oak 

Second i  Blaine  to  Hiram 

Second Schiller  to  Harvell 


Somerville 

Silver 

Tilton 

Union  

Union  

Union  east  back  . . 
Union  east  back  . 

Valley 

Valley 

West 

Wentworth 

Wilson 


Total 


•Tewett  westerly 

Union  to  I.,incoln 

Milford  to  Bowman  avenue 

Clarke  to  Trenton 

.Silver  to  Plummer 

Christian  brook  northerly .. 
Christian  brook  southerly .. 

Elm  to  ]!elmont 

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(;iinton  northerly 

Schiller  southerly 

Valley  to  Somerville 


2,000 

1,230 

600 

400 

17.5 

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3.52 

200 

400 

212 

126 

299 

523 

160 

1,313 

332 

1,373 

2,800 

101 

4.50 

700 

300 

800 

550 

330 

500 

200 

610 

362 

200 

507 

200 

250 

5&3 

100 

325 

G84 

803 

400 

450 

400 

1,790 

510 

1,700 

350 

500 

400 

4,900 

300 

226 

400 

1,800 


May  2, 
Apr.  3, 
Nov.  9, 
July  5, 
Aug.  6, 
May  27, 
Nov.  9, 
Sept.  6, 
Dec.  3, 
Dec.  3, 
Dec.  3, 
Dec.  3, 
June  4, 
Sept.  4, 
June  4, 
May  6, 

Sept.  5, 
Nov.  9, 
Nov.  9, 
Nov.  9, 
Sept.  3, 
July  10, 
July  2, 
Aug.  6, 
Aug.  6, 
June  4, 
Apr.  3, 
Dec.  3, 
Oct.  6, 
May  27, 
May  2, 
May  2, 
May  27. 
Sept.  3, 
I  Dec.  3, 
July  10, 
May  27, 
July  5, 
Dec.  3, 
July  2, 
July  2, 
June  4, 
Julv  2, 
Sept.  3, 
Aug.  fi, 
Aug.  6, 
Nov.  7, 
Oct.  1, 
Sept.  4, 
Nov.  5, 
Aug.  7, 


1893 
1894 
1894 
1892 
1895 
1895 
1894 
1S87 
1895 
1895 
1895 
1895 
1895 
1894 
1895 
1890 

1893 

1894 

1894 

1804 

1895 

1893 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1894 

1895 

1891 

1895 

1893 

1893 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1893 

1895 

1892 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1895 

1896 

1893 

1895 

1894 

1895. 

1894 


Equaling  5.615  miles. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER. 


213 


Of  these  the  following  have  been  built  during  the  year: 


Street. 


Location. 


Amherst  road 

Auburn 

Beech  

Boynton  

Canton 

Cartier  east  back 

Cedar 

East  of  Wilson 

Cedar  south  back 

Christian  brook i  East  of  Liberty  to  Walnut 

Elm Clarke  to  Thayer 

Grove j  Present  sewer  easterly 

Hevey  east  back i  Amory  to  Cojumbus  avenue. 

Jewett !  To  Somerville 

Jewett [To  Clay 

Mast Near  Bowman  westerly 

Mast [Extension  westerly , 


Mast  southerly 

Canton  easterly 

Sagamore  northerly 

C  to  McDuffle 

Auburn  northerly 

Putnam  southerly 

Wilson  easterly 

Cedar  to  Cedar  south  back. 
East  of  Wilson  to  Hall. 


Hall  to  Belmont. 
Boynton  to  Huntress. 
Amherst  northerly. . . 
Boynton  to  Huntres.s. 
Ray  brook  northerly. 

Monroe  to  Clarke 

Beech  to  Oak. 


Mead. 
McDuffle  ... 

Porter 

Prince , 

Ray 

River  road . 
Sagamore.. 

Second j  Schiller  southerly. 

Silver Union  to  Lincoln 

Tilton Milford  southerly 

Union  east  back Cliristian  brook  northerly. 

Union  east  back Christian  brook  southerly. 

Valley j  Wilson  to  Belmont 

Valley ; j. Jewett  easterly 

Wilson Valley  to  Harvard '. ... 


Total 


Length 
in  feet. 


60C 
510 
175 
572 
352 
344 
212 
126 
299 
523 
462 
101 
404 
550 
330 
200 
610 
362 
507 
2.50 
583 
325 
684 
803 
290 

1,790 
277 
500 
350 
860 
300 

1,143 


15,394 


Leaving  14,254  feet  of  sewers  voted  in  previous  to  Jan- 
uary 1,  1896. 

Special  appropriations  were  made  for  three  of  the  sew- 
ers constructed  this  year,  namely:  The  extension  of  the 
Silver-street  main,  and  for  the  Christian  brook  and 
North  Elm-street  mains,  the  former  having  been  built  to 
Union  street  in  1895.  This  season  the  w^ork  was  taken 
up  at  that  point,  and  continued  easterly  to  the  manhole 
in  Lincoln  street.  This  sewer,  which  is  of  brick,  3  feet  2 
inches  x  4  feet  9  inches,  was  of  necessity  quite  deep  in  cer- 
tain sections,  the  average  cut  being  about  20  feet.  Much 
thought  has  been  given  to  the  location  of  the  mains  and 
laterals  in  this  section,  with  a  view  to  lessening  the  exca- 


214  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

vation  as  much  as  possible,  and  still  properly  draining 
the  entire  area.  The  Silver-street  main,  besides  being 
laid  at  considerable  depth,  was  built  through  a  wet,  quick- 
sand bottom  for  quite  a  distance,  making  the  excavating 
and  briek-laj'ing  more  than  ordinarily  expensive;  still, 
with  the  laterals  which  have  been  called  for,  and  those 
which  will  ultimately  drain  into  this  sewer,  the  cost  of 
the  whole  when  completed  will  be  about  the  average  cost 
per  foot  for  the  entire  sewerage  system. 

Already  two  connecting  sewers  have  been  voted  in  for 
this  section, — one  in  Union  street  from  Silver  southerly, 
and  one  in  Maple  street  from  Silver  to  Prescott.  These 
were  recommended  by  your  committee  after  carefully 
considering  the  plans  and  examining  the  section  to  be 
drained. 

Christian  brook  sewer  has  been  completed  to  Beech 
east  back  street.  This  location  in  the  valley  was  recom- 
mended by  the  committee  in  order  that  the  expense  of 
culverts,  which  would  be  called  for  in  this  section  when 
the  streets  are  built,  could  be  avoided  and  the  sewer 
made  to  answer  a  double  purpose,  as  a  culvert  for  the 
brook,  and  a  means  of  drainage  for  the  section  bounded 
by  Webster  street,  Smyth  road.  Sagamore  and  Union 
streets. 

Could  other  sections  of  the  city  have  been  provided  for 
as  this  one  is  now,  in  advance  of  the  street  building,  by  a 
main  sewer,  considerable  expense  could  have  been  saved, 
as  ordinarily  the  work  of  buildng  a  sewer  is  much  less 
through  new  land  than  through  graded  streets. 

Sagamore-street  sewer,  which  was  laid  to  Beech  street 
in  1895,  has  been  built  to  Oak  street  this  season,  and  your 
committee  has  recommended  an  order  to  continue  it  to 
Linden  street,  as  the  increased  building  in  this  section 
seemed  to  warrant  the  extension. 

In  Carpenter  street  a  sewer  was  also  recommended,  as 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.         215 

it  will  be  needed  the  coming  season  in  order  to  drain  the 
land  and  take  care  of  the  residences  which  are  to  be  built. 
It  will  connect  with  the  Elm-street  main,  which  has  been 
completed  to  this  point. 

Early  in  the  season  there  was  an  urgent  demand  for  a 
sewer  connecting  with  the  Wilson-Hill  sewer  east  of  Bea- 
con street  and  south  of  Hanoyer.  This  sewer  was  de- 
signed to  run  northerly  to  Hanover  street,  thence  east- 
erly to  Highland  street.  The  ground  was  thoroughly 
looked  over  and  soundings  made  to  determine  the  extent 
of  the  ledge.  Acting  on  the  report  received  from  the  city 
engineer,  the  committee  decided  to  give  the  petitioners 
leave  to  withdraw,  and  recommend  a  new  location  begin- 
ning at  the  present  sewer  in  Hanover  street  near  Beacon 
street,  thence  easterly  in  Hanover  street  to  Highland 
street.  This  will  provide  drainage  for  more  lots  than  the 
other  would,  with  but  little  difference  in  the  expense, 
which  in  either  case  would  be  considerable,  owing  to  the 
ledge  to  be  gone  through. 

'  Owing  to  there  being  a  ledge  in  Elm  street  between 
Sagamore  and  Salmon  streets,  the  houses  on  the  west 
side  of  the  streets  have  been  without  suitable  drainage. 
To  remedy  this  your  committee,  after  consulting  with  the 
owners  and  securing  a  waiver  of  damages  from  them,  rec- 
ommended a  sewer  beginning  at  the  Christian  brook 
sewer,  thence  along  their  westerly  lot  line  to  Salmon 
street.  From  this  point  a  branch  was  laid  to  Elm  street 
to  connect  with  cesspools  on  Elm  street,  which  heretofore 
could  not  be  built,  owing  to  the  lack  of  suitable  facilities 
for  draining  them. 

Your  committee  was  obliged  to  act  adversely  on  two 
petitions  for  sewers  in  Amory  and  Essex  streets,  for  the 
reason  that  the  Amory-street  sewer,  with  which  it  was 
proposed  to  connect,  is  not  of  sufficient  depth  or  capacity 
to  drain  the  area  intended  in  these  petitions.     The  sewer- 


216  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

age  plan  embracing  this  section  calls  for  the  drainage 
into  Kelley  street,  which  cannot  be  done  until  the  Kellej- 
street  main  is  continued  westerly  to  a  point  where  these 
sewers  can  be  connected  with  it. 

Many  complaints  regarding  the  condition  of  the  sewer 
in  Pine  and  Cedar  south  back  streets  were  received  by  the 
committee,  together  with  a  petition  for  a  new  sewer.  The 
matter  was  referred  to  the  street  and  park  commission- 
ers, as  it  was  in  the  nature  of  repairs,  and  they  have  re- 
moved the  cause  b}^  laying  a  larger  sewer  at  greater 
depth,  which  will  properly  drain  the  entire  section. 

At  its  first  meeting  your  committee  recommended  an 
order  to  build  a  sewer  in  Valley  street  from  the  AYilson- 
street  sewer,  which  was  completed  late  last  year,  easterly 
to  about  200  feet  east  of  Belmont  street.  This  sewer  pro- 
vides means  for  draining  an  extensive  area,  including  the 
large  blocks  at  the  corner  of  Belmont  and  Valley  streets. 
At  the  meeting  on  December  18,  the  committee  recom- 
mended the  passage  of  an  order  extending  this  sewer  to 
Cypress  street.  This  will  afford  drainage  to  a  section 
that  has  long  needed  it,  particularly  that  portion  on  the 
north  side  of  Valley  street  between  Taylor  and  Cypress 
streets,  where  nearly  every  lot  is  occupied.. 

It  has  hitherto  been  impossible  to  afford  relief  to  this 
section,  on  account  of  the  lack  of  an  outlet  for  the  sewer. 
This  lateral  will  eventually  be  connected  with  a  sub-main 
'from  the  Silver-street  sewer. 

On  Beauport  street  and  at  the  top  of  the  hill  near  Put- 
nam street,  numerous  complaints  were  made  regarding 
the  surface  water  coming  from  the  land  on  the  west  down 
the  slope  toward  Beauport  street,  to  the  injury  of  the  lots 
and  the  inconvenience  of  the  occupants.  Your  commit- 
tee recommended  the  construction  of  a  sewer  in  Cartier 
east  back  street  from  Putnam  street  northerly  and  soutli- 
erly,  with  a  sufficient  number  of  cesspools  to  take  care  of 
all  surface  drainage. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  217 

A  sewer  was  recommended  in  Belmont  street  from 
Valley  to  Clay  streets.  This  section  has  repeatedly  asked 
for  sewerage  facilities,  which  could  not  be  granted,  ow- 
ing to  the  lack  of  a  main  with  which  to  connect.  As  the 
Valley-street  main  has  been  built  to  Belmont  street,  your 
committee  felt  justified  in  recommending  the  construc- 
tion of  the  sewer  called  for.  This  will  afford  relief  to  the 
houses  in  this  section,  and  also  take  care  of  the  large 
quantities  of  surface  water. 

The  sewer  in  Amherst  road,  the  construction  of  which 
was  recommended  in  1894,  has  been  completed  to  Carroll 
street,  connecting  with  the  Mast-street  sewer,  which  was 
extended  to  Amherst  road.  A  smaller  pipe  has  been  car- 
ried southerly  from  Carroll  street,'to  take  care  of  the  sur- 
face water.  The  sewer  will  undoubtedly  be  extended  to 
Milford  street  the  coming  season.  This  has  been  a  some- 
what expensive  piece  of  work,  as  the  Mast-street  sewer 
was  nearly  all  built  through  solid  ledge,  while  on  Am- 
herst road  a  cut  of  considerable  depth  was  necessary. 

One  of  the  petitions  presented  your  committee  called 
for  a  sewer  through  Beacon  street  from  Spruce  to  Laurel 
street.  Investigation  revealed  the  fact  that  there  was  a 
ledge  for  nearly  the  whole  distance,  and  as  all  the  lots 
could  be  drained  into  extensions  from  other  sewers,  the 
request  was  not  granted. 

The  construction  of  the  Elm-street  sewer  was  recom- 
mended by  the  committee  at  its  January  meeting,  in  com- 
pliance with  the  request  of  a  large  number  of  petitioners. 
This  petition  called  for  the  extension  of  the  sewer  in 
River  road  from  Monroe  to  Clarke  street,  thence  easterly 
in  Clarke  street  to  Elm  street,  and  northerly  in  Elm 
street*  to  Rowell  street.  A  special  appropriation  was 
made  for  the  construction  of  this  sewer.  Rapid  progress 
was  made  in  the  work  until  the  sewer  had  nearly  reached 
Thayer  street,  where  ledge  was  encountered.     This  ledge 


218  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

has  continued  throuj;liout  the  entire  distance  constructed 
this  rear,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  found  in  greater  or  less 
quantities  for  the  remainder  of  the  distance. 

It  will  be  a  source  of  considerable  expense  to  the  city  in 
future  years  to  provide  proper  drainage  for  this  section. 
as  the  underlying-  stratum  of  rock  reaches  "nearly  to  the 
surface  over  the  entire  area.  This  section,  designed  to  be 
one  of  the  handsomest  residential  portions  of  the  city,  is 
already  laid  out  into  lots  and  partially  built  upon.  Many 
of  the  streets  have  been  accepted  by  the  city,  and  their 
locations  cannot  be  changed.  Sewers  will  have  to  be 
constructed,  and  a  large  appropriation  should  be  granted 
in  future  years  if  this  section  is  to  be  properly  taken  care 
of  in  the  matter  of  sewerage. 

For  four  years  or  more  petitions  have  been  presented 
to  this  and  former  committees,  asking  for  drainage  in  the 
rapidly-growing  district  south  of  Amory  street  and  west 
of  the  Amoskeag  Company's  line,  commonly  called  the 
Whittemore  section.  This  section  is  peculiarly  situated, 
being  on  an  intervale  seventy  feet  lower  than  the  bluff  in 
McGregorville,  too  low  to  be  drained  toward  the  east. 
The  only  way  out  of  the  difficulty  was  by  running  a  sewer 
into  the  Piscataquog  river.  Here  another  objection  was 
met  in  the  shape  of  an  ice-cutting  privilege  owned  by  the 
Swift  Beef  Co.,  one  of  the  abutters  on  the  river.  To  over- 
come this  it  was  necessary  to  purchase  their  land;  and 
accordingly  an  order  was  passed  by  the  city  councils  au- 
thorizing such  action. 

A  plan  has  been  prepared  providing  for  the  drainage  of 
this  section  and  that  adjoining  owned  by  the  Amoskeag 
Manufacturing  Co.,  embracing  some  seventy  acres.  The 
owner  of  the  land  through  which  the  sewer  is  to  pass  has 
granted  a  right  of  way,  and  permission  has  been  secured 
from  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  to  pass  under  their 
tracks.     The  sewer,  which  will  be  of  24-inch  pipe,  will  fol- 


KEPORT    OF    THE   CITY    ENGINEER.  219 

low  a  natural  ravine  nearly  the  entire  distance,  some 
2,000  feet.  It  is  designed  to  run  the  main  to  Wayne  and 
Bartlett  streets,  and  from  this  point  build  a  lateral  in 
Bartlett  street,  running  as  far  south  as  Sullivan.  Should 
it  be  thought  desirable,  many  of  the  lots  along  the  hhift 
could  also  be  drained  through  this  system. 

Your  committee  has  thoroughly  examined  the  locali- 
ties where  sewers  have  been  petitioned  for,  in  many  cases 
making  several  inspections  before  coming  to  a  decision; 
and  in  all  cases  acted  in  a  fair  and  impartial  manner  as 
was  deemed  for  the  best  interest  of  the  cit}-. 

During  the  year  forty-seven  orders  for  sewers  have  re- 
ceived favorable  action;  of  these  nineteen  have  been 
built,  and  two  partly.  At  the  present  time  there  are  or- 
ders for  fifty-  eight  sewers  which  have  jiassed  your  honor- 
able board,  but  which  have  not  been  constructed. 

The  committee  has  held  nine  meetings,  as  follows: 
January  27,  May  28,  June  24,  August  3,  August  31,  No- 
Tember  6,  November  30,  December  18. 

The  total  number  of  petitions  presented  to  your  com- 
mittee has  been  forty-seven.  Of  these,  one  was  referred 
to  the  street  and  park  commissioners,  as  it  was  a  case  of 
repairs;  one  had  been  cared  for  by  order  of  the  mayor; 
nine  recommending  leave  to  withdraw;  and  one  recom- 
mending the  purchase  of  land. 

Nine  reports  were  sent  in  to  the  city  councils,  recom- 
mending the  passage  of  orders  authorizing  the  building 
of  thirty-five  sewers. 

These  will  be  found  in  the  list  of  orders  written  by  the 
<3ity  engineer's  department. 


Petitions. 


The  following  is  a  list  of  the  petitions  referred  to  the 
€ommittee,  and  the  action  taken  upon  them.     The  date  of 


220  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

the  passage  of  the  order  to  build  the  same  will  be  found 
in  the  engineer's  report  of  orders  written  for  presenta- 
tion to  the  city  councils. 

Valley  Street.  From  Wilson  easterly,  commencing 
at  the  present  sewer  at  Wilson  street,  and  thence  in  an 
easterly  direction  about  200  feet  east  of  Belmont  in  Val- 
ley street. 

L.  B.  Bodwell. 

Committee  yoted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  the  same^ 
January  27,  18.96. 

Amory  Street.  From  Essex  to  Morgan,  and  Morgan 
commencing  at  terminus  of  present  sewer,  and  thence  in 
a  wester]}'  direction  to  No.  G31  Amory  street,  thence 
northerly  on  Morgan  street  to  No.  48. 

Harry  H.  Piper. 

Committee  yoted  to  defer  action  until  Kel ley-street 
sewer  is  built.  May  28,  1896. 

Essex  Street.  From  Amory  southerly,  commencing 
at  Amory  and  Essex  street,  and  thence  in  a  southerly  di- 
rection about  560  feet. 

Tobias  Steinlehuer. 

Committee  yoted  to  lay  it  oyer,  January  27,  1896. 

Elm  Street.  From  Thayer  to  Kowell,  commencing  at 
Thayer  street  on  Elm  street,  and  thence  in  a  northerly 
direction  to  Rowell  street. 

C.  T.  Means. 

Committee  yoted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  the  same, 
January  27,  1896. 

Orange  Street.  From  Hall  to  Belmont,  commencing 
at  Hall  and  Orange  at  the  present  sewer  in  Hall  street, 
and  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  to  Belmont  street  in 
Orange  street. 

F.  F.  Cate. 

Committee  yoted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same, 
January  27,  189G. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.         221 

Beacon  Street.  From  Lake  avenue  to  Spruce,  com- 
mencing at  corner  of  Lake  avenue  and  Beacon  streets, 
and  tlieuce  in  a  southerly  direction  on  Beacon  street  to 
Spruce  street. 

Alnora  E.  McDole. 

Committee  voted  to  report  an  order  for  150  feet  north 
of  Spruce  street,  January  27,  1896. 

Across  Private  Land.  From  Merrimack  east  of  Bea- 
con to  Hanover,  commencing  at  the  present  sewer  north 
of  Merrimack  street  and  east  of  Beacon,  and  thence  in  a 
Dortherly  direction  to  Hanover  street,  thence  easterly  on 
Hanover  street  about  500  feet. 

Walter  R.  Cox. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build,  provided 
owners  waive  all  damages  and  grant  right  of  way.  May  28, 
1896. 

CoNANT  Street.  From  Cartier  westerly,  commencing 
at  the  manhole  in  Cartier  and  Conant  street,  and  thence 
in  a  westerly  direction  about  40  feet  in  Conant  street. 

Otto  C.  Merkel. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  60  feet.  May 
28,1896. 

Main  West  Back  Street.  From  50  feet  south  of 
Schuyler  street,  in  Main  west  back  street  northerly  to 
Schuyler  street. 

Frank  A.  Koerner. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same  as 
asked  for,  50  feet  south  of  Schuyler,  May  28,  1896. 

Valley  Street.  Commencing  at  the  easterly  ter- 
minus of  the  sewer  already  voted  in  in  Valley  street,  and 
thence  in  an  easterly  direction  to  a  point  near  Cypress 
street. 

Mrs.  G.  C.  Noyes. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  the  same, 
December  18,  1896. 


222  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS, 

Cartier  East  Back  Street.  Eunning  southerly  from 
Sullivan  street  250  feet. 

John  T.  Hannigan. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  the  same. 
May  28,  1896. 

Liberty  East  Back  Street.  Commencing  at  the  man- 
hole in  Christian  brook  sewer  at  Liberty  east  back  street, 
and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  in  said  Liberty  east 
back  about  200  feet  north  of  North  street. 

J.  H.  Grifiin. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same, 
August  3,  1896. 

Dartmouth  Street.  From  Dickey  to  Frederick,  com- 
mencing at  Dickey  street  on  Dartmouth,  and  thence  in  a 
southerly  direction  to  Frederick  street. 

John  O.  Boody. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same, 
May  28,  1896. 

B  Street.  Commencing  at  G  street  and  thence  in  a 
northerly  direction  through  B  street  about  150  feet. 

Elmer  E.  Bullard. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same, 
January  24,  1896. 

Myrtle  and  Hall  Streets,  Two  cesspools,  at  north- 
east and  southeast  corner  of  Myrtle  and  Hall  streets,  to 
drain  surface  water  with. 

D.  B.  Sanborn. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  as  asked  for  May 
28, 1896. 

MiLFORD  Street.  From  Old  Amherst  road  westerly 
300  feet,  commencing  at  the  corner  of  Milford  street  and 
the  Old  Amherst  road,  and  thence  in  a  westerly  direction 
about  300  feet  on  Milford  street. 

George  G.  Hatch, 

Committee  voted  to  lay  it  over,  June  24, 1896. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  22S 

Garland  Avenue.  From  Cypress  westerly  200  feet» 
commencing  at  a  Y  set  in  Cypress  street  sewer  near  the 
southerly  corner  of  Kimball  Brothers'  shoe  shop,  and 
thence  in  a  westerly  direction  to  a  stake  set  in  the  center 
of  Garland  avenue,  so-called,  200  feet  from  first  stake. 

Walter  E.  Bailey. 

Committee  voted  that  leave  to  withdraw  be  granted,  as 
no  right  of  way  was  secured,  December  18,  1896. 

Green  South  Back.  From  Union  to  Beech,  commenc- 
ing at  the  present  terminus  of  Green  south  back  street 
near  Union  street,  and  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  to 
near  Beech  street. 

Patrick  Healey. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same^ 
August  3,  1896. 

Pine.  From  Auburn  to  Cedar  south  back.  Cedar  south 
back  from  Pine  to  Beech,  commencing  at  Pine  and  Au- 
burn streets,  thence  northerly  to  Cedar  south  back  street, 
and  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  to  Beech  street  in  Ce- 
dar south  back  street. 

John  Morrison. 

Committee  voted  to  have  this  referred  to  street  and 
park  commissioners,  as  it  was  in  the  nature  of  repairs^ 
May  28,  1896. 

Beaufort  East  Back  Street.  From  Wayne  street 
southerly  350  feet,  commencing  at  Wayne  and  Beauport 
east  back,  and  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  to  about 
350  feet  toward  Putnam  street  in  Beauport  east  back. 

P.  Hevey. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order,  August  3,  1896. 

Valley  and  Foster  Avenue.  Commencing  at  the 
present  sewer  in  Valley  and  Jewett  streets,  thence  in  a 


224  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

westerly  direction  in  Valley  street  to  Foster  avenue,  and 
thence  in  a  southerl}'  direction  to  Hayward  street. 

F.  A.  Platts. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  tlie  same, 
June  24,  189G. 

Massabesig  Street.  From  Jewett  to  Mammoth  road, 
commencing  at  the  present  sewer  in  Jewett  and  Massabe- 
sic  streets,  and  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  to  Old 
Mammoth  road  in  Massabesic  street. 

Joseph  Quirin. 

Committee  voted  to  defer  action,  August  3,  1896. 

Montgomery  East  Back  Street.  From  Kelley  to 
Amory,  commencing  at  Kelley  street  and  on  Montgomery 
east  back  street,  and  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  in 
Montgoniery  east  back  to  Amory  street. 

Joseph  Vincent. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build,  Novem- 
ber 6, 1896. 

Elm  West  Back.  From  Christian  brook  to  Salmon, 
commencing  at  a  stake  on  the  Christian  brook  sewer  line 
about  120  feet  west  of  the  west  line  of  Elm  street,  and 
about  55  feet  north  of  the  north  line  of  Pennacook,  and 
thence  in  a  northerly  direction  and  parallel  to  the  west 
line  of  Elm  street,  to  a  stake  on  the  south  line  of  Salmon 
street  about  120  feet  west  of  the  west  line  of  Elm  street. 

William  J.  Hoyt. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build,  August 
3, 1896. 

Old  Bridge  Street.  From  Belmont  westerly  150  feet, 
commencing  at  Belmont  and  Old  Bridge  street,  and 
thence  in  a  westerly  direction  125  to  150  feet. 

B.  S.  Maben. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same, 
August  3,  1896. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  225 

Belmont  Street.  From  Valley  to  Clay,  commencing 
at  Valley  street  on  Belmont  street,  and  tlience  in  a  south- 
erly direction  to  Glaj  street. 

L.  A.  Dodge. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build,  August 
3,  1S9G. 

Wayne  and  Putnam  Streets.  From  Bartlett  to  Pis- 
cataquog  river,  commencing  at  Bartlett  and  Wayne 
streets,  thence  southerly  in  Bartlett  street;  also  from 
Bartlett  and  Putnam  streets,  thence  westerly  to  the 
Piscataquog  river. 

Albert  Olivier. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  the  same, 
December  18. 1896. 

Linden,  Prospect  to  Harrison,  Harrison,  Linden  to 
Russell,  commencing  at  Prospect  and  Linden  streets, 
and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  Harrison  street, 
thence  in  a  westerly  direction  to  Russell  street,  according 
to  the  city's  plan  of  sewers  of  said  section. 

Charles  A.  Underbill. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  the  same, 
November  30,  189G. 

QuiNCY  Street.  From  south  of  Douglas  southerly, 
cionnecting  with  the  sewer  on  Douglas  street,  and  thence 
in  a  southerly  direction  to  Granite  street,  a  distance  of 
about  90  feet. 

E.  C.  Stratton. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same, 
August  3,  1896. 

MA:fLE  Street.  From  Silver  to  Prescott,  commencing 
at  the  Silver-street  sewer,  corner  of  Maple,  and  thence  in 
a  northerly  direction  to  Prescott  street  through  Maple 
street. 

William  Smith. 

Committee  voted  that  an  order  be  prepared  to  build  the 
same,  September  1,  1896. 

15 


226  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Union  Street.  From  Apjileton  northerly  150  feet, 
commencing  at  the  Apfjleton-street  sewer  at  Union,  and 
thence  in  a  northerly  direction  about  150  feet  in  Union 
street. 

Charles  McCauley. 

Committee  voted  that  an  order  be  prepared  to  build  the 
same,  August  31,  1896. 

Hall,  Prospect  to  Harrison,  Harrison,  Hall  to  Bel- 
mont. Commencing  at  the  present  sewer,  corner 
Hall  and  Prospect,  and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to 
Harrison  street,  thence  easterly  in  Harrison  street  to 
Belmont  street,  according  to  the  city's  plan  of  sewers. 

William  E.  Pierson. 

Committee  voted  that  an  order  be  prepared  to  build, 
August  31,  1896. 

Wilson  Hill.  From  Merrimack  street,  and  thence  in 
a  southerly  direction  to  Laurel  street  through  land  of 
Mara,  Moore,  and  Muzzey. 

W.  E.  Littlefield. 

Committee  voted  that  an  order  be  prepared  to  build, 
provided  that  all  the  owners  waive  all  claims  for  a  right 
of  way,  for  the  sewer,  August  31,  1896. 

Merrill  Street.  From  Jewett  easterly  350  feet,  com- 
mencing at  Jewett  and  Merrill  streets,  and  thence  in  an 
easterly  direction  about  350  feet. 

Charles  B.  Beal. 

Committee  voted  to  grant  leave  to  withdraw,  Decem- 
ber 18,  1896. 

Sagamore  Street.  From  Oak  to  Linden,  commencing 
at  Sagamore  and  Oak  streets,  and  thence  in  an  easterly 
direction  to  Linden  street,  being  an  extension  of  Saga- 
more-street sewer. 

Henry  L.  Kennedy. 

Committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to  build,  No- 
vember 6, 1896. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   ENGINEER.  227 

Carroll  Street.  Commencing  at  the  northerly  end 
of  the  sewer  now  in  Carroll  street,  and  thence  in  a  north- 
erly direction  to  the  new  sewer  now  in  process  of  con- 
struction in  Bedford  road. 

George  S.  Cauley. 

Committee  voted  that  an  order  be  prepared  to  build, 
September  29,  1896. 

Lake  Avenue.  Commencing  at  Lake  avenue  and  Can- 
ton street  on  Lake  avenue,  and  thence  in  an  easterly  di- 
rection in  Lake  avenue  about  300  feet. 

Silas  W.  Call. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1896. 

Schiller  Street.  From  Hale  to  South  Main  street, 
commencing  at  the  present  sewer  in  Schiller  street  at 
Hale  street,  and  thence  in  a  westerly  direction  to  South 
Main  street  in  Schiller  street. 

Committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to  build,  No- 
vember 6, 1896. 

Walnut  East  Back  Street.  Commencing  at  Walnut 
<^ast  back  and  the  Christian  brook  sewer,  and  thence  in  a 
southerly  direction  to  Salmon  street. 

Maurice  Hoifman. 

Committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to  build,  No- 
vember 6, 1896. 

Beacon  Street.  From  Amherst  to  Concord,  com- 
mencing at  Amherst  street  on  Beacon  street,  and  thence 
in  a  northerly  direction  to  Concora  street. 

John  H.  Andrews. 

Committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to  build,  No- 
vember 6, 1896. 


228  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Walnut  East  Back  Street.  Commencing  at;  the 
Christian  brook  sewer  at  Walnut  east  back  street,  and 
thence  in  a  northerly  direction  about  200  feet  in  Walnut 
east  back. 

C.  S.  Bojnton. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the  same,  No- 
Tember  30,  1S9G. 

Morrison  Street.  Cesspool  in  Morrison  street  near 
Arlington  street. 

Clarence  E.  Rose. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build,  Novem- 
ber 6,  1896. 

Beacon  Street.  Commencing  at  the  present  sewer  in 
Spruce  street  at  Beacon  street,  and  thence  in  a  northerly 
direction  in  Beacon  street  to  Laurel  street. 

George  D.  Totman. 

Committee  voted  that  leave  to  withdraw  be  granted, 
December  18,  1896. 

Carpenter  Street.  Commencing  at  the  proposed 
sewer  in  Elm  at  Carpenter,  and  thence  in  an  easterly  di- 
rection in  Carpenter  street  to  Union. 

C.  M.  Dodge. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build  the  same, 
November  6, 1896. 

Harvard  Street.  Beginning  at  Wilson  street,  and 
thence  in  an  easterly  direction  250  feet  in  Harvard  street. 

R.  G.  L.  Tilton. 

Committee  voted  that  an  order  be  prepared  to  build, 
December  18,  1896. 

Dubuque  East  Back  and  Coolidge  Avenue  West 
Back.  From  Kelley  to  200  feet  north  of  Bremer,  com- 
mencing at  Kelley  and  Dubuque   east  back   street,  and 


REPOKT    OF   THE   CITY   ENGINEER.  229 

theuce  in  a  northerly  direction  in  Dubuque  east  back  and 
Coolidge  avenue  west  back  street  to  a  i^oint  about  200 
feet  north  of  Bremer  street. 

John  Montplaiser. 

Committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build,  Decem- 
ber 18,  1S96. 


An  Order  to  purchase  Land. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur, 
That  the  mayor  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  purchase 
for  and  in  the  name  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  the  land 
situated  on  the  Piscataquog  river  and  owned  by  the  Swift 
Beef  Co.,  the  same  being  necessary  for  the  use  of  said  city 
in  constructing  and  maintaining  sewers  in  that  section. 
And  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  the  appropriation 
for  the  reserve  fund. 

Eecommended  by  S.  P.  Martel,  August  29, 1896. 

I>ecember  1  an  order  was  presented  by  this  committee 
recommending  the  purchase  of  the  same. 


230 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 
SEWERS  ORDERED  BUILT  IN  1896. 


Street. 


Auburn  south  back. . 
Auburn  south  back. . 
B 


Location. 


Beacon , 

Beacon 

Beauport  east  back 

Belmont 

Belmont 

Carpenter 

Carroll 

Cartier  east  back  .. 
Cedar  south  back  .. 

Clarke  

Conant 

Dartmouth 

Elm 

Elm 

Elm  west  back 

Foster  avenue 

Green  south  back. . 
Grove  south  back. . 

Hall  

Hanover 

Harrison 

Harrison 

Hevey  east  back. . . 

Lake  avenue 

Liberty  east  back  — 

Lintlen 

Locust 

Maple 

Montgomery  east  b'k 

Old  Bridge 

Orange 

Pine 

Quincy 

Sagamore 

Sagamore 

Schiller 

Spruce 

Union 

Valley 

Valley 

Walnut  east  back. 
Walnut  east  back. 

■VTilson  Hill 

Wilson  Hill 


Total. 


Maple  westerly 

Wilson  to  150  feet  east  ol  Hall 

C  northerly 

Spruce  northerly 

Amherst  to  Concord 

Wayne  southerly 

Valley  to  Clay. ." 

Mead  to  Bridge 

Elm  to  Union 

Amherst  road  southerly 

Present  sewer  250  feet  so.  of  Sullivan 

Pine  to  Beech 

River  road  to  Elm 

Cartier  westerly 

Dickey  to  Frederick 

Clarke  southerly 

Clarke  to  Rowell 

Sagamore  to  Salmon 

Valley  to  Ilayward 

Union  to  Beech 

Union  easterlj- 

Prospect  to  Harrison 

East  of  Beacon  to  Highland 

Hall  to  Belmont 

Linden  to  Russell 

Amory  to  V/ayne 

Canton  easterly 

Christian  brook  to  200  ft.  no.  of  North 

Prospect  to  Harrison 

Christian  brook  to  Sagamore 

Silver  to  Prescott , 

Kelley  to  Amorj' 

Belmont  westerly 

Hall  to  Belmont 

Auburn  to  Cedar  south  back 

South  of  Douglas  southerly 

Locust  easterly 

Oak  to  Linden 

Hale  to  South  Main 

Cedar  easterlj' 

Appleton  northerly 

Wilson  easterly 

Jewett  to  Foster  avenue 

Christian  brook  to  Salmon 

Christian  brook  northerly 

Merrimack  to  Hanover 

Laurel  to  Merrimack 


Length. 


Date 
ordered. 


50 
665 
180 
1,^0 
303 
350 

2,100 
442 

1,413 
250 
312 

1,069 

508 

60 

354 

1S2 

2,716 
423 
540 
602 
150 
270 
500 
365 
4,50 
550 
300 
427 
270 
198 
640 
700 
125 
365 
142 
90 
136 
902 
S.'iO 
2.50 
150 
200 
248 
6(!0 
200 
380 
257 


Nov.  10 

Jan.  7 

July  14 

Feb.  4 

Nov.  10 

Aug.  4 
4 

Jan.  7 

Nov.  10 

Oct.  6 

June  2 

May  5 

Feb.  4 

June  2 


Sept. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Oct. 

Aug. 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Nev. 


22  444 


Oct.  6 

Feb.  4 

Aug.  4 

July  14 

Aug.  4 

Oct.  6 

Sept.  1 

July  14 


Aug. 
Feb. 

May 
Aug. 


4 
4 
5 
4 
4 

Nov.    10 

10 

7 

1 

4 


Jan. 
Sept. 
Feb. 
July  14 
Nov.  10 
Dec.  1 
July  14 
Aug.      4 


Equaling  4.25  miles. 


REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  231 

SEWERS  ORDERED  BUT  NOT  BUILT,  TO  JANUARY  1,  1897. 


Street. 


Amherst 

Amherst  road 

Auburn 

Auburn  south  back 

Beacon  

Belmont 

Belmont . .. 

Blaine 

Carpenter 

Cartier  east  back.. 
Cartier  east  back  .. 

Cedar  south  back.. 

Concord  

Dover 

Elm 


Location. 


Elm 

Elm 

Foster  avenue  . . . 

Front 

Hale 

Hall 

Hanover . 

Harrison 

Harrison 

Harvell 

Hay  ward 

Hevey  east  back . 
Hevey  east  back . 


Lake  avenue 

Linden  

Locust* 

Lowell 

Maple 

Merrimack 

Montgomery  east  b'k 

Myrtle 

Orange 

Prospect 

Sagamore  * 

Sagamore 

Schiller 

Second 

Second  

Somerville 

Spruce  

Tilton  


Union 

Union  

Union  east  back 


Valley 

Valley 

Walnut  east  back. 
W  alnut  east  back . 

West 

Wentworth 

Wilson 

Wilson  Hill 


Union  to  A  shland 

South  of  Carroll  southerly 

East  of  Canton  easterly 

Hall  easterly 

Amherst  to  Concord 

Valley  to  Clay 

Old  Bridge  to  Bridge 

Second  to  Hiram 

Elm  to  Union 

South  of  Putnam  southerly 

North  of  Sullivan  to  250  feet 
south  of  Sullivan 

Beech  westerly 

Hall  easterl J' 

Clinton  northerly 

Shasta  to  Baker  

Railroad  bridge  to  Elm  avenue 

Munroe  south  back  to  Clarke. . 

Carpenter  to  Rowell 

Valley  to  Hayward  , .   

Eddy  to  north  of  hotel 

Schiller  southerly  

Prospect  to  Harrison 

East  of  Beacon  to  Highland  ... 

Hall  to  Belmont  

Linden  to  Russell 

Hale  to  South  Main 

Jewett  easterly 

Wayne  northerly 

South  of  Amory  to  Columbus 
avenue  

Canton  easterly 

Prospect  to  Harrison  

Christian  brook  to  Sagamore.. 

Belmont  to  Beacon 

Silver  to  Prescott 

Belmont  to  Milton 

Kelley  to  Amory 

Hall  westerly 

Hall  to  Belmont 

Hall  easterly 

Locust  easterly 

Oak  to  Linden 

Hale  to  South  Main 

Blaine  to  Hiram 

South  of  Schiller  to  Harvell  . . . 

.Jewett  westerly 

Canton  easterly 

South  of  Milford  to  Bowman 
place  

Clarke  to  Trenton 

Silver  to  Plummer 

South  of  Christian  brook  south- 
erly     

ElmtoWilson  

Jewett  to  Foster  avenue 

Salmon  northerly 

Christian  brook  northerly 

Clinton  northerly 

Schiller  southerly 

Harvard  to  Somerville 

Merrimack  to  Hanover 


2,600 

630 

90 

150 

303 

2,100 
200 
400 

1,413 
56 

312 
175 

200 
160 
332 

1,373 
»<51 

1,500 
540 

2,S00 
450 
270 
500 
365 
450 
700 
300 
146 

396 
300 
270 
•198 
500 
640 
200 
700 
200 
365 
100 
136 
902 
850 
400 
160 
400 
250 


Date 
ordered. 


50 
4,040 

248 


May 

2, 

1893 

April 

3, 

1894 

Nov. 

9, 

1894 

Jan. 

/, 

1896 

Nov. 

10, 

1896 

Aug. 

4, 

1896 

Jan. 

I, 

1896 

July 

5, 

1893 

Nov. 

10, 

1896 

Dec. 

3, 

1895 

June 

2 

189t> 

May 

5, 

1896 

Sept. 

«, 

1896 

" 

4 

1894 

May 

6, 

1890 

June 

4, 

1895 

Feb. 

4, 

1896 

July 

14. 

1896 

Sept. 

5, 

1893 

Nov. 

9, 

1894 

Sept. 

1, 

1896 

July 

14, 

1896 

Sept. 

1, 

1896 

Dec. 

1, 

1896 

Nov. 

9, 

1894 

Sept. 

3, 

1895 

Jan. 

7, 

1896 

July 
Oct. 
Dec. 
Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

May 

Feb. 

Sept. 

Aug. 

Nov. 

July 
Dec. 
July 
Jan. 


233     June 

1,700    July 

350     Sept. 


Aug. 
Nov. 
July 


250  ;  Nov. 

200     Dec. 

226 

400 

657 

380 


Sept. 

Aug. 
July 


10,  1893 
6,  1896 
1,  1896 
4,  1896 
6,  1895 

1,  1896 

6,  1891 
10,  1896 

2,  1893 
4,  1896 

3,  1895 

4,  1896 
10,  1896 
10,  1896 

5,  1892 

3,  1895 
2,  1895 

7,  1896 

4,  1895 

2,  1895 

3,  1895 

6,  1895 

7,  1893 
14,  1896 
10,  1896 

1,  1896 

4,  1894 

5,  1895 
7,  1894 

14,  1896 


Equaling  6.64  miles. 

*  Sewer  changed  to  other  location. 


232  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

This  comprises  all  the  work  that  has  come  within  the 
province  of  the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains,  and  is  re- 
epectfully  submitted. 

C.  L.  WOLF,  Chairman, 
GEORGE  E.  HEATH, 
J.  A.  LINDQUIST, 
GEORGE  H.  PHINNEY, 
MICHAEL  R.  SULLIVAN, 
Committee  on  Seicers  and  Dizains. 
W.  H.  BENNETT, 

Clerk  of  Committee. 


REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON    STREETS. 


The  annual  report  of  the  committee  on  streets,  pre- 
pared by  the  city  engineer  as  clerk  of  the  committee,  is 
herewith  presented : 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  December  30, 1896. 
Gentlemen  of  the  City  Councils: 

The  committee  appointed  by  your  honorable  board  to 
act  as  the  joint  standing  committee  on  streets,  would  sub- 
mit the  following  report  of  the  work  done  by  them  and 
under  their  direction  the  present  year: 

The  committee  has  held  nine  meetings,  as  follows :  May 
14,  May  26,  June  4,  June  18,  July  29,  August  19,  Septem- 
ber 16,  November  12,  December  4. 

Number  of  petitions  received,  48;  laid  over  to  1897,  1; 
referred  to  street  and  park  commissioners,  2 ;  referred  i:o 
board  of  aldermen,  1;  where  orders  to  build  streets  were 
recommended,  4;  where  orders  to  establish  grades  were 
recommended,  9;  where  orders  to  concrete  were  recom- 
mended, 1;  where  orders  to  change  names  were  recom- 
mended, 2;  where  orders  to  change  names  were  denied,  2; 
recommended  leave  to  withdraw,  13;  recommended  to  a 
hearing,  13;  total,  48. 

The  committee  has  carefully  examined  the  location  in 
all  cases  where  petitions  to  establish  grade  were  pre- 
sented, the  situation  being  explained  by  the  city  engineer 
before  orders  were  prepared  for  introduction  into  the 
council.  Among  the  more  important  were  Lake  avenue, 
from  the  Mammoth  road  to  Hanover  street ;  South  Main 
street,  from  A  to  the  Bedford  town  line;  Chestnut  street, 

283 


234  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

from  north  of  Clarke  to  Trenton;  Carpenter  street,  from 
Elm  to  Union;  and  Essex  street,  from  Amory  southerly. 

Among  the  orders  presented  recommending  the  build- 
ing of  streets  were:  For  Spruce  street  from  Canton  to 
James  Hall  road,  Cleyeland  street  from  Second  easterly, 
and  Shasta  street  from  Beech  to  Lincoln. 

An  order  was  also  presented  to  concrete  Nuffield  Lane 
from  Amherst  to  Concord. 

The  location  mentioned  in  the  petition  for  widening 
Lake  avenue  east  of  Belmont  was  thoroughly  examined 
by  your  committee,  plans  drawn,  and  the  situation  dis- 
cussed with  every  abutter  before  action  was  taken.  It 
was  finally  decided  to  recommend  a  hearing. 

The  streets  petitioned  for  in  East  Manchester,  south  of 
Young  street  near  Jewett,  were  carefully  looked  over,  as 
were  also  the  proposed  extensions  near  Belmont  street 
south  of  Young  street.  In  all  these  cases  the  committee 
recommended  a  hearing. 

One  of  the  most  important  petitions  that  has  been  pre- 
sented the  committee  called  for  the  extension  of  Elm 
street  from  Grove  to  Mitchell.  The  matter  will  come  up 
for  settlement  before  the  new  board,  and  is  a  subject  that 
demands  careful  consideration. 

The  petition  for  the  extension  of  Porter  street  to  Con- 
cord street  was  carefully  considered,  the  committee  visit- 
ing the  locality  four  times.  As  the  expense  attendant  on 
carrying  out  the  intent  of  the  petition  would  be  consider- 
able, and  hardly  warranted,  it  was  recommended  that  the 
petitioners  be  given  leave  to  withdraw. 

The  usual  petition  for  the  extension  of  Putnam  street, 
that  is  presented  every  year,  was  received.  The  chair- 
man was  instructed  to  confer  with  the  owners  of  the  land 
desired  for  the  street,  and  upon  his  report  the  petitioners 
were  given  leave  to  withdraw.  Similar  action  was  also 
taken  in  reference  to  several  streets  near  the  Iloyt  shoe 
shop,  on  account  of  land  damages  being  claimed. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  235 

Petitions. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  petitions  referred  to  the 
committee,  and  the  action  taken  upon  them : 

Essex  Street.  For  establishing  the  grade  of  highway 
in  said  city,  beginning  at  Amory  and  Essex  streets,  and 
thence  in  a  southerly  direction  about  560  feet,  as  laid  out. 

Tobias  Steinlehuer  and  others. 

June  4,  committee  voted  to  recommend  grade  as  shown 
by  the  city  engineer's  plan  No.  4103. 

Morgan  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning at  Amory  street,  and  thence  in  a  northerly  direc- 
tion on  Morgan  street  about  GOO  feet  to  Kelley  street. 

Moise  Ladouceur  and  others. 

June  4,  committee  voted  to  recommend  leave  to  with- 
draw be  given. 

Glenwood  Avenue.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city, 
beginning  at  the  present  terminus  of  Glenwood  avenue 
as  now  laid  out  through  Highland  park,  so-called,  and 
thence  in  an  easterly  direction  parallel  with  and  200  feet 
south  of  the  C.  &  P.  R.  E.  to  Paige  street. 

Alfred  J.  Sanborn  and  others. 

May  26,  committee  voted  to  recommend  leave  to  with- 
draw, on  account  of  excessive  damages. 

New  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  begin- 
ning at  Bald  Hill  road,  and  thence  northerly  to  the  house 
owned  by  Napoleon  Daigle,  on  what  was  known  as  the 
Fogg  land. 

Napoleon  Daigle  and  others. 

May  26,  committee  voted  leave  to  withdraw,  as  street 
was  uncalled  for,  and  on  account  of  damages. 


236  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

North  River  Road.  For  changing  the  name  of  the 
higliway  in  said  city,  beginning  at  Salmon  street,  and 
running  north  to  the  union  of  River  road  and  Union 
street,  to  be  called  Stark  avenue. 

John  C.  Ray  and  others. 

May  14,  committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  for  the 
change  as  asked  for. 

Lake  Avenue.  For  widening  the  highway  in  said  city,, 
beginning  at  a  stake  on  the  east  side  of  Belmont  street, 
ten  feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Lake  avenue,  and 
thence  in  an  easterly  direction  parallel  to  the  south  line 
of  Lake  avenue  to  a  stake  on  the  west  line  of  Beacon 
street,  ten  feet  south  of  the  south  line  of  Lake  avenue. 

Peter  McQuillan  and  others. 

May  26,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hearing 
be  granted. 

Walnut  Street.  For  a  new  highway. in  said  city,  be- 
ginning at  a  stake  on  the  center  line  of  Webster  and  Wal- 
nut streets,  and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  a  stake 
on  the  south  line  of  the  Ray  Brook  Garden  Co.,  and  on  the 
center  line  of  Walnut  street  extended. 

Richard  M.  Foster  and  others. 

May  14,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hearing 
be  granted. 

Elm  East  Back  Street.  For  concreting  the  highway 
in  said  city,  beginning  at  Amherst  street  and  Elm  east 
back,  and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  Concord 
street,  meaning  to  concrete  said  back  street  between  the 
above  streets. 

Edwin  B.  Weston  and  others. 

May  14,  committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to 
concrete  the  same,  as  asked  for. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  237 

Washington  Street.  For  changing  name  of  said 
highway  in  said  city,  beginning  at  Elm  street,  and  thence 
easterly  to  Birch  street,  known  as  Washington,  to  be 
changed  to  some  other  name. 

F.  W.  Slack  and  others. 

June  18,  committee  voted  to  report  inexpedient  to  leg- 
islate. 

]\IiLTON,  Beacon,  and  Amherst  Streets.  For  estab- 
lishing the  grade  of  the  highway  in  said  city,  beginning 
at  Hanover  and  Milton  streets,  thence  northerly  on  Mil- 
ton street  to  Amherst  street,  thence  easterly  on  Amherst 
street  to  Beacon  street,  thence  southerly  on  Beacon 
street  to  Hanover  street  in  said  city. 

Eussell  O.  Burleigh  and  others. 

May  26,  committee  voted  to  recommend  orders  to  es- 
tablish the  grade  as  shown  by  the  plans  of  the  city  engi- 
neer. 

Bedford  Road.  For  locating  the  lines  of  the  highway 
in  said  city,  beginning  at  the  junction  of  Milford  street 
and  Amherst  road,  and  thence  in  a  w^esterly  direction 
over  the  Bedford  road  to  the  westerly  line  of  the  city  of 
Manchester. 

John  McGinnis  and  others. 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a 
hearing  be  granted. 

Second  Street.  For  macadamizing  Second  street  in 
said  city,  beginning  at  Granite  street,  and  thence  in  a 
southerly  direction  to  Second-street  bridge. 

R.  P.  Grossman  and  others. 

June  4,  committee  voted  to  refer  to  full  board  of  alder- 
men. 

Everett  Street  Passageway.  For  naming  the  high- 
way in  said  city,  beginning  at  Elm  street  south  of  Clarke 
(and  commonly  knowm    as    Everett-street    passageway), 


238  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

and  thence  in  a  westerly  direction  to  Everett  street,  and 
that  the  name  of  the  same  be  known  as  Waldo  street. 

A.  J.  Lane  and  others, 

^May  14,  committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to 
change  the  name,  as  asked  for. 

Central  Street.  For  building  the  highway  from  Bel- 
mont to  Milton  street. 

N.  P.  Byrne  and  others. 

June  4,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  the  street 
and  park  commissioners  repair,  and  that  the  grade  be  es- 
tablished from  that. 

Spruce  Street.  For  building  the  highway  in  said 
city,  beginning  at  Spruce  and  Canton  streets  on  Spruce, 
and  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  to  J.  Hall  road,  as  laid 
out  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

Mead,  Mason  &  Co.  and  others. 

May  26,  committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to 
build,  as  asked  for. 

North  Main  Street.  For  a  new  sidewalk  in  said  city, 
beginning  at  No.  344  North  Main  street,  50  feet  long. 

J.  O'Connell  and  others. 

June  4,  committee  voted  to  recommend  leave  to  with- 
draw. 

Walnut  East  Back  Street.  For  a  highway  in  said 
city,  beginning  at  a  stake  at  the  intersection  of  the  center 
line  of  Salmon  street  with  the  center  line  of  the  back 
street  between  Walnut  and  Beech  streets,  and  thence  in  a 
southerly  direction  to  a  stake  on  the  north  line  of  the  Up- 
ton, Harvey  &  Weston  land. 

George  D.  Fitts  and  others. 

May  14,  committee  voted  leave  to  withdraw,  on  account 
of  uncalled-for  expense. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  239 

Shasta  Street.  For  building  to  grade  the  higliway  in 
said  city,  beginning  at  Beech  street  and  Shasta,  and 
thence  in  an  easterlj'  direction  on  Shasta  street  to  Lin- 
coln street,  as  laid  out,  and  to  the  grade  as  established 
October  30,  1895. 

George  Dennis  and  others. 

May  26,  committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to 
build,  as  asked  for. 

Washington  Street.  Citizens  of  Manchester  and 
tax-payers  on  property  situated  on  Washington  street, 
protest  against  the  proposed  change  of  name  of  the  above 
street. 

Littlefield  Drug  Co.  and  others. 

June  18,  committee  voted  to  recommend  it  inexpedient 
to  legislate. 

Drinking-Fountain.  For  a  spring  drinking-fountain 
in  said  city,  at  the  corner  of  Elm  street  and  Bridge  street. 

John  P.  Mullen  and  others. 

July  7,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  owing  to 
the  nearness  of  the  sewers,  and  the  poor  quality  of  the 
water,  that  it  was  cheaper  and  better  to  have  the  same 
supplied  with  city  water. 

Cypress  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning at  a  stake  on  the  southerly  line  of  Young  street, 
and  in  the  center  of  Cypress  street,  as  proposed,  and 
thence  in  a  southerly  direction  to  a  stake  on  the  northerly 
line  of  Cilley  road,  tind  on  the  center  line  of  Cypress 
street,  as  proposed. 

J.  A.  Kimball  and  others. 

June  18,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hearing 
be  granted. 

SoMERviLLE  STREET.  For  a  uew  highway  in  said  city, 
beginning  at  a  stake  in  the  center  of  Somerville  and  Cy- 
press streets,  as  shown  on  plans  of  said  sections  on  file  in 


240  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

the  city  engineer's  department,  and  thence  in  a  westerly 
direction  to  a  stake  on  the  easterly  line  of  Taylor,  and  in 
the  center  line  of  Somerville  street. 

H.  B.  Tobie  and  others. 

June  IS,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hearing 
he  granted. 

Alsace  Street.  For  establishing  the  grade  of  high- 
way in  said  citj^  beginning  at  Alsace  and  Kelley  streets, 
and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  Bremer  street  on 
Alsace  street. 

J.  H.  Mendell  and  others. 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that 
grade  be  established  according  to  city  engineer's  plan. 

Somerville  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city, 
beginning  at  a  stake  in  the  center  of  Somerville  and  Cy- 
press streets,  as  shown  on  plans  of  said  section  on  file  in 
the  city  engineer's  department,  and  thence  in  an  easterly 
direction  to  a  stake  on  the  westerly  line  of  Jewett  street, 
and  on  the  center  line  of  Somerville  street. 

C.  W.  Danforth  and  others. 

June  18,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hearing 
be  granted. 

PuTXAM  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning 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  exten- 
sion of  Putnam  street. 

Stephen  P.  Martell  and  others. 

August  19,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  leave  to 
withdraw  be  granted,  owing  to  claim  for  land  damages. 

Chestnut  Street.  For  establishing  the  grade  of  the 
highway  in  said  city,  beginning  at  Chestnut  and  Clarke 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  241 

streets,  and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  on  Chestnut 
street  to  Trenton  street. 

Luther  M.  Pike  and  others. 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that 
grade  be  established  according  to  city  engineer's  plan. 

Colby  Street.  For  building  to  grade  the  highway  in 
said  city,  beginning  at  West  Hancock  and  Colby  streets 
in  West  Manchester,  and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction 
to  Log  street  over  Colby  street. 

Henry  Milburn  and  others. 

July  29,  committee  voted  to  prepare  an  order  to  build 
the  same. 

Concord  Street.  For  establishing  the  grade  of  the 
highway  in  said  city,  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Bel- 
mont and  Concord  streets,  and  thence  in  an  easterly  di- 
rection to  Beacon  street  on  Concord  street. 

Charles  P.  Porter  and  others. 

July  29,  committee  voted  to  have  an  order  prepared  to 
establish  the  same,  as  shown  by  the  city  engineer's  plan. 

Belmont  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning at  a  stake  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of 
Belmont  street  with  the  center  line  of  Pearl  street,  and 
thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  a  stake  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  center  line  of  Belmont  street  with  the  center 
line  of  Harrison  street. 

Mary  E.  Gray  and  others. 

July  29,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hearing 
be  granted. 

North  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning 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  plans  of  streets,  being  an  extension  of  North  street. 

George  L.  Read  and  others. 

July  29,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hearing 
be  granted. 

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242  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Holly  Avenue.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning at  a  stake  210  feet  east  of  Taylor  street  and  about 
340  feet  north  of  Vinton  street,  and  thence  in  a  westerly 
direction  and  parallel  to  Vinton  street  about  350  feet 
west  of  Taylor  street,  to  a  stake  set  in  the  ground,  and 
known  as  Holh'  avenue, 

R.  P.  Stevens  and  others. 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a 
hearing  be  granted. 

Dubuque  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning at  a  stone  bound  in  the  center  of  Kelley  and  Du- 
buque street,  and  thence  in  a  northerly  direction  in  Du- 
buque street  to  Mason  street,  according  to  the  Amoskeag 
Manufacturing  Co.'s  plan. 

Lawrence  Rooney  and  others. 

August  19,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a  hear- 
ing be  granted.* 

Beauport  East  Back  Street,  For  establishing  the 
grade  of  the  highway  in  said  city,  beginning  at  Sullivan 
and  Beauport  east  back  streets,  and  thence  in  a  southerly 
direction  to  Schuyler  street  through  Beauport  east  back. 

John  H.  McCabe  and  others, 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that 
leave  to  withdraw  be  granted, 

Beauport  East  Back  Street,  For  a  highway  in  said 
city,  beginning  at  a  stake  at  the  intersection  of  the  south 
line  of  Sullivan  street  and  the  center  of  Beauport  east 
back  street,  and  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  to  a  stake 
in  the  north  line  of  Schuyler  and  in  the  center  line  of 
Beauport  east  back  street,  said  streets  being  the  same  as 
shown  on  the  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co.'s  plan  of 
lots, 

John  H,  McCabe  and  others, 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that 
leave  to  withdraw  be  granted. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  243 

Hanover  Street  and  Lake  Avenue.  For  establish- 
ing the  grade-  of  the  highway  in  said  city,  beginning  at 
James  Hall  road  on  Lake  avenue,  and  thence  easterly  to 
Hanover  street;  also  from  James  Hall  road  on  Hanover 
street,  and  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  to  Lake  avenue, 
meaning  to  establish  the  grade  on  Hanover  and  Lake  ave- 
nue from  James  Hall  road  to  where  they  intersect  each 
other. 

Charles  Williams  and  others. 

September  16,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that 
grade  be  established  according  to  city  engineer's  plans. 

Columbus  Street.  For  building  a  new  highway  in 
said  city,  beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Amory  and  Co- 
lumbus streets,  and  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  about 
(400)  four  hundred  feet. 

V.  Bourque  and  others. 

Kovember  12,  committee  voted  to  take  no  action,  as 
street  was  not  laid  out. 

Cleveland  Street.  For  a  building  to  grade  the  high- 
way in  said  city,  beginning  at  Second  and  Cleveland 
streets,  and  through  Cleveland  street,  and  thence  in  an 
easterly  direction  to  Merrimack  river,  known  as  Cleve- 
land street. 

Thomas  T.  Milnes  and  others. 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  the  pas- 
sage of  an  order  to  build  the  same. 

Elm  Street.  For  widening  the  highway  and  building 
a  retaining  wall  in  said  city,  beginning  at  the  south  line 
of  Valley  street  on  the  west  side  of  Elm  street,  and 
thence  in  a  southerly  direction  to  the  bridge  over  the 
Manchester  &  Lawrence  Railroad  tracks. 

George  H.  Dunbar  and  others. 

November  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  the 
board  of  street  and  park  commissioners  make  a  report  to 
the  city  government  as  to  the  cost  of  the  same. 


244  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Elm  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  begin- 
ning at  a  stake  on  the  north  line  of  land  of  H.  D.  Lord, 
and  in  the  center  of  Elm  street,  being  the  terminus  of 
Elm  street  as  laid  ont  south  of  Baker  street,  and  thence  in 
a  southerly-  direction  to  a  stone  bound  on  the  center  line 
of  Elm  street,  produ(?ed,  and  the  north  line  of  Mitchell 
street,  proposed. 

James  H.  McKenzie  and  others. 

XoA'ember  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  a 
hearing  be  granted. 

South  Main  Street.  For  establishing  the  grade  of 
the  highway  beginning  at  Boynton  street,  and  thence  in 
a  southerly  direction  to  the  Bedford  town  line. 

Kovember  12,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that 
grade  be  established  according  to  city  engineer's  jjlan. 

Columbus  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city, 
beginning  at  a  stake  at  the  intersection  of  Amory  and  Co- 
lumbus streets,  and  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  about 
400  feet  to  a  stake  in  said  street,  as  shown  on  plan  of  said 
section. 

P.  Hevey  and  others. 

December  4,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  it  be 
referred  to  the  next  city  council. 

Porter  Street.  For  a  new  highway  in  said  city,  be- 
ginning at  a  stake  on  the  east  side  of  Porter  street  be- 
tween Concord  and  Amherst  streets;  said  stake  is  about 
six  feet  southerly  of  the  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  Holt,  to  a  stake 
on  said  line  in  said  city. 

W.  B.  Sanford  and  others. 

June  4,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  leave  to 
withdraw  be  granted. 


EEPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  245 

Porter  Street.  For  a  new  highway,  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  stalie  on 
the  west  line  of  Ashland  street. 

S.  S.  Piper  and  others. 

June  4,  committee  voted  to  recommend  that  leave  to 
withdraw  be  granted. 

Montgomery  Street.  For  establishing  the  grade  and 
lay-out  of  the  highway  in  said  city,  beginning  at  a  stake 
in  the  center  of  Montgomery  and  Amory  streets,  and 
thence  in  a  northerly  direction  to  Kelley  and  Montgom- 
ery streets,  to  a  stake  at  the  intersection  of  said  streets, 
as  shown  by  the  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co.'s  plan  of 
said  land. 

D.  C.  Beauchene  and  others. 

July  18,  committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to  es- 
tablish the  grade  according  to  city  engineer's  plan. 

Carpenter  Street.  For  establishing  grade  in  said 
city,  beginning  at  Elm  and  Carpenter  streets  in  said  city, 
and  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  on  Carpenter  street  to 
Union  street. 

C.  M.  Dodge  and  others. 

May  14,  committee  voted  to  recommend  an  order  to  es- 
tablish the  grade  as  shown  by  city  engineer's  plan. 

This  comprises  all  the  work  that  has  come  within  the 
province  of  the  committee  on  streets,  and  is  respectfully 
submitted. 

GEORGE  W.  REED,  Chairman, 
JOSEPH  O.  TREMBLAY, 
GEORGE  E.  HEATH, 
EDWARD  F.  SCHEER, 
CHARLES  HAZEN, 

Committee  on  Streets. 
W.  H.  BENNETT, 

Clerk  of  Committee. 


246  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

This  department  has  been  particularly  fortunate  this 
year  in  being  allowed  to  retain  the  entire  office  force  up  to 
the  end  of  the  year.  During  the  busy  season,  when  calls 
for  lines  and  grades  by  the  city  and  by  private  individu- 
als are  numerous,  little  time  is  found  to  make  outside  sur- 
veys. As  has  been  said  many  times  in  previous  reports, 
this  is  an  important  item,  and  the  sooner  surveys  are 
made  of  the  outlying  roads,  the  more  accurate  will  be  tlie 
information  obtained.  This  fall,  after  the  pressure  of 
the  regular  work  abated  somewhat,  a  party  was  put  into 
the  field  and  kept  there  as  long  as  suitable  weather 
lasted.  The  result  will  be  spoken  of  at  greater  length 
hereafter. 


Streets. 


Nothing  has  been  done  this  year  toward  following  out 
the  suggestions  made  in  the  last  report  regarding  the  lay- 
ing out  of  new  streets. 

This  is  a  matter  not  to  be  lightly  passed  by.  Perhaps 
the  pernicious  effects  of  the  sj^stem  in  vogue  are  not  appa- 
rent now,  and  may  not  be  for  a  number  of  years;  yet  the 
time  will  surely  come  when  the  city  will  realize  the  mis- 
take it  made  in  not  compelling  land  owners  to  conform  to 
a  recognized  plan  in  laying  out  their  lots.  Other  cities 
have  seen  the  evil  effects  of  the  lack  of  a  systematic  plan 
and  have  taken  steps  to  remedy  it.  Manchester  seems 
content  to  drift  along  without  making  any  attempt  to 
change  the  existing  conditions. 

The  city. is  growing,  and  growing  rapidly.  New  streets 
are  projected  on  all  sides,  laid  out  without  regard  to 
width,  direction,  or  distance,  as  compared  to  those  al- 
ready built;  in  fact,  jumbled  together  in  a  heterogeneous 
mass  that  in  time  will  resemble  a  section  of  Boston's 
time-honored  thoroughfares. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   ENGINEER.  247 

Before  it  is  too  late,  something  ought  to  be  done  look- 
ing toward  uniformity,  either  by  preparing  a  plan  locat- 
ing the  position  of  streets  to  be  laid  out,  or  by  an  ordi- 
nance defining  the  width,  direction,  and  distance  apart, 
and  providing  for  the  introduction  of  back  streets  in  each 
block. 

If  this  is  not  done,  Manchester  will  soon  lose  her  well- 
laid-out  appearance,  that  has  been  a  source  of  so  much 
pride  to  her  citizens  in  the  past,  and  a  subject  for  remark 
by  visitors. 

Another  point  that  is  lost  sight  of  in  locating  streets,  is 
the  facility  with  which  they  can  be  drained.  Due  care 
should  be  exercised  in  avoiding  ledges  when  it  can  be 
done,  and  the  natural  lay  of  the  ground  taken  advantage 
of  as  far  as  possible  without  conflicting  with  the  regular- 
ity of  the  streets. 


Granite  Street  Bridge. 

With  the  advent  of  the  spring  freshet  came  the  loss  of 
the  old  wooden  bridge  that  for  forty-five  years  had 
spanned  the  Merrimack  at  Granite  street.  Then  came 
the  absolutely  imperative  demand  for  a  new  bridge.  The 
previous  year  this  department  had  made  surveys  and 
soundings,  and  taken  levels  in  this  vicinity,  in  anticipa- 
tion of  the  probable  action  of  the  city  regarding  a  new 
bridge.  This  part  of  the  work  of  course  did  not  have  to 
be  gone  over  again. 

It  was  thought  by  the  street  and  park  commissioners 
that  the  old  piers  could  be  utilized  as  the  foundation  of  a 
new  structure  to  be  built  of  wood,  and  accordingly  meas- 
urements were  made  to  determine  their  exact  location, 
and  also  to  see  what  would  have  to  be  done  provided  it 
was  decided  to  build  a  wider  bridge.  Plans  were  also 
made  for  a  wooden  bridge,  which  w^ere  submitted  to  the 
board. 


248  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

When  it  was  decided  to  build  a  steel  bridge,  a  thorough 
examination  of  the  piers  was  made,  and  a  report  submit- 
ted that  they  would  have  to  be  rebuilt  from  the  water 
line,  if  not  entirely.  Subsequent  investigations  revealed 
the  fact  that  the  foundations  rested  on  wooden  supports, 
and  it  was  decided  to  rebuild  them  entirely. 

Considerable  time  was  devoted  to  preparing  the  neces- 
sary data,  and  in  making  sketches  to  be  submitted  to  the 
various  bridge  firms. 

Frequent  visits  were  also  made  to  the  scene  in  com- 
pany with  agents  of  the  different  companies,  and  alto- 
gether considerable  time  was  spent  in  preliminary  work. 

When  the  contract  for  building  the  piers  was  let, 
sketches  were  made  for  the  contractor  to  cut  the  stone 
by,  and  lines  and  grades  given  on  the  ground  for  the  loca- 
tion of  the  piers.  During  the  progress  of  both  the  sub 
and  super  structure  daily  visits  were  made  to  the  scene, 
and  the  services  of  two  men  required  almost  constantly 
in  furnishing  points,  measuring  stone  work,  and  attend- 
ing to  the  numerous  details  of  construction. 


Road  Surveys. 

In  response  to  numerous  requests  for  establishing  the 
lines  of  the  Borough  road,  or  Lake  Shore  road  as  it  is  now 
called,  a  survey  was  made  from  the  Candia  road  to  the 
Island  Pond  road,  and  whatever  points  and  bounds  could 
be  found  were  located.  During  the  winter  a  plan  will  be 
made,  and  the  original  lines  shown  as  nearly  as  possible. 
In  some  places  changes  will  be  suggested  in  the  lines  that 
will  improve  the  road  to  a  considerable  extent  without 
damage  to  the  abutters. 

The  survey  was  also  continued  up  the  Island  Pond  road 
to  the  Mammoth  road,  connecting  with  a  previous  survey 
of  this  latter  road.  This  will  also  be  plotted  during  the 
winter,  and  the  lines  established. 


REPORT   OF   THE    CITY   ENGINEER.  249 

It  was  the  intention,  had  the  weather  permitted,  to 
have  extended  the  survey  of  the  Mammoth  road  southerly 
to  the  town  line,  and  also  to  have  made  surveys  of  the 
Derry  road  and  several  of  the  smaller  roads  in  the  vicin- 
ity. This  will  cover  the  southeast  section  of  the  city,  and 
will  allow  of  the  correct  lines  being  given  to  property 
owners  when  called  for.  It  is  hoped  that  this  work  may 
be  pushed  as  rapidly  as  possible  next  season. 

A  survey  is  also  needed  of  the  Nutt  road  and  the  River 
road  at  the  south  end,  and  of  the  Bald  Hill  road  at  the 
north  end. 

In  Amoskeag  considerable  time  was  devoted  to  a  sur- 
vey of  the  Ryderville  road,  for  the  purpose  of  determin- 
ing the  lines.  In  this  connection  partial  surveys  had  to 
be  made  of  many  of  the  abutting  lots.  A  plan  was  pre- 
pared, and  the  lines  established  and  marked  on  the 
ground. 

Nothing  was  done  toward  finishing  the  survey  of  the 
Dunbarton  road  begun  last  year,  owing  to  more  pressing 
demands  in  other  directions.  It  will  be  necessary  to 
complete  the  survey  to  the  town  line  before  the  street 
lines  can  be  properly  established. 

A  survey  was  made  of  the  Mast  road  from  Mast  street 
to  the  Goff  stown  line,  and  a  line  established  according  to 
the  most  authentic  data  obtainable.  Considerable  dis- 
satisfaction was  expressed  by  the  property  owners  along 
the  southerly  part  of  the  road,  regarding  the  lines  as 
marked.  The  lines  given  them  by  private  engineers 
when  their  property  was  purchased  appear  to  have  been 
on  a  fifty-feet  layout  instead  of  sixty-six  feet,  as  the  old 
records  call  for.  Ko  settlement  has  been  reached  as  yet, 
and  the  probable  outcome  is  a  matter  of  doubt.  It  may 
be  necessary  to  lay  out  the  road  fifty  feet  wide  to  amica- 
bly adjust  matters. 

Surveys  have  also  been  made  of  the  Old  Mast  road 
westerly  to  the  Goffstown  line,  and  of  the  Bedford  road 


250  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

from  Mil  ford  street  to  the  Bedford  line,  the  latter  {)eing 
necessary  in  order  to  mark  the  line  for  the  extension  of 
the  street  railway. 


Mammoth  Road. 

When  the  appropriations  for  the  year  were  made  up,  a 
sum  was  set  aside  for  grading  Mammoth  road  from  Old 
Bridge  street  northerly.  This  improvement  has  long 
been  desired,  as  the  roadway  in  places  was  not  wide 
enough  for  two  teams  to  pass.  The  bushes  have  been  cut, 
and  the  banks  of  gravel  removed  for  a  distanc  of  about 
3,000  feet.  The  roadway  now  averages  about  35  feet 
wide,  and  is  built  in  a  first-class  manner.  Minor  im- 
provements were  also  made  on  Old  Bridge  street  at  its 
junction  with  Mammoth  road. 


Street   Railway. 

Considerable  time  has  been  devoted  to  preparations  for 
the  extension  of  the  street  railway.  On  the  Bedford 
road,  as  before  mentioned,  a  survey  was  made  and  levels 
taken.  Levels  were  also  taken  on  Milford  street  from 
Main  street  to  the  Bedford  road.  On  Beech  street  a  sur- 
vey was  made  from  Lake  avenue  to  Salmon  street.  On 
Baker  street  and  Calef  road  levels  were  taken  as  far  as 
the  Pine  Grove  cemetery. 

The  same  method  was  pursued  in  giving  the  lines  and 
grade  as  was  followed  last  year.  Spikes  were  driven 
flush  with  the  ground  every  fifty  feet  on  a  line  parallel  to 
the  track,  and  at  a  certain  distance  away.  Levels  were 
afterwards  taken  on  the  spikes,  and  the  cuts  or  fills 
therefrom  given  to  the  contractor.  This  has  been  found 
to  work  satisfactorily,  and  can  be  done  at  considerable 
less  expense  than  by  the  former  method. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  251 

Elm  Street  Extension. 

One  of  the  matters  that  will  be  brought  before  the  in- 
coming board  is  that  of  extending  Elm  street  to  the  Pine 
Grove  cemetery,  a  petition  to  that  effect  having  been  re- 
ferred to  them  by  the  present  board. 

This  is  an  important  subject,  and  one  that  means  con- 
siderable for  the  development  of  the  city  in  that  direc- 
tion. 

The  proposed  extension  would  strike  the  cemetery  at 
about  the  center  of  its  north  line,  where  would,  undoubt- 
edly, be  made  the  principal  entrance. 

The  distance  covered  by  the  petition  is  about  2,500  feet, 
a  portion  of  the  way  through  a  ledge  of  suitable  stone  for 
road-making  purposes.  Should  it  be  decided  to  grant  the 
petition  and  construct  the  road,  it  would  be  good  policy 
to  purchase  a  stone-crusher  to  be  located  there.  No 
doubt  arrangements  might  be  made  with  the  street-rail- 
way company  whereby  their  track  could  be  utilized  for 
conveying  the  crushed  stone  to  various  portions  of  the 
city,  at  greatly  reduced  cost  for  teaming. 


Sewers. 


A  large  amount  of  sewer  work  has  been  done  this  year, 
the  season  beginning  early  and  continuing  till  late  in  the 
fall.  As  was  the  case  last  year,  several  of  the  sewers 
have  been  built  through  ledge,  making  the  work  slow  and 
expensive.  This  has  been  the  case  in  Jewett  street, 
where  some  800  feet  was  built,  the  rock  cut  being  from  4 
to  10  feet;  in  Auburn  street  from  Canton  easterly  510 
feet,  the  cut  averaging  6  feet;  in  Mast  street  610  feet,  va- 
rying from  6  to  10  feet;  and  in  Elm  street  from  Thayer  to 
Carpenter,  751  feet,  from  4  to  10  feet  cut.  The  work  has 
progressed  as  rapidly  as  possible,  and  the  showing  made 
was  remarkably  good  considering  the  difficulties  encoun- 
tered. 


252  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Four  of  the  principal  mains  projected  last  year  have 
been  completed.  Christian  brook  sewer  has  been  carried 
to  Beech  east  back  street,  a  distance  of  1,010  feet,  this 
season,  practically  completing  it  for  the  present.  This 
sewer  will  drain  the  territory  north  of  Sagamore  street 
and  east  to  the  Smyth  road,  and  will  also  take  care  of  the 
waters  of  Christian  brook,  doing  away  with  the  necessity 
of  building  culyerts  w^here  the  streets  cross. 

The  Silyer-street  main  has  been  built  to  Lincoln  street, 
a  distance  of  1,788  feet,  practically  furnishing  means  of 
draining  the  entire  southern  section.  Owing  to  the  sandy 
soil  in  this  section,  future  sewer  extensions  will  not  en- 
tail a  very  heayy  outlay. 

The  Mast-street  main  has  been  completed  to  Amherst 
road,  and  through  Amherst  road  to  a  short  distance  south 
of  Carroll  street.  This  sewer  is  designed  to  drain  the 
section  around  Milford-street  extension,  and  will  un- 
doubtedly be  completed  the  coming  season. 

The  Jewett-street  main  has  been  extended  to  Clay 
street,  a  distance  of  877  feet.  As  has  been  stated,  this 
sewer  was  laid  through  a  ledge  of  considerable  extent, 
but  of  such  a  nature  that  it  was  easily  removed  by  blast- 
ing, and  the  sewer  built  at  an  unusually  low  cost  per  foot. 

The  Valley-street  sewer,  beginning  at  Wilson  street, 
has  been  carried  some  200  feet  east  of  Belmont  street. 
This  is  an  important  main,  and  its  completion  at  an  early 
date  is  a  necessity,  as  it  will  afford  means  for  draining  a 
large  section  heretofore  without  sewerage  of  any  kind. 

The  principal  main  constructed  the  past  year  has  been 
that  in  River  road,  Clarke  and  Elm  streets.  The  work  on 
this  sewer  progressed  rapidly  until  Thayer  street  was 
reached,  when,  as  before  mentioned,  ledge  was  struck, 
and  the  progress  necessarily  retarded.  It  is  the  inten- 
tion to  continue  the  work  as  long  as  the  weather  is  suita- 
ble, as  the  earth  excavation  is  completed  to  Trenton 
street,  and  blasting  can  be  done  to  good  advantage  in  the 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER.  253 

winter.  This  main  will  eventually  extend  to  Rowell 
street.  There  has  alreadj^  been  built  2,411  feet,  leaving 
1,500  feet  to  be  built. 

In  rebuilding  the  piers  at  Granite  bridge  it  was  neces- 
sary to  relay  the  sewer  outlets  at  each  side  of  the  river. 
This  was  done  by  constructing  cylinders  of  steel  firmly 
riveted  together  and  imbedded  in  the  masonry  of  the  pier 
about  low  water  mark,  bringing  them  up  to  meet  the  sew- 
ers at  the  proper  points. 

The  section  drained  by  the  Amherst-street  sewer  is 
badly  in  need  of  improved  facilities.  The  Amherst-street 
main  is  not  large  enough,  and  the  laterals  are  overcrowd- 
ing it  more  each  year.  The  necessity  of  relaying  it  has 
been  frequently  mentioned,  and  it  is  apparent  that  some- 
thing must  be  done  before  the  sanitary  condition  of  that 
section  can  be  much  improved. 

The  usual  amount  of  sub-mains  and  laterals  have  beea 
constructed,  and  everything  considered,  the  showing 
made  has  been  excellent. 

The  average  cost  per  foot  in  District  Xo.  2  has  been 
13.12;  in  District  :N'o.  7,  $1.59;  in  District  No.  10,  |1.70. 

In  the  26,530  feet  of  sewers  there  were  built  89  man- 
holes and  16  lampholes;  106  cesspool  connections  were 
put  in,  besides  the  Y  branches  for  756  house  connections. 

The  sewer  tables  on  preceding  pages,  and  the  report  of 
the  committee  on  sewers  and  drains  will  give  an  account 
of  the  work  done  more  in  detail,  as  will  also  the  report  of 
the  street  and  park  commissioners  regarding  the  number 
of  cesspools  built  and  repaired,  their  cost,  and  the  cost  of 
repairs  on  sewers. 


Parks. 
Little  work  has  been  done  by  this  department  in  the 
parks  the  past  year.     In  Derryfield  park  lines  and  grades 
were  given  for  building  the  main  avenue  north  of  the  old 
road. 


254  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

In  Stark  park  lines  and  grades  were  given  for  the  curb- 
ing around  the  burial  lot,  and  tlie  locations  of  the  clumps 
of  trees  sliown  on  the  proposed  plan  marked  on  the 
ground. 


Cemeteries. 


The  maps  showing  the  lots  in  the  Valley  cemetery  have 
been  completed,  and  the  lots  renumbered  according  to 
the  ideas  of  the  sub-committee.  Blue  prints  have  been 
made  for  the  superintendent  and  for  the  treasurer.  As 
far  as  was  i^ossible  to,  the  names  of  the  present  lot  own- 
ers have  been  ascertained  and  marked  on  the  plans.  The 
renumbering  was  necessary  in  order  to  avoid  the  confu- 
sion now  resulting  from  the  fact  that  there  are  three  sets 
of  numbers  in  use  in  different  portions  of  the  cemetery. 

In  Pine  Grove  cemetery  lots  have  been  laid  out  in  the 
new  section  east  of  Pine  Lawn.  The  range  ways  in  Man- 
esque  field  have  been  continued,  to  conform  to  the  new 
plan.  Grade  has  been  established  for  a  portion  of  Chapel 
Lawn,  and  several  new  lots  laid  out  thereon. 

A  survey  has  been  made  of  the  Merrill  yard,  showing 
the  lots  and  walks  as  far  as  possible.  Owing  to  pressure 
of  other  work  the  plan  has  not  been  completed.  Some 
difficulty  will  be  experienced  in  properly  locating  the 
lots,  as  the  original  bounds  have  become  obliterated, 
though  a  fairly  good  layout  can  be  obtained. 


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. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    ENGINEER.  255 

In  addition,  meetings  of  the  city  government,  commit- 
tees on  Valley  cemetery.  Pine  Grove  cemetery,  city  farm, 
lands  and  buildings,  claims,  commons  and  parks,  the 
street  and  park  commissioners,  and  the  board  of  alder- 
men 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  Can- 
ada. 

I  would  respectfully  tender  my  acknowledgments  to 
his  Honor  the  Mayor,  and  the  various  committees  of  the 
city  council  for  the  support  which  they  have  given. 

I  also  wish  to  acknowledge  the  courtesies  shown  by  the 
various  heads  of  departments,  and  the  co-operation  of  the 
assistants  of  this  department. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

WINFRED  H.  BENNETT, 

City  Engineer. 

January  1,  1897. 


REPORT 


SUPERINTENDENT     OF    SCHOOLS. 


REPORT 

OF  THE 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS. 


To  tJie  ScJiool  Board  and  hy  said  Board  to  the  City  Councils: 

The  following  is  presented  as  the  semi-centennial  re- 
port of  the  public  schools  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  and 
the  final  report  of  the  superintendent  for  the  year  1896. 

SCHOOLHOUSES. 

The  new  Wilson  school,  nearly  completed  at  the  close 
of  last  year,  was  first  occupied  at  the  opening  of  the 
spring  term  in  April.  It  has  eight  school  rooms,  five  of 
them  being  occupied  at  the  outset;  and  at  the  opening  of 
the  fall  term  another  school  was  opened  in  this  house, 
leaving  only  two  vacant  rooms  to  meet  the  needs  of  the 
rapidly-growing  school  population  in  that  section  of  the 
city. 

During  the  current  year  a  new  house,  known  as  the 
Parker  school,  has  been  erected  upon  the  South  Main- 
street  lot  in  place  of  the  poorly-constructed  two-room 
wooden  house  so  long  in  service  there.  The  Parker 
school  has  four  completed  school  rooms,  and  provisions 
for  four  others.  It  is  constructed  upon  the  general  plan 
of  the  new  Wilson  school,  which  is  proving  quite  satisfac- 
tory; and  similar  gratification  is  expected  from  use  of  the 
new  Parker  house,  now  occupied  but  a  few  weeks. 

259 


260  ANNUAL-  OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

The  new  high-scliool  structure  is  rapidly  nearing  com- 
pletion, and  it  should  be  ready  for  occupancy  by  the  first 
of  April,  when  the  Straw  schoolhouse,  now  occupied  by 
the  High  school,  will  be  very  urgently  needed  for  the  re- 
lief of  various  lower  grades  in  the  Spring-street,  Lowell- 
street,  and  Ash-street  houses.  The  Straw  school  will 
also  house  the  two  primary  schools  occupying  the  Blod- 
get-street  house,  and  the  city  will  thus  be  enabled  to  dis- 
pose of  the  latter  house,  or  use  it  for  other  than  school 
purposes. 

The  new  high-school  house  will  grandly  meet  long-suf- 
fering necessities,  and  for  many  years  satisfy  the  rapidly- 
growing  demands  for  such  a  structure.  The  extended 
use  that  will  at  once  need  to  be  made  of  the  new  high 
school  house  will  be  so  apparent  that  the  cost  of  its  im- 
mediate completon  will  be  fully  justified,  and  the  build- 
ing therefore  become  the  pride  of  the  city;  so,  also,  be- 
cause it  will  be  the  best  high-school  building  in  the  state^ 
and  compare  favorably  with  several  new  high  school 
houses  recently  constructed  in  various  New  England 
cities  at  greater  individual  expense. 

From  lists  in  the  subjoined  sketch,  it  will  be  apparent 
that  the  city  now  has  twenty-four  schoolhouses  in  use. 
The  school  board  heartily  thanks  the  city  government  for 
the  efficient  way  in  which  it  has  provided  for  the  long  and 
greatly  needed  relief  of  several  badly  overcrowded 
schools,  in  different  parts  of  the  city,  by  the  completion 
this  year  of  the  new  Wilson  school  and  the  erection  of  the 
Parker  school  in  West  Manchester:  also  for  the  evident 
promise  of  the  early  completion  of  a  fine  high-school 
building. 

The  next  new  schoolhouse  that  will  be  needed  for  the 
use  of  our  public  schools,  and  it  cannot  be  provided  too 
soon,  should  be  so  located  that  it  will  furnish  relief  for 
the  very  badly  overcrowded  rooms  in  the  Training  school, 


REPORT    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.        261 

and  also  afford  better  accommodations  for  the  entire 
Franklin-street  school.  The  board  asks  the  city  govern- 
ment early  to  provide  therefor,  and  to  consider  whether 
there  is  any  better  way  to  meet  the  n^eds  in  question 
than  to  erect  a  new  and  commodious  schoolhouse  to  take 
the  place  of  the  one  now  on  Franklin  street.  Such  a 
house  would  also  best  furnish  partial  relief  for  the  over- 
crowded rooms  in  the  Spring-street  house,  the  Straw 
schoolhouse  supplying  the  rest  of  the  relief  needed  for 
the  Spring-street  schools. 

HISTORICAL. 

It  is  deemed  proper  that  the  school  committee's  report 
for  the  semi-centennial  year  of  our  city's  life  should  con- 
tain at  least  a  supplement  to  the  history  of  our  schools 
prepared  by  William  Little,  Esq.,  and  issued  in  the  school 
report  for  1876,  the  hundredth  anniversary  of  our  na- 
tion's birth. 

I  therefore  add  the  following  in  regard  to  the  city's 
schoolhouses  for  the  last  twenty  years. 

In  1876,  the  following  schoolhouses  were  in  use:  The 
Intermediate,  at  corner  of  Manchester  and  Chestnut 
streets,  torn  down  in  1884;  Bakersville,  sold  in  1881;  the 
high  school,  at  corner  of  Beech  and  Lowell  streets,  torn 
down  in  1895;  Center-street,  later  known  as  School-street, 
abandoned  in  1891,  and  sold  in  1896;  Hallsville,  aban- 
doned in  1892,  and  changed  into  a  hose  house  in  1896; 
Wilson-Hill,  at  corner  of  Manchester  and  Wilson  streets, 
sold  in  1896;  South  Main-street,  sold  in  1896;  and,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  foregoing  seven  old  houses,  the  following  fif- 
teen,— which  are  still  in  use, — Training  school,  Lowell- 
street,  Spring-street,  Franklin-street,  Blodget-street, 
North  Main-street,  Lincoln-street,  Ash-street,  Stark, 
Amoskeag,  Goffe's  Falls,  Harvey,  Youngsville,  Webster's 
Mills,  and  Mosquito  Pond. 


262  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

Of  the  foregoing  twenty-two  scboolhouses,  the  seven 
first-named,  containing  twenty-three  school  rooms,  have 
ceased  to  be  used  for  school  purposes;  and  within  the  last 
score  of  years,  to  fill  the  places  of  the  seven  old  houses 
and  provide  for  additional  needs,  the  nine  following 
schoolhouses  have  been  erected:  Webster,  1882;  Bakers- 
ville,*  1884;  Varney,  1891;  Hallsville,  1892;  Pearl-street, 
189*;  Eimmon,  1894;  Straw,  1895;  Wilson,  1896;  Parker, 
1896.  Additions  have  also  been  made  to  the  following 
schoolhouses:  North  Main-street;  Goffe's  Falls;  and 
Training  school,  on  Merrimack  street.  By  these  struc- 
tures and  additions,  sixty-three  school  rooms  have  been 
supplied  in  place  of  the  twenty-three  discontinued;  or,  by 
the  changes  made  in  schoolhouses  during  the  last  twenty 
years,  there  has  resulted  a  gain  of  forty  school  rooms  and 
great  improvement  in  the  sanitary  and  general  character 
of  the  city's  schoolhouses  as  a  whole. 

During  these  twenty  years  there  has  been  no  time 
when  there  have  not  been  overcrowded  school  rooms,  as 
now,  notwithstanding  the  increase  of  forty  school  rooms; 
for  the  increase  in  the  number  of  pupils  has  made  the  de- 
mand for  more  school  rooms  almost  incessant. 

REPAIRS  OF  SCHOOLHOUSES. 

The  city  government  has  this  year  recognized  more 
fully  than  usual  the  competency  of  the  School  Board  to 
determine  the  amount  of  appropriations  necessary  for  the 
proper  care  and  conduct  of  the  schools.  It  wisely 
granted  the  requests  of  the  Board  in  general;  and  for  the 
repairs  of  schoolhouses  allowed  an  appropriation  of 
§6,000.  The  following  account  of  its  expenditure  will 
satisfy  all  concerned  as  to  the  good  and  necessary  uses  to 
which  the  money  has  been  put. 


Six  rooms,  the  assembly  hall  being  divided  for  two. 


REPORT    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.       263 

The  training-school  building  and  the  schoolhouse  at 
Mosquito  Pond,  which  were  each  in  quite  dilapidated  con- 
dition, have  both  been  so  extensively  repaired  that  they 
may  be  said  practically  to  have  been  renewed.  The  roof 
of  the  training-school  building  had  been  so  many  times 
repaired,  and  yet  proved  leaky,  it  was  deemed  necessary 
to  give  it  extensive  repairs.  The  leaky  roof  had  also  so 
injured  the  walls  of  the  school  rooms  that  they  all  had  to 
be  relathed,  as  well  as  replastered.  The  woodwork  of 
this  house,  outside  and  inside,  was  repainted;  and  the 
heating  and  lighting  appliances  repaired. 

The  Mosquito  Pond  house  was  reshingled  and  replas- 
tered; was  provided  with  a  new  floor,  and  with  slate  for 
blackboards.  It  also  had  its  old-fashioned  pupils'  desks 
cut  in  two,  and  made  into  modern  single  desks. 

The  Spring-street  schoolhouse  demanded  considerable 
outlay.  The  roof  had  to  be  extensively  repaired;  the 
chimney,  also.  Slates,  for  blackboards,  were  put  in  all 
but  one  of  the  school  rooms.  The  house  was  also  re- 
painted. 

At  the  Franklin-street  school  the  heating  apparatus 
was  repaired,  the  basement  ceiling  renewed,  the  sash  of 
several  windows  put  in  proper  condition,  and  other  minor 
repairs  made. 

The  chimney  of  the  Main-street  school  was  partially  re- 
built, the  walls  and  ceilings  of  the  several  school  rooms 
re-dressed,  and  a  new  flagpole  provided.  The  Lowell- 
street  building,  another  of  the  older  houses,  had  its  walls 
also  re-dressed,  and  the  inside  woodwork  painted. 

At  the  Ash-street  house  more  new  slate,  for  black- 
boards, was  provided;  and  highly  desirable  changes  in 
the  curbing  of  the  yard  were  made,  a  part  of  the  expense 
being  defrayed  by  the  committee  on  lands  and  buildings. 

The  roof  of  the  Lincoln  school  is  a  bad  one.  It  was  re- 
paired to  prevent  its  leakage  from  again  injuring  the 


264  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

house.     The  basement  floor  was  renewed,  and  minor  re- 
pairs were  made. 

The  Varney  schoolhouse  required  extensive  repairs 
upon  its  roof  and  tower,  caused  by  shrinkage  of  timbers 
of  which  the  trusses  were  made.  A  large  supply  closet 
has  been  built,  many  new  outside  windows  have  been  pro- 
vided, and  the  concrete  walks  repaired. 

At  the  Bakersville  school,  the  principal's  room  has 
been  rearranged,  the  interior  woodwork  all  varnished, 
concrete  walks  repaired,  and  a  rear  fence  built  on  top  of 
the  retaining  wall  constructed  in  the  summer  by  the  com- 
mittee on  lands  and  buildings. 

The  Webster-street  school  had  its  heating  apparatus 
rearranged,  to  remove  the  chill  from  the  girls'  basement. 
A  new  flagpole  was  also  provided. 

When  the  Hallsville  school  was  built,  there  was  no 
sewer  near  it.  Connection  was  made  with  the  sewer  put 
in  last  summer,  though  at  considerable  expense. 

At  Goffe's  Falls,  new  slate,  for  blackboards,  was  placed 
in  the  older  school  room  there.  A  new  fence  about  the 
lot  was  built  by  the  committee  on  lands  and  buildings. 

In  the  Amoskeag,  Webster's  Mills,  and  Harvey  District 
schools  several  minor  repairs  were  made. 

Among  the  more  important  repairs  that  ought  to  be 
made  this  year,  is  the  rearrangement  of  the  heating  appli- 
ances at  the  Lincoln  and  Ash-street  schools,  in  order  that 
proper  ventilation  may  be  secured.  There  is  no  adequate 
provision  for  ventilation  in  either  of  those  large  and  im- 
portant schools,  and  pupils  suffer  greatly  from  lack  of  it 
in  cold  weather.  The  ceiling  of  the  assembly  hall  in  the 
Lincoln  school  also  needs  repairing. 

As  a  matter  of  economy  in  the  use  of  fuel,  there  should 
be  another  boiler  at  the  training  school;  or,  in  the  place  of 
two,  a  large  one.  The  boiler  at  the  Main-street  school  is 
too  old  for  much  longer  use,  and  it  should  be  replaced^ by 
a  new  one. 


REPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS.   265 

The  heating  and  rentilation  of  the  Franklin  and 
Spring-street  schools,  thirty  rears  behind  the  times, 
should  be  replaced  by  new  apparatus,  if  these  houses  are 
to  be  continued  in  use  for  day  schools;  but  it  is  the  opinion 
of  the  committee  on  repairs  that  a  new  building  should 
take  the  place  of  the  Franklin-street  schoolhouse,  suffi- 
ciently large  for  housing- the  Franklin  school,  half  the 
Spring-street  schools,  and  also  afford  relief  for  the  over- 
crowded rooms  in  the  Training  School.  The  other  half 
of  the  pupils  in  the  Spring-street  school  could  be  accoru- 
modated,  with  the  surplus  in  the  Lowell-street  house,  at 
the  new  Straw  school.  This  arrangement  would  leave 
the  Spring-street  building  as  the  one  best  located  for  the 
use  of  the  evening  schools,  drawing  and  common,  and 
also  for  use  of  the  manual  training  school.  A  separate 
house  for  these  schools  is  greatly  needed. 

The  committee  on  repairs  are  of  the  same  opinion  as 
last  year,  that  an  appropriation  of  |6,000  will  be  annually 
needed  for  the  proper  repair  of  schoolhouses. 

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  throughout  the  state  was  made  to  comprise  the 
months  between  two  successive  Augusts.  The  State  Su- 
perintendent of  Public  Instruction  accordingly  requires 
that  our  annual  school  statistics  shall  be  compiled  and  re- 
turned to  him  by  August,  and  that  they  represent  the 
results  for  the  year  preceding. 

The  following,  therefore,  shows  the  organization  of  our 
public  schools  from  August,  1895,  to  August,  1896. 

The  average  number  of  schools  for  the  entire  year  was 
108,  reckoned  as  follows:  The  equivalent  of  8  rooms  of 
high-school  grade;  28  grammar-school  divisions,  1  more 


266  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

than  last  year(a);  21  mifldle  scliools,  the  same  as  last 
yeav(h);  43  primary  schools,  2  more  than  last  year(c);  2 
partially-graded  schools;  5  ungraded  suburban  schools; 
and  1  manual  training  school. 

It  thus  appears  that  there  has  been  a  gain  of  three 
schools  over  the  number  of  last  year.  The  gain  in  enroll- 
ment of  pupils  over  the  number  of  last  year  has  been  17<>, 
ample  justification  for  the  equipment  of  the  three  new 
schools  organized.  The  total  enrollment  of  different  pu- 
pils in  the  day  schools  for  the  year  was  5,382,  and  in  the 
evening  schools  448. 

There  were  employed  for  the  care  of  the  108  day 
schools  throughout  the  year:  Seven  male  principals  of 
large  schools;  a  lady  principal  and  a  general  assistant  (2) 
(d)  for  the  care  of  the  training  school  for  teachers;  103 
class-room  teachers(e),  of  whom  eleven  ladies  were  also 
principals  of  schools  containing  two  or  more  rooms;  and 
three  special  teachers  of  music  and  drawing;  or  in  all,  one 
hundred  fifteen  teachers  for  the  entire  year. 


{a)  Miss  Morison's  division  in  the  new  Wilson  school. 

(6)  The  Bakersville  Lower  :Micklle  of  last  year  has  been  displaced  by  a 
Higher  Primary  this  year,  while  the  reverse  of  this  happened  at  the  Pearl- 
street  house.  The  loss  of  a  middle  grade  at  the  Lincoln  school  has  also  been 
oflf-set  by  the  formation  of  another  for  two  terms  in  the  Varney  house  and  of 
yet  another  for  one  term  in  the  new  Wilson  building,  these  two  being 
equivalent  to  one  for  the  entire  year. 

(c)  The  formation  of  a  second  lower  primary  at  Pearl-street  and  of  another 
also  at  Spring-street,  each  for  one  term,  with  the  new  primary  at  Bakersville 
for  the  entire  year,  makes  the  gain  in  primaries  equivalent  to  two  new  ones 
for  the  j-ear. 

{d)  Aided  by  the  young  ladies  constituting  the  sub-teachers'  classes,  who 
had  charge  of  the  several  class  rooms. 

(e)  Of  these  103,  four  are  males,—  two  sub-masters  in  the  high  School,  the 
teacher  at  Youngsville,  and  the  teacher  of  the  manual  training  school. 


REPORT    OF    THE    SUPERINTE^fDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.       267 


HISTORICAL. 


The  number  and  growth  of  our  public  schools,  during 
the  last  twenty  3'ears,  may  be  quite  fully  seen  by  an  in- 
spection of  the  following  table: 


1877. 
1878. 
1879. 
1880. 
1881. 
1882. 
1883. 
1884. 
1885. 
1886. 
1887. 
1888. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892, 
1893, 
1894, 
1895, 
1896 


69 

69 

72 

74 

75 

74 

74 

75 

75 

77 

78 

78 

77 

77 

84 

89 

96  t 
101 
105 
108 


70 
70 
73 
76 
77 
76 
72 
73 
73 
75 
77 
77 
76 
76 
83 
89 
101 
107 
111 
115 


f^ 


3,607 
3,515 
3,798 
4,136 
4,235 
4,095 
4,062 
3,91  S 
3,806 
3,632 
3,670 
3,712 
3,787 
3,814 
4,071 
4,298 
4,775 
4,975 
5,206 
5,382 


2,571 
2,571 
2,859 
2,970 
2,858 
2,957 
2.848 
2,872 
2,725 
2,698 
2,711 
2,768 
2,801 
2,795 
2,940 
3,130 
3,425 
3,662 
3,817 
3,999 


2,413 

2,348 
2,648 
2,727 
2,602 
2,712 
2,612 
2,645 
2,430 
2,475 
2,468 
2, .500 
2,581 
2,536 
2,689 
l2,837 
3,111 
3,336 
3,499 
3,651 


■3 

0 

ii 

-o  0 
^g 

V    > 

>   * 

93.8 

96 

91.3 

106 

92.6 

145 

92.0 

91 

91.0 

110 

91.7 

164 

91.4 

103 

92.1 

95 

90.6 

96 

91.9 

79 

90.8 

9S 

90.3 

116 

92.2 

177 

90.7 

141 

91.5 

166 

90.6 

174 

90.8 

194 

91.1 

153 

91.7 

238 

91.3 

140 

3   T3  O  O 

t'«  s  ^  ^ 


60 
94 
77 
75 

64 
76 
97 

85 
98 
78 


101 
121 

120 
116 
129 
175 
168 
138 


60 
94 
77 
75 
62 
65 
75 
71 
89 
71 
95 
80 
96 
114 
101 
103 
127 
162 
156 
130 


2  o 


2i 


48 
84 
52 
61 
54 
57 
66 
49 
71 
53 
61 
68 
73 
83 
69 
67 
78 
112 
112 
119 


O  o 


^2 

60  O 


179 
185 
196 
183 
174 
172 
159 
163 
163 
175 
178 
185 
181 
184 
217 
226 
2S7 
251 
243 
270 


*  Including  special  teachers,  principals,  assistants,  etc. 
t  And  the  A  class  in  suburban  schools. 

J  Also  a  manual  training  school  for  one  ttrm,  which  is  included  in  the  number  of  schools 
for  the  next  three  years. 


268  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

From  the  foregoing  statistics  it  may  be  observed  that 
the  number  of  schools  for  fourteen  years,  out  of  the  past 
twenty,  varied  by  only  one,  two,  or  three  occasionally; 
and  that  the  net  gain  during  these  fourteen  years  was  but 
eight  schools,  or  an  average  gain  of  only  the  fraction  of  a 
school  annually.  In  1890  the  free  text-book  law  went 
into  operation;  and  this,  together  with  the  more  rapid 
growth  of  our  city's  population,  has  increased  the  num- 
ber of  schools  by  thirty-one  within  the  past  six  years,  an 
average  increase  of  five  schools  annually.  The  net  gain 
in  twenty  years  has  been  thirty-nine  schools.  The  great- 
est annual  increase  was  in  1891,  the  year  after  the  adop- 
tion of  free  text-books,  when  seven  schools  w^ere  added. 

From  observation  of  the  "Attendance"  column,  I  recall 
that  children  of  French  parentage  came  into  the  public 
schools  in  large  numbers  during  1879,  1880,  and  1881. 
Then  the  French  parochial  schools  began  to  be  organized, 
and  from  1881  till  188G  the  withdrawal  of  French  chil- 
dren from  the  public  schools  was  so  effectual  that  by  1880 
there  were  scarcely  more  of  them  in  our  schools  than  in 
1878.  Since  1886,  however,  the  public  school  enrollment 
has  steadily  grown  from  3,632  to  5,382 ;  or,  there  has  been 
an  average  increase  of  175  pupils  annually,  about  60  per 
room  for  the  average  increase  of  the  three  new  school 
rooms  yearly  provided  during  the  last  ten  years.  This 
explains  why  we  still  have  overcrowded  schools  that  can- 
not be  relieved  without  further  increase  of  school  accom- 
modations. 

iiTGn  SCHOOL. 

Now  that  there  will  be  ample  room  in  the  new  high- 
school  house  for  all  grammar-school  pupils  who  will  be- 
come fitted  for  the  High  school,  it  seems  wise  so  to  modify 
the  high-school  course  of   study  that  a  much  larger  pro- 


REPORT   OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF   SCHOOLS.        269 

poi'tion  of  grammar-scliool  graduates  will  enter  the  High 
school  than  have  heretofore  done  so;  and  be  induced  to 
enter  because  more  of  them  shall  be  made  to  feel  that  its 
course  of  study  affords  lines  of  work  and  training  that 
broadly  prepare  for  every  general  vocation.  Only  about 
seventy  per  cent  of  our  grammar-school  graduates  have 
been  in  the  habit  of  entering  the  High  school.  A  large 
part  of  the  other  thirty  per  cent  have  presumably  hurried 
out  into  the  work  of  life  because  they  have  not  been  able 
to  see  in  our  school  system  much  more  that  would  appear 
to  help  them  esi^ecially  better  to  j^erform  the  duties  of  the 
vocations  of  their  choice.  I  therefore  recommend  that 
the  teaching  of  stenography,  typewriting,  and  cooking  be 
early  incorporated  in  our  high-school  course  of  study,  and 
that  provision  be  made  for  first-class  instruction  in  these 
subjects. 

I  would  think  it  a  mistake,  however,  to  grant  the  high- 
school  diploma  for  any  period  of  attendance  less  than 
three  years,  the  shortest  course  for  which  it  is  now 
granted.  Any  pupils  who  might  desire  to  give  special 
attention  to  the  new  studies  suggested,  could  be  allowed 
to  take  any  two  of  them  as  an  equivalent,  in  the  English 
course,  of  Algebra  the  first  year;  of  Geometry  the  second 
year;  and  of  any  one  of  the  two  optional  studies  the  third 
year.  Pupils  who  withdraw  from  the  High  school  in 
good  standing  at  the  close  of  the  second  year  are  now 
granted  a  certificate  of  their  completion  of  a  two  years' 
course.  The  certificate  is  of  the  size  of  the  diploma, 
awarded  in  the  same  way,  and  upon  the  same  occasion. 
This  is  sufficient  recognition  of  the  completion  of  a  two 
years'  course. 

The  diploma  was  formerly  granted  at  the  end  of  such  a 
course,  and  it  was  then  frequently  observed  that  those 
pupils  most  eager  to  get  it  were  ones  best  able  to  afford  a 
longer  course;  and  that  the  influence  of  the  graduation  of 


270  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    KEPORTS. 

these  pupils  sometimes  caused  all  in  the  English  course 
to  complete  it  at  the  end  of  its  second  rear.  (See.  for  in- 
stance, the  School  Keport  for  1S84,  page  30.)  Further 
evil  efifects  of  granting  the  high-school  diploma  at  the  end 
of  a  two  years'  course  were  to  cheapen  it  in  the  estima- 
tion of  nearly  all  good  scholars,  and  to  bring  into  the 
school  too  many  who  had  so  false  a  notion  of  the  proper 
meaning  of  a  diploma  that  they  apparently  became  mem- 
bers of  the  school  chiefly  to  obtain  it;  and,  naturally,  iu 
the  briefest  time  possible,  and  at  the  minimum  amount  of 
effort.  Hence  the  English  course  was  brought  into 
greater  or  less  contempt,  and  not  patronized  by  the  more 
scholarly  grade  of  pupils;  but  since  the  award  of  the  di- 
ploma for  a  two  years'  course  was  abandoned,  the  three 
and  four  years'  English  courses  have  been  well  patron- 
ized, the  membership  of  the  school  has  steadily  increased, 
and  the  high-school  course  of  study  been  held  in  much 
higher  esteem. 

This  much  has  been  said  about  the  high-school  diplo- 
ma, lest  upon  the  introduction  of  the  new  studies  recom- 
mended, the  mistake  of  granting  the  diploma  for  a  two 
years'  course  might  be  repeated,  through  the  idea  that 
the  award  of  the  diploma  for  a  brief  course  would  be  for 
the  good  of  the  school ;  but  the  facts,  as  experience  has 
shown,  are  so  clear  that  the  good  of  the  school  would  not 
be  thus  promoted,  I  have  thought  best  to  present  them  in 
connection  with  my  recommendation. 

Something  should  be  done  much  to  increase  the  size, 
and  otherwise  improve,  the  high-school  library;  and  there 
should  also  be  an  annual  appropriation  of  at  least  a  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars,  to  provide  for  a  yearly  quota  of 
new  books  and  to  rebind  earlier  supplies. 

As  soon  as  the  High  school  can  have  sufficient  rooms 
for  a  proper  division  of  its  classes,  it  should  be  provided 
with  more  teachers;  and  with  a  clerk  to  the  principal, 


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also,  to  act  as  librarian,  have  charge  of  text-books  aud 
other  free  supplies,  look  after  the  excuses  of  absentees, 
etc,  A  graduate  of  the  school,  suitable  for  this  work, 
could  be  procured  at  a  low  salary.  It  is  not  to  the  advan- 
tage of  the  city  to  .  require  the  principal  of  its  High 
school,  or  other  high-salaried  teachers  there,  to  do  any 
more  merely  clerical  work  than  that  which  cannot  be 
avoided. 

If,  for  lack  of  sufficient  appropriations  or  other  rea- 
sons, inexperienced  teachers  are  emj^loyed  in  the  High 
school,  they  should  not,  however  scholarly,  be  allowed  to 
instruct  pupils  that  have  not  been  members  of  such  a 
school  for  a  year  and  a  half  or  two  years;  for  beginners  in 
high-school  studies  should  be  led  to  see  such  superiority 
in  these  studies  as  only  experienced  teachers  can  fully  re- 
veal, by  reason  of  their  greater  skill  in  the  presentation 
of  them  and  their  increased  ability  to  promote  and  secure 
thoroughness  upon  the  part  of  the  pupil.  Pupils  who  for 
the  last  two  years  of  the  grammar-school  course  have 
been  under  the  instruction  and  discipline  of  such  experi- 
enced and  strong  teachers  as  have  charge  of  those  grades 
here,  will,  upon  entering  the  High  school  and  there  being 
placed  under  the  instruction  of  either  a  weak  or  an  inex- 
perienced teacher,  so  grievously  feel  the  difference,  in  the 
lack  of  helpfulness  of  treatment,  that  there  must  be  dan- 
ger they  will  discredit  the  High  school  at  the  outset, 
make  invidious  comparisons,  spread  reports  of  ineffi- 
ciency, and  declare  the  High  school  inferior  to  the  gram- 
mar schools,  kind  for  kind  considered.  To  save  the  school 
from  criticisms  based  upon  such  feelings,  as  well  as  to 
afford  beginners  that  solid  foundation  they  should  early 
have  in  their  high-school  studies,  I  suggest  that,  when- 
ever inexperienced  teachers  have  to  be  employed  in  the 
High  school,  they  be  assigned  recitations  from  among 
those  of  the  two  higher   classes.     As  none  but   college 


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graduates  are  eniployed  as  teachers  in  the  High  school, 
they  are  sufficiently  scholarly  for  instructing  the  more 
advanced  classes;  and  they  can  more  easily  and  better 
serve  the  interests  of  those  well  started  in  the  work  of  the 
school. 

HISTORICAL.    ■ 

But  little  need  be  said  of  the  High  school,  historically; 
because  the  utility,  iDurposes,  and  results  of  this  school 
have  been  so  specifically  set  forth  in  former  reports.  It 
is  therefore  sufficient  to  call  attention  to  the  growth  of 
the  school,  which  is  made  apparent  in  the  extended  statis- 
tical table  presented  on  a  previous  page. 

From  tlie  last  column  of  the  statistical  table  it  may  be 
observed  of  the  Higli  school,  as  was  the  case  of  the  lower- 
grade  schools,  that  its  number  of  pupils  was  more  or  less 
depleted  from  1S81  to  18SG;  and  that  there  has  been  a 
good  growth  in  the  number  since  then,  with  a  marked  in- 
crease since  1890,  when  the  free  text-book  law  went  into 
operation.  During  1887,  the  average  number  of  pupils 
belonging  to  the  High  school  was  178;  during  1888,  185; 
during  1889, 181;  during  1890,  184;  during  1891,  217;  dur- 
ing 1892,  226;  during  1893,  237;  during  1891,  251;  during 
1895,  213;  during  1S9G,  270.  The  enrollment  of  pupils 
during  each  of  these  years  was,  of  course,  somewhat 
larger  than  the  average  number  belonging,  which  only  is 
given  above  as  the  more  correct  representation  of  the  con- 
stant size  of  the  school.  The  enrollment  during  1887  was 
183.  This  gradually  increased  so  that  in  1892  the  enroll- 
ment was  237;  and  for  the  school  year  ending  June,  1896, 
it  was  300.  During  the  fall  term,  just  closed,  the  enroll- 
ment was  323. 

Our  High  school  has  a  larger  enrollment  than  any  other 
school  of  similar  grade  in  the  state,  by  more  than  100 
pupils.     Though  our  city  is  the  metropolis  of  the  state, 


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and  might  therefore  be  expected  to  have  a  still  larger 
High  school  than  it  has,  both  relatively  and  absolutely,  it 
should  be  borne  in  mind  that  there  are  in  our  city  at  least 
two  extensive  parochial  school  systems,  including  both 
academic  and  high-school  grades,  a  fact  which  should  ma- 
terially modify  comparisons  as  ordinarily  made  in  regard 
to  the  number  of  pui)ils  in  our  school.  Moreover,  when. 
the  size  of  our  High  school,  which  contains  only  high- 
school  classes,  is  compared  with  the-  size  of  high  schools 
in  Massachusetts'  cities,  of  about  our  population,  it 
should  be  known  whether  or  not  the  respective  schools  in 
Massachusetts,  with  which  our  High  school  may  be  com- 
pared, contain  grammar-school  classes,  as  some  of  them 
do ;  without  this  knowledge,  any  comparison  made  might 
be  very  erroneous  and  unjust  to  our  school. 

TRAINING  SCHOOL  FOR  TEACHERS. 

On  account  of  the  ill  health  of  its  principal,  Miss  Caro- 
line E.  Wing,  the  Training  school  was  without  her  valua- 
ble services  from  January,  1895,  till  September,  1896.  The 
school  was  in  the  meantime  in  charge  of  three  different 
substitutes;  and,  of  course,  to  its  harm.  During  the  win- 
ter and  spring  terms  of  this  year,  the  school  was  in 
charge  of  Miss  Etta  A.  Blaisdell,  of  Cambridge.  She 
showed  herself  a  very  competent  teacher  for  training- 
school  work.  Miss  Blaisdell  is  now  employed  at  an  in- 
creased salary  as  assistant  superintendent  in  the  Brock- 
ton, Mass.,  public  schools. 

During  the  fall  term,  just  closed,  the  Training  school 
has  labored  under  difficulties.  There  are  192  regular  pu- 
pils' desks  in  its  four  school  rooms,  and  there  have  been 
284  pupils  enrolled.  Of  these,  106  belonged  to  the  lowest 
primary  grade,  there  being  three  primary  grades  in  thisi 
school.     The   average   number   belonging  has  been  229» 

IS 


274  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

This  has  necessitated  constant  use  of  a  recitation  room  as 
a  school  room;  and  that,  too,  without  adequate  relief. 
Moreover,  the  school  has  been  short  of  its  regular  quota 
of  pupil-teachers,  which  has  further  embarrassed  the 
work.  There  are  but  three  members  of  the  Middle  Class; 
and  one  of  these  has  been  absent  on  account  of  illness  for 
so  large  a  part  of  the  term  that  she  cannot  become  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Senior  Class  at  the  regular  time  of  advance- 
ment, February  1.  -Hence  there  will  be  but  two  Seniors 
to  have  charge  of  five  school  rooms,  after  that  date;  for  it 
will  be  necessarv  to  continue  the  use  of  the  recitation 
room  as  a  school  room.  Teachers  for  the  other  three 
rooms  will  therefore  need  to  be  provided  till  July;  and  I 
recommend  the  employment  till  then  of  three  members  of 
the  present  Senior  Class  (who  will  graduate  the  first  of 
February)  at  regular  substitutes'  pay,  ?1.50  per  day. 

There  is  great  need  of  raising  the  standard  of  fitness 
for  the  graduation  of  pupil-teachers  from  the  Training 
school.  The  first  thing  necessary  to  this  end  is  the  re- 
quirement of  other  qualifications  upon  the  part  of  candi- 
dates for  entrance  to  the  school  than  mere  completion  of 
a  high-school  course.  Too  many  are  employed  as  regular 
teachers  who  have  not  sufficient  vital  force  to  last  them 
through  more  than  a  term  or  two  of  teaching;  and  those 
who  have  constitutions  so  impaired,  or  weak,  that  they 
cannot  be  expected  to  enter  the  corps  as  forceful  teach- 
ers, should  certainly  not  be  allowed  to  enter  the  Training 
school.  There  should  therefore  be  a  physical,  as  well  as 
mental,  examination  of  candidates  for  entrance  to  this 

school. 

For  a  year  or  two,  many  more  have  sought  admission  to 

the  Training  school  than  could  be  allowed  entrance.  As 
the  school  is  now  organized,  not  more  than  five  pupil- 
teachers  can  be  admitted  semi-annually;  but  there  are 
thirty-one   applicants    waiting  admission  to  the  school. 


KBPORT    OF    THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.       275 

The  present  is  therefore  an  opportune  time  for  the  sub- 
committee of  the  school  to  inaugurate  a  better  method  of 
determining  admissions  to  the  school  than  to  grant  them 
upon  the  principle.  ''First  come,  first  served."  As  long 
as  there  were  not  more  than  one  or  two  applicants  more 
than  openings  in  the  school,  it  was  not  so  serious  a  mis- 
take to  admit  them  in  the  order  of  the  dates  of  their  writ- 
ten applications  for  admission.  Xow,  however,  the  gen- 
eral standard  of  the  Training  school  can  be  raised,  and 
eventually  the  corps  of  teachers  in  general  greatly  im- 
proved, by  determining  the  order  of  admission  to  the 
Training  school  from  the  results  of  a  proper  examination. 
There  are  also  other  Avays  of  improving  the  Training 
school;  but  it  would  require  too  many  pages  here  for  their 
elaboration,  and  it  will  be  better  every  way  to  make  them 
the  subject  of  a  special  report  sometime  before  June. 

HISTORICAL. 

The  Training  school  was  first  organized  experimentally 
in .  1869,  the  ''Higher  Department"  (of  middle-school 
grade)  under  the  charge  of  Miss  Nancy  S.  Bunton  as 
teacher,  in  the  Merrimack-street  schoolhouse  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Union  street;  and  the  "Primary  department"  un- 
der the  charge  of  Miss  Helen  M.  Morrill  as  teacher,  in  the 
Manchester-street  schoolhouse  at  the  corner  of  Chestnut 
street.  The  design  of  the  school  was  to  afford  means  for 
supplying  the  city  schools  with  better  teachers,  and  with 
those  somewhat  conversant  with  a  graded  system;  and 
also  to  provide  for  a  better  class  of  substitute  teachers 
than  could  be  secured  from  among  the  fresh  graduates  of 
the  High  school,  who,  it  may  be  remarked,  were  soon 
found  to  be  given  permanent  situations  as  regular  teach- 
ers, and  to  attain  greater  success  as  such  than  those  of 
experience  whom  the  salaries  here  paid  would  attract 
from  abroad.     It  was  therefore  reasoned  that  the  city 


276  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

schools  could  in  no  war  be  so  surely  and  economically  im- 
proved as  by  the  establishment  of  a  school  for  the  proper 
training  of  the  young  lady  graduates  of  the  High  school. 
So,  largely  through  Superintendent  Edgerly's  instrumen- 
tality, the  school  was  started  as  before  mentioned. 
Later,  the  primary  department  of  the  school  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Merrimack-street  house.  The  Training 
school  was  now  improved  by  a  re-organization  which 
made  Miss  Bunton  principal,  with  Miss  Mintie  C.  Edgeriy 
assistant,  of  the  middle  school  department;  and  Mrs. 
Martha  N.  Mason  principal,  with  Miss  Anna  O.  Heath  as- 
sistant of  the  primary  department.  For  about  a  dozen 
years  the  work  was  wholly  practical,  and  the  training 
otherwise  acquired  was  almost  entirely  by  observation. 

In  1SS2  the  school  was  reorganized,  to  secure  the  ad- 
vantages to  be  derived  from  a  course  of  professional 
training  for  the  teachers'  class.  The  school  has  since 
prospered,  and  continued  to  supply  the  city  schools  with 
a  large  majority  of  their  lady  teachers.  Many  of  its 
graduates  are  also  successful  teachers  in  other  places. 

This  school  affords  opportunities  for  normal  study,  and 
for  observation  and  practice  in  graded  schools,  at  a  mod- 
erate expense.  Its  advantages  are  offered,  preferably,  to 
young  lady  residents  of  Manchester,  and  graduates  of  the 
Manchester  High  school.  So  many  of  these  have  sought 
admission  to  the  school  in  recent  years  that  non-residents 
have  practically  ceased  to  be  admitted. 

For  particulars  in  regard  to  improvements  made  by  the 
reorganization  of  the  Training  school  in  1882,  see  the  an- 
nual school  reports  for  1882  and  1883. 

The  report  for  1884  affords  information  in  regard  to  the 
cost  of  the  school,  and  it  also  furnishes  other  interesting 
particulars  about  results  then  attained. 

The  report  for  1891  contains  a  copy  of  the  "Circular  of 
Information"  issued  that  year,  which  sets  forth  the  form 


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of  organization  under  which  the  Training  school  is  still 
operated.  It  also  contains  its  course  of  study,  and  the 
rules  and  regulations  made  by  the  school  board  for  the 
government  of  the  school. 

Principals.— Miss  Nancy  S.  Bunton,  1S69--1SS1.  Miss 
Sarah  E.  Sprague,  1882--lS84(f/).  Miss  Olive  A.  Evers, 
1880--1S87.     Miss  Caroline  E.  Wing,  1887(&). 

Pupil-teachers.  At  first  there  was  no  fixed  period  dur- 
ing which  pupil-teachers  were  required  to  remain  in  the 
school,  and  many  of  them  were  soon  called  away  to  serve 
as  substitutes  or  permanent  teachers  in  the  public 
schools. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  those  who  served  for  different 
periods  of  time  in  the  primary  department,  while  located 
in  the  Manchester-street  house: 

Addie  A.  Marshall,  Alice  G.  Lord,  Nellie  Tappan,  Ida 
Gee,  Martha  N.  Mason,  Mary  F.  Barnes,  Ella  F.  Salisbury, 

Celia   Chase,   Gertrude   Borden, Putnam, 

Bartlett,  and  Emma  F.  Beane  (12). 

The  following  also  served  in  the  Merrimack-street 
house,  in  the  early  history  of  the  school,  for  short  and  va- 
rying periods  of  time:  Eliza  I.  Young,  Kate  W.  Osgood, 
Clara  E.  Davis,  Isabella  G.  Mack,  Mary  A.  Buzzell,  A.  Liz- 
zie Tolles,  Nellie  Cheney,  Nellie  Pearson,  Susan  Page, 
Emma  H.  Perley,  Hattie  B.  Childs,  Isabelle  R.  Daniels, 
Ella  Whitney,  Anna  O.  Heath,  Lizzie  H.  Patterson,  Anna 
J.  Dana,  Kate  Joy,  Annie  M.  Offutt,  Nellie  Tappan,  Julia 
D.  Marston,  Emma  M.  Bennett,  Addie  M.  Lear,  Martha  J. 
Boyd,  and  Rocilla  M.  Tuson  (24). 

When  the  two  departments  were  first  united,  at  the 
Merrimack-street  house,  it  w^as  provided  that  pupil-teach- 
ers should  serve  six  months. — three  weeks  in  each  of  the 


{a)  Tin  the  fall  term,  during  which  Miss  Eleanor  E.  Jones  was  principal. 
(b)  Granted  leave  of  absence  from  February,  1895,  till  September,  1896. 


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four  grades    and  twelve  weeks  in  the  grade  of  their 
choice, — before  being  considered 

Graduates  of  the  Training  ScJiool. 

The  following  is  a  complete  list  of  such  graduates,  as 
shown  by  the  records  of  the  school:  Martha  E.  Clough, 
Augusta  S.  Downs,  Estella  X.  Howlett,  Minnie  C.  Abbott, 
Jennie  F.  Bailey,  Mary  A.  Smith,  Annie  M.  Nichols,  Me- 
dora  Weeks,  Etta  J.  Carley,  Lucy  W.  Perkins,  Emma  J. 
Henry,  Emma  E.  Lawrence,  Jennie  G.  Stebbins,  M.  Eu- 
genia Lord,  Cora  M.  Dearborn,  Ella  F.  Sanborn,  Flora  M. 
Senter,  Florence  McEvoy,  Nellie  M.  Dennett,  Ella  F. 
Barker,  Carrie  M.  Gilmore,  Ida  R.  Eaton,  Ellen  A.  Mor- 
rill, Lilla  O.  Cressey,  Clara  E.  Woods,  Emma  C.  Gee,  Nel- 
lie B.  Putnam,  Clara  G.  Fogg,  Jessie  B.  Farmer,  Bertha 
L.  Dean,  Mary  W.  Mitchell,  Belle  M.  Kelly,  Clara  J.  Gar- 
land, Susan  G.  Woodman,  Mary  E.  Sylvester,  Fannie  D. 
Moulton,  Gertrude  H.  Brooks,  Florence  A.  Nichols, 
Louisa  R.  Quint,  Emma  L.  Stokes,  May  R.  Fuller,  Emma 
W.  Mitchell,  Myra  P.  Richardson,  Lizzie  J.  West,  Lizzie 
A.  Burns,  Emma  S.  Sanborn,  Hattie  L.  Johnson,  Annie 
W.  Patten,  Nellie  M.  James,  Nettie  C.  Woodman,  Lenora 
C.  Gilford,  Carrie  I.  Stevens,  Josie  H.  Martin,  Mary  E. 
Bunton,*  Kate  M.  Follansbee,*  Georgie  A.  Wyman,* 
Nina  D.  Annis,  Lizzie  D.  Hartford,  Fannie  L.  Sanborn, 
Kittie  J.  Ferren,*  Susie  E.  Greenwood,  Edith  M.  Steb- 
bins, Helen  M.  Wetherbee,  Nettie  F.  Ainsworth,  Susie  H. 
Frame,  Mary  L.  Gage,  Ella  Hope,  Eva  F.  Tuson,*  Lelia  A. 
Brooks,  Bessie  M.  Hall,  Mattie  E.  Sanborn,  Genevieve  L. 
Whitten,  Alta  C.  Willand,  Carrie  A.  F.  Bartlett,  Nina  B. 
Corning,  Mary  J.  Hickey,  May  F.  Nutt,  Barbara  B.  Joy, 
Sarah  B.  Paige,  Alice  E.  Page.*  Hulda  C.  Graupner,  Lil- 
lian C.  Hall,  Mary  Southard,  Cora  B.  Gilford,  Lettie  Isl. 
Smith,  Emma  McLaren,  Mary  J.  Walsh,  Theodora  Rich- 


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ardson,  Genieve  Knight,  Xellie  M.  Atwood,  Nettie  B. 
Fogg,  Abbie  E.  West,  Lillian  Little,  Inez  M .  Warren, 
Kate  Townsend,  Maude  L.  Kent,  Emma  B.  Abbott,  Al- 
Terta  P.  Barrett,  Millie  S.  Morse,  Bertha  A.  Young,  Annie 
B.  Goodwin,*  Mabel  J.  Brickett,  Mary  E.  Moulton,  Ger- 
trude L.  Southard,  Mary  G.  Worthen,  Georgia  M.  Cheney, 
Gertrude  A.  Burns,  Annie  M.  Sleeper,  Mary  A,  Clement, 
Susie  L.  podge,*  Mary  W.  Allen,  Issa  M.  Tuttle,  Mabel  R. 
Brown,  L.  May  Choate,*  Annie  R.  Corson,  Mary  J.  Cor- 
coran,* E.  Alfreda  Hall,*  Carrie  E.  Head,  Mertie  C. 
Hawks,*  Josie  L.  Riddle,  Marj-  S.  Richardson,*  M.  Minnie 
Sturtevant,  Annie  Brigham,*  Josephine  A.  Mitchell,* 
Xellie  C.  Parker,*  Xellie  M.  Smith,*  Bertha  L.  Kemp,* 
Bessie  E.  Dodge,*  Cora  M,  Farmer,*  Clydie  M.  Flanders, 
Mary  A.  Fay,*  Marcia  M.  Moore,*  Emma  B.  Abbott,* 
Maud  L.  Smith,*  Hellen  Morison,  Lenora  J.  Clough,  Hat- 
tie  S.  Tuttle,  Amy  K.  Xorthrup,  Helen  E.  True,  Lizabell 
Savory,  Hattie  O.  Willand,  Florence  L.  Abbott,  Blanche 
L.  Batchelder,  A.  Maude  Lamprey,  Margaret  C.  Lane, 
Harriet  H.  Richardson,  Katie  E.  Batchelder,  Blanche  E. 
Hicken,  Minnie  M.  Phillips,  Dora  B.  Tuson  (150). 

The  foregoing  arrangement  of  names  does  not  indicate 
the  relative  times  of  graduation,  but  the  order  of  en- 
trance to  the  school.  The  order  of  graduation  has  been 
interfered  with  by  sickness  and  other  causes. 

Several  others  entered  the  Training  school  undoubt- 
edly for  the  purpose  of  graduation;  but  most  of  those 
entering  prior  to  those  named  in  the  list  of  graduates 
were  called  away  before  they  had  completed  the  course, 
to  fill  positions  as  teachers  here  or  elsewhere,  and  others 
voluntarily  withdrew  for  reasons  of  their  own.  The  fol- 
lowing constitutes  a  list  of  both  these  classes,  and  of  all 
those  who,  not  heretofore  named,  have  entered  the  school 

*  Elected  regular  teacher  before  completing  full  period  of  training-scliool 
service;  Ijut  provision  is  made  for  award  of  training-scliool  diploma  to  such 
under  certain  conditions. 


280  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Annie  H.  Abbott,  Elvira  S.  Prior,  Belle  B.  Corey,  Josie  A. 
Bosher,  Cleora  E.  Bailey,  Ara  A.  Piatt,  Olive  J.  Randall, 
Helen  ]\I.  Locke,  Sarah  M.  Hadley,  Izetta  8.  Locke,  Julia 
A.  Dearborn,  Etta  C.  McLaren,  Nellie  M.  Brown,  Olive 
A.  Rowe,  Ella  J.  Trickey,  Jennie  Spence,  Florence  G. 
Bartlett,  Annie  L.  Prescott,  Anne  E.  Abbott,  Emma  M. 
Streeter,  Bertlia  M.  Cayzer,  Carrie  E.  Litch,  Perla  E.  Hig- 
gins,  Rowena  L.  Walker,  Dora  M.  Martin  (deceased),  and 
Mabel  L.  How  (26). 

MANUAL  TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

The  propriety  and  advantage  of  affording  instruction 
in  manual  training  in  the  public  schools  are  quite  fully 
set  forth  in  the  Annual  School  Report  for  1891,  pages  23, 
24,  etc.  These  pages  will  reveal  what  is  meant  by  man- 
ual training,  and  indicate  the  purpose  of  teaching  it  some- 
what extendedly  in  the  public  schools. 

In  the  fall  of  1S92,  an  expert  teacher  of  drawing  was 
first  employed  in  our  schools  for  full  time,  as  it  had  come 
to  be  seen  that  a  good  knowledge  of  drawing  is  the  essen- 
tial basis  of  every  form  of  manual  training.  In  Septem- 
ber of  the  same  year,  a  high-grade  course  in  manual 
training  was  introduced  in  our  school  system  by  the 
equipment  and  opening  of  a  school,  on  Lowell  street,  for 
the  purpose  of  teaching  the  use  of  tools  to  pupils  in  the 
last  two  years  of  the  grammar-school  course.  This  school 
was  placed  in  charge  of  Mr.  Fred  E.  Brown,  of  Concord. 
It  was  a  success  from  the  start,  and  it  has  proven  more 
decidedly  so  every  term  since.  During  the  fall  term,  this 
3'ear,  187  pupils  have  been  enrolled  in  this  school,  20  more 
than  in  the  fall  of  1895.  The  average  weekly  attendance 
and  the  number  of  pupils  who  have  not  been  absent  from 
any  lesson  is  proportionally  still  more  increased.  This  is 
significant  of  the  growing  interest;  but  improvement  in 


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facilities  has  not  kept  pace  with  the  advancement  of  the 
ability  of  the  pupils  to  pursue  courses  requiring  greater 
skill,  because  of  the  lack  of  sufficient  room  and  equipment 
for  furnishing  the  more  extended  instruction  needed. 

When  the  manual  training  school  was  first  opened,  it 
was  equipped  only  for  such  instruction  as  could  be  af- 
forded beginners  in  the  use  of  tools.  The  school  has  now 
been  in  existence  three  years  and  one  term.  Some  of  the 
boys  who  entered  the  manual  training  school  when  it  was 
first  opened  are  still  members  of  it,  though  now  high- 
school  pupils.  These,  as  well  as  those  doing  second  year 
work  in  this  school,  are  in  sore  need  of  more  extended 
facilities  for  practice  in  the  use  of  tools.  The  manual 
training  school  cannot  longer  be  carried  on  in  the  most 
profitable  manner  without  increased  facilities  for  prop- 
erly advancing  its  work,  as  originally  intended.  Doubt- 
ers of  the  utility  of  this  school,  before  hesitating  to  give  it 
loyal  support,  will  do  well  to  read  the  School  Report  of 
1891  (pages  23,  24,  etc.),  the  Report  of  1893  (page  42),  the 
Report  of  1894  (pages  18,  19,  etc.),  and  school  reports  of 
other  cities  in  which  the  shop  form  of  manual  training 
has  been  introduced;  and  still  more  especially  should 
doubters  consult  the  two  or  three  hundred  pupils  who 
have  patronized  the  school  in  this  city,  and  their  parents 
also. 

The  first  additional  need  of  the  manual  training  school 
is  more  room.  This  may  be  had  at  the  new  high  school 
house;  at  the  Straw  school  house,  when  the  High  school 
shall  be  removed  therefrom;  or,  possibly  best,  at  the 
Lowell-street  house,  by  transferring  one  of  the  primary 
schools  there  to  the  Straw  school  house,  which  will  soon 
be  available  for  elementary  schools.  The  next  need 
of  the  manual  training  school  is  an  equipment  of  three  or 
four  wood-turning  lathes  and  a  band  saw,  with  electrical 
or  other  power.     Wood-turning  is  one  of  t^ie  very  best 


282  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

features  which  can  be  introduced  into  this  line  of  school 
work.  It  is  of  a  character  which  brings  a  pupil  to  the 
necessity  of  thought  and  study;  it  teaches  self-reliance, 
and  trains  the  eye  to  see  and  the  hand  to  perform  difficult 
work  with  precision.  Pattern  making  affords  excellent 
training;  it  has  a  practical  bearing  also  upon  the  indus- 
tries, and  will  be  undertaken  if  proper  facilities  are 
granted. 

Wood-carving  has  already  received  some  attention,  of 
which  specimens  can  be  seen  at  the  school;  so,  also,  of 
writing-desks,  bookcases,  and  a  corner  what-not,  with 
panelled  sides  and  inlaid  casings;  also  other  inlaid  struc- 
tures, and  abundance  of  joint  forms  and  other  elementary 
work.  There  was  a  good  exhibit  of  some  of  this  work  in 
my  office  window  last  June,  which  received  much  atten- 
tion and  high  public  commendation. 

The  manual  training  school  has  a  fully  competent  and 
deeply-interested  teacher,  who  has  given  many  extra 
hours  of  service  to  the  school.  The  school  is  also  under 
the  charge  of  a  committee  whose  chairman  is  especially 
well  equipped  for  the  oversight  of  such  an  institution. 
The  school  is  only  in  need  of  an  adequate  appropriation 
to  make  its  work  a  grand  success.  The  appropriation  for 
this  school,  and  the  introduction  of  cooking  in  the  High 
school,  should  for  the  coming  year  be  not  less  than  $3,500. 

MUSIC. 

Not  long  after  the  decease  of  Professor  Kimball,  who 
had  for  many  years  been  a  most  successful  director  and 
teacher  of  music  in  our  schools.  Prof.  Fred  B.  Bower  was 
selected  to  fill  the  vacancy.  A  few  months  before  his 
appointment,  the  American  Music  System  had  been  intro- 
duced on  trial  in  all  our  primary  schools.  This  system 
has  i)roved  quite  satisfactory;  and  its  use  has  been  ex- 


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tended  so  tbat  it  is  now  taught  throughout  all  our  pri- 
mary, middle,  and  suburban  schools.  The  introduction 
of  the  system  was  given  over  to  Miss  Florence  Dow,  as 
assistant  director,  and  most  admirably  did  she  accom- 
plish the  work.  It  was  greatly  to  the  regret  of  all  that 
she  was  obliged  to  resign  during  the  summer  vacation  on 
account  of  ill  health.  Miss  Dow's  place  was  filled  by  the 
appointment  of  Miss  Jennie  C.  Heath.  Though  quite 
young  for  so  responsible  a  position,  and  inexperienced  in 
public-school  teaching,  she  has  succeeded  surprisingly 
well.  Professor  Bower,  who  understands  both  the  old 
system  and  the  new, — the  latter  being  gradually  worked 
into  the  higher  grades, —  is  head  supervisor  of  instruc- 
tion in  music.  His  regular  work  as  teacher  is  that  of  in- 
structor in  the  high,  grammar,  and  higher-middle 
schools. 

Music  is  being  uncommonly  well  taught  in  our  schools; 
and  the  Standing  Cornmittee  on  Music  is  entitled  to  much 
credit  for  painstaking  carefulness,  and  resultant  success 
in  making  selections  of  efficient  and  satisfactory  teachers 
in  this  department. 

DRAWING. 

The  instruction  afforded  in  drawing  since  1891  has 
been  very  satisfactory.  In  1892,  Miss  Charlotte  J.  Em- 
mins,  of  Boston,  became  full-time  director  and  teacher  of 
drawing  in  all  grades  of  our  schools.  The  fine  exhibits  of 
drawings,  from  our  various  schools,  which  were  made  in 
my  office  last  May  and  June,  must  have  convinced  all  per- 
sons conversant  with  the  state  of  drawing  in  the  schools 
prior  to  1892  that  remarkably  good  progress  had  been 
made  in  the  study  of  this  subject  during  the  past  four 
years. 

Miss  Emmins  was  graduated  at  the  Massachusetts 
Normal   Art   School.     She   subsequently  studied  in  Eu- 


284  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

rope,  the  better  to  perfect  herself  to  become  a  teacher. 
Before  coming  here  she  had  also  had  a  few  j^ears'  experi- 
ence as  special  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  other 
cities.  She  not  only  thoroughly  understood  her  subject, 
but  knew  equally  well  how  best  to  handle  it  for  the  bene- 
fit of  teachers  and  pupils.  Miss  Emmins  was  a  conscien- 
tious, painstaking,  and  faithful  teacher.  She  made  long 
days,  worked  hard,  and  was  quite  persistent  in  requiring 
proper  attention  and  adequate  results  from  grade  teach- 
ers. She  also  otherwise  manifested  so  great  earnestness 
about  her  work  that  she  caused  her  co-laborers  properly 
to  respond  through  the  inspiration  which  she  afforded, 
and  the  marked  degree  of  progress  which  was  constantly 
being  made  through  her  efforts  caused  all  to  feel  well  re- 
paid for  their  co-operation. 

Miss  Emmins  became  Mrs.  Edward  H.  Trask  before  the 
close  of  the  school  year;  and  her  withdrawal  from  our 
schools  at  the  close  of  the  spring  term  was  the  occasion 
of  much  regret  by  all  concerned. 

Prof.  J.  Warren  Thyug,  elected  to  the  position  vacated 
by  Mrs.  Trask,  has  now  served  one  term  as  director  and 
teacher  of  drawing.  Professor  Thyng  produced  evidence 
of  special  training  and  of  good  success  in  teaching  draw- 
ing in  the  public  schools  of  two  or  three  cities  where  he 
had  formerly  taught.  He  has  made  a  favorable  impres- 
sion upon  the  corps  of  teachers,  and  is  rendering  good 
service. 

The  present  course  of  study  in  drawing  is  the  product 
of  l\Irs.  Trask,  It  was  formulated  by  her,  at  the  request 
of  the  committee  on  drawing,  as  the  result  of  the  growth 
of  the  subject  under  her  supervision  here.  Much  labor 
was  involved  in  preparing  the  course  for  the  printer;  and, 
as  it  was  gratuitously  done  after  her  resignation,  as  a 
labor  of  love,  Mrs.  Trask  is  entitled  to  the  cordial  thanks 
of  us  all. 


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The  course  of  study  in  drawing,  as  applied  last  year, 
was  put  in  print  in  order  that,  with  the  incoming  of  a  new 
supervisor  of  the  subject,  there  might  be  no  undesirable 
break  in  the  study  of  drawing  in  our  schools.  The  pres- 
ent use  of  this  course  will  enable  Professor  Thyng  to  see 
what  the  schools  have  undertaken  in  this  study,  and  what 
progress  they  can  make  in  its  following.  He  has  shown 
excellent  judgment  and  adaptability  in  adjusting  his 
methods  of  instruction  to  the  course  of  study;  and,  when 
it  is  outgrown,  he  will  doubtless  show  wisdom  in  the 
character  of  his  recommendations  for  its  improvement. 

THE  WORK  OF  THE  SCHOOLS. 

The  schools  have  in  general  made  good  progress 
throughout  the  year.  The  exhibits  that  were  last  sum- 
mer made  in  my  office  of  results  attained  in  the  teaching 
of  penmanship,  drawing,  and  manual  training  bore  wit- 
ness to  the  degree  of  efficiency  acquired  in  these  studies; 
and  the  attainments  were,  I  think,  generally  conceded  to 
be  very  good.  Better  work  in  arithmetic  and  geography 
has  this  year  been  done  in  the  lower  grades  than  ever  be- 
fore. This  is,  doubtless,  largely  due  to  the  introduction 
of  improved  text-books,  which  have  opened  the  eyes  of 
teachers  to  greater  possibilities  and  increased  the  inter- 
estof  pupils.  Instruction  in  the  study  of  good  literature 
in  the  elementary  schools  has  been  more  general  and 
much  improved.  The  culture  afforded  by  this  instruc- 
tion has  also  been  supplemented  by  somewhat  extended 
decorations  of  the  school  room  walls,  due  to  the  efforts  of 
teachers  and  the  liberal  response  of  many  parents  and 
friends. 

The  character  of  school  work  is  everywhere  recognized 
as  chiefly  dependent  upon  the  teacher;  and,  if  any  in  our 
corps  have  failed  to  exercise  good  judgment,  shown  lack 


286  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

of  knowledge  or  of  tact,  or  in  any  war  been  unskilful,  the 
shortcomings  of  such  may  be  "attributed  to  errors  of  the 
head  rather  than  of  the  heart";  for  I  take  pleasure  in  tes- 
tifying to  the  devotion  and  faithfulness  of  all  our  teach- 
ers in  an  earnest  endeavor  to  promote  the  good  of  the 
schools. 

Obituary. 

The  close  of  a  successful  year's  work  was  greatly  sad- 
dened by  the  very  sudden  death  of  one  of  our  more  promi- 
nent teachers.  Mr.  Benjamin  S.  Andrew,  Master  of  the 
Webster  school  since  March,  1889,  suddenly  died  the  last 
day  of  October,  away  from  home  but  accompanied  by  his 
devoted  wife  and  among  kind  friends.  Principal  Andrew 
had  been  specially  trained  for  the  teacher's  vocation. 
He  was  thoroughly  devoted  to  it,  and  greatly  in  love  with 
its  work.  He  was  a  good  teacher  and  an  efficient  princi- 
pal. He  will  be  long  and  sadly  missed,  but  pleasantly 
remembered. 

Appropriate  resolutions  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Andrew 
were  passed  by  the  Masters'  Association,  of  which  he  was 
president;  and,  also,  by  the  school  board,  the  latter  of 
which  were  spread  upon  the  records  of  the  board.  A 
copy  of  each  set  of  the  resolutions  was  sent  to  Mrs.  An- 
drew, as  evidence  of  the  sympathy  of  her  husband's  asso- 
ciates and  co-laborers. 

SEMI-CEXTEXNIAL  CELEBRATION. 

The  celebration  of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  our  city's 
existence,  the  second  week  of  last  September,  was  every 
way  a  notable  event;  but  it  is  not  necessary  here  to  en- 
large upon  it,  since  a  memorial  history  of  the  celebration, 
about  to  be  published,  will  give  full  particulars. 

Suffice  it  now  to  say  that  the  exercises  in  the  mammoth 


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tent  on  Wednesday  forenoon  were  for  and  by  the  city's 
school  children,  from  the  public,  the  parochial,  and  other 
private  schools;  and,  though  the  celebration  was  during 
the  summer  vacation,  about  6,000  children  j)articipated 
in  the  happy  occasion. 

CONCLUSION. 

It  becomes  me  again  to  thank  you,  gentlemen  of  the 
school  board,  as  I  most  cordially  do,  for  many  kindly  con- 
siderations and  generous  support.  I  extend  thanks  to 
the  teachers,  too,  for  hearty  co-operation  in  all  things  cal- 
culated to  improve  the  schools,  and,  in  particular,  to  the 
grammar  masters  for  special  assistance  in  various  ways. 
I  also  gladly  acknowledge  myself  indebted  to  many  pa- 
rents and  citizens  for  helpful  suggestions  and  encourag- 
ing commendations. 

Very  respectfully  submitted. . 

WILLIAM  E.  BUCK,  Superintendent. 


APPENDIX. 

I.  PorULATION,  ETC. 

II.  SCHOOLHOUSES. 

III.  Schools. 

IV.  Teachers. 
V.  Pupils. 

VI.  Truancy. 

VII.  Finance. 

VIII.  School  Year,  1896. 

IX.  High  School  Graduating  Class. 

X.  Winners  of  Clarke  Prizes. 

XL  Organization  of  Committees,  1897. 

XII.  List  op  Teachers,  1897. 

XIII.  School  Year,  1897. 

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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 0 

Number  of  school  rooms  used  for  day  schools 110 

( Five  of  the  same,  and  two  of  others,  used  for  evening  schools.  Rooms 
unoccupied  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 8 

Number  of  rooms  used  for  Grammar  schools 28 

Number  of  rooms  used  for  Middle  schools 22 

Number  of  rooms  used  for  Primary  schools 44 

Number  of  rooms  used  for  Partially  Graded  schools.  2 

Number  of  rooms  used  for  Ungraded  schools 5 

Number  of  rooms  used  for  Manual  Training  schools..  i 


III.— Schools. 

(  All  for  both  sexes.  ) 

Number  of  High  schools  (buildings) , 

None  exclusively  Grammar. 

(A) 

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REPORT    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.       291 

Number  of   combined    Grammar   and   lower   grade 

(Middle  and  Primary)  schools 12 

Number  of  combined  Middle  and  Primary  schools. . .  Tj 

Number  of  schools  all  Primary  grade :^ 

Number  of  Ungraded  schools 5 

IV.— Teachers. 

Male  teachers  in  the  High  school 3 

Female  teachers  in  the  High  school 5 

Male  teachers  in  the  Grammar  schools <» 

Female  teachers  in  the  Grammar  schools (a)2S 

Female  teachers  in  the  Middle  schools (a)23 

Female  teachers  in  the  Primary  schools (&)^1 

Female  teachers  in  the  partially  graded  schools 2 

Male  teachers  in  the  Ungraded  schools 1 

Female  teachers  in  the  Ungraded  schools 4 

Special  teachers 3 

Average  number  of  male  teachers (c)12 

Average  number  of  female  teachers (c)103 

Male  teachers  in  the  evening  schools 5 

Female  teachers  in  the  evening  schools 14 

Average   number  of  male  teachers  in  the   evening 

schools 5 

Average  number  of  female  teachers  in  the  evening 

schools 7 

Male  teachers  in  the  evening  Drawing  schools 2 

Average  number  of  male  teachers  in  the  evening 

Drawing  schools 2 


(a)  Six  of  the  28  are  masters' assistants,  and  1  of  the  23  is  assistant  to  the 
principal  of  the  Training  school .  She  and  her  assistant  are,  for  convenience, 
both  reckoned  among  the  middle-school  teachers. 

(6)  Three  of  the  44  primaries  were  in  the  Training  school.  They  had  no 
regular  teachers,  being  taught  by  sub-teachers  under  the  direction  of  the 
principal  and  her  assistant. 

(c)  Including  special  teachers. 


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DAY  SCHOOLS. 


Summary  of  attendance   upon  the    several   grades  of 
public  day  schools  for  the  year  1895-1896: 


Ghadbb. 


High 

Grammar 

Middle 

Primary 

Partially  graded 
Ungraded 

Totals,  1S96 
Totals,  1895 


Whole  numV>o' 
different  pupils. 


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132 

595 

550 

1,398 

39 

58 


2,772 
2,627 


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512 

1,229 

39 

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2,579 


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1,034 

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1,722 

65 

71 


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248 

961 

769 

1,554 

60 

59 


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92.9 
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91.3 
91.7 


EVENING  SCHOOLS. 


Summary  of   attendance  upon  the   several   grades  of 
public  evening  schools  for  the  year  1895-1896: 


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Schools. 


Merchants'  Exchange 

Spring  street 

Rimmon 

School  street 

(  Mechanical. 


Drawing  schools 


(  Architectural. 


Totals,  1896. 
Totals,  1895., 


Whole  number 
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190 


61 
64 
47 
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288 
474 


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244 


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238 


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78. 5 


REPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS.   299 

Evening  Sclwol  Teachers. 

Charles  E.  Cochran,  principal  at  Merchants'  Exchange, 
for  boys. 

Assistants — William  J.  Mooar,  Honorie  J.  Crough, 
Mary  A.  Walker,  and  Mary  A.  Buzzell. 

Josephine  Mitchell,  principal  of  Spring-street  school, 
for  girls. 

Assistants — Maggie  Linen,  Hattie  S.  Tuttle,  and  Hat- 
tie  O.  Willand. 

L.  H.  Carpenter,  principal  of  School-street  school,  for 
both  sexes. 

Assistant — Myrtie  Hatch. 

Arthur  W.  Morgan,  principal  of  Rimmon  school,  for 
both  sexes. 

Assistants — William  W.  Forbes,  Lillian  G.  Hall,  Annie 
R.  Morison,  Lizabell  Savory,  Elizabeth  F.  Walsh,  Carrie 
G.  Mason,  and  Florence  Richardson. 

Evening  Drawing-School  Teachers. 

'  .John  M.  Kendall  and  Henry  W.  Allen. 

GENERAL  SUMMARY. 

See  statistical  table  in  the  body  of  this  report  for  a  con- 
densed statement  of  the  main  features  of  interest  pertain- 
ing to  the  number  of  schools,  pupils,  teachers,  graduates, 
and  attendance  upon  the  public  schools,  for  the  last 
twenty  years. 

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 
110.  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: 

(J) 


300 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


Date  of  effect  of 
resignation. 


Eliza  P.  Dougherty.  Dec.  13/95. 
Issa  May  Tuttle.  "       " 


Date  cf  begin- 
Teachers.  ning  service. 

Blanche  L.  Bachelder.     Feb.,  '96. 
Hattie  O.  Willand. 
Margaret  C.  Lane.  April,  '96. 

Harriet  H.  Richardson.         " 
Lizabell  Savorv.  " 


TRAINING  SCHOOL. 


Sub-teachers. 


Graduated. 


Flore'ce  L.  Abbott.  Jan.  24,'96. 
Blanche  L.  Bachelder.     "       " 
Alice  M.  Lamprey.  "      '• 

Margaret  C.  Lane.  "      " 

Ha'ri't  H.  Richardson.    "      " 
Katie  E.  Batchelder.  June26,'96. 
Blanche  E.  Hicken.         "       " 
Minnie  M.  Phillips.        " 
Dora  B.  Tuson. 

Bessie  Cochrane.     Jan.  29,  ^97. 
Maude  M.  Greaney.      "        " 
Mary  L.  Heath.  "        " 

Mabel  F.  Robinson.       "        *' 


Sub -teachers. 


Entered. 


M.  Frances  Abbott.    Jan.  24,  '96 
Mary  A.  Cotter.  " 

Katharine  Frain.  " 

Lura  B.  Gage.  " 

Florence  L.  Abbott.    Sept.  14,'96. 
Lillian  F.  Crowther. 
Winnifred  W.  Hall. 
Florence  Richardson.  " 

Gertrude  Adams.  Feb.  1, 

Annie  B.  Angell.  " 

Mary  E.  McLaren.  " 

Grace  A.  Phillips. 
Ede  B.  Quimby. 
Flora  M.  Walker. 
Elizabeth  F.  Walsh. 


(K) 


REPORT    OF    THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS. 


301 


VI.— Work  of  Truant  Officer. 


DATE. 


September 
October . . . 
November 
December . 
January.. . 
February  . 
March .... 

April 

May 

June 

Totals 


Absentees 

reported 

from 


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October  . . 
November. 
December 
January.. 
February . 
March .. . . 

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May 

June 

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302 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

VII.  —  Finances.—  1  896. 


Resources  from 


Items  of  Accocnt. 


Salaries  of  teachers 

Books  and  stationery 

Free  text-books  and  supplies 

Furniture  and  supplies 

Repairs 

Care  of  rooms 

Fuel 

Printing  and  advertising 

Contingent  expenses 

Evening  common  schools  ... 
Evening  drawing  schools — 
Manual  training 

Totals 


appropriations  and 
transfers. 

Expenditures, 
1896. 

$72,838.95 

$72,838.95 

46.04 

40.04 

5,058.42 

5,058.42 

1,114.14 

1,114.14 

6,578.38 

6,578.38 

6,031.56 

5,031.56 

6,784.03 

6,784.03 

429.56 

429.56 

1,857.79 

1,857.79 

1,061.50 

1,061.50 

356.25 

356.25 

1,403.29 

1,403.29 

$102,559.91 

$102,559  91 

COST  OF  CITY  SCHOOLS. 

Expenditures,  as  above  specified $102,559.91 

S^alaries. 

Members  of  the  school  board $200.00 

Clerk  of  the  board 150.00 

Superintendent  of  schools 2,300.00 

Truant  officer 750.00 

Total $105,950.91 

Receipts  on  Account  of  Sehools. 

Literary  fund $3,SG9.60 

Non-resident  tuition* 334.03 

Sale  of  text-books 216.43 

Total. $4,420.05 

*  School  tax  from  Londonderry  included,  $44.47. 

(M) 


REPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS.    303 

Net  amount  raised  by  taxation $101,539.86 

The  city  valuation  for  1896  is  $29,443,668;  and  hence 
the  rate  of  school  tax  for  the  year  is  |101,539.86  divided 
by  $29,443,668,  or  .0034  plus.  Last  year  the  rate  was 
.0032. 


VIII.  — School  Year,   1895-1896. 

Fall  term  of  fourteen  weeks  opened  September  9, 1895; 
closed  December  13.     Vacation  of  two  weeks. 

Winter  term  of  twelve  weeks  opened  December  30, 
1895;  closed  March  20,  1896.     Vacation  of  three  weeks. 

Spring  term  of  eleven  weeks  opened  April  13,  1896; 
closed  June  26,  1896.     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- 
daj-s  on  account  of  bad  weather  or  insufficient  heat. ) 


IX.  —  High  School  Graduation. 
Program. 


Salutatory.     "Character." 

Flora  Mildred  Walker. 

Chorus.     "The  House  that  Jack  Built." 
Alfred  J.  Caldicott. 

Class  History Frank  Sewell  Chase 

Class  Prophecies Celia  Huntington  Rogers 

Chorus.     "Day-break." 

J.  D.  G.  Parker. 

(N) 


301  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Class  Poem Harry  Louis  Bailey 

Piano  Solo,     "La  Caressante" Blumenthal 

Harry  Chase  Whitteraore. 

Oration.     "A  Liberal  Education." 

Winfred  Egbert  Burbank. 

Chorus.     ''The  Miller's  Wooing." 

Valedictory.     ''The  Development  of  Character." 
Gertrude  Adams. 

Award  of  Diplomas Rev.  C.  J.  Staples 

Class  Ode. 

CLASSICAL   COURSE. 

Gertrude  Adams.  Georgina  Harper  Morisou. 

Harry  Tanner  Adams.        Ethel  Alberta  Nicholson, 
William  Edward  Boire.       Ede  Belle  Quinby. 
Burton  Winthrop  Buck.      William  Josei)h  Simons. 
Alice  Patterson  Burnham.    Georgia  Ida  Southard, 
Harry  Wilfred  Fitts.  George  Langdon  Spaulding, 

Grace  Florence  Francis.      Edward  Balch  Stearns. 
Barbara  Adelaide  Gulliver,  Lillian  Cobleigh  Tarbell. 
Winnifred  Wadleigh  Hall,  Flora  Mildred  Walker, 
Mary  Pierce  Johnson,  Harry  Chase  Whittemore, 

Frederick  George  Bradstreet  Kemp. 

Henry  Albert  Worthen. 

COLLEGE  COURSE. 

Harry  Louis  Bailey.  Royden  Winthrop  Cheney. 

Oliver  Winslow  Branch.      Ralph  William  McAllester. 
Elisabeth  Seribner  Brown.    ]\Iary  Eleanor  McLaren. 
Winfred  Egbert  Burbank.  Arthur  Newman  Tasker. 

(O) 


REPORT    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.        305 
THREE  years'  ENGLISH  COURSE. 

Shirley  Payson  Dodge.  Celia  Huntington  Rogers. 

Mary  Francis  French.  Ida  Siddall. 

Lizzie  May  Grant.  Bertha  May  Tisdale. 

Clara  O.  DeMoulpied.  Grace  Mary  Tolman. 

Harry  Hall  Preston.  Verna  Augusta  Wason. 

FOUR  years'  ENGLISH  COURSE. 

Annie  Belle  Angell.  Frank  Sewell  Chase. 

SCIENTIFIC  COURSE. 

Frederick  Edwin  Atwood. 

TWO  years'  CERTIFICATE. 

Harry  Dexter  Heath.  Hovey  Edward  Slayton. 

SPECIAL  STUDENT. 

Grace  Longley  Kendall. 

HONOR  SCHOLARS. 

Classical  Course Gertrude  Adams 

College  Course Arthur  Newman  Tasker 

English  Course Annie  Belle  Angell 


X.  —  Winners  of  Clarke  Prizes 

FOR  EXCELLENCE  IN  ELOCUTION  AT  CONTEST,  JANUARY  31, 

1896. 

Oratorical  Style  of  Delivery. 

Lynn  B.  Hammond,  $10.      Lena  Mae  Crough,  $6. 
Frank  L.  Parshley,  |4. 

(P) 


306  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

Dramatic  Hbjle  of  Delivery. 

Edna  L.  Merrill,  $10.  Aubrey  E.  Burnham,  |( 

Blanche  Pearl  Varnum,  $4. 

Narrative  Style  of  Delivery. 

Clara  Foster,  $10.  Georgia  Marion  Kelty, 

Gladys  I.  Lougee,  |4. 


XI.  —  Organization,    1897. 

SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 

WILLIAM  C.  CLARKE,  Mayor,  Chairman  ex-officio. 

GEORGE  B.  ROGERS, 

President  of  Common  Council,  ex-officio. 

Ward  1.     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. 
Henry  D.  Soule. 

Ward  5.     James  P.  Slattery. 
John  T.  Kelley. 

Ward  6.     Harry  I.  Dodge. 

Herbert  E.  Richardson. 

Ward  7.     Edward  B.  Woodbury. 
Edson  S.  Heath. 

Ward  8.     Luther  C.  Baldwin. 
Xed  T.  Wallace. 


REPORT    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.        307 

Ward  9.     R.  Emuiet  Walsb. 
Henry  I.  Lemay. 

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.  Rogers,  Wood- 
bury, Richardson,  and  Wallace. 

Salaries.     Messrs.  Woodbury,  Slattery,  W.  B.  Heath. 

Text-Books.  Messrs.  Baldwin,  Towne,  Richardson,  and 
Lambert, 

Music.     Messrs.  Walsh,  Phelps,  W.  B.  Heath. 

Drawing.     Messrs.  Towne,  Baldwin,  Slattery. 

Manual  Training.  Messrs.  Richardson,  Towne,  Bald- 
win. 

Examination  of  Teachers.  Messrs.  Colby,  Lambert, 
Woodbury. 

Fuel  and  Heating.  Mr.  Dodge,  Mayor  Clarke,  Messrs. 
Rogers,  Manning,  Home. 

Repairs.     Messrs.  Manning,  Phelps,  Lemay. 

Attendance.    Messrs.  Phelps,  E.  S.  Heath,  Kelley. 

Health.     Messrs.  Soule,  Walsh,  Towne. 


308  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


SUB-COMMITTEES. 


High  School.  Messrs.  Manning,  Towne,  Phelps,  Slat- 
lery,  Baldwin,  Lambert. 

Franklin-strcct.  Messrs.  Woodbury,  Lambert,  Rich- 
ardson. 

Spring-street     Messrs.  W.  B.  Heath,  Slattery,  Home. 

Lincoln-street  and  Youngsville.  Messrs.  Colby,  Wallace, 
Woodbury. 

Ash-street.     Messrs.  Phelps,  Walsh,  Baldwin. 

Wehster-street.     Messrs.  Towne,  Manning,  Kelley. 

Bakersville  and  Mosquito  Pond.  Messrs.  Slattery, 
Dodge,  E.  S.  Heath. 

Tarney.     Messrs.Baldwin,  Colby,  W.  B.  Heath. 

Hallsville  and  Harvey.  Messrs.  Richardson,  Lemay, 
Towne. 

Rimmon  School.     Messrs.  E.  S.  Heath,  Home,  Lemay. 

Training  School.     Messrs.  Lambert,  Baldwin,  Walsh. 

North  Main-street.  Messrs.  Home,  W.  B.  Heath,  Slat- 
tery. 

Parker.     Messrs.  Wallace,  Richardson,  Colby. 

Amoskeag  and  Stark.  Messrs.  Lemay,  E.  S.  Heath, 
Wallace. 

Loicell-street  and  Webster^s  Mills.  ^Messrs.  Kelley, 
Soule,  Lambert. 

Pearl-street.     Messrs.  Soule,  Woodbury,  Dodge. 

Wilson  and  Goffe's  Falls.  Messrs.  Dodge,  Kelley, 
Soule. 

Blodget-street.     Messrs.  Walsh,  Phelps,  Manning. 

Evening  Schools.     Messrs.  Colby,  Manning,  Woodbury. 


List  of  Teachers. 

HIGH  SCHOOL. — BEECH  STREET. 

Master.     Albert  Somes. 
Sub-Master.     George  I.  Hopkins. 


REPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS.    309 

Assistants.     Harry  N.  McLaren. 
Nellie  Pickering. 
Florence  M.  Locke. 
Theresa  B.  Stanton. 
Mary  J.  Wellington. 
Sara  Hunt. 
Annie  W.  Colby. 

FRANKLIN-STREET    SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. — Grammar  Grades. 

Master.     Fred  L.  V.  Spaulding. 
Master's  Assistant.     Alice  C.  Taggart. 
Assistants.     Carrie  E.  Hoit. 

L.  May  Choate. 

Carrie  E.  Head. 

First  Floor. — Lower  Grades. 

Higher  Middle.     Nellie  C.  Parker. 
Lower  Middle.     Amy  K.  Northrup. 
Higher  Primary.     Nellie  M.  James. 
Lower  Primary.     Susie  L.  Dodge. 

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. 

First  Floor. — Lower  Grades. 

Higher  Middle.     Mabelle  E,  Porter. 
Lower  Middle.     Bessie  E.  Dodge. 
Higher  Primary.     Theodora  Richardson. 
Lower  Primary.     Hulda  C.  Graupner. 


310  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

ASH-STEEBT  SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. — Grammar  Grades. 

Master.     Charles  W.  Bickford. 

Master's  Assistant,     Mary  Hickey  Dowd. 

Assistants.     Mabel  Ruth  Brown. 

Lyle  D.  Glovier. 

Amelia  L.  Graupner. 

First  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. — Grammar  Grades. 

Master.    John  Gault. 

Master's  Assistant.     Helen  E.  Frost. 

Assistants.     Luna  A.  Whitlock. 

Alta  C.  Willand. 

Eva  F.  Tuson. 

First  Floor. — Loicer  Grades. 

Higher  Middle.     Edith  L.  Hammond. 
Lower  Middle.     Jean  Gillan. 
Higher  Primary.     Mary  E.  Murphy. 
Lower  Primary.     Ora  E.  Goodwin. 

VARNEY  SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. — Grammar  Grades. 

Master.     George  Winch. 

Master's  Assistant.     Barbara  B.  Joy. 

Assistant.     Rosabelle  M.  Franklin. 

First  Floor. — Mixed  Grades. 

Assistants.     Esther  M.  Dickey. 
Ellen  E.  McKean. 


REPORT    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF   SCHOOLS.  311 

Higher  Middle.     Millie  S.  Morse. 
Lower  Middle.     Mary  J.  Walsh. 
Higher  Primar}-.     Marcia  M,  Moore. 
Lower  Primary.     EfiSe  M.  Philbrook. 

HALLSVILLE    SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. — Mixed  Grades. 

Master.     William  H.  Huse. 
Master's  Assistant.     Ella  F.  Barker. 
Assistants.     Olive  A.  Eowe. 

Katie  E.  Batchelder. 
Higher  Middle.     Susie  G.  W^oodman. 

First  Floor. — Lower  Grades. 

Lower  Middle.     Mary  L,  Ayer. 
Higher  Primary.     Bertha  L.  Kemp. 
LoAver  Primary.     E.  Alfreda  Hall. 
Lower  Primary.     Annie  R.  Corson. 

SPRING-STREET    SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. — Mixed  Grades. 

Principal.     Lizzie  P.  Gove. 

Higher  Middle.     Emma  L.  McLaren. 

Mixed  Primary.     Maud  L.  Smith. 

First  Floor. — Lower  Grades. 

Lower  Middle.     Fannie  D.  Moulton. 
Higher  Primary.     Nellie  I.  Sanderson. 
Lower  Primary.     Lizabell  Savory. 
Lower  Primary.     Helen  E.  True. 

BAKERSVILLE   SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. — Mixed  Grades. 

Principal.     Lizzie  A.  Burns. 
Assistant.     Lelia  A.  Brooks.* 

*  Third  floor. 


312  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Higher  Middle.     Cora  M.  Farmer.* 
Lower  Middle.     Augusta  S.  Downs. 

First  Floor. — Lower  Grades. 

Higher  Primary.     S.  Izetta  Locke. 
Lower  Primary.     Mary  L.  Heath. 

RIMMON  SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. 

Principal.     Mary  E.  Brophy. 
Mixed  Middle.     Mary  A.  Seavey. 

First  Floor. 

Higher  Primary.     Hattie  S.  Tuttle. 
Lower  Primary.     Blanche  E.  Hicken. 

WILSON    SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. 

Grammar.     Hellen  Morison. 
Higher  Middle.     Cora  B.  Gilford. 
Lower  Middle.     Harriet  H.  Richardson. 

First  Floor. 

Principal.     Mary  J.  Corcoran. 
Higher  Primary.     M.  Clara  Hawks. 
Lower  Primary.     Florence  L.  Abbott. 
Lower  Primary.     Bessie  Cochrane. 

I 

TRAINING  SCHOOL. 

(Merrimack  street,  corner  Union.) 
Principal.     Caroline  E.  Wing. 
Head  Assistant.     Blanche  L.  Batchelder. 

.  Third  floor. 


REPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS.    313 

The  principal  is  also  assisted  by  the  sub-teachers,  i.  c, 
members  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. 
Middle  and  Primary.     Mary  A.  Clement. 
Higher  Primary.     Lottie  M.  Clement. 

First  Floor. — Primary  Grades. 

Higher  Primary.     M.  Minnie  Sturtevant. 
Mixed  Primary,     Hattie  O.  Willand. 
Lower  Primary.     Kate  T.  Clarke. 
Lower  Primary.     Margaret  C.  Lane. 

PEARL-STREET  SCHOOL. 

Principal.     Mary  G.  Tynan. 
Lower  Middle.     Nellie  M.  Smith. 
Higher  Primary.     Ella  Hope. 
Lower  Primary.     Georgia  M.  Cheney. 

PARKER  SCHOOL. 

Principal.     Mary  E.  Moulton. 
Higher  Primary.     Delle  E.  Haines. 
Lower  Primary.     Blanche  M.  Folsom. 

BLODGET-STREET    SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. 
Principal.     Gertrude  H.  Brooks. 

First  Floor. 
Lower  Primary.     Edith  M.  Stebbins. 


31-4:  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

LOWELL-STREET  SCHOOL. 

Second  Floor. 

Lower  Primary.     Mary  S.  Richardson. 
Lower  Primary.     (Vacancy.) 

First  Floor. 
Principal.     Helen  M.  Morrill. 

PARTIALLY   GRADED   SCHOOLS. 

Amoskeag.    Lettie  M.  Smith. 
Mixed  Primary.     Clydie  M.  Flanders. 
Goffe's  Falls.*     Mary  L.  P>rown. 
Mixed  Primary.     Edith  Caldwell. 

UNGRADED   SCHOOLS.* 

No.  1.  stark.     Inez  M.  Warren. 

2.  Harvey.     Emma  J.  Ela. 

3.  Youngsville.     Louis  H.  Bailey. 

4.  Webster's  Mills.     Josephine  L.  Eiddle. 

5.  Mosquito  Pond.     Kellie  M.  Atwood. 

SPECIAL   TEACHERS. 

Music.     Fred  B.  Bower. 

Jennie  C.  Heath. 
Drawing.     J.  Warren  Thyng. 
Manual  Training.    Fred  E.  Browne. 

JANITORS. 

High  Scliool  and  Ash-Street  School. 
John  S.  Avery. 

Lincoln-Street  School. 
William  Stevens. 

*  Suburban. 


REPORT    OF   THE    SUPERINTENDENT    OF    SCHOOLS.  315 

Webster-Street  and  Blodget-Street  Schools. 

Charles  F.  Jack. 

Spring-Street  and  Lowell-Street  Schools. 

S.  H.  Batchelder. 

Training  School  and  Franklin-Street  School. 

Varnum  H.  Hill. 

Yarney  and  Parker  Schools. 

H.  G.  Batchelder. 

Main-Street  and  Rimmon  Schools. 

William  F.  Conner. 

.   Bakersville  School. 

Edwin  N.  Baker. 

Hallsville  and  Pearl-Street  Schools. 

William  H.  Newry. 

Wilson  School. 

J.  S.  Washburn. 

Amoskeag  School. 

James  E.  Bailey. 


Xlll.  — School  Year,    1896-1897. 

Fall  term  of  fourteen  weeks  opens  September  14, 1896 ; 
closes  December  18, 1896.     Vacation  of  two  weeks. 

Winter  term  of  twelve  weeks  opens  January  4,  1897; 
closes  March  26,  1897.     Vacation  of  two  weeks. 

Spring  term  of  eleven  weeks  opens  April  12,  1897; 
closes  June  25, 1897.     Vacation  of  eleven  weeks. 

*  Suburban. 


316 


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REPORT 


CHIEF  ENGINEER  OF  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


REPORT 

OF     THE 

CHIEF  ENGINEER  OF  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


Chief  Engineer's  Office, 
Central  Station,  No.  8  Vine  Street. 

Manchester,  N.  H.,  December  31,  1896. 

To  His  Honor,  William  G.  Clarke,  Mayor,  and  Gentlemen  of 
the  Gity  Councils: 

In  compliance  with  the  Laws  and  Ordinances  of  the 
city  of  Manchester,  I  herewith  submit  my  eighteenth  an- 
nual report  (it  being  the  fifty-first  of  this  city)  for  the  year 
ending  December  31, 1896. 

The  number  of  alarms  the  department  have  responded 
to,  in  part  or  as  a  whole,  will  be  found  in  the  following 
pages,  and  the  cause  of  fires  as  far  as  could  be  ascer- 
tained, together  with  the  value  of  property  endangered, 
amount  of  insurance  on  the  same,  and  loss  thereon. 

There  have  been  eighty-six  bell  alarms  and  eighty-seven 
still  alarms,  making  a  total  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
three  calls  during  the  year.  Of  the  bell  alarms,  one  was 
the  "out-of-town-'  2-2-2,  for  a  brush  fire  just  across  the 
city  line,  in  Hooksett,  endangering  several  buildings;  and 
seven  were  false  alarms,  pulled  by  malicious  persons,  and 
for  which  the  authorized  reward  of  $20  was  offered;  but 
as  yet  no  one  has  been  apprehended;  and  of  the  "still 

321 


322  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

alarms,"  one  was  by  telephone  from  Epping,  N.  H.,  to 
which  Steamer  No.  4,  with  Hose  Wagon  and  delegation  of 
men  were  sent;  and  fifteen  were  for  brush  fires  in  the  out- 
skirts of  the  city,  where  in  some  cases  buildings  were  en- 
dangered, but  no  damages  resulted,  except  the  one  of 
May  13,  on  the  Dunbarton  road,  where  considerable  pine 
wood  was  destroyed. 

The  amount  of  property  endangered  where  fires  have 
occurred  has  been  quite  large,  but  the  net  amount  of  loss 
very  small,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  figures: 

Value  of  buildings  endangered $660,500.00 

Value  of  contents  endangered. 114,385.00 

$774,885.00 

Insurance  on  buildings  endangered $349,550.00 

Insurance  on  contents  endangered 71,200.00 

$420,750.00 

Damage  to  buildings  endangered  $10,960.12 
Damage  to  contents  endangered     12,999.13 

$23,959.25 

Insurance  paid  on  buildings  en- 
dangered   $10,276.92 

Insurance  paid  on  contents  en- 
dangered      10,750.13 

$21,027.05 

Net  loss  uncovered  by  insurance $2,932.20 


THE  MANUAL  FORCE 

of  the  department  remains  the  same  as  last  year,  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty,— thirty-three  of  whom  are  permanent, 
and  are  divided  as  follows: 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  323 

Call.    Permanent 

1  Chief  Engineer 1 

4  Assistant  Engineers 4 

Engine  Co.  No.  1 11  3 

Engine  Co.  No.  2 11  3 

Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  3 15  5 

Engine  Co.  No.  4 11  3 

Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  5 16  4 

Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  6 16  4 

Hose  Co.  No.  1 11  1 

Hose  Co.  No.  2 11  1 

Hose  Co.  No.  3 6  2 

Aerial  Truck  No.  1 12  3 

Chemical  No.  1 3  2 

Spare  driver 1 

127  33 

THE  BUILDINGS. 

The  stations  of  Engine  No.  2  and  Engine  and  Ladder 
No.  3  are  greatly  in  need  of  painting  outside.  Neither  of 
them  has  received  any  attention  in  this  particular  since 
they  were  completed,  the  former  in  1886,  and  the  latter  in 
1888. 

The  roof  over  the  apparatus  room  and  hay  loft  of  Truck 
No.  1,  at  Central  station,  ought  to  receive  early  attention. 
The  present  construction  allows  most  of  the  surface 
water  to  trickle  down  the  south  wall,  and  in  winter  ice 
freezes  on  the  same,  both  of  which  tend  to  wash  out  the 
mortar,  and  weaken  that  side  of  the  building. 

Additions  ought  to  be  made  to  the  stables  of  Engine 
and  Ladder  Companies  Nos.  5  and  6,  and  bos  stalls 
arranged  for  the  accommodation  of  a  horse  when  sick,  as 
there  is  no  room  in  either  stable  at  present  to  properly 
care  for  them  when  "off  dutv." 


324  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   KEPORTS. 

A  shed  for  the  storage  of  the  exercise  wagon  for  Engine 
and  Ladder  No.  3,  alluded  to  in  previous  reports,  should 
be  erected  at  that  station,  as  well  as  one  for  Hose  No.  3. 

THE  APPARATUS 

Of  this  department  consists  of  6  Amoskeag  steam  fire 
engines  in  good  condition,  4  hose  carriages  with  reels,  5 
hose  wagons,  4  ladder  trucks,  1  of  which  is  an  aerial  truck 
carrying  other  ladders,  2  hose  carriages  in  outlying  dis- 
tricts, with  independent  companies  attached,  2  hose  car- 
riages, without  companies,  1  supply  wagon,  7  exercise 
wagons,  located  as  follows: 

2  steam  fire-engines,  with  three-horse  hitch,  at  Central 
station,  each  with  one-horse  hose  wagon  attached. 

1  steam  fire-engine,  three-horse  hitch,  with  1  two-horse 
hose  wagon.  North  Main  street. 

1  steam  fire-engine  and  1  two-horse  hose  wagon,  at  cor- 
ner Lake  avenue  and  Massabesic  street. 

1  two-horse  ladder  truck  at  same  station. 

1  steam  fire-engine  and  one-horse  hose  carriage,  at  cor- 
ner of  Webster  and  Chestnut  streets. 

1  two-horse  ladder  truck  at  same  station. 

1  steam  fire-engine  and  one-horse  hose  carriage  on  Kim- 
mon  street,  corner  of  Amory  street. 

1  two-horse  ladder  truck  at  same  station. 

1  one-horse  hose  carriage  at  Central  station. 

1  one-horse  hose  carriage,  corner  Maple  and  East  High 
streets. 

1  two-horse  combination  hose  wagon.  South  Elm 
street.     (Bakersville.) 

1  aerial  hook-and-ladder  truck  at  Central  station 
(three-horse  hitch). 

1  double  tank  (60  gallons  each)  chemical  engine  at  Cen- 
tral station. 

1  supply  wagon  at  Central  fire  station. 


REPORT   OF   THE   FIRE   ENGINEER.  325 

1  steam  fire-engine  (reserve)  at  station  of  Engine  No.  2 
(of  but  little  use  for  fire  purposes). 

1  four-wheeled  hand  hose  carriage  at  junction  of  Old 
Falls  road  and  Front  street,  Amoskeag. 

1  two-wheeled  hose  carriage,  Devonshire  Mills,  Goffe's 
Falls. 

1  two-wheeled  hose  carriage  at  W.  P.  Farmer's  at  junc- 
tion of  Candia  road  and  Hanover  street. 

1  two- wheeled  hose  carriage,  junction  Mammoth  road 
and  Massabesic  street  (Hallsville). 

7  exercise  wagons,  1  at  Central  fire  station,  1  at  Engine 
No.  2,  1  at  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3,  1  at  Engine  and 
Ladder  No.  5,  1  at  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  6,  1  at  Hose 
No.  2,  1  at  Hose  No.  3. 

I  trust  another  year  will  not  pass  without  the  addition 
of  a  chemical  engine  for  the  West  Side,  which  I  have  pre- 
viously recommended.  The  efficiency  of  these  engines  at 
the  early  stages  of  a  fire  cannot  be  doubted,  and  the  use  of 
them  in  many  cases  prevents  a  considerable  amount  of 
damage  by  water. 

THE   HORSES. 

There  are  at  the  present  time  forty  horses  owned  by 
this  department,  including  the  "spare"  horse,  which  is 
kept  pretty  busy  most  of  the  time,  and  even  with  an  extra 
horse,  we  have  been  obliged  to  hire  another  a  portion  of 
the  time,  while  others  were  on  the  sick  list. 

There  has  been  during  the  past  year  a  great  deal  of 
needless  swapping,  shifting,  and  trading  by  the  com- 
mittee, to  suit  their  whims,  or  those  of  some  others, 
which  has  increased  the  bill  for  horses  to  an  unnecessary 
extent;  and  even  with  the  many  changes  that  have  been 
made,  there  are  still  three  horses  unfit  for  the  duties  re- 
quired of  them.  The  gray  horse  "Frank,"  of  Engine  No. 
1,  and  the  bav  mare  of  Hose  No.  2,  are  both  too  old  for  the 


326  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

service  required,  and  one  of  the  grays  of  Engine  No.  G,  on 
account  of  lameness,  should  also  be  retired. 

The  rest  of  the  horses,  barring  accidents,  are  in  fairly 
good  condition. 

THE  FIRE  ALARM  TELEGRAPH. 

Storage  battery  for  fire  alarm  service  is  no  longer  an 
experiment,  and  actual  tests  of  several  years'  trial 
demonstrate  it  to  be  much  cheaper  and  more  effective 
than  the  gravity  battery  so  long  in  use. 

I  would  strongly  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  stor- 
age battery,  at  an  early  date,  for  our  fire  alarm  telegraph. 
Our  already  overcrowded  battery  room  requires  the 
change,  and  its  adoption  can  be  had  on  quite  reasonable 
terms;  or  it  could  be  put  in  on  rental,  with  a  guarantee 
that  its  yearly  cost  will  be  much  less  than  it  now  is  for 
our  present  gravity  system,  thus  making  it  a  safe  invest- 
ment for  the  city. 

August  22,  box  115,  at  corner  of  Gore  and  Ash  streets, 
and  box  217,  at  corner  of  Massabesic  street  and  Candia 
road,  were  added  to  the  system;  and  two  additional  boxes 
have  recently  been  voted  by  the  city  councils,  and  will  be 
numbered  28.  at  corner  of  Merrimack  and  Beacon 
streets,  and  57,  at  corner  of  D  street  and  Mast  road. 

The  placing  of  the  box-key  under  a  glass  on  the  box  has 
given  malicious  persons  opportunity  for  giving  seven 
false  alarms;  but  its  convenience  in  case  of  actual  fires 
has  fully  demonstrated  its  usefulness,  and  we  hope  the 
police  may  yet  be  successful  in  apprehending  the  guilty 
parties,  and  thus  stop  a  proceeding  that  endangers  life 
and  property. 

The  electric  railroad,  wholly  regardless  of  the  orders  of 
the  city  councils,  have  failed  to  construct  and  maintain 
properly  insulated  guard-wires  over  their  trolley  wires. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  327 

This  matter  ought  to  receive  the  immediate  attention  of 
the  incoming  city  councils,  and  the  managers  of  the  elec- 
tric road  be  obliged  to  put  guard-wires  the  entire  length 
of  their  trolley  wires,  as  the  falling  of  a  telephone  or  tele- 
graph wire  on  the  trolley  wires  in  any  section  is  liable  to 
cause  a  fire,  even  some  distance  from  the  cross,  by  the 
crossing  of  other  wires.  During  the  month  of  October 
last,  the  entire  fire-alarm  system  of  a  city  in  Michigan 
was  burned  out  through  the  contact  with  a  trolley  wire, 
and  with  the  present  unguarded  trolley  of  this  city,  our 
fire-alarm  is  liable  to  the  same  fate.  Safety  to  life  and 
property  demands  early  attention  to  this  matter. 

A  steam  gong  would  add  much  to  the  eflBciency  of  this 
system  for  an  outside  alarm,  and  could  be  heard  in  any 
portion  of  the  city. 

During  the  year  18  new  poles  have  been  set,  6  old  ones 
re-set,  put  up  181  two-pin,  20  four-pin,  and  3  six-pin  cross- 
arms,  9  box-arms,  20  single  extensions,  10  two-pin,  and  2 
four-pin  extensions,  changed  23  gongs,  run  about  3  miles 
of  bare  wire,  1  mile  of  insulated  tree-wire,  and  changed 
over  about  5  miles  of  wire.  There  are  now  about  40 
miles  main  line  and  35  miles  "tapper"  line  of  wire. 

THE  SEVENTEENTH  ANNUAL  PARADE. 

During  the  week  of  the  semi-centennial  celebration  of 
the  city,  this  department  helped  celebrate  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  by  making  its  seventeenth  annual  parade  on 
Wednesday,  September  8,  and  it  was  witnessed  by  one  of 
the  largest  crowds  of  people  ever  assembled  in  this  city. 

CASUALTIES. 

During  the  year  four  slight  and  one  serious  accidents 
have  occurred.  February  2,  Lyman  W.  Piper,  driver  of 
Truck  No.  3,  injured  his  knee  while  coming  down  the  slid- 


328  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

ing  pole;  May  22,  Thomas  C.  Foote,  of  Engine  Co.  No.  2, 
while  working  at  the  fire  at  Wallace's  planing  mill, 
burned  his  hand  so  as  to  be  unable  to  work  for  seventeen 
days;  October  18,  Arthur  W.  Whitcomb,  driver  of  hose 
wagon  of  Engine  No.  2,  while  hitching  his  horses  in  re- 
sponse to  an  alafm  from  box  42,  was  injured  by  the  pole 
of  the  wagon  swinging  against  him,  and  was  unable  to  do 
duty  for  thirty-eight  days;  October  20,  Charles  M.  Den- 
you,  driver  of  Truck  No.  1,  was  injured  in  his  hand  while 
harnessing  his  horses  for  stray  blows,  caused  by  the 
street  department  breaking  the  wires  in  cutting  down 
trees,  disabling  him  for  three  weeks. 

The  most  serious  accident  that  has  occurred  in  the  de- 
partment for  many  years  was  the  instant  death  of  Lieut. 
Thomas  E.  Gorman,  of  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  6,  caused 
by  being  thrown  from  the  truck  while  responding  to  an 
alarm  from  box  53,  for  a  fire  on  the  river  road  in  Bedford. 
Lieutenant  Gorman  had  been  connected  with  the  depart- 
ment since  the  organization  of  his  company,  October  IG, 
1893. 

Edwin  E.  Weeks,  engineer  of  the  same  company,  died 
on  the  2d  of  May,  at  Pembroke,  N.  H.,  while  absent  on 
sick  leave.  Mr.  Wrecks  joined  the  department  as  a  "call 
member"  of  Hose  No.  1,  April  5,  1880;  was  transferred  to 
Assistant  Engineer  of  Engine  No.  3,  February  11,  1888, 
and  promoted  to  Permanent  Engineer  of  Engine  No.  6,  on 
the  formation  of  that  company,  October  16,  1893,  which 
position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  329 


3Fn  Sl^cmoriam. 


EDWIN  E.  WEEKS, 

Engineer  of  Engine  No.  6. 

Born  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  April  12,  1859, 

Died  at 

Pembroke,  N.  H.,  May  27,  1896. 

Aged  37  Years,  i  Month,  15  Days. 


THOMAS  E.  GORMAN, 

Lieutenant  of  Truck  No.  6, 

Born  at  Augusta,  Maine,  1856, 

Killed  December  30,  1896, 

While  Responding  to  an  Alarm  from 

Box  53. 

Aged  40  Years. 


330  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

THE  firemen's  RELIEF   ASSOCIATION. 

On  account  of  the  number  of  drafts  upon  the  treasury, 
and  the  small  number  of  contributions,  the  funds  of  this 
association  have  fallen  below  that  of  last  year.  The  re- 
ceipts for  the  year  have  been  as  follows: 

Receipts. 

Balance  in  treasury  February  11, 

1896 13,702.69 

Received  for  membership 7.00 

donation,   A.    P.    Olzeu- 

dam  Co 25.00 

donation,         Jeremiah 

Hodge 15.00 

donation,  Rt.  Rev.  Bish- 
op Bradley 10.00 

Dividend  on  deposits 116.61 

$3,876.30 

Expenditures. 

Paid  funeral  benefit  of  Edwin  E. 

Weeks $50.00 

Thomas  C.  Foote,  injuries  at 

fire 17.00 

Andrew  S.  Heath,  injuries  at 

fire 5.00 

Lyman  W.  Piper,  injuries.  . ..  6.00 

Arthur  W.  Whitcomb,  inju- 
ries    49.50 

Charles  M.  Denyou,  injuries. .  19.00 

Joseph  E.  Merrill,  secretary..  25.00 

Nate    Kellogg    Co.,    printing 

By-Laws 7.25 

$178.75 

Balance  in  treasury $3,697.55 

Making  an  excess  of  $5.14  over  the  receipts. 


REPORT    OF   THE   FIRE    ENGINEER.  331 

CONCLUSION. 

I  trust  those  in  charge  of  buying  horses  for  this  de- 
partment during  the  administration  of  the  incoming  city 
government  will  exercise  such  care  in  their  selection  as 
will  give  us  horses  better  adapted  for  the  duties  required 
of  them,  and  at  less  prices,  than  has  prevailed  during  the 
last  two  years. 

The  salary  paid  the  permanent  captains  ought  to  re- 
ceive consideration  and  adjustment.  According  to  the 
present  construction  of  the  ordinance,  they  are  now  re- 
ceiving less  pay  than  other  permanent  men;  and  it  seems 
that  an  officer  with  the  care  and  responsibility  of  the  men 
and  apparatus  under  his  immediate  charge,  should  re- 
ceive more  salary  than  that  of  the  privates  under  him. 

I  desire  again  to  allude  to  the  urgent  necessity  of  a 
State  Fire  Marshal.  The  importance  of  such  an  officer  in 
Massachusetts  has  done  much  to  lessen  the  fire  losses,  as 
well  as  to  bring  many  guilty  parties  to  justice.  It  would 
not  only  be  a  saving  to  insurance  companies,  but  property 
holders  as  well;  and  what  is  for  the  interest  of  one  party, 
is,  in  a  great  measure,  for  the  interest  of  the  other;  and  I 
trust  both  will  unite  in  asking  for  the  passage  of  an  act 
by  our  state  legislature,  creating  such  an  office. 

In  closing,  I  desire  to  extend  many  thanks  to  His 
Honor  Mayor  Clarke,  for  the  many  courtesies  received  at 
his  hands,  and  the  interest  he  has  at  all  times  manifested 
in  the  welfare  of  this  department;  to  the  members  of  the 
city  councils,  to  the  chief  of  police  and  the  officers  under 
his  charge.  To  the  assistant  engineers,  officers,  and  men 
great  credit  is  due  for  the  prompt  and  efficient  manner  in 
which  they  have  responded  to  every  call  for  duty,  and 
they  are  entitled  to,  and  have,  my  heartiest  thanks. 
Respectfully  submitted. 

THOMAS  W.  LANE, 
Chief  of  Fire  Department. 


332  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

List  of  Fires  and  Alarms  Responded  to  During  1  896, 
with  Losses  and  Insurance. 

P.ox  511.  Wednesday,  January  1,  10.13  a.  m.  Three- 
story  wooden  tenement  block  at  246  Douglas  street, 
owned  by  Frank  P.  Johnson,  and  occupied  by  August 
Schmalf uss.  The  fire  originated  in  a  bed,  from  some  un- 
known cause.  Damage  slight.  Box  pulled  by  citizen. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  2,  6,  Chemical,  and 
Truck  6.     Fire  extinguished  without  aid  of  department. 

Box  312.  Wednesday,  January  1,  1.33  p.  u.  False 
alarm.  Box  pulled  by  mischievous  boys,  who  broke 
glass  and  obtained  key.  Companies  responding:  En- 
gines 1,  2,  6,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  6. 

Still.  Wednesday,  January  1,  4.35  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  in  tenement  house  133  Manchester  street,  owned  by 
Mrs.  Joy.  No  damage.  Members  of  Chemical  respond- 
ed.    Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Box  215.  Thursday,  January  2, 11.25  p.  m.  Two-story 
brick  carriage  factory  at  corner  Lincoln  and  Somerville 
streets,  owned  and  occupied  by  Kimball  Bros.  The  fire 
was  caused  by  boards  piled  against  the  boiler  and  ignited 
from  the  furnace.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies 
responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  2,  3,  Truck  3. 
No  damage. 

Box  71.  Saturday,  January  4,  10.06  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  in  Mrs.  Kearns's  block,  corner  of  Lake  avenue  and 
Pine  street.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  Officer  Sumner. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1, 
Truck  3. 

Still.  Sunday,  January  5,  10  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
wooden  block,  corner  of  Washington  and  Church  streets. 
No  damage.     Used  two  charges  of  Pony. 

Still.  Monday,  January  6,  9.54  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  36  Pearl  street.  Used  one  charge  of  Pony.  No  dam- 
age. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  333 

Still.  Monday,  January  6,  9.56  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  14  Clark  avenue.  Used  two  charges  of  Pony.  No 
damage. 

Kox  8.  Monday,  January  6,  7.55  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
Webster  block,  No.  8  Winter  Place.  Used  Pony.  No 
damage.  Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemi- 
cal, Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5.     Box  pulled  by  citizen. 

Still.  Tuesday,  January  7,  8.50  a.  m.  Slight  fire  in 
partition  at  No.  1074  Elm  stireet,  Wells  block,  caused  by 
thawing  water  pipes  with  blow-lamp.     No  damage. 

Still.  Tuesday,  January  7,  9.55  a.  m.  Two-aiid-a- 
half-story  house  at  No.  65  Amherst  street.  Funnel  of 
stove  fell  off,  filling  rooms  with  smoke.     No  damage. 

Still.  Tuesday,  January  7,  10.05  a.  m.  Three-story 
brick  building,  occupied  by  H.  J.  Lawson  as  metal  cor- 
nice-maker. Slight  fire  in  partition  caused  by  forge. 
No  damage. 

Still.  Tuesday,  January  7,  6  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
Martin's  block,  McGregor  street,  owned  by  Gordon 
Woodbury.  Members  of  Engine  and  Ladder  6  responded. 
Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Box  82.  Thursday,  January  9,  6.03  p.  m.  One-story 
woodshed,  in  rear  of  No.  1077  Elm  street,  owned  by  E.  K. 
Rowell,  and  occupied  by  Boston  Clothing  Co.  The  con- 
tents of  the  shed  were  of  no  value;  consequently  no  dam- 
age to  that  part.  Box  pulled  by  Thomas  Kelley.  Com- 
panies responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2, 
Trucks  1,  5.  Cause  unknown.  Value  of  buildings,  $100; 
damage  to  building,  |25;  no  insurance. 

Box  321.  Thursday,  January  9,  6.55  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  in  two-and-a-half-story  house.  No.  39  Sullivan  street, 
owned  and  occupied  by  Charles  Buckley.  No  damage. 
Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines 
2,  5,  6,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  5,  6. 

Still.     Saturday,  January   11,  10.46   p.    m.     Chimney, 


334  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

fire  in  Kimball's  block,  No.  1221  Elm  street.  Members  of 
Chemical  responded.  No  damage.  Used  one  charge  of 
Ponj. 

Box  15.  Sunday,  January  12,  1.09  p.  m.  Three-story 
wooden  block  at  No.  541  Chestnut  street,  owned  by  Nasou 
HaJe  and  Mrs.  Phineas  Adams,  and  occupied  by  Mrs. 
Charles  Huntress  and  others.  The  fire  was  caused  by 
thawing  water-pipes  with  burning  paper,  and  spread  rap- 
idly through  the  partition  to  the  roof.  Box  pulled  by  E. 
H.  Holmes.  Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5, 
Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5.  Value  of  building, 
$4,500;  damage,  $350;  insurance,  $2,000;  insurance  paid, 
$350.  Value  of  contents,  $1,500.  Damage,  $20;  no  in- 
surance. 

Box  4.  Tuesday,  January  14,  5.55  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
at  No.  64  Cedar  street  in  tenement  house,  owned  by  Hugh 
Kelley.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Compa- 
nies responding:  Engines  2,  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  3, 
Trucks  1,  3. 

Still.  Wednesday,  January  15,  9.40  a.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  136  Lake  avenue.  Members  of  Chemical  re- 
sponded.   No  damage.    Used  three  charges  of  Pony. 

Still.  Monday,  January  20,  2.20  p.  m.  Three-story 
wooden  block,  Clark  avenue.  Pearl  street,  owned  by 
Charles  C.  Hayes,  and  occupied  by  several  families.  The 
fire  was  in  a  partition  near  the  chimney,  and  caught  from 
a  defective  flue.  Chemical  Engine  responded.  Value  of 
building,  $6,000;  damage,  $30;  insurance,  $4,000;  insur- 
ance paid,  $^0.     No  damage  to  contents. 

Still.  Thursday,  January  23,  8.30  a.  m.  Hose  No.  3 
was  called  to  the  Slaughter  and  Eendering  works  on  Han- 
cock street,  for  slight  fire  in  a  partition.  Considerable 
smoke,  but  no  damage. 

Still.  Fridaj',  January  24,  8.26  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
two-story  wooden  block,  No.  47  Church  street.  No  dam- 
age.    Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  335 

Box  7.  Tuesday,  January  28,  7.22  p.  m.  Two-story 
wooden  block,  at  No.  42  Merrimack  street,  owned  by  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Association,  and  occupied  by  Joseph 
Keller  as  tailor  shop  on  first  floor,  and  Dennis  Daily  as 
tenement  up  stairs.  The  fire  originated  in  the  back  room 
of  Keller's  shop,  from  some  unknown  cause,  while  Keller 
was  out.  Box  pulled  by  Officer  Welch.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3. 
Value  of  buildings,  |3,200;  damage,  $50;  insurance, 
|3,000;  insurance  paid,  $50.  Value  of  contents,  $400; 
damage,  $200;  insurance,  $500;  insurance  paid,  $200. 

Still.  Thursday,  January  30,  6  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  22  Wayne  street,  owned  by  Kate  Cullity,  and  occu- 
pied by  F.  Roy.  No  damage.  Members  of  Engine  and 
Ladder  Co.  No.  6  attended,  using  two  charges  of  Pony. 

Box  54.  Sunday,  February  2,  9.54  p.  m.  Unoccupied 
cottage  house.  No.  38  Prince  street,  owned  by  Hollis 
Tolles,  of  Londonderry.  The  cause  is  unknown.  Box 
pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  2,  G, 
Chemical,  Truck  6.  Value  of  building,  $1,000;  damage, 
$800;  insurance,  $800;  insurance  paid,  $800. 

Box  15.  Monday,  February  3,  3.01  p.  m.  Cottage 
house  at  114  Orange  street,  owned  and  occupied  byW.  H. 
Moison.  The  fire  was  caused  by  careless  construction  of 
fire-place.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5.  Ex- 
tinguished with  Chemical  engine.  Value  of  buildings, 
$4,500;  damage,  $47;  insurance,  $2,000;  insurance  paid, 
$47.  Value  of  contents,  $3,000;  damage,  $217;  insurance, 
$2,000;  insurance  paid,  $168. 

Still.  Friday,  February  7,  7.57  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  38  Washington  street.  No  damage.  Members  of 
Chemical  responded. 

Box  51.  Sunday,  February  9,  7.06  a.  m.  Barn,  at  cor- 
ner of  Turner  and  Walker  streets,  OAvned  and  occupied  by 


336  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

John  W.  Wilsou.  A  dead  telephone  wire  crossed  with 
electric  light  wire,  and  resting  on  the  roof,  set  fire  to 
shingles.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  John  W.  Wilson. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  2,  G,  Chemical,  Truck  6. 

Box  82.  Sunday,  February  9,  G..32  p.  m.  Tenement 
house  at  Xo.  27  AYashington  street,  owned  by  John  H.  Ma- 
jor, and  occupied  by  Charles  Sincer.  The  fire  was  in  a 
box  of  clothes  and  a  bed,  doing  but  little  damage.  Com- 
panies responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2, 
Trucks  1,  5,     Extinguished  by  Chemical  engine. 

Still.  Thursday,  February  13,  5.30  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  1280  Elm  street,  Webster  block.  Members  of 
Chemical  responded.     No  damage. 

Still.  Sunday,  February  16,7.34  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  37  Laurel  street.  No  damage.  Members  of  Chemi- 
cal responded.      Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Box  6.  Monday,  February  24,  9.37  p.  m.  Four-story 
brick  block  (Opera  block).  No.  18  Hanover  street,  owned 
by  Harrington  heirs  and  Parker,  and  occupied  by  George 
Gossman  &  Co.,  as  dry  and  fancy  goods  store.  The  fire 
originated  from  some  unknown  cause,  near  the  center  of 
the  store,  and  spread  with  such  rapidity  as  to  burst  from 
the  side  windows  before  it  was  discovered.  Box  pulled 
by  citizen.  Companies  responding :  Engines  1,  4,  Chemi- 
cal, Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of  building,  $75,000; 
damage,  $800;  insurance,  $50,000;  insurance  paid,  $800. 
Value  of  contents,  $7,000;  damage,  $4,352.59;  insurance, 
$6,500;  insurance  paid,  $4,352.59. 

Box  5.  Wednesday,  February  26,  5,43  p.  m.  Four- 
story  granite  building,  797  Elm  street,  owned  by  John 
Cleworth,  and  occupied  by  J.  F.  Dignam  &  Co.,  apotheca- 
ries. Fire  was  caused  by  open  chimney  in  basement. 
Extinguished  by  Chemical  engine.  No  damage.  Com- 
panies responding:  Engines  1,  2,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1, 
Trucks  1,  3. 


REPORT   OP   THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  337 

Box  71.  Monday,  March  2,  6.50  p.  m.  Slight  fire  in 
shed  belonging-  to  Mrs.  Michael  Maloney,  rear  of  No.  191 
Lake  avenue.  Fire  was  caused  by  hot  ashes  in  wooden 
tub.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  3. 

Still.  Tuesday,  March  3,  1.04  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
block  owned  by  T.  L.  Thorpe,  corner  Granite  and  West 
streets.  No  damage.  Members  of  Engine  No.  2  re- 
sponded.    Used  three  charges  of  Pony. 

Still.  Tuesday,  March  3,  6.10  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  cor- 
ner of  Elm  and  Cedar  streets.  No  damage.  Responded 
to  by  members  of  Hose  3. 

Still.  Tuesday,  March  3,  6.28  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
wooden  tenement  block,  Nos.  15-25  Marion  street.  No 
damage.  Members  of  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  6  respond- 
ed.    Used  two  charges  of  Pony. 

Still.  Tuesday,  March  3,  7,30  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  132  East  Spruce  street.  No  damage.  Members  of 
Chemical  responded.     Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Still.  Friday,  March  6,  8.55  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  552  Chestnut  street.  No  damage.  Members  of 
Chemical  responded. 

Box  6.  Friday,  March  6,  3.09  p.  m.  A  smoking  stove 
caused  an  alarm  for  what  was  supposed  to  be  a  fire  in  the 
Damon  Club  room.  No.  31  Hanover  street.  No  damage. 
Box  pulled  by  police  officer.  Companies  responding:  En- 
gines 1,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  3. 

Box  9.  Monday,  March  9,  10.40  p.  m.  Barn  in  rear  of 
No.  771  Chestnut  street,  owned  and  occupied  by  H.  Frank 
Morse.  Fire  caught  from  sparks  from  stove  in  hostler's 
room.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding: 
Engines  1,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  1.  Value  of  build- 
ing, $1,200;  damage,  |90;  insurance,  |1,000;  insurance 
paid,  |90.  Value  of  contents,  $2,000;  damage,  |40;  no  in- 
surance. 

22 


338  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Still.  Friday,  March  18,  7.20  P.  M.  Chimney  fire  at 
Kidder  Court.  Chemical  responded,  but  not  used.  No 
damage. 

Still.  Tuesday,  March  24,  10.05  a.  m.  Chimney  fire 
at  No.  220  Chestnut  street,  in  house  owned  and  occupied 
by  Patrick  Horan.  No  damage.  Used  one  charge  of 
Pony. 

Box  511.  Tuesday,  March  24,  9.35  r.  m.  Two-story 
house  on  Groux's  Island,  'Squog  river,  owned  by  Peter 
Groux,  and  unoccupied.  The  bridge  was  washed  away, 
and  the  island  was  out  of  reach  of  the  department. 
Cause  of  fire  unknown.  Box  pulled  by  OflScer  Connor. 
Companies  responding,  Engines  2,  6,  Chemical,  Truck  G. 
Value  of  building,  $1,000;  damage,  |G00;  insurance,  fOOO; 
insurance  paid,  |600. 

Still.  Friday,  March  27,  10.05  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  30  Washington  street.  No  damage.  Used  one 
charge  of  Pon3\ 

Still.  Friday,  March  27,  3.10  r.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  62  Concord  street.  No  damage.  Used  one  charge  of 
Pony. 

Still.  Wednesday,  April  1,  12.19  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  Webster  block,  3  ^A'inter  Place.  No  damage.  Used 
one  charge  of  Pony. 

Still.  Wednesday,  April  1,  2.13  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  Webster  block,  3  AVlnter  Place.  No  damage.  Used 
one  charge  of  Pony  and  garden  hose. 

Still.  Friday,  A})ril  10,  1.20  r.  m.  Burning  grass  on 
North  Kiver  road  and  south  of  Webster  street.  Caught 
from  sparks  from  engine.  Responded  to  by  members  of 
Engine  and  Ladder  No.  5,  with  Hose  carriage.  No  dam- 
age. 

Box  15.  Wednesday,  April  15,  3.49  p.  m.  Stable  in 
rear  of  No.  502  Chestnut  street,  owned  by  Mrs.  E.  A.  Kim- 
ball, and   occupied   by  Charles  W.  Shirley.     Caused  by 


REPORT  OF  THE  FIRE  ENGINEER.         339 

match  thrown  on  roof  from  adjoining  building.  Box 
pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  4, 
5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5.  Value  of  building, 
$800;  damage,  |3.93;  insurance,  |500;  insurance  paid, 
$3.93. 

Still.  Thursday,  April  10,  9  a.  m.  Brush  fire  on  Bald 
Hill  road,  near  the  residence  of  F.  C.  Lougee.  Responded 
with  a  detail  of  men.     No  damage. 

Still.  Thursday,  April  16,  3.20  p.  m.  Brush  fire  on 
Rockland  avenue,  near  residence  of  U.  A.  Caswell.  Re- 
sponded with  detail  of  men  from  Engine  No,  2. 

Still.  Monday,  April  20,  12.48  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
cottage  at  No.  322  Central  street,  owned  and  occupied  by 
Mrs.  J.  S.  Bacheler.  No  damage.  Used  two  charges  of 
Pony. 

Still.  Saturday,  April  25,  9.23  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  403  Pine  street,  owned  and  occupied  by  Thomas  Gon- 
ley.     No  damage. 

Still.  Sunday,  April  26,  1.20  p.  m.  Brush  fire  on  the 
hill  south  end  of  Beech  street.  Responded  with  thirteen 
men. 

Box  513.  Wednesday,  April  29, 10.55  a.  m.  Brush  fire 
on  Bedford  road.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  2,  6,  Chemical,  Truck  6. 

Still.  Friday,  May  1,  1.12  p.  m.  Brush  fire  on  Nutt 
road,  opposite  fair  grounds.  No  damage.  Responded 
with  detail  of  men. 

Still.  Thursday,  May  7,  5.52  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  rear 
No.  4  Pearl  street.  No  damage.  Used  one  charge  of 
Pony. 

Box  7.  Friday,  May  8,  9.03  a.  m.  Blacksmith  shop  at 
No.  195  Manchester  street,  owned  by  Levi  Dodge,  and 
occupied  by  O.  P.  Smith.  Fire  caught  on  roof  from 
sparks  from  chimney.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citi- 
zen. Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  3,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3. 


340  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Still.  Friday,  May  8,  7.30  p.  m.  Brush  fire  on  North 
Union  street,  near  Charles  S.  Kidder's  residence.  Dele- 
gation from  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  5  responded. 

Box  21.  Tuesday,  May  12,  7.25  p.  m.  Three-story 
wooden  tenement  block  at  No.  253  Chestnut  street,  owned 
by  John  Sweeney,  and  occupied  by  John  Hughes,  over 
whose  tenement  the  fire  originated.  Cause,  "rats  and 
matches."  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value 
of  building,  |8,000;  damage,  |130;  insurance,  |7,000;  in- 
surance paid,  $100,  Value  of  contents,  |400;  damage^ 
$12;  no  insurance. 

Box  315.  Wednesday,  May  13,  4.50  p.  m.  Brush  fire 
on  wood  lot  on  Dunbarton  road,  owned  by  Will  H.  Colby, 
the  cord-wood  on  same  belonging  to  Napoleon  Bouchard. 
Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines 
5,  6,  Chemical,  Truck  5.  Wood  valued  at  $360 ;  loss,  $240 ; 
insurance,  $573. 

Box  4.  Thursday,  May  14,  5.42  p.  m.  Fire  was  discov- 
ered in  wood-yard  of  Joseph  R.  Dufresne,  rear  of  No.  62 
Lake  avenue.  The  buildings  were  owned  by  Jeremiah 
Horan.  The  brick  stable  east,  owned  and  occupied  by 
W.  E.  Prescott,  and  the  cottage  west,  owned  by  Plumer 
heirs,  and  leased  by  George  W.  Hamlin,  were  damaged  by 
fire.  Cause,  unknown.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Compa- 
nies responding:  Engines  1, 3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  3,  Trucks 
1,3.  Buildings  of  J.  Horan  valued  at  $2,000;  damage, 
|60;  insurance,  $1,600;  insurance  paid,  $60.  Building  of 
Plumer  heirs  valued  at  $500;  damage,  $125;  insurance, 
$400;  insurance  paid,  $125.  Joseph  Dufresne,  value, 
$400;  loss,  $200;  po  insurance.  Building  of  W.  E.  Pres- 
cott valued  at  $6,000;  damage,  $48.19;  insurance,  $2,000; 
insurance  paid,  $48.19. 

Still.  Saturday, May  16, 11.50  p.m.  Brush  fire  on  Bald 
Hill  road  and  Londonderry  turnpike,  near   residence  of 


REPORT   OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  341 

Charles  Foster  and  others.  Detail  of  men  responded. 
Fire  was  out  on  their  arrival. 

Box  31.  Sunday,  May  17,  6.05  a.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  26  Hollis  street.  No  damage.  Used  two  charges  of 
Pony  and  garden  hose.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Compa- 
nies responding:  Engines  1,  6,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks 
1,5. 

Still.  Sunday,  May  17,  3.25  p.  m.  Brush  fire  on  Boyn- 
ton  street,  on  land  owned  by  Kennard  heirs.  Engine  Co. 
No.  2  responded  with  hose  wagon. 

Box  82.  Monday,  May  18,  8.48  a.  m.  Wood-yard  of 
Joseph  Dubois,  at  rear  No.  26  Bridge  street.  Slight  fire 
in  pile  of  kindling-wood,  started  from  some  unknown 
cause.  Extinguished  with  a  few  pails  of  water  before  ar- 
rival of  department.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citi- 
zen. Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  5. 

Still.  Monday,  May  18,  9.40  a.  m.  Forest  fire  on  Lon- 
donderry turnpike  and  Bald  Hill  road.  Several  houses 
being  in  danger,  took  detail  of  men. 

Box  2-2-2.  Monday,  May  18, 10.15  a.  m.  Forest  fire  on 
Hooksett  road,  near  Hooksett  line.  Engine  No.  5  and  de- 
tail of  men  responded,  thus  saving  several  houses  in  that 
Ticinity. 

Box  71,  Monday,  May  18,  6.57  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  340  Cedar  back  street,  in  house  occupied  by  David 
Beliseau.  No  damage.  Used  two  charges  of  Pony  and 
one  tank  of  Chemical.  Box  pulled  by  a  small  boy.  Com- 
panies responding:  Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck 
3. 

Still.  Monday,  May  18,  7.44  p.  m.  The  above  Hook- 
sett road  fire  had  made  headway  toward  North  Union 
street,  so  as  to  endanger  the  house  of  John  H.  Stone  on 
Arah  street.     Engine  No.  5  with  detail  of  men  responded. 

Box  54.     Wednesday,  May  20,  1.25  a.  m.     Two-and-a- 


842  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

half-story  wooden  house,  corner  of  Bedford  and  River 
road,  owned  by  Mr.  Woodbury,  and  occupied  by  An- 
drew Krember.  Cause  of  fire  unknown.  Box  pulled 
by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  2,  6,  Chemi- 
cal, Truck  6.  Value  of  building,  |3,200;  damage,  $113.- 
61;  insurance,  |2,750;  insurance  paid,  |113.61.  Value  of 
contents,  $800;  damage,  $100;  insurance,  |500;  insurance 
paid,  |75. 

Box  7.  Thursday,  Maj  21,  2.54  a.  m.  Wholesale 
liquor  store  of  Quirin  &  Duhaime,  No.  85  Manchester 
street.  Cigar  stub  in  sawdust.  Extinguished  with  pail 
of  water  before  arrival  of  department.  No  damage. 
Box  pulled  by  officer.  Companies  responding:  Engines 
1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  1. 

Still.  Thursday,  May  21,  12.14  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  10  Clark  avenue,  Pearl  street.  No  damage.  Used 
Pony. 

Box  53.  Friday,  May  22,  8.50  r.  m.  Planing-mill  at 
No.  168  South-Main  street,  owned  and  occupied  by  A.  G. 
Wallace.  Fire  was  first  discovered  in  planing-mill,  and 
spread  to  dry-house  adjoining.  Cause  unknown.  Box 
pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  2,  6, 
Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  6.  Value  of  buildings,  $1,300; 
damage,  $750;  insurance,  $400;  insurance  paid. 
Value  of  contents,  $2,500;  damage,  $400;  insurance, 
insurance  paid,  $300. 

Still.  Sunday,  May  24,  5.20  p.  m.  Cottage  house,  at 
No.  80  Dover  street,  owned  by  Samuel  McElroy,  and  occu- 
pied by  Mrs.  Francis.  Slight  fire  under  doorstep,  caused 
by  cigar  stub.  Extinguished  by  member  of  Engine  Co. 
No.  2  with  Pony.     Damage  slight. 

Box  72.  Wednesday,  May  27,  8.45  p.  m.  Two-story 
house  at  No.  301  East  Spruce  street.  Curtain  caught  fire. 
Extinguished  before  arrival  of  department.  Damage 
slight.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding: 
Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  3. 


REPORT  OF  THE  FIRE  ENGINEER.         343 

Still.  Thursday,  May  28,  2.40  a.  m.  Electric  light 
wire  on  McGregor  bridge  set  fire  to  planking.  Used 
Pony.     Damage  slight. 

Still.  Saturday,  May  30,  12.28  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  in 
brick  block,  No.  1307  Elm  street.  Used  one  charge  of 
Pony.     No  damage. 

Still.  Monday,  June  1,  7.25  p.  m.  Lamp  explosion  in 
five-tenement  block,  owned  by  H.  M.  Moody,  No.  243  East 
High  street,  occupied  by  Peter  Shannon.  Damage  slight. 
Members  of  Hose  No,  2  responded. 

Box  5.  Friday,  June  5,  7.36  a,  m.  Two-story  wooden 
block,  No.  49  Central  street,  owned  by  Philip  Riley,  and 
occupied  by  Connor  Bros,  as  plumber's  shop.  A  match 
accidentally  thrown  among  some  oakum  caused  slight 
fire,  doing  but  little  injury  to  building,  and  none  to  con- 
tents. Box  pulled  by  Ofificer  Sullivan.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3. 
Value  of  building,  |12,000;  damage,  |25;  insurance, 
$9,000;  insurance  paid,  $20. 

Still.  Saturday,  June  6,  6  p.  m.  Overturning  of  an 
oil-stove  created  considerable  smoke  in  the  house  of  Jo- 
seph Frahen,  No.  508  Dubuque  street.  No  damage. 
Members  of  Engine  No.  6  responded. 

Box  21.  Wednesday,  June  10,  7.14  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
at  No.  312  Pine  street,  in  three-story  wooden  block, 
owned  by  Dr.  Wheat,  and  occupied  by  several  families. 
No  damage.  Used  one  tank  of  Chemical  and  one  charge 
of  Pony.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3. 

Still.  Wednesday,  June  10,  10.20  p.  m.  Same  chim- 
ney as  above.  No  damage.  Members  of  Chemical  re- 
sponded.    Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Still.     Thursday,  June  11,  8.05  p.  m.     Chimney  fire  at 

No.  311  Pine  street,  in  block  owned  by Littlefield. 

No  damage.     Members  of  Chemical  responded. 


344  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Still.  Friday,  June  12,  6.10  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
No.  27  Kidder  street.  No  damage.  Responded  to  by 
members  of  Chemical.     Used  Pony. 

Box  51.  Saturday,  June  13,  11.20  a.  m.  Two-story 
wooden  house  at  No.  183  Turner  street,  owned  by  Merrill 
Farmer,  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  McCarty  and  others.  Fire 
caught  on  shingles  and  burned  through  roof,  doing  but 
little  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  2,  6,  Chemical,  Truck  6.  Value  of 
building,  $2,500;  damage,  |55;  insurance,  |2,000;  insur- 
ance paid,  $55. 

Box  212.  Thursday,  June  18,  12.12  a.  m.  Unoccupied 
cottage  house  at  No.  352  Taylor  street  (nearly  finished), 
owned  by  Melvin  Badger.  Fire  originated  from  sponta- 
neous combustion  of  oily  rags  used  by  painters  in  finish- 
ing. Box  pulled  by  Leroy  M.  Streeter.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  2,  Truck  3. 
Value  of  building,  $2,500;  damage,  $750;  insurance, 
$1,500;  insurance  paid,  $750. 

Box  24.  Thursday,  June  18,  5.26  a.  m.  Two-and-a- 
half-story  wooden  house  on  Canton  street,  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  H.  M.  Platts.  Fire  originated  in  cellar  among 
shavings  (from  spontaneous  combustion),  where  it  was 
wholly  confined.  Box  pulled  by  George  H.  Wheeler. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1, 
2,  Truck  3.  Value  of  building,  $8,000;  damage,  $000;  in- 
surance, $6,000;  insurance  paid,  $900.  Value  of  contents, 
$2,000;  damage,  $200;  insurance,  $500;  insurance  paid, 
$130. 

Still.  Friday,  June  19,  2.45  a.  m.  Five-story  brick 
building  at  No.  937  Elm  street.  Waste  paper  in  ash-can. 
No  damage.      Members  of  Chemical  responded. 

Still.  Tuesday',  June  23,  11.50  p.  m.  Brush  fire  in 
Riddle's  Grove,  caused  by  boys.  No  damage.  Members 
of  Engine  No.  2  responded  with  hose  carriage.  Used  two 
charges  of  Pony. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  345 

Box  71.  Wednesday,  June  24,  3.43  p.  m.  Two-and-a- 
half-story  wooden  house  at  No.  162  Spruce  street,  owned 
and  occupied  by  Patrick  Conway.  Sparks  from  stove  ig- 
nited wood-box.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2, 
Truck  3. 

Still.  Monday,  June  28,  9.33  p.  m.  Tenement  block 
on  South-Main  street,  near  North  Weare  Railroad,  owned 
by  D.  B.  and  George  S.  Eastman,  and  occupied  by  several 
families.  Smoke  was  seen  issuing  from  all  parts  of  the 
building,  but  on  examination  no  fire  was  discovered. 
Members  of  Engine  No.  2  responded. 

Box  45.  Thursday,  July  2,  7.05  a.  m.  Shavings  in 
boiler-room  of  J.  W.  Mears,  Canal  street,  east  of  freight 
depot.  Extinguished  before  arrival  of  department.  No 
damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  1,  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3. 

Box  7.  Friday,  July  3,  12.45  a.  m.  Woodshed,  rear  of 
No.  71  Manchester  street,  owned  by  Lizzie  Dailey.  Box 
pulled  by  Officer  Badger.  Cause  unknown.  Companies 
responding :  Engines  1,  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3. 
Value  of  building,  |350;  damage,  |65;  insurance,  |300;  in- 
surance paid,  $65. 

Still.  Saturday,  July  4,  10.08  p.  m.  Two-story 
wooden  building,  corner  of  Belmont  and  Merrimack 
streets,  owned  and  occupied  by  W.  H.  Carpenter  &  Co. 
The  fire  originated  in  the  grocery  store  in  the  basement. 
Cause  unknown.  Members  of  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3 
responded  with  hose  carriage.  Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 
Value  of  buildings,  |3,000;  damage,  |115;  insurance,  |2,- 
000;  insurance  paid,  $95.  Value  of  contents,  |300;  dam- 
age, |85;  insurance,  |700;  insurance  paid,  |85. 

Still.  Sunday,  July  5,  12.45  a.  m.  Fireworks  on  roof 
of  house  belonging  to  Whitford  heirs,  on  East  Merrimack 
street,  set  fire  to  shingles.     Members  of  Engine  and  Lad- 


346  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

der  No.  3  responded.  Xo  damage.  Used  one  charge  of 
Pony. 

Box  81.  Sunday,  July  5,  2.58  a.  m.  The  Kennard,  a 
six-story  stone  building  at  No.  1008  Elm  street,  owned  by 
Kennard  heirs  (leased  by  N.  H.  Trust  Co.).  Fire  started 
in  a  closet  on  fifth  floor,  from  cross  with  electric  light  and 
telephone  wires.  The  fire  was  mostly  confined  to  the 
closet,  and  the  office  of  E.  H.  Tardivel,  adjoining.  Box 
pulled  by  Officer  Floden.  Companies  responding.  En- 
gines 1,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  1.  Value  of  building, 
1300,000;  damage,  |377.84;  insurance,  $125,000;  insurance 
paid,  377.84.  Value  of  Tardivel's  contents,  $600;  dam- 
age, $225;  insurance,  $500;  insurance  paid,  122.50.  Other 
loss,  $20;  no  insurance. 

Box  4.  Wednesday,  July  8,  7.30  a.  m.  Slight  fire  in 
bed  in  Connor's  block.  Hotel  Gagnon,  No.  595  Elm  street, 
was  extinguished  before  the  arrival  of  department. 
Cause  unknown.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  3, 
Trucks  1, 3. 

Still.  Thursday-,  July  9,  2.10  p.  m.  Grass  fire  on 
land  owned  by  Mrs.  George  A.  Abbott,  corner  of  Taylor 
street  and  Portsmouth  Railroad.  No  damage.  Mem- 
bers of  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3  responded. 

Box  313.  Thursday,  July  9,  10.32  p.  m.  Four-story 
wooden  block  at  No.  525  North  Main-street,  McGregor- 
ville,  owned  by  Francis  C.  Miville,  and  occupied  by  Jo- 
seph H.  Wilson,  Jr.,  as  hardware  store.  Fire  originated 
from  some  unknown  cause,  in  the  basement,  where  it  was 
mostly  confined.  Box  pulled  by  Dean.  Compa- 
nies responding:  Engines  1,  2,  0,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck 
6.  Value  of  building,  $12,000;  damage,  $722;  insurance, 
$12,000;  insurance  paid,  $722.  Value  of  contents,  $5,000; 
damage,  $2,464;  insurance,  $4,000;  insurance  paid,  $2,464. 

Box  17.     Friday,  Julv  10,  8.51  a.  m.     Oil-stove  in  tene- 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  347 

ment  at  No.  293  Amherst  street,  occupied  by  Zotique  Ber- 
linguette,  tipped  over,  doing  no  damage,  and  was  extin- 
guished before  arrival  of  department.  Box  pulled  by 
citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  2,  Truck  3. 

Box  21.  Saturday,  July  11,  7.22  p.  m.  Four-story 
wooden  tenement-block  at  No.  225  Manchester  street. 
Joseph  Massea,  who  kept  a  store  in  basement,  was  boiling 
syrup  on  oil-stove.  Stove  tipped  over,  causing  considera- 
ble smoke,  but  doing  no  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1, 
Trucks  1,  3. 

Still.  Sunday,  July  12,  11.40  a.  m.  Unadjusted  Ther- 
mostat at  Kimball  Bros.'  shoe  shop,  corner  of  Cypress 
and  Massabesic  streets,  caused  false  alarm.  No  damage. 
Responded  to  by  Hose  wagon  from  Engine  and  Ladder 
No.  3. 

Box  4.  Sunday,  July  12,  2.11  p.  M.  Dwelling-house  at 
No.  67  Lake  avenue,  owned  and  occupied  by  James 
Byrnes..  Sparks  from  chimney  burned  hole  through  the 
roof.  Box  pulled  by  F.  Tibedeau.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  3,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value 
of  building,  |700;  damage,  |1.50;  insurance,  |600;  insur- 
ance paid,  |1.50. 

Box  15.  Wednesday,  July  22, 10.04  a.  m.  A  small  pile 
of  straw  bedding  for  horses,  in  stable  of  O.  I.  Bloomey, 
rear  of  No.  80  Bridge  street,  owned  by  David  H.  Young, 
caught,  probably  from  a  match  from  boys  playing.  No 
damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5. 

Box  3.  Monday,  July  27,  6.24  p.  m.  Wooden  foundry 
building  on  South  Elm  street,  near  M.  &  L.  R.  R.,  owned 
by  Hartwell  Foundry  Co.  Sparks  from  locomotive  set 
fire  to  some  sleepers  in  rear,  damaging  building  slightly 
without  injury  to  contents.     Box  pulled  by  A.  B.  Dickey. 


348  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  3, 
Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of  building,  ?rl,000;  damage,  |8;  in- 
surance, fOOO;  insurance  paid,  |8. 

Box  313.  Saturday,  August  1,  8.27  p.  m.  Three-story 
wooden  block,  No.  481  North-Main  street,  owned  by  Rob- 
ert Leggett,  and  occupied  by  several  families.  The  fire 
originated  in  the  attic,  caused  by  carelessly  throwing  a 
match  into  a  closet.  Extinguished  with  pails  of  water 
and  Pony.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  2, 1,  C,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  6.  Value  of 
building,  •1?8,000;  damage,  |33;  insurance,  |5,500;  insur- 
ance paid,  $33. 

Still.  Monday,  August  3, 1.20  p.  m.  Four-story  brick 
block  at  No.  1214  Elm  street,  owned  by  Smyth  &  Carpen- 
ter. Smoke  in  room  caused  a  little  scare.  No  fire  found. 
Members  of  Chemical  responded. 

Still.  Sunday,  August  IG,  10.55  a.  m.  Chimney  fire 
at  Mrs.  B.  P.  Cilley's,  No.  236  Amherst  street.  Members 
of  Chemical  responded.     No  damage. 

Box  15.  Tuesday,  August  18,  10.58  a.  m.  Three-story 
wooden  tenement-block  at  No.  8  Clark  avenue,  owned  by 
heirs  of  Joseph  B.  Clark,  and  occupied  by  several  fami- 
lies. Fire  was  found  in  a  bed  in  tenement  occupied  by 
Augustine  Croteau.  Cause  unknown.  Extinguished 
with  Chemical.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5. 
No  damage  to  building.  Value  of  contents  of  room,  $15; 
damage,  .$5;  no  insurance. 

Still.  Tuesday,  August  18,  7.45  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  brick  block  at  No.  49  West  Merrimack  street,  occupied 
by  Kenney  &  Thompson  as  boarding-house.  Chemical 
engine  responded.  Used  one  tank  and  one  charge  of 
Pony.     No  damage. 

Still.  Saturday,  August  22,  7.50  p.  m.  Burning  sul- 
phur  in   an   unoc(;upied   tenement  at  No.  209    Hanover 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    EMGINEER.  349 

street,  owned  by  John  Hickey.  Chemical  engine  re- 
sponded.    No  damage. 

Still.  Sunday,  August  23,  6.30  p.  m.  Chimney  in  ten- 
ement-block at  No.  521  North  Main-street,  owned  by  F.  C. 
Miville,  and  occupied  by  A.  T.  Beaumier.  No  damage. 
Used  one  charge  of  Pony.  Members  of  Engine  and  Lad- 
der No.  6  responded. 

Box  16.  Saturday,  August  29,  12.46  a.  m.  Two-story 
wooden  house  at  No.  126  Lowell  street,  owned  by  the  Cal- 
umet Club,  and  occupied  as  a  club-house.  Cause,  sponta- 
neous combustion.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies 
responding :  P^ngines  1,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5. 
Value  of  building,  |1S,000;  damage,  .flOO;  insurance,  |18,- 
000;  insurance  paid,  |100.  Value  of  contents,  |7,000; 
blanket  policy. 

Box  24.  Saturday,  August  29,  4.05  p.  m.  At  No.  408 
Belmont  street, house  owned  by  John  McCleary  and  occu- 
pied by  J.  F.  Stevens,-  kettle  of  fat  boiled  over.  Box 
pulled  by  citizen.  No  damage.  Companies  responding: 
Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Truck  3. 

Still.  Thursday,  September  10,  5.15  p.  m.  Fire 
among  the  rubbish  in  cellar  at  No.  347  East  Spruce  street, 

in  house  owned  by Magoon,  and  occupied  by  K. 

Flanders.  Members  of  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3  re- 
sponded.    No  damage. 

Still.  Saturday,  September  12,  11.15  a.  m.  Boiling 
over  of  a  kettle  of  tar  used  in  repairing  A.  N.  Clapp's 
building,  corner  Main  and  Granite  streets.  No  damage. 
Members  of  Engine  No.  2  responded. 

Box  315.  Wednesday,  September  16,  7.34  p.  m.  Wood- 
shed connected  with  the  Amoskeag  schoolhouse.  Cause 
unknown.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  respond- 
ing: Engines  5,  6,  Chemical,  Hose  5  (Independent),  Truck 
6.     Damage  about  |10;  no  insurance.. 

Box  8.     Saturday,  September  19,  10.11  p.  m.     Three- 


350  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPOKTS. 

story  brick-front  building  at  No.  1203  Elm  street,  owned 
by  Kimball  heirs,  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Odile  Caron  &  Co. 
as  furniture  store.  Cause  unknown.  Box  pulled  by  citi- 
zen. Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5.  Value  of  contents,  |3,500;  dam- 
age, $60;  insurance,  |2,000;  insurance  paid,  $60. 

Box  81.  Tuesday,  September  22,  11.07  p.  m.  Four- 
story  brick  block  at  No.  986  Elm  street,  owned  by  Kim- 
ball, Rowell,  and  others,  and  occupied  by  M.  Jennie  Lee 
(up-stairs)  as  boarding-house.  Fire  started  in  a  bed  in  an 
unoccupied  room,  from  some  unknown  cause.  Box 
pulled  b}^  Officer  Floden.  Companies  responding:  En- 
gines 1,  4,  Cliemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  1.  Value  of  contents, 
$900;  damage,  $45;  insurance,  $600;  insurance  paid,  $45. 

Still.  Wednesday,  October  7,  9.45  a.  m.  Electric 
light  wires  crossed  with  telephone  wires  at  George  A. 
Leighton's,  corner  of  Concord  and  Beech  streets.  Mem- 
bers of  Chemical  responded. 

Box  25.  Friday,  October  9,  7,21  p.  m.  False  alarm. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2, 
Truck  3. 

Box  23.  Monday,  October  12,  7.54  p.  m.  False  alarm. 
Companies  responding.  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2, 
Truck  3. 

Still.  Monday,  October  12,  8  p.  m.  The  town  of  Ep- 
ping  asked  for  assistance.  Engine  4  and  hose  wagon 
with  twenty  men  responded. 

Box  8.  Wednesday,  October  14,  7.21  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  rear  of  No.  24  Orange  street.  Used  three  charges 
of  Chemical.  Box  pulled  by  Officer  Connor.  Companies 
responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1, 
5.     No  damage. 

Box  81.  Friday,  October  16,  3.48  a.  m.  One-story 
wooden  building,  rear  of  No.  39  Amherst  street,  owned  by 
estate  of  John  D.  Bean,  and  occupied  by  J.  H.  Wiggin  & 


'  REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  351 

Co.  as  bake-shop.  Fire  caused  by  hot  ashes  against  side 
of  building.  Box  pulled  by  Officer  Bourassau.  Compa- 
nies responding:  Engines  1,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  1. 
Value  of  building,  |750;  damage,  $6.25;  insurance,  |500; 
insurance  paid,  §6.25. 

Box  213.  Saturday,  October  17,  7.42  p.  m.  Two-story 
dwelling  on  Nutt  road,  owned  by  Timothy  McKenna,  and 
occupied  by  Louis  Alj)ert.  Hanging-lamp  fell  from  ceil- 
ing, doing  slight  damage  to  contents.  Box  pulled  by  citi- 
zen. Comi)anies  responding:  Engines  1,  3,  Chemical, 
Hose  2,  3,  Truck.  3.  Value  of  building,  |2,000;  damage, 
flOO;  insurance,  |2,000;  insurance  paid,  $100.  Value  of 
contents,  foOO;  damage,  |5;  insurance,  $500;  insurance 
paid,  $2.50. 

Box  42.  Sunday,  October  18,  8.01  a.  m.  The  old  pas- 
senger station  of  the  Concord  Railroad,  used  as  a  car- 
house  and  freight  depot,  corner  of  Bedford  and  Granite 
streets.  Cause  of  fire,  overheated  stove  in  office.  Box 
pulled  by  w^atchman  at  Manchester  Mills.  Companies 
responding:  Engines  1,  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1, 
3.  Value  of  building,  $8,000;  damage,  $2,000;  insurance, 
$6,500;  insurance  paid,  $1,900.  Value  of  contents, 
$2,000;  damage,  $135;  insurance,  $1,500;  insurance  paid, 
$135. 

I'ox  511.  Sunday,  October  18,  2  p.  m.  Brick  cottage 
at  No.  201  Douglas  street,  owned  by  William  Thompson, 
and  occupied  by  Valentine  Faust.  Cause,  fumigating 
house  after  diphtheria.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Compa- 
nies responding :  Engines  2,  6,  Chemical,  Truck  6.  Value 
of  building,  $1,000;  damage,  $8.35;  insurance,  $1,000;  in- 
surance paid,  $8..35.  Value  of  contents,  $600;  damage, 
$35;  insurance,  $500;  insurance  paid,  $35. 

Box  21.  Sunday,  October  18,  6  p.  m.  Three-story 
block  at  corner  of  Chestnut  and  Central  streets,  owned 
by  John  Sweeney.     Fire  originated  in  basement  at  No.  95 


352  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Central  street,  occupied  by  E.  Beausejour  as  grocery 
store,  from  some  unknown  cause.  No  damage  to  build- 
ing. Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding: 
Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of 
contents,  f 3,600;  damage,  |223.71;  insurance,  |1,500;  in- 
surance paid,  $223.71. 

Box  5.  Wednesday,  October  21,  12.30  a.  m.  Five- 
story  brick  building  at  No.  32  Merrimack  street,  the  Man- 
chester House,  owned  by  Weston,  Varick,  and  Elliott, 
and  occupied  as  hotel  by  A.  M.  Winchester.  Fire  started 
in  basement  in  boiler-room,  where  it  was  mostly  confined. 
Cause  unknown.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3. 
Value  of  building,  $00,000;  damage,  |525;  insurance, 
$32,500;  insurance  paid,  $525.  Value  of  contents,  $15,- 
000;  damage,  $100;  insurance,  $9,000;  insurance  paid, 
$100.  A  claim  of  $300  damage  from  smoke  is  claimed  on 
furniture  in  the  Hotel  Windsor  connected. 

Box  31.  Thursday,  October  22,  8.37  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  14  Arkwright  street,  owned  by  Amoskeag 
Manufacturing  Co.,  and  occupied  by  George  Gildard.  No 
damage.  Used  two  charges  of  Pony.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  4,  6,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  5. 

Still.  Friday,  October  23,  9.30  p.  m.  Chimney  fire  at 
New  City  Hotel,  No.  1128  Elm  street.  No  damage.  Used 
two  charges  of  Pony. 

Still.  Saturday,  October  24,  9.20  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  tenement  house  of  John  Foster  at  No.  320  Douglas 
street.  Members  of  Engine  No.  2  responded.  Used 
Pony. 

Still.  Monday,  October  26,  3.02  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
at  Dr.  J.  L.  Golden's,  No.  386  Merrimack  street.  Used 
one  charge  of  Pony.  No  damage.  Members  of  Engine 
No.  3  responded. 

Still.     Wednesday,  October  28,  9.20  a.  m.     Chimney 


REPORT    OF   THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  353 

fire  at  No.  50  Birch  street.  Used  two  charges  of  Pony. 
No  damage. 

Box  7.  Thursday,  October  29,  2.02  a.  m.  One-story 
"vvooden  building  at  No.  99  Hanover  street,  owned  by 
Hamilton  Melendy,  and  occupied  by  M.  Padovani  as  a 
fruit  store.  The  fire  originated  from  an  overheated 
stove.  Extinguished  by  Chemical.  Box  pulled  by  Offi- 
cer Bourassau.  Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4, 
Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of  building,  |2,000; 
damage,  |55;  insurance,  |2,000;  insurance  paid,  |5.5. 
Value  of  contents,  |1,000;  damage,  |300;  insurance,  |1,- 
000;  insurance  paid,  |300. 

Box  71.  Friday,  October  30,  4.21  p.  m.  Small  barn  in 
rear  of  No.  52  Cedar  street,  owned  by  Mark  Menton,  and 
occupied  by  A.  Monette*.  Cause,  matches  by  boys.  Box 
pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4, 
Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  3.  Value  of  building,  |.50;  dam- 
age, |20;  no  insurance.  Value  of  contents,  |20;  damage, 
|5;  no  insurance. 

Box  261.  Tuesday,  November  3,  3.59  p.  m.  Two-story 
cottage  house  at  No.  341  Orange  street,  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  Job  Grenier.  Fire  originated  under  the  roof 
from  some  unknown  cause,  and  damage  by  fire  was  all 
above  the  second  floor.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Compa- 
nies responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks 
3,  5.  Value  of  building,  $3,200;  damage,  |.375;  insurance, 
|2,000;  insurance  paid,  $375.  Value  of  contents,  $800; 
damage,  $125;  insurance,  .$500;  insurance  paid,  $125. 

Still.  Thursday,  November  5,  3.15  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  415  Lake  avenue,  in  house  owned  by  J.  A.  Fol- 
som,  and  occupied  by  Fred  Follansbee.  No  damage. 
Members  of  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3  responded. 

Box  4.  Saturday,  November  14,  9.18  a.  m.  Three- 
story  wooden  tenement-block  at  Nos.  70-72  Spruce  street, 
owned  by  William  G.  Cotter,  and   occupied  by  him   and 

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354  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

several  others.  Fire  started  in  barn  attached  to  rear 
end  of  building,  probably  from  carelessness  of  boys.  Box 
jjulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  3, 
Chemical,  Hose  1,  3,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of  building,  $6,- 
OUO;  damage,  $100;  insurance,  $2,500;  insurance  paid, 
$43.75.  Value  of  contents,  $1,500;  damage,  $25;  no  insur- 
ance. 

Box  4.  Saturday,  Xovember  14,  2.28  p.  m.  One-story 
brick  storehouse.  Elm  street,  owned  by  Head  &  Dowst 
Co.,  and  occupied  by  Patrick  Harrington.  Falling  stove- 
funnel  filled  room  with  smoke.  No  damage.  Box  pulled 
by  Officer  Rollins.  Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  3, 
Chemical,  Hose  1,  3,  Trucks  1,  3. 

Box  324.  Sunday,  November  15,  10.46  a.  m.  Small 
hen-pen  in  rear  of  barn  of  John  B.  Favreau,  No.  22  Laval 
street,  McGregorville.  Cause,  hot  ashes.  Box  pulled  by 
citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines  2,  6,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  Truck  G.  Value  of  building,  $150;  damage,  $30; 
no  insurance. 

Box  31.  Sunday,  November  15,  7.53  p.  m.  False 
alarm.  Companies  resx)onding:  Engines  4,  6,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  5. 

Box  81.  Monday,  November  16,  8.41  p.  m.  During  a 
torch-light  procession  fireworks  set  fire  to  the  awning  of 
Temple  &  Farrington  Co.'s  bookstore.  Damage  slight. 
Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding:  Engines 
1,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  1. 

Still.  Monday,  November  16,  10.42  p.  m.  Awning  at 
Clark  Bros.'  Bee-Hive  caught  from  fireworks.  Damage 
slight.     Chemical  responded. 

Box  23.  Tuesday,  November  17,  0.02  p.  m.  False 
alarm.  Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  2,  Truck  3. 

Still.  Friday,  November  20, 11.35  a.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  Shannahan  block  at  No.  36  Lake  avenue.  No  damage. 
Used  Ponv. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  355 

Still.  Friday,  November  20, 12.55  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
at  No.  532  Chestnut  street.     No  damage.      Used  Pony. 

Still.  Saturday,  November  21,  6' p.  m.  Sparks  from 
Roman  candle  set  fire  to  clothing  in  chamber  of  house 
owned  and  occupied  by  John  Gossler,  at  No.  402  Rimmon 
street.  Damage  slight.  Members  of  Engine  and  Ladder 
No.  6  responded.     Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Box  4.  Thursday,  November  26,  2.54  p.  m.  Three- 
story  wooden  block  at  Nos.  70--72  Spruce  street,  owned  by 
William  G.  Cotter,  and  occupied  by  him  and  several  oth- 
ers. Rubbish  under  cellar  stairs  of  rear  tenement 
caught  fire  from  some  unknowm  cause.  Extinguished 
with  Chemical.  No  damage.  Box  pulled  by  citizen. 
Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  3, 
Trucks  1,  3. 

Box  45.  Saturday,  November  28,  5.20  a.  m.  Boiler- 
room  connected  with  three-story  brick  building  of  Leigh- 
ton  Machine  Co.,  on  Canal  street,  owned  by  Mrs.  Antoin- 
ette L.  Hill,  and  occupied  by  Leighton  Machine  Co.,  John 
W.  Mears'  Loom  Harness,  and  Manchester  Nickel  Plat- 
ing Co.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  responding: 
Engines  1,  3,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of 
building,  120,000;  damage,  |158.50;  insurance,  fll.OOO;  in- 
surance paid,  1158.50.  Damage  to  contents,  |15 ;  fully  in- 
sured. 

Still.  Sunday,  November  29,  10.35  a.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  59  Pearl  street.  Members  of  Chemical  re- 
sponded.    No  damage. 

Still.  Wednesday,  December  2,  9.55  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  38  Lowell  street,  McCabe's  block.  Used  one 
charge  of  Pony. 

Still.  Thursday,  December  3,  9.07  a.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  10  Washington  block.  Pearl  street,  owned  by 
Charles  C.  Hayes.     Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Box    6.     Saturday,  December   5,  10.58   p.    m.     Three- 


356  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

story  brick  block  on  Hanover  street,  owned  by  Bartlett, 
Gay  &  Wells,  and  occupied  by  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co, 
for  printing.  The  fire  started  in  room  No.  8,  occupied  by 
George  F.  Willey,  publisher  of  "Willey's  Book  of  Nut- 
fi'eld,"  where  was  stored  nearly  the  entire  edition  of  the 
work.  Cause  unknown.  Box  pulled  by  officer.  Compa- 
nies responding:  Engines  1,  4,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  Trucks 
1,  3.  Value  of  building,  |50,000;  damage,  |210;  insur- 
ance, 121,500;  insurance  paid,  $210.  Value  of  contents 
(Willey's),  |10,000;  damage,  |3,000;  insurance,  $3,000;  in- 
surance paid,  |1,S00.  Value  of  contents  of  The  John  B. 
Clarke  Co.,  |10,000;  damage,  $2G.83;  insurance,  $35,000; 
insurance  paid,  $26.83. 

Still.  Tuesday,  December  8,  5.40  a.  m.  Chimney  fire 
at  Xo.  59  Pearl  street.  No  damage.  Used  one  charge  of 
Pony. 

Box  82.  Wednesday,  December  0,  10.52  p.  m.  False 
alarm.  Companies  responding:  Engines  1,  4,  5,  Chemi- 
cal, Hose  1,  2,  Trucks  1,  5. 

Box  52.  Sunday,  December  13,  4.20  p.  m.  An  over- 
abundance of  smoke  in  the  old  flour  mill,  corner  of  Main 
street  and  the  North  Weare  Railroad,  caused  an  unneces- 
sary alarm.  No  damage.  Companies  responding:  En- 
gines 2,  6,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  G. 

Still.  Thursday,  December  17,  12.20  a.  m.  Chimney 
fire  at  No.  15  Pearl  street.  No  damage.  Used  one 
charge  of  Pony. 

Still.  Friday,  December  18,  1.40  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  block  owned  by  Michael  Connor,  No.  571  Elm  street. 
No  damage.     Used  two  charges  of  Pony. 

Box  21.  Sunday,  December  20,  1.20  p.  m.  Two-and-a- 
half-story  wooden  building,  owned  by  Kate  Cullity,  and 
occupied  by  Patrick  Barry  and  Edward  Douval,  at  No. 
115  Central  street.  The  fire  started  from  some  unknown 
cause  in  a  blind  attic  in  south  end  of  building,  where  it 


REPORT  OF  THE  FIRE  ENGINEER.         357 

was  wholly  confined.  Companies  responding:  Engines  1, 
3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of  building,  |2,- 
000;  damage,  |150;  insurance,  $1,000;  insurance  paid. 
$150.  Value  of  contents,  $300;  damage,  $15;  no  insur- 
ance. 

Still.  Wednesday,  December  23,  4.05  p.  m.  Chimney 
fire  in  John  Cashman's  block,  No.  34  Church  street.  No 
damage.     Used  two  charges  of  Pony. 

Still.  Thursday,  December  24,  6.10  a.  m.  Chimney 
fire  in  Washington  block,  No.  26  Pearl  street.  No  dam- 
age.    Used  one  charge  of  Ponj". 

Still.  Thursday,  December  24,  9.58  a.  m.  Chimney 
fire  in  block  owned  by  George  W.  Hamlin,  rear  of  No.  40 
Lake  avenue.     No  damage.     Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Still.  Friday,  December  25,  7.40  a.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  Union  block.  No.  22  Concord  street,  owned  by  George 
B.  and  Henry  Chandler.  No  damage.  Used  one  charge 
of  Pony. 

Still.  Sunday,  December  27,  1.02  p.  m.  Chimney  fire 
in  three-story  wooden  block  at  No.  25  Laurel  street, 
owned  by  Nason  Hall,  and  occupied  by  Charles  Brooks. 
Chemical  engine  responded.  No  damage.  Used  two 
charges  of  Pony. 

Still.  Monday,  December  28,  9.30  a.  m.  Tenement- 
block  owned  by  John  A.  Riddle,  rear  of  No.  25  Amherst 
street.  Plumbers  thawing  water-pipes  set  fire  to  straw 
packing.     No  damage.     Used  one  charge  of  Pony. 

Box  21.  Tuesday,  December  29,  12.12  p.  m.  Three- 
story  wooden  block  at  No.  236  Chestnut  street,  owned  by 
Irene  A.  and  Arthur  F.  Wheat,  and  occupied  by  Mrs. 
Mary  Linnehan.  Fire  originated  in  clothes-closet  from 
some  unknown  cause,  doing  but  little  damage.  Bos 
pulled  by  citizen.  Comj)anies  responding:  Engines  3.  4, 
Chemical,  Hose  1,  Trucks  1,  3.  Value  of  building,  $12,- 
000;  damage,  $36.95;  insurance,  $3,000;  insurance  paid, 


358  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

$36.95.  Value  of  contents,  $250;  damage,  $25;  no  insur- 
ance. 

Box  73.  Tuesday,  December  29, 12.31  p.  m.  Two-and-a 
half-story  liouse,  No.  177  Spruce  street,  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  John  Maloney.  An  overcoat  hanging  in  hall  took 
fire  from  a  smoker's  pipe.  No  damage  to  building.  Box 
pulled  by  Stephen  Maloney.  This  fire  occurring  before 
companies  responding  to  preceding  one  had  returned  to 
quarters,  all  "second  run"  apparatus  responded, — En- 
gines 1,  2,  3,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  2,  3,  Trucks  1,  3,  5.  Dam- 
age (to  coat  only),  $8;  no  insurance. 

Box  71.  Tuesday,  December  29,  11.05  p.  m.  False 
alarm.  Companies  responding:  Engines  3,  4,  Chemical, 
Hose  1,  Truck  3. 

Box  53.  Wednesday,  December  30,  7.13  p.  m.  This 
alarm  was  for  a  fire  in  Bedford,  for  barn  belonging  to  the 
heirs  of  George  Foster  on  River  road,  about  three  miles 
from  city  hall.  Box  pulled  by  citizen.  Companies  re- 
sponding: Engines  2,  6,  Chemical,  Hose  1,  Truck  G. 
Lieut.  Thomas  E.  Gorman,  of  Truck  6,  was  thrown  from 
the  truck  at  Clapp's  Corner,  and  injured  so  that  he  died 
almost  instantly. 

Number  of  bell  alarms 8fi 

Number  of  still  alarms 87 

Total 163 

Value  of  property  endangered $774,885.00 

Insurance  carried  on  same 420,750.00 

Damage  to  property  for  1896 $23,959.25 

Insurance  paid  on  same 21,027.05 

Net  loss  above  insurance  paid $2,932.20 


REPORT  OF  THE  FIRE  ENGINEER.  359 

The  several  companies  have  responded  to  alarms  as  fol- 
lows : 

Engine  No.  1 — 45  times.  Hose  Xo.  1 — 71  times. 

Engine  No.  2 — 19  times.  Hose  No.  2 — 26  times. 

Engine  No.  3 — 42  times.  Hose  No.  3 — 11  times. 

Engine  No.  4 — 47  times.  Truck  No.  1 — 49  times. 

Engine  No.  5 — 19  times.  Truck  No.  3 — 44  times. 

Engine  No.  6 — 21  times.  Truck  No.  5 — 20  times. 

Chemical — 91  times.  Truck  No.  6 — 17  times. 

Owing  to  Granite  bridge  being  gone,  there  were  eleven 
alarms  that  Engine  No.  2  did  not  respond  to,  which  they 
otherwise  would. 


Number   and    Location    of    Fire    Alarm    Boxes     and 

Keys. 

A  KEY  IS  ATTACHED  TO  Each  Box,  and  cau  be  had  by 
breaking  the  glass. 

No.  3.  Blood's  lower  shop.  Keys  at  oifices  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 
Oxford,  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.'s,  Palmer  &  Garmon's,  Street 
Kailway  stables,  and  office  of  Blodgett  &  Young's  block. 

No.  5.  Corner  of  Merrimack  and  Elm  streets.  Keys  at 
Tebbetts  &  Soule's  and  Currier's  drugstores,  and  Man- 
chester House. 

No.  6.  City  Hall.  Keys  at  Holland's  and  Thurston's 
drugstores,  J.  A.  Kiddle's  office,  and  residence  of  J.  L. 
Brock.  21  Amoskeag  Corporation. 

No.  7.  Police  station,  corner  of  Manchester  and  Chest- 
nut streets.  Keys  at  chief  of  police's  office  and  with  all 
police  officers. 


3G0  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

No.  8.  Corner  of  Elm  and  Ilollis  streets.  Keys  at  Ed- 
ward 0.  Smith's  and  Colby's  drugstores,  and  Partridge 
Bros.'  grain  store. 

No.  9.  Corner  of  Elm  and  Webster  streets.  Keys  at 
residences  of  Mrs.  H.  D.  Corliss,  J.  Freeman  Clougli,  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  residences  of  Welcome  Jencks  and  Mrs.  Lewis  Simons, 
No.  1  Senter's  block,  and  Gate's  grocery  store. 

No.  11.  Corner  of  Prospect  and  Union  streets.  Keys 
at  residences  of  Mrs.  W.  Ireland,  Mrs.  George  W.  Riddle, 
D.  J.  Adams,  E.  L.  liryant,  A.  H.  Olzendam,  and  Mrs. 
Thomas  Morgan. 

No.  15.  Corner  of  Pearl  and  Chestnut  streets.  Keys 
at  residences  of  Wiliam  B.  Corey,  Henry  W.  Shannon, 
and  J.  Fred  Chalker. 

No.  16.  Corner  of  Lowell  and  Union  streets.  Keys  at 
residences  of  Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  Bradley  and  R.  R.  Hassam. 

No.  17.  Corner  of  Amherst  and  Beech  streets.  Keys 
at  residences  of  Mrs.  H.  P.  Watts  and  Michael  Connor. 

No.  18.  Corner  of  Manchester  and  Maple  streets. 
Keys  at  residences  of  the  late  H.  E.  Stevens,  A.  N.  Baker, 
and  Mrs.  William  Perkins. 

No.  21.  Corner  of  Merrimack  and  Pine  streets.  Keys 
at  A.  D.  Smith's  drugstore,  J.  McKeon's  grocery  store,  A. 
L.  Walker's  office,  and  residence  of  James  F.  Gillis. 

No.  23.  Corner  of  Central  and  Beech  streets.  Keys  at 
residences  of  Eben  T.  James  and  Mrs.  Josiah  Stevens. 

No.  24.  Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  3  house,  corner  of 
Massabesic  street  and  Lake  avenue.  Keys  at  residence 
of  D.  ]\r.  Goodwin  and  station  of  Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3. 

No.  25.    Corner  of  Hanover  and  Ashland  streets.    Keys 


REPORT    OF   THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  361 

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  McCrillis'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,  the  late  A.  G.  Fair- 
banks, E.  S.  Fletcher,  William  Carr,  and  George  H.  Hub- 
bard. 

No.  28.    (To  be  placed  on  IMerriraack,  near  Beacon.) 

No.  31.  Corner  of  Canal  and  Hollis  streets,  Blood's 
shop.  Keys  at  office,  Amory  Mills,  Langdon  Mills  watch- 
rooms. 

No.  32.  Langdon  Mills  block,  corner  of  Canal  and 
Brook  streets.  Keys  at  the  Amoskeag  Paper  Company's 
mill,  Langdon  watchroom,  and  Electric  Light  station. 

No.  34.  Jefferson  Mill.  Keys  at  watchroom  and  pump- 
ing station. 

No.  35.    Stark  Mills.     Keys  at  watchroom. 

No.  36.    Amory  Mills.     Keys  at  watchroom. 

No.  39.    Hillsborough  county  jail.     Keys  at  office. 

No.  41.    Amoskeag  Mills.     Keys  at  watchroom. 

No.  42.    Manchester  Mills.     Keys  at  watchroom. 

No.  43.    Olzendam's  Mill.     Keys  at  watchroom. 

No.  45.  The  S.  C.  Forsaith  Co.'s  shops.  Keys  at 
freight  depot  and  S.  C.  Forsaith  Co.'s  office. 

No.  51.  Corner  of  Walker  and  Second  streets.  Keys 
at  stores  of  F.  Riedel  and  William  Weber. 

No.  52.  Barr's  brick  block,  West  Manchester.  Keys 
at  Fradd  &  Co.'s  and  A.  N.  Clapp's  stores,  Merrimack 
House,  and  Engine  No.  2  house. 

No.  53.  Wallace's  steam  mill.  Keys  at  Wallace's 
office,  I.  R.  Dewey's  tenement  block,  and  Ranno  Harness 
Co.'s  store. 


362  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Xo.  54.  Corner  of  A  and  South  Main  streets.  Keys  at 
residences  of  Lord  sisters,  Neil  Fullerton,  and  George  W. 
Davis's  store. 

Xo.  56.  Baldwin's  bobbin  shop.  Keys  at  Baldwin's 
office  and  residences  of  J.  C.  Smith,  E.  P.  Littlefield,  and 
with  watchman  at  works. 

Xo.  57.    (To  be  placed  at  Mast  road  near  D  street.) 

Xo.  61.  Corner  of  Kiver  road  and  Hancock  street,  Ba- 
kersville.  Keys  at  Mary  Stack's  saloon,  True  W.  Jones 
Co.'s  brewery,  store  of  John  A.  Kane,  and  Hose  3. 

Xo.  62.  Gerrish  Wool  &  Leather  Co.'s,  River  road. 
Keys  at  tannery,  the  Edw  in  Kennedy  house,  and  Hose  3. 

Xo.  71.  Corner  of  Cedar  and  Pine  streets.  Keys  at 
residences  of  T.  Collins,  Daniel  Sheehan,  Thomas  J. 
Smith,  Simon  McCarthy,  and  J.  J.  Toomey. 

Xo.  72.  Corner  of  Lake  avenue  and  Lincoln  street. 
Keys  at  residences  of  the  late  Austin  Jenkins,  James 
Briggs,  and  Clarence  D.  Palmer. 

Xo.  73.  Corner  of  Beech  and  Cedar  streets.  Keys  at 
residences  of  Kev.  J.  A.  Chevalier  and  Timothy  Carr. 

Xo.  81.  Central  Fire  Station,  Vine  street.  Keys  at 
all  the  engine  rooms. 

Xo.  82.  Old  City  Hotel,  corner  Lowell  and  Church 
streets.  Keys  at  Syndicate  Furniture  Co.'s,  Lowell- 
street  stable,  Xichols's  stable,  and  Fames  Bros.'  drug- 
store. 

Xo.  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. 

Xo.  113.  Corner  of  Oak  and  Prospect  streets.  Keys 
at  residences  of  Mrs.  William  B.  Abbott,  W.  X.  Johnson, 
and  E.  :M.  Topliff. 

Xo.  114.  Corner  of  Pearl  and  Ash  streets.  Keys  at 
residences  of  Mrs.  A.  P.  Olzendam,  G.  A.  Olzendam,  W.  S. 
Shannon,  and  John  J.  Bennett. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  363 

Xo.  115.  Corner  Gore  and  Ash  streets.  Keys  at  resi- 
dences of  James  A.  Eogers  and  Cyren  Bixby. 

Xo.  212.  Shoeshop,  Hallsville.  Keys  at  the  office  of 
the  shoe  factory  and  residences  of  Charles  C.  Chase,  G. 
,W.  Dearborn,  Mrs.  Milton  A.  Abbott,  M.  V.  B.  Garland, 
and  Walter  Cody's  block. 

No.  213.  Sash  and  blind  factory,  South  Beech  street, 
janction  of  Portsmouth  Railroad.  Keys  at  offices  of 
Austin,  Flint  &  Day  and  Dana  &  Provost. 

Xo.  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 
Silver  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  resi- 
dences of  G.  H.  Hill,  140  Jewett  street,  and  W.  B.  Brown, 
128  Jewett  street. 

No.  217.  Corner  Candia  road  and  Massabesic  street. 
Keys  at  residences  of  L.  M.  Streeter,  William  Gadbois, 
and  Charles  P.  Still. 

No.  263.  Pearl-street  grammar  school.  Keys  at  school 
room  and  residences  of  C.  E.  Rose,  S.  W.  Bascom,  and 
Charles  W.  Cheney,  Jr. 

No.  3i2.  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 
residences  of  Allen  Dean  and  Lawrence  M.  Connor,  Bou- 
thillier  &  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,  'Skeag.  Keys  at  Flanders's 
store.  Riverside  Hose  house,  and  D.  L.  Robinson's  resi- 
dence. 


364  ANNUAL  OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

jS'o.  321.  Corner  Beauport  and  Wayne  streets.  Keys 
at  Holy  Angels  Convent,  the  Brothers'  School,  and  resi- 
dences of  E.  n.  Doherty  and  Rev.  Father  Hevey. 

Xo.  323.  Corner  of  Putnam  and  Bartlett  streets. 
Keys  at  Albert  Oliver's  store,  P.  J.  Archambeault's  ba- 
kery, and  residence  of  Officer  Lewis  Clement. 

No.  324.  Amory  and  Laval  streets.  Key  at  residence 
of  Desire  Martin,  No.  494  Amory  street. 

No.  511.  Corner  of  Douglas  and  Green  streets.  Keys 
at  residences  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.  Eliza- 
beth Ward. 

Also,  keys  will  be  found  in  the  hands  of  all  regular  po- 
lice. 

The  true  time  will  be  given  at  precisely  12.30  p.  m.  from 
Charles  A.  Trefethen's  jewelry  store,  and  will  be  denoted 
bv  one  stroke  of  the  fire  bells. 


Telephone  Calls. 

Chemical  Engine,  Central  station G4  -3 

Chief  Engineer's  office 04-3 

Chief  Engineer's  residence 64-4 

Assistant  Engineer  Whitney's  residence 39-4 

Assistant  Engineer  Whitney's  office T3--3 

Assistant  Engineer  Merrill's  store  and  residence  212-3 

Engine  No.  2 64-2 

Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3 64-5 

Engine  and  Ladder  No.  5 64-6 

Engine  and  Ladder  No.  6 64-7 

Hose  No.  2. 116-4 

Hose  :N  o.  3 -3"-^ 


REPORT  OF  THE  FIRE  ENGINEER,  365 

Instructions  to  Key-holders  and  Citizens. 

1.  Upon  the  discovery  of  a  fire,  notice  should  be  imme- 
diately communicated  to  the  nearest  alarm  box,  the  keys 
to  which  are  in  the  hands  of  all  regular  police,  and  gener- 
ally of  persons  at  the  corner  or  nearest  house. 

2.  Key-holders,  upon  the  discovery  of  a  fire,  or  posi- 
tive information  of  a  fire,  will  unlock  the  box,  pull  down 
the  hook  once  as  far  as  it  will  go  (without  jerking),  and 
then  let  go.  Shut  the  door,  but  do  not  try  to  remove  the 
key,  as  it  is  locked  in  by  a  trap-lock,  and  can  only  be  re- 
moved with  a  release-key,  which  is  carried  by  each  of  the 
engineers,  and  they  will,  as  soon  as  convenient,  release 
and  return  it. 

3.  Ail  persons  giving  fire  alarms  are  requested  to  re- 
main by  the  box  a  moment,  and  if  no  clicking  is  heard  in 
the  box,  pull  again;  if  you  still  hear  no  clicking,  go  to  the 
next  nearest  box  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.  //  i/ou  change  your  resi- 
dence or  place  of  husiness,  where  the  keys  are  kept,  return  the 
keys  to  the  same  office. 

G.  Owners  and  occupants  of  buildings  are  requested 
to  inform  themselves  of  the  location  of  alarm-boxes  near 
their  property;  also  all  places  where  the  keys  are  kept. 
Be  sure  the  alarm  is  promptly  and  properly  given. 

7.  Alarms  will  be  sounded  upon  all  the  fire-bells  in  the 
city,  and  the  number  of  the  box  will  be  given  thus :  Box  6, 
six  blows,  2^  seconds  apart,  repeated  three  times.  Box 
212,  two  blows,  pause  of  6^  seconds,  one  blow,  same 
pause,  and  two  blows,  2 — 1 — 2,  repeated  three  times. 

8.  The  engineers  reserve  the  right  to  give  one  stroke 
of  the  bells  at  any  time;  and  in  case  of  testing  the  boxes, 
each  test  will  be  preceded  by  one  stroke  of  the  bells. 


TABLE 

SHOWING  THE  APPARATUS    CALLED    TO   DIFFERENT    BOXES  ON  FIRST,  SEC- 
OND, AND  THIRD  ALARMS. 


First  Alarm. 

Second  Alarm. 

Third  Alarm. 

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REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  367 

Rules  and  Regulations  in  Regard  to   Responding  to 
Fires  and  Alarms. 

The  following  rules  have  been  adopted  by  the  board  of 
engineers,  and  the  fire  department  will  strictly  comply 
until  otherwise  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  re- 
spective company  quarters,  and  there  remain  until  dis- 
missed 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  respond  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,  EXCEPT  IN  CASE  OF  ACCI- 
DENT, 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 


368  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

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  (80) 
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. 

Captains,  or  commanding  officers,  upon  return  from 
alarms  will  report  to  headquarters  immediately,  person- 
ally or  by  telephone,  after  apparatus  is  "made  up"  and 
ready  for  duty. 

THIRD  ALARM. 

Ox  THIRD  ALARM  all  apparatus  will  respond. 

GENERAL  ALARM. 

In  the  event  of  a  fire  of  such  magnitude  that  second 
pnd  third  alarms  are  needed,  a  general  alarm  will  be 
given  by  striking  ten  blows,  in  which  case  all  companies 
will  respond. 

SPECIAL  CALLS  OX  FIRE  ALARM. 

When  more  apparatus  is  wanted  without  giving  a  sec- 
ond or  third  alarm  ,  the  following  special  calls  will  be 
given : 

2 — 1  for  Engine  1.        1 — 1 — 1  for  Aerial  Truck. 
2—2  for  Engine  2.        3—3  for  Truck  3. 
9_a  for  Engine  3.        3—5  for  Truck  5. 
2—4  for  Engine  4.       3— G  for  Truck  6. 
2 — 5  for  Engine  5.        4— JL  for  Hose  1. 
2—6  for  Engine  6.       4—2  for  Hose  2. 

4—3  for  Hose  3. 
Companies  answering  "special  calls"  will  wait  thirty 
seconds  before  leaving  quarters,  to  prevent  mistakes. 


REPORT  OF  THE  FIRE  ENGINEER,         369 
OUT  OF  TOWN  CALL. 

For  a  fire  out  of  the  city  2 — 2 — 2,  in  which  case  all  com- 
panies will  assemble  at  their  respective  quarters  and 
await  orders. 

ALL   OUT   SIGNAL. 

Two  blows  on  the  bells,  which  dismisses  all  members  at 
company  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. 

TEST  SIGNAL. 

One  blow  at  12.30  noon. 

SCHOOL  SIGNALS. 

1 — 1,  with  fifteen  seconds  between  blows,  closes  pri- 
mary 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  car- 
riages, hose  wagons,  hook-and-ladder  trucks,  and  all 
other  apparatus  connected  with  this  department,  to  exer- 
cise 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: 

24 


370  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

CENTRAL  STATION. 

North  to  Pearl  street.  East  to  Union  street. 

South  to  Merrimack  street.    West  to  Elm  street. 

NORTH   MAIN-STREET   STATION. 

North  to  Adams  street.       East  to  Main  street. 
South  to  Granite  street.     West  to  Dubuque  street. 

LAKE   AVENUE    STATION. 

North  to  Manchester  street.  East  to  Belmont  street. 
South  to  Summer  street.       West  to  Maple  street. 

MAPLE-STREET    STATION. 

North  to  Myrtle  street.  East  to  Linden  street. 

South  to  Hanover  street.       West  to  Union  street. 

WEBSTER-STREET    STATION. 

North  to  Clarke  street.  East  to  Union  street. 

South  to  Pennacook  street.    West  to  Elm  street. 

RIMMON-STREBT   STATION    (mCGREGORVILLB). 

North  to  Kelley  street.  East  to  Beauport  street. 

South  to  Wayne  street.         West  to  Rimmon  street. 

BAKERSVILLE    STATION. 

North  to  bridge  over  B.  &     East  to  Calef  road. 

M.  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,  ex- 
cept for  shoeing  and  in  case  of  fire,  without  permission 
from  the  chief  or  an  assistant  engineer. 


REPORT    OP   THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  371 

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 
quarters. 

Any  driver  violating  these  rules  will  be  liable  to  sus- 
pension 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  visitors  and  citizens  courteously,  answer  all 
questions  in  a  gentlemanly  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  10  o'clock  p.  m. 

All  games  must  cease  at  10  o'clock  p.  m.,  and  the  sta- 
tions be  closed  at  that  hour,  to  permit  the  permanent  men 
and  those  detailed  to  sleep  in  the  station,  to  retire  undis- 
turbed. 

None  of  the  stations  will  be  open  after  the  above  hour 
(excepting  in  case  of  an  alarm  of  fire)  without  permission 
of  the  chief  or  a  member  of  the  board  of  engineers. 

Stations  may  be  kept  open  Saturday  evenings  until 
11  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  uni- 


372  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

form,  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  mem- 
ber of  the  fire  department,  or  who  is  intoxicated  or  visits 
places  where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold,  while  on  duty, 
shall  be  suspended,  or  discharged,  as  the  board  of  engi- 
neers 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  en- 
gineers. 

The  permanent  men  shall  exercise  a  careful  supervi- 
sion over  the  sleeping  apartments,  see  that  the  rooms  are 
put  in  order  and  the  beds  made  as  early  as  11  o'clock  a.  m., 
and  that  the  bedding  is  changed  at  suitable  intervals. 
The  occupants  of  each  bed  will  be  held  responsible  for  the 
cleanliness  of  the  same,  and  held  strictly  accountable  for 
any  damage  to  either  bed  or  bed  clothing  through  care- 
lessness. After  10  p.  M.  occupants  shall  refrain  from 
loud  talking  or  in  any  manner  disturbing  the  rest  of  any 
who  have  retired. 


Absent  from  City  or  Station. 

No  permanent  member  shall  leave  his  station  to  visit 
any  section  of  the  city  without  permission  of  the  chief  or 
an  assistant  engineer,  or  leave  the  city,  or  be  granted 
leave  of  absence,  without  notifying  the  chief  engineer 
and  procuring  a  substitute  to  his  acceptance,  and  the  sub- 
stitute shall  be  on  duty  before  the  applicant  leaves  his 
post. 

Any  call  mcmhcr  expecting  to  he  absent  from  the  city  shall 
notify  the  captain  of  his  company,  and  before  leaving  the  city 
shall  procure  a  substitute  satisfactory  to  said  captain. 

Any  member  of  the  department  not  complying  with  the 
above  rules  shall  be  liable  to  suspension  or  expulsion 
from  the  department. 


REPORT    OF   THE    FIRE    ENGINEER. 
DAYS  OFF. 


373 


Name. 


Hall 

Harvey 

Barker 

Parsons* .. . . 

Gould 

Truell 

Rowe 

Dyer 

Denyou 

Pherson 

Porter 

Richardson. 

Forsaith 

Piper  

Wheeler 

McLeod 


Company. 


Engine  1. 
1. 
"         1. 
Hose  1. 
Engine  4. 
4. 
"         4. 
Truck  1. 
"      1. 
•'      1. 
Chemical  1. 
"         1. 
Engine  &  Ladder  3, 
"       3, 
"  "      3, 

«  <>       3 


17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 


Name. 


Porter 

Seaward 

Morse 

Smith 

Cann 

Hubbell 

Morrill 

Lane 

Whitcomb  .. 

Edgar 

Foster 

Cann 

Crosby* 

Rogers* 

Sloan* 


Company. 


Eng.  &  Ladder  3. 
Hose  2. 

Eng.  &  Ladder  5. 
"  "         3. 

''  "         5. 

••         5. 
Engine  2. 
"        2. 
"        2. 
Eng.  &  Ladder  6. 


Hose  3. 
"     3. 


*  In  February  Crosby  will  take  the  16th,  and  Rogers  the  26th;  in  Jnly 
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  mem- 
bers will  not  leave  their  station  until  the  arrival  of 
the  spare  driver.  They  must  report  prompthj  at  7 
o'clock  the  following  morning  for  duty. 

Those  whose  breakfast  hour  is  6  o'clock  will  remain  at 
station  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 


374  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

members  are  in  town,  they  will  be  expected  to  report  for 
duty. 

On  the  "day  off"  of  the  engineer  of  a  steamer,  the  as- 
sistant engineer  shall,  on  his  arrival  at  the  fire,  act  as  en- 
gineer. 

The  time  of  change  from  -first  and  second  run  will  be 
made  at  7  o'clock  a.  m. 


Entering  Buildings  witii  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,  due 
care  being  exercised  as  to  whether  their  services  are 
needed. 


ESTIMATED  VALUE  OF  PROPERTY. 
Engine  No.  1 . 

LOCATED  ON  VINE  STREET. 

1  first-size  Amoskeag  steamer 14,000.00 

1  one-horse  wagon 400.00 

3  gray  horses  for  steamer 685.00 

1  gray  horse  for  hose  wagon 225.00 

4  swinging  harnesses 200.00 

1  pair  double  exercise  harnesses 50.00 

1  single  exercise  harness 40.00 


REPORT  OF  THE  FIRE  ENGINEER.  375 

2,000  feet  fabric  hose |1 100.00 

Stable  fixtures,  blankets,  etc 80.00 

Tools,  furniture,  and  fixtures 200.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 200.00 


Total  amount $7,110.00 


Engine  No,  2. 


LOCATED  AT  NORTH  MAIN  STREET,  'SQUOG. 

1  second-size  Amoskeag  steamer $4,000.00 

1  hose  wagon 600.00 

1  exercise   wagon,   poles,   shafts,   and   3- 

horse  hitch 340.00 

3  bay  horses  for  steamer G17.00 

1  pair  gray  horses  for  hose  wagon 450.00 

3  exercise  harnesses,  2  at  $40, 1  at  $20 100.00 

5  swinging  harnesses 250.00 

1  double  sled 60.00 

3,200  feet  fabric  hose 1,760.00 

Stable  fixtures  and  blankets 94.00 

Furniture,  fixtures,  carpets,  etc 466.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 150.00 

Total  amount $8,887.00 


Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3. 

LOCATED  ON  LAKE  AVENUE,  CORNER  MASSABESIO  STREET. 

1  second-size  Amoskeag  steamer $3,500.00 

1  two-horse  hose  wagon 400.00 

1  two-horse  truck  and  equipments 1,700.00 

1  three-horse  hitch  attachment  (extra) . . .  200.00 


376  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

1  pair  black  horses  for  steamer $417.00 

1  pair  bay  horses  for  hose  wagon 400.00 

1  pair  bay  horses  for  truck 400.00 

3  exercise  harnesses,  2  at  |50, 1  at  $40 140.00 

6  swinging  harnesses 300.00 

3,200  feet  fabric  hose 1,760.00 

Stable  fixtures,  blankets,  etc 80.00 

Beds,  bedding,  carpets,  hall  furniture,  etc.  575.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 200.00 

1  exercise  wagon 292.50 

Total  amount $10,364.50 


Engine  No.  4. 


LOCATED  ON  VINE  STREET. 


1  first-size  Amoskeag  steamer $4,200.00 

1  hose  wagon 400.00 

3  horses  for  steamer 600.00 

1  horse  for  hose  wagon 200.00 

3  exercise  harnesses 60.00 

4  swinging  harnesses 200.00 

2,600  feet  fabric  hose 1,430.00 

Hall,  furniture,  beds,  bedding,  etc 275.00 

Stable  fixtures  and  blankets 75.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 150.00 

Total  amount $7,590.00 


Engine  and  Ladder  No.  5. 

LOCATED  ON  WEBSTER  STREET,  CORNER  CHESTNUT. 

1  third-size  Amoskeag  steamer $3,600.00 

1  two-wheeled  Amoskeag  hose  carriage. .  600.00 


REPORT    OF   THE   FIRE    ENGINEER.  377 

1  steel  frame  ladder  truck |l,6o0.00 

1  pair  bay  horses  for  steamer 500.00 

1  pair  bay  horses  for  truck 400.00 

1  bay  horse  for  hose  carriage 200.00 

1  exercise  wagon 325.00 

1  double  sled 50.00 

5  swinging  harnesses 250.00 

2  pairs  exercise  harnesses 100.00 

2,300  feet  fabric  hose 1,265.00 

Bedding,  furniture,  tools,  etc 247.00 

Stable  fixtures,  blankets,  etc 90.00 

Firemen's  suits,  badges,  etc 200.00 

Total  amount $9,477.00 


Engine  and  Ladder  No.  6. 

LOCATED  AT  CORNER  AMORY  AND  RIMMON  STREETS. 

1  second-size  Amoskeag  steamer $3,500.00 

1  hook-and-ladder  truck  (with  Bangor  ex- 
tension)   1,680.00 

1  one-horse  carriage 600.00 

2  gray  horses  for  steamer 400.00 

2  bay  horses  for  truck. 267.00 

1  gray  horse  for  hose  carriage 200.00 

5  swinging  harnesses 250.00 

2,000  feet  fabric  hose 1,100.00 

Hall  furniture,  carpets,  beds,  bedding,  etc.  375.00 

Stable  fixtures,  blankets,  etc 85.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 187.00 

•   1  exercise  wagon 290.50 

Total  amount |8,935.50 


378  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Hose  No.  1 . 

LOCATED    ON    VINE    STREET. 

1  four-wheeled  Amoskeag  hose  carriage  |600.00 

2  horses 500.00 

2  single  harnesses 70.00 

1  single  sled 40.00 

1  hose  sled 20.00 

2,300  feet  fabric  hose 1,265.00 

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 $2,925.00 


Hose  No.  2. 

LOCATED  ON  MAPLE   STREET,   CORNER  EAST  HIGH. 

1  four-wheeled  Amoskeag  hose  carriage..  $600.00 

1  bay  horse 100.00 

1  exercise  harness 30.00 

1     swinging  harness 50.00 

1  exercise  wagon 325.00 

1,900  feet  fabric  hose 1,045.00 

150  feet  leather  hose 60.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 100.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 120.00 

Total  amount $2,410.00 


Hose  No.  3. 

LOCATED    ON    SOUTH    ELM    STREET,    BAKERSVILLE. 

1    combination  hose  wagon  (with  ladders)     $1,000.00 

1  pair  gray  horses 400.00 

1  pair  swinging  harnesses 100,00 


REPORT    OF   THE    FIRE    ENGINEER.  379 

1  pair  exercise  harnesses |50.00 

1  exercise  wagon 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. 

1  serial  hook-and-l adder  truck $4,200.00 

3  horses 800.00 

3  exercise  harnesses 50.00 

3  swinging  harnesses 150.00 

2  extra  Bangor  extension  ladders 360.00 

7  rubber  blanket  covers 168.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 200.00 

Beds,  bedding,  and  furniture 75.00 

Stable  fixtures  and  blankets 60.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 150.00 


Total  amount $6,153.00 


Chemical  Engine  No.  1. 

LOCATED  ON  VINE  STREET. 

1  double  tank  (GO  gallons  each)  engine $2,250.00 

1  pair  black  horses 400.00 

1  pair  exercise  harnesses 50.00 

1  pair  swinging  harnesses 100.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 75.00 

Stable  fixtures  and  blankets 50.00 

Firemen's  suits  and  badges 35.00 


Total  amount $2,960.00 


380  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


Supply  Wagon. 


1  supply  wagon,  with  boxes   and    engineers' 

lanterns |2o0.00 


Spare  Hose. 

AT  CENTRAL  STATION,  VINE  STREET. 

200  feet  leather  hose $100.00 

500  feet  fabric  hose 275.00 


Total  amount $375.00 


Exercise  Wagon. 

AT  CENTRAL  STATION,  VINE  STREET. 

1  four-wheeled    exercise     wagon    with   pole, 

shafts,  three-horse  hitch,  and  coal  boxes..       $350.00 


E.  W.  Harrington  Steam  Fire  Engine. 

STORED  AT  SHEDS  OF  ENGINE  NO.  2. 

Old  U  tank  Amoskeag  engine  (may  be  worth 

for  exchange) $250.00 


Engineers'  Department. 

5  engineers'  white  rubber  coats $37.50 

Furniture  and  fixtures 150.00 

Total  amount $187.50 


REPORT    OF   THE    FIRE   ENGINEER.  381 

Riverside  Hose  Co.  No.  5. 

LOCATED  AT  CORNER  OF  OLD  FALLS  ROAD  AND  FRONT  STREET. 

1  four-wheeled  hose  carriage 1400.00 

800  feet  leather  hose 300.00 

2  hose-pipes,  spanners,  etc 40.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 10.00 

Total  amount $750.00 


Hallsville  (  Independent  )    Hose. 

1  two-wheeled  hose  carriage '. |30.00 

500  feet  leather  hose 150.00 

Nozzle,  wrenches,  etc 15.00 

Total  amount -. .  |195.00 


Goffe's  Falls  Hose  Carriage. 

LOCATED    AT    DEVONSHIRE    MILLS. 

1  two-wheeled  hose  carriage |30.00 

2  hose-pipes 10.00 


Total  amount |40.00 

Pond  Road  Hose  Carriage. 

LOCATED  IN   BASEMENT  OF  W.   P.   FARMER'S   BARN. 

1  two-wheeled  hose-carriage $30.00 

500  feet  leather  hose 150.00 

Total  amount $180.00 


382 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Sleeping-Hall. 


AT  CENTRAL  STATION,  VINE  STREET. 

6  beds,  bedding,  wardrobes,  etc 


Extra  Horse. 


1  steel  gray  horse. 


Fire  Alarm  Telegraph. 

At  cost,  including  additions  previous  to  1885. 

Kemodeling  in  1885 

Additions  in  1886 

in  1887 

in  1888 

in  1889 

in   1890 

in  1891 

in  1892 

in  1893.. 

in  1894 

in  1895 

in  1896 

"Individual  Tapper"  system 

Wire,  ladders,  arms,  brackets,  etc 


$260.00 


1175.00 


121,625.00 
6,000.00 
775.00 
375.00 
575.00 
430.00 
300.00 
280.00 
150.00 
500.00 
250.00 
500.00 
410.00 
3,000.00 

, .      150.00 


Total $35,310.00 


Recapitulation. 

Engine  No.  1 $7,110.00 

Engine  No.  2 8,887.00 

Engine  and  Ladder  No.  3 10,364.50 


REPORT    OF   THE    FIRE    ENGINEER. 


383 


Engine  No.  4 |7,590.00 

Engine  and  Ladder  No.  5 9,477.00 

Engine  and  Ladder  No.  6 8,935.50 

Harrington  Engine  (old) 250.00 

Hose  No.  1 2,925.00 

Hose  No.  2 2,410.00 

Hose  No.  3 2,930.00 

Hook-a^d-Ladder  No.  1 6,153.00 

Chemical  No.  1 2,960.00 

Supply  wagon 250.00 

Spare  hose 375.00 

Exercise  wagon  (Central  station) 350.00 

Engineer's  department 187.50 

Eiverside  Hose  No.  5 750.00 

Hallsville  Hose 195.00 

Goffe's  Falls  Hose 40.00 

Pond  road  Hose 180.00 

Sleeping  Hall 260.00 

Extra  horse 175.00 

Fire-Alarm  Telegraph 35,310.00 

Total 1108,064.50 

BOARD  OF  ENGINEERS. 


Name. 


Rank. 


Occupation. 


Residence. 


Thomas  W.  Lane Chief 

Fred  S.  Bean \  Asst.  and  clerk 

Ruel  G.  Manning Assistant 

Eugene  S.  Whitney "  

Clarence  R.  Merrill «'  


Machinist 

Carpenter 

Supt.  Elec.  Light 
Grain  dealer  .... 


1937  Elm. 
102  Orange. 
55  Douglas. 
N.  River  road. 
414  Merrimack 


384 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


ENGINE  COMPANY  NO  1. 

House,  28  Vine  Street. 


o 

Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

7 

Charles  F.  McCoy 

Captain 

Machinist 

50  Mechanic. 

8 

Frank  E.  Stearns 

Lieutenant 

Paper  hanger.... 

289  Lake  ave. 

18 

James  L.  Brock 

Clerk 

Tinsmith 

21  Market. 

6 

Cliarles  F.  Hall 

Engineer 

Engineer 

28  Vine. 

13 

Joseph  H.  Gould 

Asst.  engineer 

Machinist 

78  Lowell. 

11 

Frank  H.  Harvey 

Driver  engine. . 

Teamster 

28  Vine. 

12 

Artemas  C.  Barker  .. . 

Driver  hose.... 

it 

28  Vine. 

43 

Frank  B.  Marston 

Hoseman 

Carpenter 

14  Mechanic. 

15 

Thomas  J.  Wyatt 

'•       

i« 

26  Mechanic. 

9 

Lewis  G.  Bryant 





1451  Elm. 

10 

Fred  A.  Lang 

,, 

Machinist. . . .  1 .. . 

43  Nashua. 

17 

Melvin  Walker 

.'        

Carpenter 

43  Nashua. 

19 

Charles  H.  Eraser 

"       



9  Mechanic. 

14 

Edgar  A.  Young 

"       

Clerk .' 

369  Merrimack 

REPORT   OF    THE   FIRE    ENGINEER. 


385 


ENGINE  COMPANY  NO.  2. 
House  on  North  Main  Street,  'Squog. 


a. 

Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

71 

Charles  G.  Ranno 

Captain 

Harness-maker. . 

270  So.  Main. 

68 

George  P.  Ames 

Lieutenant 

Supt.  Streets.... 

226  No.  Main. 

76 
120 

Jdremiali  Lane 

Harry  C.  Morrill 

Clerk  and  dri- 
ver of engine. 
Engineer 

Teamster 

Engineer 

210  No.  Main. 
53  Beauport. 

119 

Stephen  Thomas 

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 

« 

•  • 

86  School. 

77 

Daniel  B.  Emery 

"       

Machinist 

Williams. 

73 

Charles  S.  Cousins  — 

"       

Harness-maker. . 

323  Douglas. 

74 

Thomas  C.  Foote 

<< 

Wool  sorter 

56  No.  Main. 

66 

Joseph  H.  Alsop 

"       

Wool  waste  sort'r 

54  Douglas. 

70 

Chas.  M.  Tewksbury. . 

"       

Clerk  B  &  M  R  R 

113  Parker. 

67 

"       

Truckman 

431  Granite. 

386 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


ENGINE  AND  LADDER  COMPANY"  NO.  3. 
Hov.se  on  Lake  Avenue,  corner  Massabesic, 


to  . 

Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

86 

Frank  F.  Porter 

Captain 

Manufacturer  . . . 

330  E.  Spruce. 

97 

Lieut,  engine.. 
Lieut,  of  truck 

98 

John  N.  Chase 

Overseer 

2G8  Bridge. 

89 

Parker  R.  Brown 

Clerk 

Clerk 

121 

George  B.  Forsaith .... 

Engineer 

Engineer 

455  Hanover. 

123 

John  P.  Walker 

Asst.  engineer 

Machinist 

430  Lake  ave. 

87 

Geo.  H.  Wheeler 

Driver  engine. 

Teamster 

384 E.  Spruce. 

81 

William  S.  McLeod... . 

Driver  hose  . . . 

'    "          

415  Lake  ave. 

82 

Lyman  W.  Piper 

Driver  truck . . 

Dresser 

398  Merrimack 

114 

Carpenter  

Clerk 

110 

Albert  W.  Smith 

331  Merrimack 

84 

Walter  M.  Moulton .... 

„ 

Plumber 

367  Hanover. 

80 

Clarence  Hackett 



Laundryman  — 

401  Central. 

1      85 

JohnW.  Finn 

.< 

Painter 

501  Wilson. 

88 

George  Taylor 

Mechanic 

382  Lake  ave. 

78 

George  Dunnington.. . 



Harness -maker.. 

510  Wilson. 

79 

Lewis  N.  Dufrain 

Orren  S.  Coburn 

Edson  F.  Wyman 



373  Hall. 

148 

Clerk 

386  Central. 

153 

Manufacturer.... 

389  Lake  ave. 

105 

Herbert  E.  Dunbar  . . . 

11 

Clerk 

310  Maple. 

REPORT    OF   THE   FIRE    ENGINEER. 


387 


ENGINE  COMPANY  NO.  4. 

House,  Ko.  20  Vine  Street. 


a. 

-3  0 
P3 

NAME. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

20 

Lucius  B.  Snelling  — 

Captain 

Pharmacist 

103  Walnut. 

28 

John  H.  Wales,  Jr 

Lieutenant 

Brick  mason.... 

19  M.  S.  B. 

3S 

Thomas  W.  Lane,  Jr.. 

Clerk 

Electrician 

1937  Elm. 

21 

Edgar  G.  Abbott 

Engineer 

Machinist 

12  Linden. 

27 

Edward  Sargent 

Asst.  Engineer 

Machinist 

20  Vine. 

152 

Charles  H.  Rogers  .... 

Driver  engine. 

Teamster 

20  Vine. 

29 

Ellsworth  V.  Rowe. . . 

Driver  of  hose. 

Teamster 

20  Vine. 

22 

Walter  A.  Clarkson. . . 

Hoseman 

Carpenter 

Walnut. 

?,0 

Frank  B.  Stevens 

,> 

Clerk 

20  Gore. 

''S 

George  Thompson  — 
Harvey  E.  Harris 

,( 

Clerk 

85  Walnut 

24 

i< 

Laundryraan 

414Manohest'r 

32 

Luther  A.  Knight 



Engineer 

16  Stark. 

30 

James  C.  Newton 

(1 

Machinist 

20  Vine. 

26 

Alfred  Gustafson 

<i 

Machinist 

20  Vine. 

388 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


ENGINE  AND  LADDER  COMPANY  NO.  5. 
Jlouse,  No.  44  Webster  Street. 


49 

101 

162 

46 

102 

42 

125 

124 

S3 

47 

95 

126 

108 

123 

99 

41 

160 

161 

158 

159 


Name. 


Charles  W.  Brown. . . . 

Milo  B.  Wilson 

George  N.  Burpee 

Woodbury  Davison... 

Walter  Morse 

Daniel  W.  Morse 

EmilH.  Smith 

Benjamin  C.  Cann 

Ernest  E.  Hubbell .... 

Russell  Cilley 

Edward  H.  Clough. . . 

Alvin  McLane 

Edward  L.  Towle — 

Charles  H.  Gile 

Will  G.  Eraser 

Frank  A.  Kinne 

George  E.  Badger — 

Irving  S.  Bryant 

Andrews.  Eantom.. 
Clarence  D.  Parker. . 


Rank. 


Captain 

Lieutenant — 


Clerk 

Engineer 

Asst.  engineer 
Driver  engine 
Driver  truck  . 
Driver  hose  . . 
Hoseman 


Occupation. 


Clerk 

Mason 

Electrician . 
Carpenter .. 
Machinist.. . 
Engineer  ... 
Teamster... 


Clerk 


Carpenter . . . . 

Clerk 

Carpenter  

Dresser 

Machinist — 
Steam-fitter.. 
Second-hand. 
Cigar-maker. 
Clerk 


Residence. 


16  Hazel. 

44  Blodget. 
136  Sagamore. 
817  Union. 
54  Appleton. 
1419  Elm. 
44  Webster. 
44  Webster. 
44  Webster. 
863  Chestnut. 
859Ctjestnut. 
15  Liberty. 
72  N.Adams. 
896  Union. 
655  Chestnut. 
75  Sagamore. 
46  Upper  Canal 
884  Union. 
1443  Elm. 
31  N.  Adams. 


REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE    ENGINEER. 


389 


ENGINE  AND  LADDER  COMPANY  NO.  6. 
House  on  Amory  and  Rinimon  Streets. 


n 

Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

140 

Frank  W.  Tibbetts — 

Captain 

Loom-fixer 

313  Cartier. 

147 

Jame8  A.  Farley 

Lieut,  engine.. 

Machinist 

385  Dubuque. 

130 

Thomas  E.  Gorman*.. 

Lieut,  truck ... 

Loom-flxer 

356  Rimmon. 

134 

Alpbonso  E.  Foster. . . 

Clerk  &  driver 

Carpenter 

Engine-house. 

133 

Engineer 

Asst.  engineer. 

Engineer 

Machinist 

it           11 

133 

Alcide  Provencher... . 

516  Beauport. 

135 

George  A.  Cann 

Driver  hose  . . . 

Steam-fltter 

Engine-house. 

136 

Henry  C.  Crosby 

Driver  truck  . . 

Teamster 

" 

129 

Hoseman 

624  N.  Main. 

138 

Thos.  F.  Fitzsimmons 

258  Beauport. 
268  Beauport. 

141 

John  J.  Conroy 

Blacksmith 

142 

Frank  St.  John 

Marble  finisher  . 

5  Barr. 

143 

Henry  Stein....  

Blacksmith 

467  Hevey. 

141 

Arthur  Provost 



Wool  sorter 

516  Beauport. 

145 

John  E.  Herring 

Loom-flxer 

402  Rimmon. 

ni 

John  C.  Gemmell 

William  H.  Marshall. . 

71  Conant. 

137 

366  Douglas. 

T'8 

John  H.  McCabe 

Gideon  Belisle 

Richard  F.  Galway .... 



Clerk 

310  N.  Main. 

139 

370  Cartier. 

146 

Cigar-m  aker 

460  N.  Main. 

*  Thomas  E.  Gorman  killed  December  30. 


390 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


HOSE  COMPAXY  XO.  1. 
House,  Ko.  26  Vine  Street. 


sc  • 

-C  0 

Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

36 

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.  Willey 

Andrew  S.  Heath 

George  W.  Snadden... 

Captain 

Lieutenant 

Clerk 

21  Ash. 

38 
48 

Carpenter 

Teamster 

Carpenter 

Belt  maker 

Electrician 

Clerk 

279  Laurel. 
499  Beech. 

37 

16  Prospect. 
39  M.  S.B. 
274  Laurel. 
3  M.  S.  B. 

28  M.  S.  B. 
21  Ash. 

52 
53 
35 
45 
51 

Hoseman 

(1 

34 
50 

Mechanic 

Clerk 

205  Hanover. 
283  East  Hi'^h 

39 

Plumber 

373  Bridge. 

HOSE  COMPANY  NO.  2. 
Bouse  on  Maple  Street,  corner  East  High. 


9 

l>5 

Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

54 

John  F.  Seaward 

Captain 

Carpenter  

27  Warren. 

55     Revilo  G.  Houghton  . . 

Lieutenant  — 

Gas  fitter 

288  Bridge. 

59 

Jos.  W.  Batchelder.... 

Clerk 

Carpenter 

521  Maple. 

57 

Walter  Seaward 

Julien  B.  Huntley 

Charles  W.  Powell  ... 

Teamster 

521  Maple. 

63 

Hoseman 

35  Dutton. 

60 

Carpenter 

540  Jlaple. 

61 

Addison  Seaward 





255  Bridge. 

66 

Arthur  B.  Merrill 





327  Amherst. 

63 

James  A.  Rogers. . .-. . . 

<i 



761  Beech. 

65 

58 

„ 

245  Lowell. 

Thomas  Smith 

Carpenter 

24  So\ith. 

64 

Melvin  W.  Worthen. . 

"         

"         

21  South. 

REPORT    OF    THE    FIRE   ENGINEER, 


391 


HOSE  COMPANY  NO.  3. 

House,  South  Elm  Street. 


Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

150 

FredS.  Sloan 

Elmer  R.  Laing 

Frank  J.  Dustin 

Captain 

Clerk 

Fireman 

23  Elm. 

151 

34  Brown  ave. 
21  Elm. 

31 

Driver 

153 

James  H.  McKenzie. . 

Hoseman 

Sash-maker 

Elm. 

154 

William  P.  Hall 



II       ii 

128  Calef  road 

155 

Henry  O.  Follansbee. 



Gas-maker 

205  Elm. 

156 

William  E.  Pierson  . . 



Foreman 

122  Willow. 

157 

Frank  D.  Hardy 

<t 

Yard  brakeman. 

20  Cheney  pic 

CHEMICAL  ENGINE  COMPANY  NO.  1. 
House,  No.  S  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... 

355  Lake  ave. 

44 

Asa  W.  Gage  *  



Lineman 

239  Beauport. 

*  Detailed  as  driver  of  supply  wagon. 


392 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


HOOK-AND-LADDER  COMPANY  NO.  1. 
House  18  Vine  Street. 


tin  , 

Name. 

Rank. 

Occupation. 

Residence. 

111 

Captain 

Lieutenant... 

92 

Oscar  P.  Stone 

Clerk 

312Maiichest'r 

90 

Henry  Johnson 

Clerk 

Steam-fitter .... 

316  Walnut. 

94 

Charles  M.  Denyou.. 

Driver 

Teamster 

18  Vine. 

91 

Jerome  J.  Levering.. 

Fireman 

Carpenter  

175  Hanover. 

104 

Harrison  H.  Cole 

ii 

11 

45  M.  S.  B. 

109 

George  M.  Jones 

" 

Gardener  

25  Prospect. 

107 

,1 

18  Vine 

113 

Charles  II.  Laxon 

<i 

Carpenter 

13Ray. 

100 

Frank  M.  Frisselle... 



Reporter  

454  Pine. 

112 

Chas.  A.  Butterfield.. 

«i 

Carpenter  

26  Vine. 

118 

Frank  A.  Pherson 



Machinist 

IS  Vine. 

93 

Fred  W.  Bond 



Loom-fixer 

46  Stark. 

106 

Benj.  F.  Marsh 

t( 

Carpenter 

1480  Elm. 

96 

Louis  F.  Kettle 



"        

40  Orange. 

REPORT 


TRUSTEES  OF  THE  CITY  LIBRARY. 


REPORT 


TRUSTEES  OF  THE  CITY  LIBRARY. 


To  the  City  Councils  of  the  City  of  Manchester: 

The  Trustees  of  the  City  Library  herewith  respectfully 
present  their  forty-third  annual  report  of  the  affairs  of 
the  library,  and  with  the  same  the  report  made  to  them 
by  the  treasurer  of  the  board,  containing  a  statement  of 
the  sums  received  and  the  expenditures  made  by  him  in 
their  behalf,  from  the  funds  in  their  possession  and  under 
their  control;  and  also  the  report  of  the  librarian  to  the 
board,  giving  in  detail  the  statistics  of  the  operation  of 
the  library  during  the  year. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer  shows  that  during  the  year 
the  sum  of  thirteen  hundred  and  one  dollars  and  six  cents 
has  been  expended  for  the  purchase  of  books,  and  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  and  seventy-seven  dollars  and  forty-one 
cents  for  the  purchase  of  periodicals,  making  a  total  ex- 
penditure for  both  these  purposes  of  fourteen  hundred 
and  seventy-eight  dollars  and  forty-seven  cents. 

Of  the  amount  expended  for  the  purchase  of  books,  the 
sum  of  sixty-five  dollars  and  twenty-eight  cents  was  used 
to  purchase  books  to  replace  those  worn  out  and  with- 
drawn from  circulation;  and  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and 
ninety-six  dollars  and  ninety-three  cents  was  taken  from 

395 


396  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

the  income  of  the  Dean  fund  and  used  for  the  purchase  of 
books  for  that  department  of  the  library.  Excluding 
these  two  items,  the  sum  expended  for  the  purchase  of 
new  books  was  seven  hundred  and  thirty-eight  dollars 
and  eighty-five  cents;  and  leaving  a  balance  in  the  hands 
of  the  treasurer  at  the  close  of  the  year,  of  the  amount  ap- 
propriated by  the  city  councils  for  the  purchase  of  books, 
of  six  hundred  and  seventy-seven  dollars  and  thirty-five 
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 $7,291.87 

Mary  E.  Elliot  fund 1,230.20 

Eliza  A.  Eaton  fund 353.52 

During  the  year  two  hundred  volumes  were  purchased 
from  the  Dean  fund,  at  a  cost,  as  above  stated,  of  four ' 
hundred  and  ninety-six  dollars  and  ninety-three  cents. 

No  purchases  have  been  made  from  the  Mary  Elliot 
fund,  as  the  trustees  have  as  yet  been  unable  to  arrange 
for  the  proper  shelving  and  care  of  the  same  apart  from 
the  books  intended  for  general  circulation. 

The  incidental  expenses  of  the  library  for  the  past  year 
have  been  three  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
seven  dollars  and  thirty-seven  cents,  which  amount  in- 
cludes the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  and 
eighty-five  cents,  expended  on  account  of  the  re-classifica- 
tion of  the  books  in  the  library  and  additions  to  the  card 
catalogue. 

The  expense  of  conducting  the  affairs  of  the  library  for 
the  past  year  has  been  somewhat  in  excess  of  the  average 
for  the  previous  years,  owing,  principally,  to  the  in- 
creased expense  for  services  for  assistants  to  the  libra- 
rian, necessitated  by  the  arrangement  keeping  the  library 
open  additional  hours,  and  the  additional  cost  for  light- 


REPORT    OF    THE   TRUSTEES    OF   THE    CITY   LIBRARY.       397 

ing  the  library  by  the  use  of  electricity  in  place  of  gas 
formerly  used. 

The  items  that  make  up  the  amount  of  these  incidental 
expenditures  will  be  found  in  detail  in  the  annual  report 
of  the  city,  the  bills  for  the  same  having  been  paid  by  the 
city  treasurer  from  the  sum  appropriated  for  the  library, 
upon  their  approval  by  the  trustees. 

The  librarian  reports  that  the  library  has  been  open 
during  the  past  year,  for  the  delivery  of  books,  three  hun- 
dred and  seven  days,  during  which  time  the  number  of 
books  delivered  for  home  use  was  sixty-six  thousand  four 
hundred  and  eighty-eight,  being  an  average  of  nearly  two 
hundred  and  seventeen  jDer  day.  In  addition  to  this  num- 
ber delivered  for  general  circulation,  fifteen  thousand 
four  hundred  and  eighty  books  were  delivered  for  use  in 
the  reading-room  at  the  library,  an  average  of  about  fifty 
per  day.  The  total  number  of  books  delivered  during  the 
year  for  both  these  purposes  was  eighty-one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  sixty-eight,  an  average  of  two  hundred 
and  sixty-seven  per  day.  As  comj^ared  with  the  previous 
year,  the  circulation  for  home  use  shows  an  increase  of 
six  thousand  nine  hundred  and  ninety-three,  and  the 
number  delivered  for  use  at  the  reading-room  an  increase 
of  four  thousand  five  hundred  and  forty-six.  The  total 
circulation  was  eleven  thousand  five  hundred  and  thirty- 
nine  greater  than  the  year  preceding,  and  the  largest  of 
any  year  since  the  library  was  established. 

The  number  of  books  withdrawn  from  circulation  dur- 
ing the  year,  on  account  of  their  worn  and  defaced  condi- 
tion, was  seventy-nine.  Of  this  number,  and  of  others  re- 
tired from  circulation  in  previous  years  for  the  like  rea- 
son, eighty-four  have  been  replaced,  at  a  cost  of  sixty-five 
dollars  and  twenty-eight  cents.  The  trustees,  in  this  con- 
nection, would  respectfully  renew  the  recommendation 
made  several  years  ago,  that  a  special  appropriation  be 


398  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

made  by  the  city  councils  to  cover  this  expense  of  pur- 
chasing books  in  place  of  those  worn  out,  so  that  the 
usual  annual  appropriation  of  one  thousand  dollars  may 
be  used,  as  no  doubt  intended  in  the  contract  with  the 
city,  for  the  purchase  of  new  books  and  periodicals  for  the 
increase  of  the  library  rather  than  for  replacing  those 
worn  out. 

Seventy-three  different  periodicals  have  been  regularly 
received  at  the  library,  fifty-five  by  purchase  and  eighteen 
by  donation,  and  at  the  completion  of  the  several  volumes 
they  have  been  bound  and  i)laced  upon  the  shelves  for 
general  circulation. 

The  number  of  volumes  in  the  library  at  the  date  of  the 
last  report,  including  maps  and  pamphlets,  was  thirty- 
nine  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-nine.  During  the 
year  there  have  been  added  eight  hundred  and  eleven  vol- 
umes by  purchase,  two  hundred  and  one  by  donation,  and 
ninety-seven  volumes  of  periodicals  have  been  bound,  a 
total  of  eleven  hundred  and  nine,  making  the  number  of 
bound  volumes  in  the  library  at  the  close  of  the  year, 
thirty-nine  thousand  eight  hundred  and  forty,  and  the 
total  number,  including  sixteen  maps  and  seven  hundred 
and  two  pamphlets,  forty  thousand  five  hundred  and 
fifty-eight. 

The  work  of  re-classifying  and  re-cataloguing  the 
library  has  been  continued  during  the  year,  and  the  libra- 
rian now  reports  that  one  half  of  the  volumes  in  the  li- 
brary have  been  classified  and  catalogued,  embracing  the 
more  imjiortant  subject-heads  and  those  most  in  demand 
for  general  circulation. 

Following  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.  To  all  who  have  so  generously  contributed  to 
the  increase  and  usefulness  of  the  library^  the  trustees 


REPORT    OF    THE    TRUSTEES    OF    THE    CITY   LIBRARY.       399 

have  caused  due  acknowledgment  to  be  made  in  belialf 
of  the  city. 

The  trustees  are  not  aware  that  any  circumstance  has 
occurred  during  the  past  year  to  disturb  the  harmonious 
operation  of  the  library.  The  librarian,  Miss  Kate  E. 
Sanborn,  has  fulfilled  the  duties  of  her  position  with  the 
same  fidelity  as  heretofore,  and  to  the  entire  satisfaction 
of  the  trustees. 

The  trustees  desire  to  renew  their  acknowledgments  to 
the  members  of  the  city  councils,  and  particularly  to  the 
committee  on  lands  and  buildings,  for  the  courtesy  and 
consideration  with  which  their  suggestions  relating  to 
the  library  have  been  received  and  carried  out. 

March  17,  1897. 
In  board  of  trustees  read  and  approved,  and  ordered  to 
be  signed  by  the  chairman  and  clerk  of  the  board,  and 
transmitted  to  the  city  councils. 

WILLIAM  C.  CLARKE, 

Mayor. 
N.  P.  Hunt, 

Clerh.  \ 


TREASURER'S   REPORT. 


To  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  City  Library : 

The  treasurer  of  the  board  submits  the  following  ac- 
count of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  by  the  board  of 
the  funds  received  on  account  of  the  library : 

1896.  Dr. 

Jan.  1.  To  balance  of  appropri- 
ation         1472.57 

April  11.  Kate  E.  Sanborn, 
fines,  catalogues, 
etc 186.32 

July     17.         appropriation        for 

books  for  1896...       1,000.00 

$1,658.89 

Jan.      1.    To  balance  of  income  of 

Dean  fund $7,286.95 

income      of      Dean 

fund 108.00 

July      1.  income      of       Dean 

fund 108.00 

interest  on  accumu- 
lation of  income..         230.95 
Oct.       1.         income      of       Dean 

fund 47.81 

interest  on  accumu- 
lation of  income..  7.09 

$7,788.80 

400 


REPORT    OF   THE    TRUSTEES    OF    THE    CITY   LIBRARY.      401 

Jan. .    1.     To  Mary  E.  Elliot  fund    $2,000.00 
balance   of   interest 

on  same 1,130.45 

Oct.       1.         interest  on  Mary  E. 

Elliot  fund 63.75 

interest  on  accumu- 
lation of  income..  36.00 

5,230.20 


Jan.       1.     To  Eliza  A.  Eaton  fund    $3,000.00 
balance  'of  interest 

on  same 249.98 

Oct.       1.         interest  on  Eliza  A. 

Eaton  fund 96.52 

interest  on  accumu- 
lation of  income..  7.92 


5,353.52 


),031.41 

1896.  Cr. 
Jan.      7.    Paid  New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals   110.97 

7.             Publishers'  Weekly,  periodi- 
cals   5.00 

7.             W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books. . . .  25.00 

7.             Granite  Monthly  Co.,  books. .  1.25 

17.             Boston  Book  Co.,  books 71.00 

17.             Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. ..  3.50 
17.             Publishers'  Weekly,  periodi- 
cals  • 3.00 

27.             Boston  Book  Co.,  periodicals,  5.00 

27.             Isaac  Walker,  books 4.25 

Feb.       4.             New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals   9.58 

14.             W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books. . .  44.86 
14.         *  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  (replaced) 

books 3.84 


402 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


March 

4. 

5. 

5. 

9. 

28. 

30. 

30. 

April 

3. 

May 


11. 

13. 
13. 
20. 
23. 
23. 
4. 


7. 

7. 

19. 

21. 

June     3. 

4. 

4. 

18. 

July     2. 

3. 

8. 
18. 
20. 


Paid  George  H.  Polley  &  Co.,  peri- 
odicals   16.00 

New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals    17.91 

Publishers'  Weekly,  books. ..  3.50 

W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books ....  39.07 
Boston    Society    of    Natural 

History,  periodicals 8.00 

Publishers'  Weekly,  books...  3.50 
Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. ..  2.00 
New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals    9.61 

Temple    &    Farrington     Co., 

books 2.00 

Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. .  6.00 

W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books.  . .  8.40 

Joel  Daniels  &  Co.,  books.  . . .  1.00 

P.  L.  Clark,  books 4.00 

H.  H.  Metcalf,  books 4.00 

New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals   9.58 

W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books. . .  113.31 

Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books.. .  3.50 

John  Sheldon,  books 4.20 

George  E.  Littlefleld,  books.  .  7.20 

D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  books 5.00 

New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals    17.65 

W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books. . .  5.92 
Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books.. .  58.75 
Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. .  4.25 
New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals   9.60 

W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books ....  48.92 

Granite  Monthly  Co.,  books..  1.25 

Boston  Book  Co.,  books 41.50 


REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  CITY  LIBRARY.   403 

Aug.      4.     Paid  New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals   110.86 

4.  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. . .  2.00 

6.  .W.  B.Clarke  &  Co.,  (replaced) 

books 41.48 

28.  Lawyers'    Co-op.     Pub.    Co., 

books 5.00 

Sept.     3.             New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals    15.19 

9.  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. . .  1.50 

9.  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books...  5.70 

9.  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  (replaced) 

books 12.55 

Oct.       3.             New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals   10.95 

3.  Little,    Brown   &   Co.    (Dean 

fund),  books 94.15 

5.  John   Wiley   &    Sons    (Dean 

fund),  books 113.00 

7.  D.  Van  Nostrand  Co.  (Dean 

fund),  books 187.60 

15.             Library  Bureau,  books 1.00 

15.  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. ..  3.50 
19.             W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books ....  95.43 

19.  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  (replaced) 

books 11.92 

22.  Damrell     &    Upham     (Dean 

fund),  books 83.07 

Nov.      4.             New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals    15.04 

11.  D.   Van   Nostrand  Co.  (Dean 

fund),  books 19.11 

16.  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books. . .  55.36 

20.  Microscopical  Publishing  Co., 

periodicals 4.00 

23.  George  E.  Littlefield,  books..  16.00 


404  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Dec.       3.     Paid  New  England  News  Co.,  peri- 
odicals    19.47 

5.  W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  (replaced) 

books 2.34 

22.             Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  books. ..  3.75 

22.             W.  B.  Clarke  &  Co.,  books. . .  25.63 

31.     By  balance  of  appropriation 677.35 

balance  of  Dean  fund  income. .  7,291.87 
Mary  E.  Elliot  fund  and  inter- 
est   3,230.20 

Eliza  A.  Eaton  fund  and  inter- 
est   3,353.52 

$16,031.41 

The  expenditures  for  the  incidental  expenses  of  the  li- 
brary for  the  year  ending  December  31, 1896,  the  bills  for 
which  have  been  paid  by  the  city  treasurer  upon  the  ap- 
proval of  the  committee  on  accounts  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees, the  items  of  which  may  be  found  in  the  annual  re- 
port of  the  city,  have  been  as  follows: 

Services  of  librarian $900.00 

Services  of  assistants  to  librarian 934.00 

Fuel 321.60 

Gas  and  electricity 342.45 

Insurance 125.00 

Binding 99.79 

Rebinding 139.34 

Supplies 324.03 

Re-classification  and  cataloguing 626.85 

Printing 8.50 

Water 16.00 

Newspapers 6.00 

Incidentals 33.72 

$3,877.37 


REPORT   OF   THE   TRUSTEES    OF   THE    CITY   LIBRARY.      405 


RECAPITULATION. 

Balance  December  31,  1895 $3,629.12 

Appropriation  for  1896 4,500.00 

?,129.12 


Paid  trustees  for  purchase  of  books  |1,000.00 

incidental  expenses 3,877.37 

Balance  of  appropriation  Decem- 
ber 31,  1896 3,251.75 

$8,129.12 

Respectfully  submitted. 

N.  P.  HUNT, 
Treasurer  of  Trustees  of  City  Library. 

December  31,  1896. 

We  have  examined  the  foregoing  account,  and  find  the 
same  correctly  cast  and  properly  vouched. 

WILLIAM  C.  CLARKE, 
WALTER  M.  PARKER, 

Committee  on  Accounts  of  City  Library. 

December  31,   1896. 

I  certify  that  I  have  examined  the  several  items  of  re- 
ceipts 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  Trustees  of  the  Manchester  City  Library: 

Gentlemen, — I  herewitli  submit  the  forty-third  annual 
report  of  the  city  library: 
Whole   number  of  accessions   December  31, 

1895 39,449 

Added  during  the  year  189G : 

By  purchase 811 

By  gift 201 

Periodicals  bound 97 

1,109 

Whole  number  at  present 40,553 

Including: 

Maps 16 

Pamphlets 702 

Bound  volumes 39,840 

40,558 

Number  of  periodicals  regularly  received: 

By  purchase 55 

By  gift 18 

Number  of  days  the  library  was  open  for  read- 
ing and  distribution  of  books 307 

Number  of  volumes  delivered  for  home  use. . .  66,488 

Average  per  day 217 

Largest  number  any  one  day,  November  7 . . . .  510 

406 


REPORT    OF   THE    TRUSTEES    OF   THE   CITY    LIBRARY.      407 

Largest  number  any  one  montli,  March G,G4S 

Smallest  number  any  one  month,  July 4,484 

Number  of  volumes  delivered  in  the  reading 

room 15,480 

Average  per  day 50 

Number  of  cards  used  on  deposit 7 

Number  of  cards  issued  during  the  year 654 

Whole  number  issued  since  new  registration . .  10,97-5 

Number  of  cards  relinquished  during  the  year  122 

Postals  sent  to  delinquents 321 

Worn-out  books  removed  from  circulation. ...  70 

Number  of  volumes  replaced 84 

Number  of  books  lost  or  injured  and  paid  for..  5 

Number  of  volumes  repaired  at  the  bindery, ..  481 

Number  repaired  and  covered  at  the  library. .  16,620 

Cash  on  hand  January  1 ,  J  S96 1186.32 

Amount  received  from  January  1  to  December 
31,  1896: 

For   fines $239.25 

catalogues,  64  at  30c 19.20 

books  lost  and  paid  for. .. .  2.47 

1260.92 


1447.24 


Paid  to  N.  P.  Hunt,  treasurer,  April 

11,  1896 $186.32 

Paid  for  expressage  and  incidentals.         89.59 

$275.91 

Balance  on  hand  December  31,  1896 $171.3:^ 

CIRCULATION. 

The  report  of  last  year  contained  a  table  showing  the 
variation  in  the  circulation  since  1879,  and  the  gain  of 
1895  over  all  preceding  years.     The  gain  for  1896  was 


408  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

much  larger,  7,000  more  Tolimies  having  been  issued  for 
home  use  tlian  in  1895,  and  over  4,500  more  for  library 
use,  making  a  total  gain  of  11,539.  It  often  happens  that, 
owing  to  the  publication  of  a  new  catalogue,  a  change  in 
library  hours,  or  some  other  measure  which  tends  to 
make  a  library  more  popular  for  a  time,  the  circulation 
shows  a  large  increase  for  a  year,  and  then  drops  back  to 
its  old  limit.  Such  has  not  been  our  experience,  and  the 
slow  yet  steady  increase  of  the  use  of  the  library  indi- 
cates that  it  is  reaching  out  to  a  larger  number  of  people, 
and  making  its  influence  more  and  more  felt  in  the  com- 
munity. That  the  action  of  the  trustees  in  reducing  the 
age  limit  from  sixteen  to  twelve  years  has  been  appreci- 
ated is  shown  by  the  fact  that  there  have  been  issued 
during  the  past  year  110  cards  to  children  over  twelve 
and  under  sixteen  years  of  age.  The  number  of  children 
drawing  books  from  the  library,  reading  in  the  building, 
and  clustering  about  the  catalogue  is  very  noticeable. 

ACCESSIONS. 

Besides  the  current  books  there  have  been  added  to  the 
library  some  valuable  and  important  works.  Each  year 
an  effort  is  made  to  fill  up  the  gaps  occurring  in  different 
classes  of  literature,  by  the  purchase  of  the  best  books  in 
those  classes.  Equally  important  is  the  filling  up  of  sets 
of  periodicals.  One  hundred  and  two  volumes  of  The  Ed- 
inburgh Review,  and  seventy-one  volumes  of  The  North 
American  Review  were  bought  last  year.  We  need  to 
make  complete  many  other  sets  of  magazines  which  are 
much  in  demand  for  reference  work.  Two  hundred  vol- 
umes w^ere  purcthased  from  the  Dean  fund,  all  treating  of 
scientific  and  technological  subjects,  and  a  large  propor- 
tion relating  to  electricity,  engineering,  and  textile  man- 
ufactures, subjects  of  special  interest  to  our  citizens. 


REPORT    OF    THE    TRUSTEES    OF    THE    CITY   LIBRARY.       409 
CLASSIFICATION  AND   CATALOGUE. 

Great  progress  has  been  made  upon  this  part  of  the 
work  during  the  year.  Six  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
twenty  volumes  were  classified  according  to  the  new  sys- 
tem, and  seven  thousand  two  hundred  and  ninety-three 
volumes  were  catalogued.  There  are  now  systematically 
arranged  on  our  shelves,  according  to  their  subjects,  all 
the  books  belonging  to  the  following  classes:  Fiction, 
Biography,  History,  Geography  and  Travels,  Natural  Sci- 
ence, Useful  Arts,  and  Fine  Arts.  Literature  is  well  be- 
gun, and  when  it  is  finished  there  will  remain  only  Phil- 
osophy, Religion,  Social  Science,  and  some  reference 
books  to  be  done.  By  actual  count  of  the  volumes,  very 
nearly  one  half  of  the  library  is  completed,  and  the  half  to 
be  done  includes  many  long  sets  of  magazines,  the  news- 
papers, and  the  government  documents,  which  will  not 
consume  the  amount  of  time  in  classifying  and  catalogu- 
ing that  has  been  occupied  by  the  half  already  done. 
During  the  summer  the  thousand  volumes  belonging  to 
the  Dean  Purchase,  together  with  the  two  hundred  recent 
additions,  were  classified  and  catalogued.  As  this  will 
become  in  time  a  large  collection  of  technical  works  in 
science  and  useful  arts,  it  was  deemed  best  to  classify  the 
books  very  closely,  and  this  was  perhaps  the  most  diffi- 
cult work  to  be  done  in  connection  with  the  re-arrange- 
ment of  the  library. 

SCHOOL  WORK. 

The  same  privileges  have  been  given  to  the  teachers  in 
the  public  schools  as  in  the  preceding  year.  When  this 
work  was  begun  it  was  impossible  to  foresee  what  books 
would  be  most  needed  for  the  pupils.  Now  that  it  is 
known  what  are  the  most  useful   books,  it  would  be  of 


410  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

great  assistance  to  the  teachers  if  a  small  sum  of  money 
could  be  devoted  to  the  purchase  of  duplicates.  Several 
teachers  often  want  the  same  book  at  the  same  time,  to  be 
used  in  their  history  and  geography  classes,  and  if  the 
library  could  furnish  several  copies  of  such  books  as  Cof- 
fin's and  Knox's,  much  more  could  be  accomplished  with 
the  schools  than  is  now  possible. 

BUILDING. 

Some  small  repairs  have  been  made  on  the  library 
building  by  the  land  and  buildings  committee,  chief 
among  them  being  the  painting  of  the  outside  woodwork 
and  of  the  walls  of  the  vestibules.  The  most  pressing 
need  at  present  is  more  of  the  linoleum  carpeting,  which 
has  proved  so  satisfactory  in  that  part  of  the  library  in 
which  it  is  used.  The  aisles  and  some  of  the  alcoves  of 
the  book  room  should  be  covered  with  it;  and  if  the  entire 
floor  of  the  delivery  and  reading  rooms  could  also  be  cov- 
ered, it  would  add  much  to  the  comfort  of  those  who  use 
the  library.  The  floor  has  become  so  worn  with  the  use 
of  many  years,  that  it  is  impossible  to  keep  it  well  swept 
and  washed;  and  the  bookcases  are  so  exposed  that  the 
books  receive  much  of  the  dust  necessarily  raised  by 
sweeping.  The  linoleum  could  be  kept  clean  with  much 
less  dust  arising  from  it.  Thus  our  books  would  be  the 
gainers,  as  well  as  our  readers,  who  would  no  longer  be 
disturbed  by  the  sound  of  heavy  boots  on  the  uneven 
floor.  With  the  number  of  people  using  the  library  con- 
stantly on  the  increase,  the  inadequate  provision  made 
for  them  in  the  way  of  reading  and  reference  rooms  be- 
comes more  and  more  apparent.  The  present  reading 
room  is  often  111  led  to  its  utmost  capacity,  and  it  is 
neither  an  attractive  nor  comfortable  place.  As  the 
mayor   said  in  his  recent  inaugural  "address,  until   the 


REPORT    OF    THE    TRUSTEES    OF    THE    CITY   LIBRARY.      411 

library  is  provided  with  a  large,  well-lighted  reading 
room,  and  a  convenient  reference  room,  the  ''institution 
will  never  attain  its  full  measure  of  popularity  and  edu- 
cational value." 

GIFTS. 

Our  collection  of  portraits  of  distinguished  men  of  the 
city  has  been  augmented  by  the  portrait  of  Dr.  W.  W. 
Brown,  which  was  given  to  the  library  by  the  will  of  his 
widow.  Ex-Governor  Currier,  to  whose  generosity  the 
library  owes  its  French  and  German  books,  is  about  to 
present  to  us  a  well-selected  collection  of  Swedish  books. 
'As  the  books  are  not  yet  actually  purchased,  however, 
this  note  will  more  properly  belong  to  the  report  for  1897. 

Following  this  report  is  a  list  of  the  donors  of  books 
and  pamphlets  presented  to  the  library  during  the  year. 
Respectfully  submitted. 

KATE  E.  SANBORN, 

Lihrat'ian. 
January,  8,  1897. 


DONATIONS  TO  THE  CITY  LIBRARY. 


Books.  Pamph. 

Abbott,  S.  A.  B 1 

Aguilar  Free  Library,  New  York  City. . ..  1 

Amherst  College 1 

Apprentices'  Library,  Philadelphia,  Pa. .  1 

Baillie's  Inst.  Free  Library,  Glasgow. ...  ,              i 

Balch,  E.  S '. 1 

Bulch,  T.  W 1 

Baldwin,  E.  T 1 

Benton,  J.  H.,  Jr 1 

Bigelow    Free    Public    Library,  Clinton, 

Mass 1 

Boston,  Mass. — Public  Library 3 

Bridgeport,  Conn. — Public  Library 1 

Brookline,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. — Library 1 

Brooklyn  Ethical  Association 1 

Cambridge,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Chicago,  111. — Public  Library 1 

Chicago  University 1 

Children's  Aid  Society,  New  York 1 

Cincinnati,  Ohio — Public  Library 1 

Civil  Service  Reform  Associaton 1 

Cleaves,  George  P 2            2 

Cleveland,  Ohio — Public  Library 1 

412 


REPORT    OF   THE   TRUSTEES    OF    THE    CITY    LIBRARY.      41S 

Cooke,  J.  P 1 

Crocker,  U.  H 1 

Demarest,  Rev.  G.  L 2 

Detroit,  Mich. — Public  Library 1 

Dover,  N.  H. — Public  Library 2 

Eggleston,  Dr.  T 1 

Enoch  Pratt  Free  Library,  Baltimore,  Md  1 

Fall  River,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Field  Columbian  Museum,  Chicago,  111. . .  2 

Pit/  Public  Library,  Chelsea,  Mass 1 

Fletcher  Free  Library,  Burlington,  Vt.  . .  1 

Forbes  Library,  Northampton,  Mass 1 

French,  J.  C 1 

Friends'     Free     Library,     Germantown, 

Phila 1 

Fuller,  E.  N 3 

Gildehaus,  C 1 

Gould,  S.  C 1 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich. — Public  Library. ...  2 

Harvard  University 2            1 

Howson  and  Howson 1 

Jamaica  Agricultural  Society 1 

Jersey  City,  N.  J. — Free  Public  Library. .  1 

La  Crosse,  Wis. — Public  Library 1 

Lancaster,  Mass. — Town  Library 1 

Lawrence,  Mass.^Public  Library 1 

Library  Co.  of  Philadelphia 2 

Lord,  C.  C 1 

Lynn,  Mass. — Public  Library I 

McNamee,  J.  H.  H 1 

Maimonides  Free  Library,  New  York  City  1 

Maiden,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Manchester. — Board  of  Health 1            1 

"              Chief    Engineer    Fire    De- 
partment    1 


414  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

Manchester. — City  Auditor 1 

"              City  Clerk 1 

"              Water  Commissioners....  1 
Massachusetts. — Bureau  of  Statistics  of 

Labor 2 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology..  3 

Medford,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Melrose,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Milwaukee,  Wis. — Public  Library 1 

Minneapolis,  Minn. — Public  Library 1 

Missouri  Botanical  Garden 1 

Moore,  W.  E 1 

Morse  Institute  Library,  Natick,  Mass ...  1 

Mount  Holyoke  College 1 

Munson,  M.  A 1 

Nashua,  N.  H. — Mayor 1 

National  Divorce  Reform  League 2 

New  England  Society  in  Brooklyn 1 

New    Hampshire. — Insurance       Commis- 
sioner   1 

"               "               Library   Commision...  2 

"              "              Railroad  Commission.  1 

"              "              Secretary  of  State....  8 

"              "              State  Library 1            1 

New  Haven,  Conn. — Public  Library 3 

New  York  City. — Mercantile  Library. ...  1 

Newark,  N.  J. — Free  Public  Library 1 

Newton,  Mass. — Free  Library 1 

Ohio. — State  Librajry 1 

Peabody  Institute,  Baltimore,  Md 1 

Pennsylvania  College  of  Dental  Surgery. .  .1 

Pennsylvania  Prison  Society 1 

Peoria,  111. — Public  Library 1 

Portland,  Maine. — Public  Library 1 

Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. — City  Library 1 


REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  CITY  LIBRARY.   415 

Providence,  R.  I. — Public  Library 1 

Robbins  Library,  Arlington,  Mass 1 

Rogers,  T.  P.  W 1 

St.  Laurent,  C.  F 1 

St.  Louis,  Mo. — Mercantile  Library 2 

"        "        "      Public  Free  Library 1 

Salem,  Mass. — Public  Library 2 

San  Francisco,  Cal. — Free  Public  Library  1 
"            "           "       Mercantile    Library 

Association 1 

Scranton,  Pa. — Public  Library 3 

Seattle  Library  Commission I 

Securities  Co.,  Philadelphia 1 

Somerville,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Southbridge,  Mass. — Library 1 

Springfield,  Mass. — City  Library  Associa- 
tion    1 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. — Central  Library 1 

Tulane  University  of  Louisiana 1 

United  States. — Bureau  of  Education...  8 

"            "         Labor  Dei^artment 2            5 

"             "          Smithsonian  Institution  3             4 

"            "         Supt.  of  Documents 123        141 

"            "         War  Department 5            1 

University  of  Pennsylvania 1 

Unknown 1            9 

Uruguay 1 

Walker,  A.  H 1 

Walker,  H.  E 1 

Wheeler,  J 1 

Wilmington  Institute  Free  Library 1 

Woburn,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Worcester,  Mass. — Public  Library 1 

Y.  M.  C.  Associations 2 


416  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


Periodicals    Presented. 


Boston  Public  Library  Bulletin. 

Case  and  Comment. 

Catalogue  of  United  States  Public  Documents. 

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. 
Salem  Public  Library  Bulletin. 
Tennessee  University  Magazine. 
Travelers'  Record. 
Veterans'  Advocate. 


REPORT 


OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR. 


27 


REPORT 

OF     THE 

OVERSEERS  OF  THE  POOR. 


To  His  Honor  the  Mayor  and  Gentlemen  of  the  City  Coun- 
cils: 

In  compliance  with  the  ordinance  of  said  city,  the  Over- 
seers of  the  Poor  herewith  present  their  annual  report  for 
the  year  1896: 

The  whole  number  of  families  that  have  received  more 
or  less  assistance  off  the  farm  during  the  year  has  been 
one  hundred  and  thirty-seven,  consisting  of  four  hundred 
and  forty-one  persons,  all  of  whom  have  a  settlement  in 
this  city.  None  of  this  number  have  died  during  the 
year.  The  whole  number  of  paupers  supported  at  the 
city  farm  during  the  year  has  been  four,  more  or  less  of 
the  time. 

The  whole  number  of  paupers  supported  at  the  county 
farm  during  the  j-ear  has  been  seven,  more  or  less  of  the 
time. 

The  whole  number  of  minor  children  supported  at  the 
State  Industrial  School  during  the  year  has  been  six. 

In  compliance  with  sections  1  and  2,  chapter  116,  Laws 
of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  passed  at  the  January  ses- 
sion, 1895,  in  relation  to  d(;pendent  minor  children  having 
a  settlement  in  cities  and  towns,  said  dependent  minor 
children  having  a  settlement  in  this  city  are  supported  as 

follows: 

419 


420  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

At  St.  Patrick's  Orphans'  Home,  Hanover  street,  six 
more  or  less  of  the  time. 

At  Notre  Dame  de  Lourdes  Home,  in  charge  of  the 
Gray  Nuns,  West  ^lanchester,  four ,  more  or  less  of  the 
time. 

At  the  Orphans'  Home,  Franklin,  one  minor  child, 
more  or  less  of  the  time. 

At  the  residence  of  William  Whelpley,  No.  401  Cedar 
street,  two  minor  children,  more  or  less  of  the  time. 

At  the  residence  of  Agnes  Masse,  on  Winter  street,  one 
minor  child,  more  or  less  of  the  time. 

At  the  residence  of  D.  L.  Robinson,  Amoskeag,  one 
minor  child,  all  of  the  time. 

All  of  the  said  dependent  minor  children  have  educa- 
tional advantages. 

The  overseers  of  the  poor  have  given  and  allowed 
eleven  hundred  and  three  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  1 1237.38 

Ward  2 40.00 

AVard  3 330.35 

Ward  4 1,109.21 

Ward  5 2,578.09 

Ward  6 1,024.07 

Ward  7 278.95 

Ward  8 973.98 

Ward  9 1,401.93 

—    18,124.50 


REPORT    OP   THE    OVERSEERS    OF   THE   POOR.  421 

MISCELLANEOUS    BILLS   ALLOWED. 

State  Industrial  School,  board  of  in- 
mates   ■ 13,748.28 

Books  and  stationery 37.65 

13,785.93 

Total  amount $11,910.49 

Cash  received   from  the   county  of   Hillsbor- 
ough and  paid  to  the  city  treasurer $3,400.71 

Total  cost  to  the  city $8,509.78 

And  there  are  uncollected  bills  due  the  city  amounting 
to  seven  hundred  and  tifty-six  dollars  and  twenty-one 
cents. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 
WILLIAM  H.  MAXWELL,  Ward  1, 
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, 
LEANDER  S.  BOIVIN,  Ward  9, 
Overseers  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  J  and  2,  chapter  81,  Laws 
of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  passed  at  the  June  ses- 


422  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS, 

sion,  1S81,  in  relation  to  indigent  soldiers  and  sailors  of 
the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  th(^  Overseers  of  the  Poor  here- 
with present  their  annual  report  under  the  head  of  "Aid 
to  soldiers  and  sailors  and  their  dependent  families,"  for 
the  .year  1S9G. 

The  whole  number  of  indigent  soldiers  and  sailors  who 
have  had  more  or  less  assistance  during  the  year  has  been 
six,  consisting  of  six  families,  all  of  whom  have  a  settle- 
ment in  this  cit.v,  at  a  cost  of  |289.30. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 
WILLIAM  H.  MAXWELL,  Ward  1, 
THOMAS  L.  QUIMBY,  Ward  2, 
BENJAMIN  F.  GARLAND,  Ward  3, 
GEORGE  S.  HOLMES,  Ward  4, 
PATRICK  COSTELLO,  Ward  5, 
CHARLES  FRANCIS,  Ward  G, 
WILLIAM  MARSHALL,  Ward  7, 
CHARLES  S.  McKEAN,  Ward  8, 
LEANDER  S.  BOIVIN,  Ward  9, 
Overseers  of  the  Poor  for  the  City  of  Manchester. 
A  true  copy.    Attest: 

William  H.  Maxwell, 
Clerk. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  SOLICITOR. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  SOLICITOR; 


Gentlemen  of  the  City  Councils: 

The  City  Solicitor  makes  the  following  report  for  the 
doings  of  the  year  1895: 

Of  the  cases  pending  in  court  on  January  1,  ISOG,  that 
of  CarvcIJe  v.  Monchcster  was  adjusted  between  the  plaint- 
iff and  Koard  of  Water- Works  Commissioners.  Clough  v. 
Mancliester,  being  an  appeal  from  damages  awarded  for 
land  taken  for  Canton  street,  was  tried  before  the  county 
commissioners,  and  a  verdict  satisfactory  to  the  defend- 
ant rendered,  from  which  decision  an  appeal  was  taken  by 
the  plaintiff  to  the  jury.  The  case  was  settled  by  the 
payment  of  the  amount  awarded  by  the  county  commis- 
sioners, with  the  addition  of  what  it  would  have  cost  to 
have  tried  the  case  by  jury;  and  the  settlement  is  deemed 
an  eminently  satisfactory  one.  The  other  cases  still 
stand  upon  the  various  dockets. 

During  the  year,  John  Stanton  v,  Mancliester,  John  Shoe- 
han  V.  j\[anchest€)\  and  Theresa  Maler  v.  Manchester,  have 
been  brought  and  are  now  pending  in  court.  The  Stan- 
ton and  Sheehan  cases  are  both  for  damages  for  personal 
injury  received  by  the  plaintiff  while  in  the  employ  of  the 
Board  of  Street  and  Park  Commissioners,  at  work  in  a 
sevrer  trench.  The  Maier  case  is  one  for  personal  inju- 
ries received  by  being  thrown  from  a  carriage  on  South 
Main-street,  over  an  embankment,  where,  the  plaintiff 
claims,  there  was  no  suitable  railing.  * 

425 


426  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Durinj;  the  year  mauy  claims  for  damages  for  various 
causes  of  acliou  have  beeu  iuvestij^ated  and  adjusted,  in 
connectiou  with  the  Committee  on  Claims  and  the  Mayor. 
The  solicitor  would  say  that  of  the  cases  pending;  against 
the  city,  eight  are  for  damages  arising  from  alleged  dam- 
ages to  real  estate,  caused  by  the  city's  use  of  the  water  in 
Lake  Massabesic  and  Cohas  brook;  and  five  are  for  dam- 
ages for  ])ersonal  injuries  to  employees  of  the  Street  and 
Park  Commission,  received  while  working  at  their  labor. 
This  latter  class  of  cases  the  solicitor  hopes  will  all  be  dis- 
posed of  without  trial  of  any  (juestion,  except  the  law  in- 
volved, as  the  trend  of  decisions  in  this  state,  if  followed, 
holds  the  city  free  from  liability  in  such  class  of  cases. 

In  addition  to  the  management  of  the  cases  in  court, 
the  demands  made  upon  the  solicitor  by  the  mayor  and 
other  city  officials,  and  by  the  city  councils  and  their  vari- 
ous committees,  have  been  numerous  and  vai-ied;  and 
each  year  the  number  of  demands  increases,  and  more 
time  of  the  solicitor  is  required  to  be  devoted  to  the  per- 
formance of  the  duties  of  the  office.  Whatever  duties 
have  arisen,  the  solicitor  has  endeavored  to  perform  to 
the  best  of  his  ability. 

Expressing  thanks  for  the  courteous  treatment  from 
the  members  of  the  city  government  and  the  city  officials, 
this  rejiort  is 

Respectfully  submitted. 

EDWIN  F.  JONES, 

City  Solicitor. 
December  31,  1896. 


REPORTS 


TRUSTEES  OF  CEMETERIES 


CEMETERY  FUNDS. 


REPORT 

OF  THE 

TRUSTEES  OF  CEMETERIES. 


Pine  Grove  Cemetery, 

The  sub-trustees  of  the  Pine  Grove  cemetery  submit 
the  following  report: 

During  the  year  1896  the  Pine  Grove  cemetery  has  been 
cared  for  on  the  same  general  lines  as  have  been  followed 
the  last  few  years.  Many  substantial  improvements 
have  been  made,  and  the  general  appearance  of  the 
grounds  permanently  bettered.  The  rule  adopted  some 
time  since,  that  no  more  lots  should  be  sold  until  graded, 
has  worked  well,  and  is  bringing  about  a  greater  uniform- 
ity in  the  looks  of  the  lots;  while  the  absence  of  walks  re- 
sults in  an  improved  general  elfect.  Twenty-three  lots 
were  sold  in  the  lawns  under  perpetual  care,  showing 
that  the  preference  for  such  lots  is  still  marked,  on  the 
part  of  those  who  can  afford  to  buy  them.  Thirty-four 
other  lots  were  also  sold  during  the  year. 

About  the  usual  amount  of  work  was  done  during  the 
year  in  the  ordinary  care  of  the  grounds;  and  in  addition 
the  following  permanent  improvements  have  been  made. 
About  three  thousand  feet  of  water-pipe,  and  eight  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet  of  sewer  pipe  have  been  laid,  covering 

429 


430  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

what,  it  is  believod.  will  be  the  needs  of  the  cemetery  for 
several  years,  so  far  as  main  water  and  sewer  pipes  are 
concerned;  although  every  year  connecting  pipes  and  ex- 
tensions to  lots  will  have  to  be  laid.  Catch  basins  have 
been  set  in  the  southeast  portion  of  the  cemetery,  where 
water  has  fre(inently  covered  the  ground  in  springtime  to 
the  depth  of  fifteen  inches;  and  their  marked  efficiency 
fully  warrants  a  further  expenditure  for  drainage  by 
this  means  in  the  future. 

The  avenues  and  paths  have  been  kept  in  a  generally 
good  condition.  Wildey  avenue  has  been  concreted,  and 
also  a  considerable  length  of  gutters  on  several  avenues 
has  been  concreted.  Over  five  hundred  yards  of  concrete 
were  laid  during  the  year.  In  certain  portions  of  the 
cemetery,  where  tliere  is  a  considerable  slope  to  the  ave- 
nues, there  is  need  of  concreting  or  of  graveling  to  quite  a 
depth,  in  order  to  put  the  avenues  into  a  suitable  condi- 
tion, as  in  their  present  sandy  state  they  are  easily 
washed  out  by  rains  and  thaws. 

The  section  in  the  western  part  of  the  cemetery  north 
of  the  main  gates  has  been  graded,  making  one  of  the 
greatest  improvements  in  the  appearance  of  the  grounds 
in  recent  years.  A  part  of  Chapel  Lawn  has  also  been 
graded,  and  a  number  of  lots  sold  therein;  and  this  lawn 
and  Riverside  Lawn  bid  fair  to  equal  Landscape  Lawn  as 
spots  of  beauty.  Five  triangular  plots  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  avenues  have  been  laid  out  and  set  with  shrubs, 
and  settees  placed  therein,  making  mucli-n(^eded  places  of 
rest  for  visitors,  and,  we  think,  adding  to  the  appearance 
of  the  grounds.  Shrubs  have  been  planted  about  the  en- 
trances, the  building  has  been  painted  outside,  and  the 
chapel  improved  and  repaired.  Six  new  settees  were 
purchased,  and  four  new  iron  drinking-fonntains  of  orna- 
mental design  placed  in  ditTerent  parts  of  the  yard. 

Five  linndred  and  sixteen  iron  markers,  of  the  design 


REPORT    OF    THE    TRUSTEES    OF    CEMETERIES.  431 

approved  by  the  last  board,  have  been  set  in  the  ''Field  of 
Manesquo,"  to  take  the  place  of  the  marble  markers;  and 
when  all  the  graves  in  the  public  grounds  have  been  so 
marked,  and  the  marble  markers  removed,  the  appear- 
ance of  those  sections  will  be  vastly  improved. 

Altogether,  the  sub-trustees  think  that  the  work  of  the 
year  has  been  satisfactorily  done,  and  that  this,  the  larg- 
est and  most  important  cemetery  in  the  city,  is  in  a  better 
general  condition  than  ever  before,  and  that  our  citizens 
may  well  be  proud  of  the  beauty,  in  site  and  in  adorn- 
ment, of  this  home  of  the  dead. 

EDWIN  F.  JONES, 
For  the  SuhTrustees. 


Valley  Cemetery. 

The  sub-trustees  of  the  Valley  cemetery  respectfully 
submit  the  following  report  for  the  year  1896: 

During  the  past  year  the  work  has  been  under  the  same 
general  plan  as  has  been  followed  the  past  few  years. 
The  following  improvements  have  been  made: 

The  stone  steps  on  the  west  bank  have  been  reset  and 
concreted.  The  j^ath  from  the  bridge  in  the  valley  to  the 
office  has  been  concreted.  A  new  foot-bridge  has  been 
erected,  and  the  driving  bridge  at  the  west  side  of  the  val- 
ley has  been  rejjaired.  Grading  has  been  commenced  on 
the  west  side.  The  lots  have  been  renumbered,  and  iron 
numbers  placed  on  each  lot.  A  larger  number  of  lots 
than  usual  have  been  graded. 

MATERIAL  USED. 

Loads  loam : 89 

Loads  sand 250 

Feet  turf 2,200 

Cords  manure 2  1-3 

Yards  concrete  laid 205 


432  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

The  following  amount  was  collected  and  paid  to  the 
city  treasurer: 

For  water 1369.50 

Care  of  lots 748.25 

Sundries 383.5() 

Tomb  fees 219.00 

Interments 164.00 

Removals 16,00 


11,900.31 

The  sub-trustees  think  the  work  has  been  satisfactorily 
done,  and  the  cemetery  has  been  kept  in  a  neat  and  tidy 
condition.  The  beautiful  valley,  with  the  plots  of  shrubs 
and  liowers  which  have  been  planted,  have  helped  to 
make  this  one  of  the  most  beautiful  places  known  for  the 
last  resting-place  of  the  dead. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

S.  P.  CANNON, 
Fo7'  the  Committee. 


Amoskeag  Cemetery. 

The  sub-trustees  of  the  Amoskeag  cemetery  respect- 
fully submit  the  following  report  for  the  year  1896: 

There  have  been  three  burials  in  this  cemetery  since 
our  last  report.  In  addition  to  the  regular  work  of  mow- 
ing the  lots  and  keeping  the  paths  clean,  which  has  been 
done  in  an  efficient  manner,  sixt}'  loads  of  gravel  have 
been  i)laced  where  needed  for  grading  the  paths;  one  hun- 
dred and  forty-six  feet  of  iron  fence  have  been  built;  one 
hundred  and  sixty-six  feet  of  one-and-one-half-inch  water- 
pipe  have  been  laid  to  the  center  of  the  cemetery,  with 
two  stand-jupes  attached  thereto;  and  the  old  fence  has 
been  kept  in  repair. 


REPORT    OF    THE    TRUSTEES    OF    CEMETERIES.  433 

There  are  a  few  needs  for  the  coming  year  that  are  so 
imperative  as  to  warrant  being  i^laced  in  this  report.  In 
accordance  with  the  recommendation  of  our  last  report,  a 
beginning  lias  been  made  in  putting  an  iron  fence  around 
the  cemetery.  Not  less  than  sixty  feet  should  be  added 
the  coming  season.  At  sometime  in  the  past,  for  some 
unaccountable  reason,  the  paths  were  dug  out  until  in 
some  places  they  were  no  longer  paths,  but  ditches.  The 
present  superintendent  has  filled  what  he  could  with 
sand  or  gravel,  that  cost  the  city  nothing  but  for  the  labor 
of  hauling  it.  It  is  believed  that  now  a  small  allowance 
in  each  annual  appropriation  should  be  made  for  such  a 
purpose,  that  the  aforesaid  ditches  may  be  filled  more 
rapidly. 

Applications  have  been  made  the  past  year  for  lots,  but 
there  were  none  to  sell.  The  city  is  growing  rapidly  in 
that  direction,  and  before  many  years  a  new  burial 
ground,  or  an  enlargement  of  this,  will  be  an  absolute  ne- 
cessity. Inasmuch  as  the  Amoskeag  Company  has  al- 
ready laid  out  streets  in  the  vicinity,  and  houses  are  lia- 
ble to  be  built  within  a  short  distance  at  any  time,  it  is 
deemed  advisable  to  recommend  that  negotiations  re- 
garding the  purchase  of  more  land  from  the  company  be 
entered  upon  in  the  immediate  future. 

EBEN  CARR, 
JAMES   E.   BAILEY, 
WILLIAM  H.  HUSE. 
Suh-Triistees  of  Amoskeag  Cemetery. 

28 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


To  the  Trustees  of  Cemeteries: 

Gentlemen, — I  herewith  present  to  you  the  annual  re- 
port of  the  money  received  during  the  year  ending  Decem- 
ber 31, 1890: 

Pine  Grove  Cemetery. 

Number  of  deeds  delivered  during  the  year,  fifty-eight. 

To  cash  received  for  the  same |2,327.96 

interest  received  for  the  same. .  15.9G 
cash    received    from    superin- 
tendent        2,781.41 

15,125.33 

Ok. 

By  treasurer's  receipts |2,343.92 

superintendent's  receipts 2,781.41 

^0,1^0.00 

Valley  Cemetery. 

To  cash  received  from  superintendent $1,900.31 

Cr. 

By  superintendent's  receipts |1,900.31 

Respectfully  submitted. 

FKED  L.  ALLEN, 
Treasurer  of  Trustees  of  Cemeteries. 


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. 
434 


REPORT 

OF  THE 

TRUSTEES  OF  THE  CEMETERY  FUND. 


To  the  City  Councils  of  the  City  of  Manchester : 

Gentlemen, — The  Trustees  of  the  Cemetery  Fund  pre 
sent  their  sixteenth  annual  report,  including  the  report  of 
the  treasurer,  showing  in  detail  the  administration  of  the 
fund  for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1896. 

The  amount  held  for  the  benefit  of  lots  in  the  respective 
cemeteries  will  be  found  therein  stated,  as  well  as  the  in- 
crease of  the  fund  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  mini- 
mum, however,  to  be  $100  for  any  lot. 

The  price  is  fixed  at  this  low  figure  in  order  that  per- 
sons of  limited  means,  as  well  as  the  rich,  may  avail  them- 
selves 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  adminis- 
tered, will  satisfactorily  answer  the  purpose  intended. 
Eespectfully  submitted. 

WILLIAM  C.  CLARKE, 
OTIS  BARTON, 
CHARLES  H.  BARTLETT, 

Trustees  of  Cemetery  Fund. 
435 


TREASURER'S  REPORT. 


To  the  Trustees  of  the  Cemetery  Fund: 

Gentlemen, — I  herewith  submit  to  you  the  fourteenth 
annual  report  of  the  funds  received  and  expenses  paid  to 
December  31,  1896: 

Pine  Grove  Cemetery. 

Amount  of  permanent  fund  on  hand  January 

1,  1896 "..  128,561.89 

Keceipts  during  the  year: 

From  Mrs.  James  Morrison |165.00 

M.  E.  Beard 115.20 

George  W.  Dodge 165.91 

Lewis  M.  Lull 92.98 

E.  C.  Howlett 160.00 

Mrs.  L.  M.  Kendall 95.71 

W.  H.  Griffin 166.50 

George  W.  Barber 100.01 

John,  George,  and  Lizzie  M. 

Porter 198.00 

Annie  B.  F.  Brown 200.00 

J.  Franklin  Robinson 165.00 

H.W.Oxford 140.25 

Mrs.  Alma  Witters 109.90  ' 

Waldron  Chase 126.10 

436 


REPORT   OF    TRUSTEES    OF   CEMETERY    FUND.  437 

From  Ida  A.  Cusbman |131.97 

James  E.  Blanchard 200.00 

Hannah  D.  Hall 253.60 

Mrs.  Marshall  P.  Hall 316.20 

Charles  W.  Hanson 119.83 

Sarah  S.  Pattee 165.00 

Charles  E.  French 108.06 

David  Perkins 182.06 

Mrs.  O.  S.  Danforth 140.25 

Marv  E.  Crawford 144.00 

Josiah  Carpenter 720.00 

Joseph  Bean 144.00 

Calvin  Boynton  heirs 50.00 

$4,675.53 


Total  permanent  fund  Dec.  31,  1896. .  $33,237.42 

Income  on  hand  January  1,  1896 . . .     |2,104.28 
Income  received  during  the  year. . .       1,473.22 


Expenses  paid  during  the  year: 

Joseph  Benoit |18.75 

John  B.  Variek  Co 4.97 

John  B.  Variek  Co 20.75 

John  B.  Variek  Co 23.75 

Manchester  S.  i&  R.  Co 40.00 

B.  A.  Stearns,  superintendent 712.00 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896. .  2,757.28 


5,577.50 


5,577.50 


Valley  Cemetery. 

Amount  of  permanent   fund   on   hand  Janu- 
ary 1,  1896 • 19,977.23 

Receipts  during  the  year: 
From  Mrs.  Mary  D.  Perkins $100.00 


438  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

From  S.  E.  Fitch |115.20                  : 

Mrs.  E.  E.  Balcb 488.40 

J.  C.  Bickford,  adm'r 200.00 

Mrs.  L.  W.  Nourse 115.20 

C.    T.    Allen,    adm'r    James 

Mitchell  estate 150.00 

S.  Josephine  Butterfleld. . ..  120.00 

Martha  W.  Browii  estate. . .  500.00 
Caroline    I.    Shattuck    and 

Annie  S.  Griffin 144.00 

Mrs.  Harriet  K.  Prime 108.00 

Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Haines ,  200.00 

12,240.80 

Total  permanent  fund  Dec.  31,  1896. . .  $12,218.03 

Income  on  hand  January  1,  1896. ..       $858.23 
Income  received  during  the  year. ..         505.09 

$1,363.32 


Expenses  paid  during  the  year: 

C.  H.  G.  Foss,  superintendent $293.18 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896. .       1,070.14 


$1,363.32 


GALE  FUND,  VALLEY  CEMETERY. 

Amount  of  income  on  hand  Janu- 
ary 1,  1896 $104.49 

Interest  received  during  the  year..  13.16 

Expenses  paid  during  the  year: 

Care  of  lot $6.00 

Painting   fence   around   Gale   and. 

Ayer  tomb 8.20 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896 . .  103.45 


$117.65 


$117.65 


REPORT    OF   TRUSTEES    OF   CEMETERY    FUND.  439 

Piscataqua  Cemetery. 

Amount  of  permanent  fund  on  hand  January 

1,  1896 POO.OO 

Keceived  from  Charles  K.  Walker 50,00 

Total  permanent  fund  Dec.  81,  1896 . . .        $350.00 

Income  on  hand  January  1,  1896. .  |58.08 

Income  during  the  year 15.00 

173.08 

Cr. 

By  cash  on  hand  December  31,  1806 |73.08 

MARY  P.  HARRIS  FUND. 

Amount  of  fund  January  1,  1896 1500.00 

Total  permanent  fund  Dec.  31,  1896. . .  $500.00 

Income  received  from  John  K.  McQuesten ....  |289.33 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896 $289.33 


Merrill  Cemetery. 

Amount  of  fund  January  1,  1896 $487.89 

Total  permanent  fund  Dec.  31,  1896. . . .        $487.80 
Income  on  hand  January  1,  1896.  .  $32.83 

Income  received  during  the  year. .  25.49 

$58.32 

Expenses  paid  during  the  year : 

Joseph  Pelleron $6.00 

B.  A.  Stearns,  superintendent ....  6.00 

Palmer  &  Garmon 3.00 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896..  .  43.32  $58.32 

$58.32 

Respectfully  submitted. 

FRED  L.  ALLEN, 
Treasurer  of  Cemetery  Furid, 


440  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

This  is  to  certify  that  I  have  examined  the  books  of  ac- 
counts of  Fred  L.  Allen,  treasurer  of  the  trustees  of  the 
cemetery  funds,  enibracinjjj  the  receipts  and  expenditures 
for  the  year  ISOG,  and  I  find  the  same  correct  and  prop- 
erly vouched.  I  have  also  examined  the  securities  in 
which  said  fund  is  invested,  and  find  as  follows: 

PINE   GROVE   CEMETERY. 

Bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

5  per  cent,  1913 114.700.00 

5  per  cent,  1942 16,000.00 

Cash  on  hand 2,537.42 

Total  amount  of   bonds   and   cash  De- 
cember 31,  1890 133,237.42 

VALLEY    CEMETERY. 

Bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

5  per  cent,  1913 |4,800.00 

5  per  cent,  1942 6,000.00 

Cash  on  hand 1,418.03 

Total   amount  of   bonds   and  cash  De- 
cember 31,  1896 $12,218.03 

PISCATAQUOG    CEMETERY. 

Bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  $300.00. 
Cash  on  hand. '. 50.00 

Total    amount  of   bonds   and  cash  De- 
cember 31,  189G $350.00 

Ma?'ij  P.  Harris  Fund. 

Bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

6  per  cent,  1897 $500.00 


REPORT   OF   TRUSTEES   OF    CEMETERY   FUND.  441 

MERRILL    CEMETERY. 

Bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 

5  per  cent,  1913.  ! 1200.00 

5  per  cent,  1942 250.00 

Cash  on  hand 37.89 

Total    amount  of   bonds   and  cash  De- 
cember 31,  1S9G 1487.89 


Total  permanent  fund  Dec.  31,  1896. . .  |4G,793.84 
JAMES  E.  DODGE, 

Auditor. 


Manchester,  N.  H.,  Dec.  26,  1896. 

John  K.  McQuesten  respectfully  submits  the  following 
statement  of  account  as  trustee  of  funds  for  the  care  of 
Piscataquog  cemetery: 

Charges  himself  as  follows: 

NoYember  7,  1891,  amount   on   bank-book   at 

Manchester  SaYings  Bank f 218.82 

July  1,  1892,  interest  on  same 8.63 

July  1,  1893,  interest  on  same 6.56 

1894,  interest  on  same 5.89 

January  1, 1895,  interest  on  same 7.64 

1897,  interest  on  same 11.91 

Interest  on  bonds  1892,  '93,  '94,  '95,  and  '96. . .  150.00 


.45 
Cr. 

By  expenditures |120.12 

By  cash  on  hand 289.33 

$409.45 


442  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

And  claims  tlie  following  credits  as  per  vouchers,  viz.: 

May  9,  1892,  R.  P.  Stevens  &  Co |5.75 

May  9,  1892,  N.  E.  Fullerton 1.00 

July  1,  1892,  T.  A.  Lane 82.87 

December  30,  1894,  C.  A.  Rowell 1.50 

June  8,  1895,  L.  &  W.  T.  Seiberlich 4.33 

June  24,  1895,  Bixby  &  Wilson 4.97 

June  4,  1895,  Head  '&  Dowst 19.70 

January  1,  1897,  cash  in  bank 284.35 

January  1, 1897,  cash  on  hand 4.98 

1409.45 

Auditor's  Office,  December  26, 1896. 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  examined  the  within  ac- 
count, and  the  same  is  correct. 

JAMES  E.  DODGE, 

Auditor. 


REPORT 


TRUSTEES  OF  THE  SINKING  FUND. 


REPORT 

OF  THE 

TRUSTEES  OF  THE  SINKING  FUND. 


To  the  Trustees  of  the  Sinking  Fund: 

Gentlemen, — I  herewith  transmit  to  you  the  fourth  an- 
nual report  of  the  receipts  of  this  board  for  the  year  end- 
ing December  31, 1896. 

Dr. 

Total  amount  of  fund  Jan.  1,  1896, 
for  the  payment  of  improvement 

bonds 110,222.65 

Appropriation  for  1895 10,000.00 

Income  received  during  the  year. ..         606.50 

$20,829.15 


Cr. 

By  bonds  on  hand  January  1,  1896  |10,000.00 

Bonds  bought  during  the  year 10,000.00 

Premium  on  bonds 252.00 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896. .  577.15 


120,829.15 


Dr. 

Total  amount  of  fund  Jan.  1,  1896, 

for  the  payment  of  water  bonds . .  |26,822.59 
Water-works,  hydrant  service,  1895  15,800.00 
Income  received  during  the  year. ..      1,378.33 

445 


144,000.92 


446  annual  official  reports. 

Cr. 

By  bonds  on  hand  Janviarj  1,  189G.  $26,000.00 
Bonds  bought  during  the  year. . . .     16,000.00 

Premium  on  bonds 403.20 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896 . . .       1,597.72 


144,000.92 
Respectfully  submitted. 

FRED  L.  ALLEN, 
Treasurer  Sinking  Fund, 


This  is  to  certify  that  I  have  examined  the  books  of  ac- 
counts of  Fred  L.  Allen,  treasurer  of  the  trustees  of  the 
sinking  fund,  embracing  the  receipts  and  expenditures 
for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1896,  and  find  the  same 
correct  and  properly  vouched.  I  have  also  examined  the 
securities  in  which  said  fund  is  invested,  and  find  as  fol- 
lows: 

For  the  payment  of  improvement  bonds. 
Bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H. : 

4  per  cent,  1908 flO,000.00 

4  per  cent,  1913 5,000.00 

4  per  cent,  1914 5,000.00 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896. . .  577.15 

120,577.15 

For  the  payment  of  water  bonds. 
Bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  N.  H. : 

4  per  cent,  1909*^ $10,000.00 

4  per  cent,  1910 6,000.00 

4  per  cent,  1913 8,000.00 

4  per  cent,  1914 18,000.00 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896. .       1,597.72 

$43,597.72 


Total  amount  of  sinking  fund  Dec.  31,  1896. . .  $64,174.87 

JAMES  E.  DODGE, 

Auditor. 


REPORT 


BOARD  OF  HEALTH, 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 


To  His  Honor  the  Mayor: 

The  following  is  submitted  by  the  Board  of  Health  as 
its  report  for  the  year  189G: 

Dr.  C.  W.  Downing  having  been  re-appointed  to  suc- 
ceed himself,  the  board  organized  by  re-electing  Dr.  C.  F. 
Starr  as  chairman,  and  William  K.  Bobbins,  M.  Sc,  as 
clerk.  Early  in  the  year  Dr.  C.  F.  Starr  resigned  on  ac- 
count of  ill  health,  and  William  J.  Starr  was  appointed  to 
serve  out  his  term  of  office.  Dr.  C.  W.  Downing  was  then 
elected  chairman  of  the  board  to  serve  out  the  unexpired 
time  of  Dr.  Starr. 

EXPENDITURES. 

Salaries 1620.83 

Labor 2,740.0L 

Office  furniture 35,82 

Printing  and  advertising 209.25 

Postage  and  envelopes 14.93 

Team • 59.50 

Car  fares 73.95 

Board  of  team 102.74 

Express 7.90 

Telephone  service 36.50 

Gas 1.68 

Legal  expenses 16.74 

449 

29 


450  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Antitoxin 104.15 

T)ii>lith('ria  oxnniiiiations 20.00 

Disinfectants m.:V.\ 

Aid  given  families  quarantined rJO.O.") 

Board,  fuel,  etc.,  for  jx^st-liouse 'MM7> 

Sundries 25.80 

Total $4,1()3.10 

MEETINGS. 

The  regulai'  weekly  meetings  begun  last  rear  have  been 
continued,  it  having  proved  a  convenience  to  the  public  to 
know  tha;t  the  board  may  be  found  at  its  ofiflce  every 
Wednesday  evening  at  7  i'.  m.  Besides  this,  a  somewhat 
smaller  number  of  special  meetings  have  been  held,  and 
the  usual  number  of  trips  of  inspection  have  been  made. 

INSPECTORS. 

The  same  inspectors  have  been  retained  as  during  last 
year.  The  board  felt  that  it  was  losing  much  of  the  value 
of  Mr.  Clough's  services  as  an  inspector  and  executive 
officer  by  ke])ing  him  in  the  oHice  to  attend  to  the  grant 
ing  of  burial  permits;  so,  in  place  of  employing  a  man  to 
give  his  whole  time  to  the  patroling  of  Lake  Massabesic, 
Miss  Ethel  A.  ^Marston  was  employed  to  take  charge  of 
the  office,  thus  relieving  Mr.  ('lough,  and  giving  the  board 
two  inspectors  free  from  office  duties.  The  work  was 
therefore  so  arranged  that,  during  the  summer  months, 
one  or  both  of  the  inspectors  should  spend  some  part  of 
each  day  at  the  lake.  In  this  manner  we  believe  the 
source  of  the  city's  water  supply  was  guarded  quite  as 
well  as  usual. 

]Mr.  Barry  was  retained  as  last  year  to  give  his  special 
attention  to  the  enforcement  of  the  plumbing  regula- 
tions. 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH.        451 
SEWERS. 

The  progress  made  during  the  year  in  putting  in  sewers 
is  gratifying  to  the  board,  and  we  would  suggest  that 
special  attention  be  given  to  the  locality  wnere  there  are 
springs,  as  in  such,  cesspools  are  of  no  avail,  and  trouble- 
some nuisances  result  from  attempts  to  use  them.  Espe- 
cially is  this  the  case  in  the  southeastern  part  of  the  city. 

TLUMBING. 

The  administration  of  the  plumbing  rules  has  pro- 
ceeded much  the  same  as  last  year.  While  there  is  a  bet- 
ter general  voluntary  compliance  with  the  regulations, 
there  are  still  some  difficulties  in  the  way  of  the  best  sani- 
tary arrangement  and  location  of  the  drainage  of  build- 
ings. It  is  to  be  expected  that  in  old  buildings  some  con- 
cessions must  be  made  in  location;  but  it  is  very  much  to 
be  regretted  that,  owing  to  the  absence  of  building  in- 
spectors, new  buildings  are  constantly  being  erected 
wherein  the  drainage  is  located  where  it  may  be  put  in 
cheapest,  and  will  be  as  far  as  possible  from  frost. 

The  plumbing  work  in  general  has  been  more  skillfully 
done,  owing  to  the  discontinuance  of  several  parties  who 
followed,  but  scarcely  knew,  the  trade  of  a  plumber. 

TENEMENT    BLOCKS. 

Fewer  tenement  blocks  have  required  the  attention  of 
the  board  this  year  than  usual,  but  there  are  still  many 
that  require  constant  watching,  and  some  that  the  board 
will  insist  must  be  renovated  soon. 

DISPOSAL    OF     WASTES. 

The  various  dumps  about  the  city  have  given  the  board 
more  than  the  usual  work  this  year;  not  that  they  are  any 
worse  than  usual,  they  have  always  been  decidedly  bad, 


452  ANNUAL  OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

but  because  houses  are  beiuj?  erected  on  or  near  them. 
The  board  is  fully  convinced  that  all  the  dumps  now  in 
use  should  be  discontinued  at  once,  and  it  will  use  every 
legitimate  means  to  bring  this  about.  The  time  has  ar- 
rived when  our  general  wastes  must  be  disposed  of,  either 
by  burning  or  by  removal  far  out  of  the  city,  and  we 
would  recommend  that,  until  a  crematory  can  be  in- 
stalled, a  contract  of  some  kind  be  made  with  the  Boston 
&  Maine  Kailroad  to  remove  the  wastes  by  rail.  For  this 
purpose,  cars  specially  fitted  could  be  left  at  various 
parts  of  the  city  to  receive  the  waste,  and  could  be  taken 
off  to  some  distant  swamp  or  waste  land  each  day.  The 
present  arrangement  for  collecting  the  garbage,  with 
some  slight  amendments,  will  give  satisfaction  for  a 
while. 

First,  the  ordinance  requiring  swill  and  other  matters 
kept  separate  by  the  householders,  should  be  rigidly  en- 
forced; and  second,  the  private  swill-gatherers  should  be 
put  under  control.  At  present,  they  roam  about  the  city, 
taking  any  desirable  swill  they  find,  with  no  uniformity 
of  time  or  manner.  It  will  be  taken  from  some  houses  so 
long  that  the  city  farm  teams  will  discontinue  looking  for 
it,  and  then  it  will  be  left,  and  complaint  made.  Again, 
it  often  happens  that  several  different  swill  teams  will  go 
through  the  same  back  street  the  same  day,  or  even  the 
same  hour.  This  board  would  recommend  that  an  ordi- 
nance be  passed  requiring  all  private  swill-gatherers  to 
be  licensed  by  the  Health  Department,  said  license  being 
revokable  when  all  regulations  are  not  properly  ob- 
served. In  such  case  we  could  prescribe  the  vessels  and 
vehicles  for  transportation,  and  manner  and  time  of  gath- 
ering. For  instance,  if  Mr.  A  wants  to  take  the  swill  of 
Smith  and  Jones  in  one  back  street  or  block,  he  must  also 
take  that  of  Brown  and  whoever  else  lives  in  that  district, 
so  that  no  team  other  thniA  that  of  Mr.  A   will  cover  that 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH.        453 

territory.  In  such  a  manner  a  very  considerable  saving 
of  territory  covered  by  the  city  farm  team  would  be  made, 
and  at  a  corresponding  economy;  also  the  number  of  swill 
teams  frequenting  a  given  locality  would  be  reduced  to 
one. 

CONTAGIOUS    DISEASE    HOSPITAL. 

The  large  number  of  contagious  diseases  during  the 
year  has  impressed  upon  us  anew  the  need  this  city  has 
for  a  proper  place  of  refuge  for  these  diseases.  The  im- 
proper location  of  the  place  now  used  for  such  purposes 
was  deeply  impressed  upon  us  during  this  summer,  when 
we  found  it  necessary  to  remove  a  case  of  varioloid  from  a 
hotel,  and  put  it  in  the  most  popular  public  park  of  the 
city.  We  would  again  most  earnestly  urge  upon  your 
Honor,  and  through  you  the  city  councils,  the  great  and 
immediate  need  of  a  contagious  disease  hospital. 

The  following  tables  show  the  number  of  cases  of  con- 
tagious and  infectious  diseases  reported  during  each 
month  of  the  year,  and  the  deaths  resulting  therefrom; 
also  the  average  number  of  cases  and  deaths  for  the  past 
twelve  years,  which  is  put  in  for  the  purpose  of  compari- 
son: 


454 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 


Membra- 
neous 
croup. 

Diph- 
theria. 

Typhoid 
fever. 

Measles. 

Scarlet 
fever. 

Vario- 
loid. 

Totals. 

Months. 

m 

m 
O 
m 
d 
O 

2 
1 
2 
2 

1 

03 

Oi 

Q 

1 

09 

« 

0) 

U 

10 
12 
9 
6 
4 
8 
2 
6 
10 
7 
1 
S 

81 

2 
d 
Q 

3 

5 
3 

1 

1 
2 
1 

1 

1 
2 

20 

d 
Q 

in 
» 

09 

d 

9 
9 
10 
1 
2 
2 
4 
3 
2 
6 
8 
6 

61 

CD 

d 

o 

o: 

4) 

09 

d 
« 
Q 

09 

<0 
09 

d 

21 
23 
23 
18 
15 
43 
33 
31 
26 
106 
125 
299 

763 

to 

d 

January  .... 

1 

5 

1 

1 

7 

8 

31 

27 

19 

6 

61 

93 

246 

500 

1 
1 

1 
3 

5 

1 
2 

1 
1 

4 

April 

Mav          .... 

2 

June 

July 

1 

1 

1 

? 

<? 

August 

1 

2 

8 
28 
19 
38 

103 

1 
1 
7 
3 
15 

28 

?, 

1 

October 

November.. 
December . . 

Totals... 

4 
4 
4 

17 

4 
4 
3 

14 

1? 

8 

. . . . 

?1 

1 

1 

66 

REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 


455 


Years. 


1885. 
1886. 
1887. 
ISSS. 
1889. 
1890. 
1891. 
1892. 
1893. 
1894. 
1895. 
1896. 


Membra- 
neous 

Diph- 

Typhoid 

Measles. 

croup. 

theria. 

fever. 

03 

fn 

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m 

w 

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m 

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Scarlet 
fever. 


73 
126 
79 
41 
21 
26 
7 
42 
47 
103 


94 
44 

259 
63 
25 
44 

110 
67 
55 

500 


Vario- 
loid. 

Tots 

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0? 

© 

m 

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(D 

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U 

Q 

O 

* 

7& 

* 

36 

« 

48 

392 

52 

428 

48 

438 

35 

211 

22 

554 

29 

408 

23 

418 

55 

260 

48 

763 

66 

*No  returns  made  during  this  year. 

Inspection  of  these  tables  will  reveal  the  fact  that  the 
number  of  contagious  diseases  is  much  larger  than  for 
several  years.  It  will  be  noticed  that  the  increase  is  due 
principally  to  the  greater  number  of  cases  of  measles  and 
diphtheria.  One  probable  reason  for  the  excessive  num- 
ber of  cases  of  measles  is  doubtless  want  of  isolation  of 
patients.  Many  people  seem  to  have  a  strange  prejudice 
against  the  placarding  of  their  premises,  and  as  this  dis- 
ease is  usually  not  considered  dangerous,  in  many  cases 
no  physician  was  called.  The  people  ignorantly  or  will- 
fully failed  to  report  the  cases,  and  from  such,  of  course^ 
the  public  had  no  protection.  It  is  a  relief  to  know  that 
the  death-rate  from  this  disease  has  been  very  low. 

Diphtheria  has,  during  the  year,  especially  the  latter 
part,  been  very  prevalent.     There  have  been  reported  to 


456  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

the  board  120  cases,  with  a  mortality  of  42,  a  fraction 
over  30  per  cent.  The  board  has  been  vigilant  in  trying 
to  suppress  the  disease;  witli  what  result,  no  one  can  tell; 
but  it  is  safe  to  say  that  something  has  been  accom- 
plished by  isolation,  quarantine,  and  disinfection.  There 
has  seemed  to  be  no  common  cause  of  the  disease,  as 
nearly  all  sections  of  the  city  have  suffered.  We  have 
feared  that  the  dumps^  which  are  a  standing  menace, 
while  not  directly  responsible,  have,  in  some  instances, 
aggravated  the  malady.  The  serum  treatment  of  the  dis- 
ease, which  may  still  be  regarded  as  suh  judicc,  is  still 
sulTicienth'  recognized  to  warrant  the  board  in  keeping  on 
hand  reliable  antitoxin,  which  is  furnished  to  physicians 
at  cost  for  such  of  their  patients  as  are  able  to  i>ay  for  it; 
to  those  unable  to  pay  for  it,  it  is  furnished  gratis.  We 
think  a  few  lives  have  been  saved  by  its  timely  use. 

Of  the  other  diseases  there  have  been  about  the  usual 
number.  Measles  is  placarded,  but  not  quarantined. 
Scarlet  fever  and  diphtheria,  however,  are  maintained  by 
the  board  in  strict  quarantine  as  nearh'  as  practicable. 

The  special  item,  for  use  in  aid  of  destitute  families,  in 
the  appropriation  this  year,  was  most  timely,  as  the  quar- 
antine left  man}-  jjeople  in  need  of  the  necessaries  of  life, 
and  these  were  furnished  by  the  board  upon  investiga- 
tion, nothing  being  paid  for  except  what  was  ordered  spe- 
citically  by  the  inspectors.  The  board  feels  that  in  this 
way  much  suffering  has  been  relieved,  and  that  the 
spread  of  the  disease  has  been  materially  checked. 

DISINFECTIOX. 

During  the  year  the  board  has  had  constructed  a  lamp, 
invented  by  I'rof.  F.  C.  Kobinsoii,  which  generates  for- 
maldehyde gas  from  methyl  akohol,  or  "wood  spirit." 
This  gas  is  generally  conceded  to  be  more  effective  as  a 
disinfectant   tlian   sulphur   fumes,  and  at  the  same  time 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH.        457 

less  liable  to  injure  fabrics  and  colors.  This  method  of 
fumigation  has,  therefore,  been  in  use  the  latter  part  of 
the  Tear.  It  costs  more  than  sulj)hur,  hence  the  expense 
for  disinfectants  is  somewhat  increased. 

DEATH  RETURNS. 

In  the  granting  of  burial  i)ermits  we  have  insisted  upon 
more  careful  statements  of  the  causes  of  death,  and  al- 
though this  has  at  times  entailed  some  extra  labor  upon 
undertakers  and  ph3sicians,  we  think  the  accuracy  of  our 
statistics  upon  this  subject  justifies  the  extra  pains  and 
bother. 


458 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


DEATH  RETURNS. 

TABLE    SHOWING    THE    MORTALITY    OF    THE    CITY    BY    DISEASES 
AXD    BY    MONTHS    FOR    THE    YEAB    1S96. 


CaijSes  of  Death. 

>> 
c3 

3 

B 

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o 
u 

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6 

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<-> 

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> 

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o 
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» 

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1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

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1 

1 

.... 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

2 

g 

*<           fall 

1 

3 

1 
1 

1 

1 

4 

*'           injury  to  spine 
•'          Internal  inj'ies 
*'          poison  i  n  g  by 

1 

1 

0 

1 

2 

1 

1 

*•           run    over     by 

3 

**           run     over    by 
electric  cars 

1 

1 

1 

Albuminuria     and      ob- 

1 

\ 

2 

1 

2 

1 

2 

4 

Aneurism  of  mesenteric 

1 

1 

1 
3 

1 

3 

1 

Apoplexy,  cerebral i    2 

1 
I 
1 

1 

1 

I 

8 

3 

1 

18 
1 

1 

2 

i 

1 

4 

1 

1 
1 

1 

Bone,  caries  and  compli- 

1 

2 

1 

2 

.... 

.... 

1 

.... 

... 

.... 

1 

4 

1 

1 
3 

1 

3 

3 

"i" 

1 

IS 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

6 

2 

1 

1 

2 
1 

3 
3 

H 

"            "        chronic 

.... 

3 

.... 

3 

10 

REPORT    OF    THE    BOARD    OF    HEALTH.  459 

TABLE.  —  Continued. 


Causes  of  Death. 

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2 

3 
2 

5 
2 

6 
2 

3 

1 

30 

"           capillary 

12 

"            chronic 

1 

1 

1 

6 
1 

Cancer  of  brain 

1 
1 

1 

"      of  breast 

1 

1 

.... 

3 

1 

1 

"      of  head 

1 

1 

2 

"      of  liver 

1 

1 

1 

1 

"      of  perineum 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

5 

"      of  throat 

1 

1 

2 

Carcinoma 

1 

J 

Catarrh,  acute  gastric... 
Childbirth 

1 

1 

1 

7 

■47' 

2 

31 

1 

Cholera  infantum 

3 

1 

13 

6 

2 

109 

"       morbus 

2 

Collitis  ileo 

i 

1 
1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

.5 
1 
1 

... 

.... 

2 

2 

2 
3 
2 

15 

Croup,  membraneous  . . 

4 

4 
2 

14 

"      spasmodic 

g 

1 
1 
2 

1 

Debility 

1 

1 

3 

2 

1 

3 

2 

4 
2 

2 
2 

.... 

2 
1 

21 

8 
1 
3 

1 

"       mellitus.  

3 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 
1 
2 
2 

4 

28 

4 

7 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

10 

11 

4 

7 

3 

15 

Dropsy 

1 

Dysentery 

5 

Eclampsia 

1 

1 
1 

Embolism 

Empysema 

1 

"        &  bronchitis.. 

1 
1 

Encephalitis,  chronic  ... 

Endocarditis       '* 

1 

"i' 

1 

2 

Enteritis 

2 
2 
1 

1 
4 

1 
1 

2 

1 

2 

"i" 

1 
1 

"         gasti'O 

1 

1 

Entero-collitis 

Epilepsy 

1 

3 

4 

Epistaxis 

1 

Erysipelas 

1 

1 

0 

"        &  phlegmanous 
Exposure  to  cold 

1 

" 

1 
2 
1 
7 
2 
2 

1 

1 

Fever,  bilious 

1 
1 

"     brain 

2 

1 

3 

"     infantile i 

1 

.... 

1 

"     remittent 

1 

1 

"     scarlet 

3 

1 

"     typhoid 

5 

3 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

19 

"     typho-malarial... 

1 

X 

"     unspecified 

1 
1 

1 

Gangrene 

1 

2 

Gastritis 

1 
l 

3 

1 

5 

"        acute  alcoholic 

'i 

"i 

i 

1 

1 

Grippe 

3 

"     insanity  from 

... 

1 

460 


ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 
TABLE.— Conti7med. 


Causes  of  Death. 

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1 

1 

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1 

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5       2 

10 

6 

4 

3 

1 

3 

1 

1 

40 
1 

1 

1 
1 
2 

1 

7 

3 

. . . . 

1 

"    valvular  disease  of 

1 

5 

4 

4 
1 

3 

4 

30 

1 

Hydrocephalus  

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

5 

1 

Intestine,  perforation  of 

1 
5 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

6 

2 

3 

4 

1 

W 

Insanity 

1 

Jaundice 

1 

1 

?, 

Kidnej-s,  congenital  de- 

1 

1 

1 

"        carcinoma  of.   ....... 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

3 

1 

"i' 

91 

1 

3 

1 

1 

6 

1 

"       inflammation  of.. 
Locomotor  ataxia 

1 

1 

1 

1 

"   ■ 

1 
3 

1 

"       congestion  of  ...     2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

11 

"       edema  of 

1 
1 
1 

1 

Malnutrition 

.... 

1 

.... 

2 

M  arasmus 

.... 

2 
1 

1 

1 
1 

2 

3 

2 

3 

1 

2 
1 

1 
1 
2 

14 

Measles 

3 

Meningitis 

1 

1 

"2 

3 

1 
2 

8 
.... 

5 
2 

3 

1 
2 
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1. 

1 
2 
1 

1 
3 

9,7 

cerebral 

"         tubercular... 

17 

8 

Metritis 

1 

Morpbineism 

1 

1 

Multiple  abscess 

1 

1 

Muscular  consumption. ..... 

Nephritis 

1 

1 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 

fi 

"        chronic 1 

9, 

1 

"        pyelo 

1 

1 

Obstruction  gall  bladder 

1 

1 

Occlusion  of  rectum, con- 
genital  

1 

1 

Old  age 

3 

1 

2 

1 
1 

2 

1 

2 

2 

.... 

1 

3 
3 

3 

2 

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Paralysis 

1 

7 

"        cerebral 

1 

"        it  heart  dise'se 

1 

1 

"        infantile 

I 

1 

9 

1 

1 

f, 

Pericarditis 

1 

1 

Peritonitis  . ; 

1 

2 

1 

1 

"i" 

2 

1 
1 

3 

3 

3 

17 
2 

"         metro 

"         &  pneun)onia 
"         tubercular  . .. 

.... 

1 

1 

1 

1 

Pertussis 

1 

1 

1 

3 

and     broncho- 
pneumonia.. 

1 

1 

REPORT    OF    THE    BOARD    OF    HEALTH. 
TABLE.—  Continued. 


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Causes  of  death. 

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April. 

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0 
0 

s 

1 

s 

s 

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0 
Q 

1 
0 

H 

1 

5 

1 

Pharyngitis 

Phthisis,  pulmonary  ..  .• 

15 

14     12 

14 

5 

11 

6 

14 

7 

1 
1 
8 

7 

6 

116 
1 

. . 

1 

Pneumonia 

"           broncho 

"          &  heart  dis- 

7 
1 

3 

5 

4 
1 

7 
1 

4 

3 

1 

"i' 

3 
1 

5 

1 

12 

2 

61 
9 

1 

1 

1 

"           &  paralysis . 

1 

0 

1 

"           typhoid 

Poisoning.ac'te  alc'holic 

1 

1 

„ 

1 

"4 

1 

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1 

I'l 

1 

4 

2 

1 

"i 

1 

1 

3 

1 

1 

'•            muscular.. 
Sclerosis.posterior  spin'l 

.... 

1 

1 
1 
1 

1 

Septica-mia 

1 

1 
1 

1 
3 

7 

10 

7 

8 

8 

1 

3 

7 

10 

7 

85 

1 

"        hemorrhage  of 

1 

1 
0 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

"        hereditary 

Tetanus,  traumatic 

*  i 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

j 

2 

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1 

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1 

"            of    septicfe- 

1 

1 

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1 

1 
2 

1 

1 

1 
2 

80 

3 

1 

1 

2 

1 
1 

100 

11 

1 

98 

4 

Totals 

73 

91 

99 

101 

74 

135 

1 

108 

91 

86 

j 
1136 

1 

462 


ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 


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REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH.        463 

The  nnniber  of  deaths  of  ehiklren  under  five  years  of 
age  is  still  unreasonably  large,  and  the  usual  cause  of 
death  is  preventable  by  sufficient  and  proper  care  and 
feeding.  The  board  has  given  what  encouragement  it 
could  to  the  use  of  sterilized  milk.  In  this  connection  we 
are  impressed  that  material  aid  in  the  direction  of  whole- 
some food  for  children  might  be  secured  by  a  more  vigor- 
ous inspection  of  milk  sold  in  this  city.  As  the  business 
is  at  present  conducted,  milkrmay  well  be  considered  as  a 
dangerous  source  of  food.  The  inspection  of  it  should  ex- 
tend to  the  very  source  of  production,  and  all  milk  re- 
fused, sale  in  the  city,  where  the  health  of  the  cattle  and 
cleanliness  of  the  stable  is  not  first-class.  In  this  matter 
the  health  department  is  powerless,  as  the  inspection  of 
milk  is  at  present  beyond  our  jurisdiction. 

In  conclusion,  we  would  express  our  thanks  to  your 
Honor,  the  city  councils,  and  many  citizens  who  have 
given  us  encouraging  and  timely  assistance. 

C.  W.  DOWNING,  M.  D., 
WILLIAM  K.  ROBBINS, 
WILLIAM  J.  STARR, 
Board  of  Health  of  Manchester. 


INSPECTORS'  REPORT. 


Gentlemen  of  the  Board  of  H<ealth: 

We  be<?  leave  to  submit  the  following  as  the  report  of 
the  sanitary  inspectors  for  the  year  189G: 

Vaults  and  privies  inspected 646 

Vaults  inspected  after  cleaning 625 

Water-closets  inspected 2,350 

Yards  and  alleys  inspected 1,952 

Cellars  inspected 1,599 

Barns  and  outbuildings  inspected 82 

Tenements  inspected 382 

Barn  cellars  inspected 271 

Latrines  inspected 16 

Teams  and  riggings  of  excavators  Inspected. ...  13 

Soaperies,  slaughter-houses,  etc.,  inspected 14 

Cleaning  or  repairs  were  ordered  as  follows: 

Vaults  and  privies  cleaned 107 

Yards  and  alleys  cleaned 367 

Cellars  cleaned 479 

Barn  cellars  cleaned. 21 

Barns,  etc.,  cleaned 17 

Tenements  cleaned 42 

Water-closets  cleaned  or  repaired 398 

Vault  covers  repaired 24 

Leaky  drainpipes  repaired 3(i 

Openings  other  than  leaks  in  the  drainage  system  were 
found  in  (54  places,  and  same  were  closed  by  order  of  the 

464 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH.        465 

department.  One  thousand  three  hundred  and  three 
sinks  have  been  examined,  and  603  have  been  provided 
with  traps. 

Sewerage  was  found  running  on  the  surface  of  the 
ground  in  73  places,  and  such  nuisances  were  abated 
either  by  entering  the  sewer  or  carrying  away  in  some 
manner  not  offensive. 

In  doing  the  work  of  the  department  it  has  been  neces- 
sary to  make  2,357  calls,  and  to  write  1,209  letters. 

Three  hundred  and  ninety-eight  complaints  have  been 
investigated.  In  269  cases  th£  inspectors  have  been  able 
to  give  relief,  and  in  129  cases  it  was  found  that  no  cause 
existed,  or  that  same  was  beyond  the  control  of  the  de- 
partment. 

Thirty-eight  dead  animals  have  been  properly  disposed 
of. 

One  hundred  and  seventy-six  hens  and  small  animals 
have  been  removed  f  rotn  cellars. 

One  hundred  and  forty-five  swine  and  cows  have  been 
discovered  being  kept  within  the  sanitary  limits  of  the 
city,  without  licenses.  Same  were  ordered  removed  or 
licenses  procured. 

Twelve  complaints  were  made  against  the  scavenger 
service;  in  each  case  the  proper  parties  were  notified  and 
relief  afforded. 

Eleven  persons  were  discovered  throwing  garbage  in 
the  back  street,  and  were  warned  against  the  practice. 

Private  swill  collectors  have  been  notified  seventeen 
times  to  be  neater  in  their  work. 

Eighteen  catch-basins  or  street  cesspools  have  been 
flushed  or  repaired  by  order  of  this  department. 

Eighty-eight  notices  have  been  prepared  and  served, 
and  proper  returns  made. 

A  sanitary  inspection  has  been  made  of  25  bakeshops. 

Two  theaters  were  ordered  cleaned  and  put  into  proper 
sanitary  condition. 

30 


466  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Circus  grounds  have  been  inspected  six  times,  and  nui- 
sance abated  once. 

Stable  bedding  was  found  in  back  street  in  19  places, 
and  ordered  removed. 

The  dumps  have  been  inspected  72  times,  and  nuisances 
there  to  the  number  of  4  abated  by  the  street  department. 

One  hundred  and  fifty-six  nuisances  not  otherwise  clas- 
sified have  been  abated  through  the  efforts  of  this  depart- 
ment. 

Thirty-three  samples  of  water  secured  from  Lake  Mas- 
sabesic  and  springs  and  wells  about  the  city,  have  been 
sent  away  for  analysis. 

Householders  have  been  given  26  permits  to  clean  their 
own  vaults. 

Permits  to  the  number  of  1,347  have  been  granted  for 
the  burial  or  removal  of  dead  bodies,  and  the  returns  for- 
warded to  the  city  registrar. 

A  statement  of  mortality  has  been  prepared  each 
month,  and  copies  sent  to  over  two  hundred  other  towns 
and  cities,  to  local  physicians,  etc. 

Contagious  and  infectious  diseases  have  been  reported 
as  follows:  Measles,  500;  diphtheria,  103;  typhoid  fever, 
SI;  membraneous  croup,  17;  varioloid,  1;  total,  763.  six 
hundred  and  forty-one  of  these  cases  were  reported  by 
physicians,  48  by  householders,  and  74  were  discovered 
by  the  inspectors.  The  inspectors  were  unable  to  trace 
the  cause  in  413  cases;  in  308  cases  the  connection  with 
some  previous  case  was  clearly  traceable.  Colds  were 
the  probable  cause  in  22  cases;  5  cases  were  contracted 
outside  of  the  city;  and  in  15  cases  it  was  reasonable  to  at- 
tribute the  cause  to  unsanitary  surroundings. 

In  110  cases  disinfectants  were  being  used.  The  in- 
spectors ordered  their  use  in  153  cases.  At  most  of  these 
latter  places  instructions  were  given  as  to  their  use,  and 
in  many  cases  the  department  furnished  the  disinfect- 
ants. 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH.        467 

In  59  cases  patients  were  found  well  isolated,  and  in 
182  cases  inspectors  were  obliged  to  order  isolation.  In 
nearly  all  of  these  cases  it  was  necessary  for  the  inspec- 
tors to  give  instructions  as  to  the  steps  to  be  taken. 

Nine  houses  were  watched  to  see  that  the  rules  of  isola- 
tion were  complied  with;  and  14  funerals  were  attended 
to  prevent  a  too  public  observance  of  the  same. 

Fifty  houses  where  disease  had  existed  were  fumigated 
by  the  inspectors. 

Xinety-seven  children  who  were  attending  school,  and 
86  people  who  were  working  and  living  in  houses  where 
contagious  disease  existed,  were  either  restrained  from 
attending  school  and  employment,  or  instructed  as  to 
thorough  isolation  from  the  disease  until  all  danger  from 
contagion  had  passed. 

Four  cases  have  been  cared  for  at  the  contagious  dis- 
ease hospital. 

Four  hundred  and  seventy-six  houses  have  been  pla- 
carded, and  the  placards  removed  at  the  termination  of 
the  disease. 

About  2,500  pamphlets  issued  by  the  State  Board  of 
Health  have  been  distributed  in  the  localities  where  con- 
tagious disease  existed. 

Weekly  reports  of  contagious  and  infectious  diseases 
have  been  sent  to  the  State  Board  of  Health,  Concord, 
and  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  service,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

The  inspectors  have  each  in  turn  patroled  the  shores  of 
Lake  Massabesic,  Sundays,  holidays,  and  part  of  every 
other  day  from  June  1  to  October  1. 

Thirty-three  people  who  were  found  bathing  in  the  lake 
were  driven  out  and  warned  not  to  enter  it  again. 

One  hundred  and  eighteen  dead  fish  were  removed 
from  the  lake  or  its  shores,  and  buried.  Two  cows  were 
driven  out  of  the  water. 


468  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Kine  persons  were  warned  as  to  the  disposal  of  sink- 
water. 

Two  parties  Avere  cauglit  washing  clothes  in  the  lake, 
and  one  throwing  washing  water  in  the  lake.  Both  were 
reprimanded  and  warned. 

A  pile  of  garbage  found  on  the  shore  of  the  lake  was 
Lurned.  One  party  was  restrained  from  throwing  old 
pipe,  into  the  water.     One  privy  was  ordered  cleaned. 

Nuisances  to  the  number  of  14,  not  otherwise  classified, 
were  abated. 

Several  picnics  and  band  concerts  were  attended,  to 
prevent  the  careless  disposal  of  waste  and  rubbish  in  the 
lake  or  on  its  shore. 

Banana  skins,  sawdust,  tin  cans,  paper,  and  rubbish  of 
all  sorts,  have  been  removed  whenever  found. 

The  inspection  of  plumbing  has,  as  during  the  last  two 
years,  been  attended  to  by  Richard  J.  Barry,  with  the  fol- 
lowing results: 

Number  of  jobs  reported '  798 

tank  water-closets 1,0G2 

pressure  closets 73 

Kelley  &  Genesee  closets 2(1 

sinks G62 

bath-tubs 440 

wash-bowls 358 

wash-trays 78 

slop-hoppers 8 

urinals 4 


Total  number  of  fixtures-  put  in 2,074 

The  pipe  put  in  was  tested  with  water  in  G97  places. 
'At  15  places  where  water  was  not  accessible,  the  smoke 
test  was  used  in  place  of  water. 

A  total  of  2,289  inspections  were  made  of  the  work  dur- 
ing its  progress  and  after  its  completion. 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH.        469 

At  248  places  work  was  foimd  defective.  In  all  such 
cases  the  defective  work  was  removed  and  proper  work 
substituted  therefor. 

In  several  cases  i)lumbers  were  found  trying  to  deceive 
the  inspector,  but  in  most  cases  the  work  has  been  more 
expertly  done  than  in  previous  years,  as  several  parties 
who  were  inclined  to  be  dishonest,  or  were  incompetent 
from  lack  of  knowledge  and  experience,  have  discontin- 
ued the  occupation. 

The  inspector  has  been  to  some  trouble  to  secure  from 
his  reports  the  following  statistics  as  to  new  buildings, 
which  he  thinks  may  be  interesting : 

Total  number  reported 15G 

Single  tenement  buildings 98 

Two-tenement  buildings 29 

Three-tenement  buildings 17 

Four-tenement  buildings 3 

Six-tenement  buildings 2 

Eight-tenement  buildings 1 

Sixteen-tenement  buildings 1 

New  schoolhouses,  2;  large  apartment  block,  1;  cracker 
factory,  1;  freight  depot,  1;  and  police  patrol  stable,  1. 

The  total  value,  according  to  his  best  judgment,  is 
1700,000. 

The  inspectors  desire  to  express  their  thanks  to  the 
honorable  board  who  have  so  ably  directed  their  efforts; 
also  to  all  who  have  aided  them  in  the  work  of  the  depart- 
ment. 

HEKBERT  S.  CLOUGH, 
JOHN  F.  LOONEY. 
RICHAllD  J.  BARRY. 


GAS    LIGHTS,  OIL    LAMPS.  AND 
ELECTRIC   LIGHTS. 


GAS   LIGHTS,  OIL  LAMPS,  AND  ELFXTRIC 

LIGHTS. 


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. 

473 


474  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

Auburn  and  Franklin. 
One  lijjlit  on  State. 
Kiver,  near  Turner  Hall. 
Milford  and  Bowman. 
Mil  ford  and  B. 
River  and  Doujrlas. 
Dover  and  Granite. 

Oil  Lights  in  Use. 

Clarke  and  Adams. 

Pearl  and  Linden. 

Canal,  near  Amoskeag  bridge. 

Merrimack  and  Beacon. 

Hanover  and  Mammoth  road. 

Lake  avenue  and  Hail  road. 

Elm  and  Shasta. 

Elm  and  Baker. 

One  light  on  Baker. 

Douglas  and  West. 

Douglas  and  Quincy. 

Granite  and  Quincv. 

Mast  road  and  Riddle. 

Carroll. 

Bowman. 

A  and  B  streets. 

Light  near  the  Huntress  gardens. 

Mammoth  road  and  Cohas  avenue. 

Mammoth  road  and  Island  Pond  road. 

Mammoth  road  and  Cilley. 

Mammoth  road  and  Young. 

Massabesic  and  Hall  road. 

Massabesic  and  Taylor. 

Belmont  and  Green. 

Valley  and  Taylor. 

Valley  and  Cypress. 


GAS    LIGHTS,    OIL    LAMPS,    AND    ELECTRIC    LIGHTS.        475 

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  Xoah  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. 

Electric  Lights  in  Use. 

No.  1.  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,  " 


476  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

Kg.  0.  Wilson  and  Laurel,  arm. 

7.  Merrimack  and  Hall,  •' 

8.  ]Manchesler  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  Eussell,  "' 

18.  Bridge  and  Nashua,  " 

19.  Nashua  and  High,  " 

20.  Concord  and  Dutton,  " 

21.  Amherst  and  Lincoln,  " 

22.  Hanover  and  Lincoln,  " 
2.3.  Manchester  and  Lincoln,  " 
24.  Merrimack  and  Lincoln,  " 
2.5.  Laurel  and  Lincoln,  " 
20.  Central  and  Lincoln,  " 

27.  Lake  avenue  and  Lincoln,  " 

28.  Spruce  and  Lincoln,  " 

29.  Spruce  and  Maple,  '•' 
?.().  Lake  avenue  and  Maple,  " 
31.  Central  and  Maple,  " 
?,2.  Merrimack  and  Maple,  " 
33.  Manchester  and  Maple,  *' 
.34.  Hanover  and  Maple, 

35.  Amherst  and  Maple,  " 

30.  Concord  and  Maple,  " 

37.  Lowell  and  Nashua,  " 

38.  Bridge  and  Maple,  " 
.'J<:'.  Mjrtle  and  Maple,  " 

40.  Orange  and  Ash,  " 

41.  Harrison  and  Beech,  " 


GAS    LIGHTS,    OIL    LAMPS,    AND    ELECTRIC    LIGHTS.         477 

No.  42.  Myrtle- and  Beech  arm. 

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  L'^nion, 

60.  Central  and  LTnion, 

61.  Laurel  and  Union, 

62.  Merrimack  and  Union, 

63.  Manchester  and  L^nion, 

64.  Hanover  and  Union, 

65.  Amherst  and  Union, 

66.  Concord  and  Union, 

67.  Lowell  and  Walnut, 

68.  Lowell  and  Union, 

69.  High  and  Union, 

70.  Bridge  and  Union, 

71.  Bridge  and  Walnut, 

72.  Orange  and  Union, 

73.  Prospect  and  Union, 

74.  Brook  and  Union, 

75.  Pennacook  and  Union, 

76.  Webster  and  Pine, 

77.  North  and  Pine,  pole. 


478  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

No.    78.  Sag:aiiioi'e  aud  Pine,  arui. 
.  79.  Blodjjet  and  Pine,  '* 

80.  Harrison  and  Hazel,  " 

81.  Prospect  and  Pine,  « 

82.  Myrtle  and  Pine,  « 
88.  Orange  and  Pine,  '• 

84.  Pearl  and  Pine,  « 

85.  Bridge  and  Pine,  " 

86.  Tremont  square,  pole. 

87.  High  and  Pine,  arm. 

88.  Lowell  and  Pine,  " 

89.  Concord  and  Pine, 

90.  Amherst  and  Pine,  " 

91.  Hanover  and  Pine,  " 

92.  jNIanchester  and  Pine,  " 

93.  Merrimack  and  Pine,  " 
91.  Laurel  and  Pine,  " 

95.  Central  and  Pine,  " 

96.  Lake  avenue  and  Pine,  " 

97.  Cedar  and  Pine,  " 

98.  Auburn  and  Pine,  " 

99.  Cedar  and  Chestnut,  " 

100.  Park  square,  pole. 

101.  Lake  avenue  and  Chestnut,  arm. 

102.  Central  and  Chestnut, 

103.  INIerrimack  square,  east,  pole. 

104.  Merrimack  and  Chestnut,  arm. 

105.  Manchester  and  Chestnut,  " 

106.  Hanover  and  Chestnut,  " 

107.  Concord  square,  east,  pole. 

108.  Concord  square,  west,  '' 

109.  Chestnut  and  Concord  back  street,  arm. 

110.  Chestnut  and  High,  " 

111.  Chestnut  and  Bridge,  '* 

112.  Chestnut  and  Pearl,  " 

113.  Chestnut  and  Myrtle,  " 


GAS    LIGHTS,    OIL    LAMPS,    AND    ELECTRIC    LIGHTS.        479 

No.  114.  Chestnut  and  Harrison,  arm. 

115.  Chestnut  and  Brook,  "• 

116.  Pennacook  and  Chestnut,  pole. 

117.  Salmon  and  Chestnut,  " 
lis.  Webster  and  Chestnut,  arm. 

119.  Clarke  and  Elm,  " 

120.  Webster  and  Elm,  " 

121.  North  and  Elm, 

122.  Salmon  and  Elm,  " 
12.3.  Pennacook  and  Elm,  " 

124.  Brook  and  Elm,  " 

125.  Harrison  and  Elm,  " 

126.  Langdon  street,  pole. 

127.  Dean  and  Elm,  arm. 
12S.  Prospect  and  Chestnut,  " 

129.  Orange  and  Elm,  " 

130.  Kidder  and  Elm,  " 

131.  Elm  east  back  street,  on  Pearl,  " 

132.  Bridge  and  Elm,  " 

133.  Washington  and  Church,  " 

134.  Birch  and  Lowell,  " 

135.  Lowell  and  Elm,  " 

136.  Elm  east  back  street,  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  street,  " 

146.  Elm  and  Manchester,  " 

147.  Dean  ayenue  and  Elm  west  back  street, 

148.  Elm  and  Merrimack,  " 


480  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

N'o.  149.  Franklin  and  Merrimack  arm. 

150.  Middle  street,  '* 

151.  Merrimack  square,  west,  pole. 

152.  Elm  and  Central,  arm, 

153.  Elm  and  Lake  avenue,  " 
15-4.  Elm  and  ISpruce,  " 

155.  Elm  east  back  street,  between  Spruce  and 

Cedar,  pole. 

156.  Elm  and  Cedar,  arm, 

157.  Franklin  and  Granite,  " 

158.  Elm  and  xVuburn,  " 

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, 

170.  Canal  and  Merrimack,  •' 

171.  Canal  and  Middle, 

172.  Canal  and  Stark,  " 

173.  Canal  and  Mechanic,  ** 

174.  Canal  and  Spring,  '' 

175.  Canal  and  Bridge,  " 

176.  McGregor  bridge,  east,  pole, 

177.  Canal  and  Hollis,  '' 

178.  Canal  and  Dean,  " 

179.  Canal  and  Langdon,  arm. 

180.  Kiver  road  and  North,  " 

181.  Amoskeag  bridge,  east,  o 

182.  Amoskeag  bridge,  west,  o 

183.  Amoskeag  watering-trough,  pole. 


GAS   LIGHTS,   OIL   LAMPS,    AND   ELECTRIC    LIGHTS.        481 


No.  184.  Amoskeag  brick  store, 

185.  McGregor  and  Main, 

186.  McGregor  and  Bridge, 

187.  McGregor  bridge,  west, 

188.  Amory  and  Main, 

189.  Amory  and  Beauport, 

190.  Wayne  and  Beauport, 

191.  Marion  and  Main, 

192.  McGregor  and  Wayne, 

193.  McGregor  and  Putnam, 
191.  Sullivan  and  Main, 

195.  Beauport  and  Sullivan, 

196.  Main  and  Schuyler, 

197.  Wilton  and  Main, 

198.  Douglas  and  Main, 

199.  Douglas  and  Barr, 

200.  Granite  and  Green, 

201.  West  and  Granite, 

202.  Granite  and  Main, 

203.  Granite  and  Second, 

204.  Granite  bridge,  west, 

205.  School  and  Turner, 

206.  School  and  Third, 

207.  Second  and  Bath, 

208.  Ferry  and  Turner, 

209.  Ferry  and  Third, 

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, 

217.  Main  and  Milford, 

218.  Main  and  A, 

219.  Carroll  and  Milford, 

31 


pole. 


arm. 
pole. 


arm'* 


pole, 
arm. 

a 

pole, 
arm. 


pole, 
arm. 


482  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

No.  220.  Old  Mast  road  and  Mast,  arm. 

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.  Elm  and  Appleton,  " 

230.  Milford  and  Riddle,  " 

231.  Nutt  road  and  Portsmouth  railroad,  pole. 

232.  Lake  avenue  and  Canton,  *' 

233.  Laurel  and  Hall,  arm. 

234.  Beech  and  Brook,  *' 

235.  Kidder  and  Boyden,  pule. 

236.  Myrtle  and  Walnut,  arm. 

237.  Bridge  and  Linden,  " 

238.  Lowell  and  Ashland,  .         " 

239.  Lowell  and  Belmont,  " 

240.  Pearl  and  Union,  " 

241.  Salem  and  L'nion,  pole. 

242.  Water  street,  arm. 

243.  Arlington  and  Ashland,  " 
.    244.  Orange  and  Oak,  " 

245.  Prospect  and  Oak,  " 

246.  Arlington  and  Russell,  *' 

247.  ^Valnut  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,  " 

255.  Hanover  and  Highland,  pole. 


GAS   LIGHTS,   OIL   LAMPS,    AND   ELECTRIC   LIGHTS.        483 


No.  256.  Auburn  and  Beech, 
257.  Kidder  and  Whitney, 
25S.  Valley  and  Jewett, 

259.  Concord  and  Derrj, 

260.  Auburn  and  Union, 

261.  Harrison  and  Walnut, 

262.  West  Hancock  and  Second, 

263.  Douglas  and  West, 

264.  Hooksett  road,  Amoskeag, 

265.  Ash  and  Prospect, 

266.  Canal  and  Salmon, 

267.  Harrison  and  IJussell, 

268.  Gates  and  Dubuque, 

269.  Baker  and  Elm, 

270.  Auburn  and  Maple, 

271.  Pine  and  Salmon, 

272.  Adams  and  Appleton, 

273.  Clarke  and  River  road, 

274.  North  Main  and  Bremer, 

275.  Beech  and  Cedar, 

276.  Cass  and  Lake  avenue, 

277.  Mast  and  Riddle, 

278.  Brown  avenue  and  Baker, 

279.  Brown  avenue  and  Hancock, 

280.  Clarke  and  Union, 

281.  Brook  and  Maple, 

282.  Market  and  Canal, 

283.  Brook  and  Hazel, 

284.  Webster  and  River  road, 

285.  Webster  and  Walnut, 

286.  Chestnut,  near  Ray  Brook, 

287.  Concord  and  Beech, 

288.  Prospect  and  Linden, 

289.  Pearl  and  Morrison, 

290.  Concord  and  Hall, 


pole. 


arm. 
pole. 


arm. 
pole, 
arm. 
pole. 


arm. 
pole. 


arm. 
pole, 
arm. 
pole, 
arm. 
pole. 


arm. 
pole. 

a 

arm. 


484  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL   REPORTS. 

No.  291.  Merrimack  and  Belmont,  "    arm. 

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  street,  '* 

303.  Calef  road  and  Welch  avenue,  " 

304.  Valley  and  Taylor,  arm. 

305.  Pine  and  Brook,  " 
30G.  Conant  and  Beauport,  " 

307.  Douglas  and  North  Weare  Railroad,  pole. 

308.  Orange  and  Hall,  '' 

309.  Wayne  and  Dubuque,  arm. 

310.  Putnam  and  Cartier,  arm. 

311.  Hall  road  and  Lake  avenue,  pole. 

312.  Walker  and  Fourth,  arm. 

313.  Winter,  near  Main,  " 

314.  Walker  and  Turner,  pole. 

315.  Ainsworth  avenue  and  Young  street,  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. 


GAS   LIGHTS,   OIL   LAMPS,    AND   ELECTRIC   LIGHTS.      485 

No.  326.  Milford  and  Bismarck,      -  pole. 

327.  Merrimack  and  Wilson,  arm. 

328.  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,  « 

338.  Somerville  and  Jewett,  " 

339.  Elm  and  Ray  brook,  " 

340.  Amory  and  Bartlett,  i    " 

341.  W^est  Hancock  and  Dartmouth,  " 
842.  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.  Kelley  and  Rimmon,  " 

350.  Cooledge,  near  Kelley,  " 

351.  Buzzell  and  East  High,  " 

352.  Mechanic  and  Elm  back  street,  " 

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,                              j  " 


486  ANNUAL   OFFICIAL  REPORTS. 

No.  361.  Kelley  and  Alsace,  arm. 

362.  Main  and  Wayne,  '< 

363.  Spruce  and  Barry  avenue,  " 
.  36-4.  Lowell  and  Hall,  " 

365.  Central  and  Canal,  « 

366.  Myrtle  and  Elm  back  street,  " 

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  street,  " 

384.  Tilton  and  Bowman  avenue,  " 

385.  Prince  and  Boynton,  " 

386.  Carroll  and  Charlestown  avenue,  " 

387.  Beech  and  Silver,  " 

388.  Beech  and  Portsmouth  railroad,  " 

389.  Merrimack  and  Franklin  west  back  street,       '' 
.  390.  Prospect  and  Elm  back  street,  " 

391.  Pine  and  Pennacook,  " 

392.  Sagamore  and  Walnut,  " 

393.  Bridge  and  Belmont,  *' 

394.  Cypress  and  Valley,  *' 

395.  Carpenter  and  Union,  .         *' 


GAS    LIGHTS,    OIL    LAMPS,    AND  ELECTRIC    LIGHTS.      487 

No.  396.  North  River  road  and  Rowell,  arm. 

397.  North  Kiver  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  Union,  '^ 

404.  Gore  and  Ash,  " 

405.  South  and  Elm,  « 

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.  Derryfield  park,  "    ; 

415.  Charles  street,  " 

416.  State,  near  Granite,  " 

417.  Union  and  Valley,  •' 

418.  LTnion  and  Silver,  " 

419.  Valley  and  Wilson,  " 

420.  Auburn  and  Wilson,  "■ 

421.  Cedar,  near  Maple,  '^ 
422.  Thornton  and  Sullivan,  '' 

423.  New  Mast  road  and  D,  " 

424.  Pearl  and  Belmont,  " 

425.  State,  south  of  Granite,  " 

426.  State  east  back,  '^ 

427.  Elm  and  Shasta,  '^ 

428.  North  and  Union,  '<■ 

429.  Nutfield  Lane,  north  of  Amherst,  '"^ 

430.  Elm  and  Elm  avenue,  "■ 


488  ANNUAL    OFFICIAL    REPORTS. 

No.  431.  Arlington  and  Warren,  arm. 

432.  Merrimack  and  Belmont,  " 

433.  Amory,  near  Montgomery,  '' 

434.  Granite  bridge,  center,  pole. 

435.  Prospect  and  Hall,  arm. 

436.  Gore  and  Beech,  " 

437.  Union  and  Whitford,  " 

438.  Bedford  road, 

439.  Elm  and  Carpenter,  " 


REPORT  OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 


REPORT  OF  CITY  AUDITOR. 


To  the  City  Councils: 

Gentlemen, — The  auditor  herewith  submits  to  your 
honorable  body  his  annual  report. 

WORK    OF    THE    OFFICE. 

There  have  been  made  during  the  year  the  usual  annual 
examination  of  the  accounts  of  the  treasurer,  city  clerk, 
water-works,  superintendents  of  Pine  Grove  and  Valley 
cemeteries,  treasurer  of  cemeteries,  tax  collector,  super- 
intendent of  city  farm,  superintendent  of  schools; 
monthly  examination  of  the  accounts  of  city  weigher, 
quarterly  examination  of  the  accounts  of  chief  of  police, 
semi-annual  examination  of  the  account  of  the  clerk  of 
the  police  court;  and  compilation  and  superintendence  of 
the  publication  of  the  annual  report. 

Six  thousand  three  hundred  and  forty-one  bills  against 
the  city  have  been  examined  and  certified  as  correct.  All 
the  pay-rolls  for  the  street  and  park  commission,  schools, 
fire  department,  water-works,  police  department,  ceme- 
teries, city  farm,  and  city  officials,  have  been  examined 
and  certified  to. 

Twelve  monthly  drafts,  amounting  in  the  aggregate  to 
$1,402,007.01,  have  been  drawn  on  the  city  treasury. 

Accounts  have  been  kept  with  all  the  appropriations, 
with  the  treasurer,  and  tax  collector. 

491 


492  REPORT    OF    THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

EXPENDITURES. 

The  amount  of  appropriation  for  auditor's  de- 
partment was 12,000.00 

Expended  for  salaries |1,8G0.00 

Expended  for  supplies 109.77 

Balance    transferred    to    reserved 

fund 30.23 

$2,000.00 

The  auditor  desires  especially  to  again  call  the  atten- 
tion of  the  various  standing  committees  to  the  law  in  re- 
gard to  contracting  bills  in  behalf  of  the  city. 

"Standing  committees  have  advisory  powers  only." 
That  is,  they  can  recommend  to  the  city  councils  the  mak- 
ing 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  anj'thing  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  De- 
partment. 

"Ordered,  etc.,  That  the  city  purchase  of a  two- 
horse  hose  wagon  for  use  of  the  lire  department,  at  a  cost 
of  $. . .,  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appro- 
priation for  fire  department;  and  the  mayor  and  joint 
standing  committee  on  fire  department  are  authorized  to 
execute  a  contract  for  the  same." 

Several  of  the  committees  have  been  very  lax  in  this 
respect  during  the  past  year,  and  have  attempted  to  make 
contracts  without  the  least  semblance  of  authority  from 
tlje  city  councils,  which  has  put  the  parties   contracted 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR.  493 

with  to  great  annoyance  and  trouble  in  getting  their  bills 
approved,  having  to  wait  sometimes  months  for  the  nec- 
essary ratification  by  the  city  councils.  Clerks  of  all 
committees  should  be  requested  by  the  chairman,  when 
an  expenditure  of  monej^  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  councils,  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, 
I  Auditor. 


494  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    TREASURER. 


Dr. 

To  Second  Xational  Bank,  temporary  loan.  |100,000.00 

E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons,  bridge  bonds 130,000.00 

E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons,  premium  on  bonds  832.00 
E.  H.  Rollins  &  Sons,  accrued  interest 

on  bonds 72.20 

sinking  fund  trustees,  school  bonds.  . .  .  26,000.00 
sinking    fund    trustees,     premium     on 

bonds G55.20 

George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  school  bonds.  54,000.00 
George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  premium  on 

bonds 2,354.40 

George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  accrued  inter- 
est on  bonds 36.00 

George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  school  bonds.  40,000.00 
George  A.  Fernald   &  Co.,  premium  on 

bonds '. 1,214.40 

George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  accrued  inter- 
est on  bonds 182.22 

George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  improvement 

bonds 100,000.00 

George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  premium  on 

bonds 5,317.00 

George  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  accrued  inter- 
est on  bonds 188.90 

N.  r.  Kidder,  city  hall  receipts 48.00 

Philharmonic  Society,  rent  city  hall 28.00 


REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  TREASURER.  495 

To  N.  p.  Kidder,  dog  licenses $1,281.07 

N.  P.  Kidder,  billiard  table  licenses 175.00 

N.  P.  Kidder,  lunch-cart  licenses 62.50 

N.  P.  Kidder,  show  licenses 298.00 

N.  P.  Kidder,  sewer  licenses 3,236.48 

<     N.  P.  Kidder,  rent  of  bill  board ,  30.00 

N.  P.  Kidder,  rent  of  tenements 275.96 

;     H.  D.  Lord,  rent  of  tenements 203.30 

M.  J.  Healy,  police  department 62,769.19 

i     J.  C.  Bickford,  police  department 1,236.32 

Charles    K.    Walker,    water-works    re- 
ceipts    128,907.03 

B.  A.  Stearns,  Pine  Grove  cemetery 2,781.31 

Fred   L.    Allen,  treasurer   Pine    Grove 

cemetery 2,343.92 

C.  H.  G.  Foss,  Valley  cemetery 1,900.31 

county  of  Hillsborough,  paupers  off  the 

farm 3,400.71 

E.  G.  Libbey,  superintendent  city  farm, 

receipts 4,494.12 

E.  C.  Smith,  milk  licenses. 80.00 

A.  B.  Eaton,  city  scales,  receipts 313.43 

,      cemetery  fund  trustees,  bonds 6,000.00 

William  E.  Buck,  tuition 289.55 

William  E.  Buck,  free  text-books 216.43 

George  E.  Morrill,  taxes,  1893 591.79 

George    E.    Morrill,    abatement    taxes, 

1895 532.47 

George  E.  Morrill,  taxes,  1895 36,592.46 

George   E.    Morrill,  interest   on   taxes, 

1895 1,031.31 

George  E.  Morrill,  taxes,  1896 490,304.44 

George  E.  Morrill,  abatement  of  taxes, 

1896 588.43 

George  E.  Morrill,  redemption  of  land, 

1893 1,788.29 


496  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

To  George  E.  Morrill,  redemption  of  land, 

1894 11,376.77 

George  E.  Morrill,  redemption  of  land, 

1895 1,258.40 

street  and  park  commission,  sundry  per- 
sons    1,391.29 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  overdraft,  health  de- 
partment    1.66 

Barnard  Taffe,  peddler's  license 20.00 

Barnet  Giistin,  peddler's  license 20.00 

[A..  Noalett,  overdraft.  Division  No.  10 

pay-roll 4.50 

P.    Coiiley,  overdraft,  Division   No.    10 

pay-roll 4.50 

town  of  Londonderry,  school-tax,  1895. .  44.47 

Timothy    Shea,    land    sold    on    Bridge 

street 7,200.00 

Solomon  Kaplan,  peddler's  license ,  20.00 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Co.,  old  boiler 10.00 

Cyrille  LeBrun,  peddler's  license 20.00 

Simon  Leonenstein,  peddler's  license. . .,  20.00 

C.  H.  Manning,  old  iron .50 

S.  Levenson,  peddler's  license 20.00 

Second  National  Bank,  security  bond. .       100,000.00 
Second     National    Bank,    premium    on 

bond 5.00 

A.  Weinstein,  peddler's  license 20.00 

.W.  H.  Darling,  fire-alarm  telegraph,  old 

zincs 6.43 

William  M.  Parsons,  rent  of  Hallsville 

school  yard 5.00 

H.  B.  Fairbanks,  account  land  sold  on 

Wilson  street . 726.50 

Lewis  &  Heald,  account   land   sold    on 
Wilson  street 1,199.20 


REPORT  OP  THE  CITY  TREASURER.  497 

To  Lewis  &  Paige,  account  laud   sold  ou 

Wilson  street |1,760.00 

J.  Hodge,  overdraft,  commons .70 

Taggart  &  ManaJian,  laud  sold.  School 

street .650.00 

Charles    A.    Flint,    land    sold.    Spruce 

street 553.44 

Charles  A.  Flint,  interest  on  note 19.30 

Trinity  M.  E.  church,  land  sold.  School 

street 2,407.55 

A.  N.  Clapp,  land  sold,  School  street... .  602.66 

S.  Peltin,  peddler's  license 20.00 

Barbara  Kalie,  peddler's  license 20.00 

S.  Harrison,  peddler's  license 20.0() 

Asehr  Weinices,  peddler's  license 20.00 

M.  Severson,  peddler's  license 20.00 

F.  A.  Dockham,  school  building,  South 

Main  street 75.00 

C.  W.  Boynton,  land  sold,  Spruce  street.  182.09 

C.  W.  Boynton,  interest  on  note 32. 7S 

George  E.  Morrill,  old  taxes 350.68 

Solon  A.  Carter,  insurance  tax 2,632,50 

Solon  A.  Carter,  railroad  tax 29,530.64 

Solon  A.  Carter,  savings  bank  tax 50,770.79 

Solon  A.  Carter,  literary  fund 3,869.60 

Sarah  I.  Locke,  land  sold.  South  Man- 
chester   145.00 

H.  B.  Fairbanks,  land  sold,  South  Man- 
chester    50.00 

Water-works,  pay-roll  Division  No.  7.  . .  12.00 

S.  Lichtenstein,  peddler's  license 20.00 

George  S.  Eastman,  hose  house  build- 
ing, Clinton  street 50.00 


,419,841.15 


32 


498  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Unpaid  bills  December  31,  1890 |80,09S.53 

Cash  on  hand  January  1,  1S96 207,576.01 

Amount  of  deposit  in  Commonwealth  Bank, 

January  1,  1896 2,344.68 

11,709,860.40 

Cr. 
Total  amount  of  drafts  for  the  year  1896.  . .  $1,402,067.01 

Unpaid  bills,  January  1,  1896 66,831.82 

Cash  on  hand  January  1,  1897 240,961.57 

$1,709,860.40 
FRED  L.  ALLEN, 

City  Treasurer. 


To  the  City  Councils  of  the  City  of  Manchester,  N.  H.: 

Gentlemen, — I  have  examined  the  accounts  of  Fred  L. 
Allen,  city  treasurer,  for  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1896,  and  find  proper  vouchers  for  all  payments,  and  all 
receipts  duly  accounted  for. 

The  net  cash  on  hand  January  1,  1896,  was . .     $143,088.90 
Receipts  during  the  year 1,419,841.15 

Total $1,562,930.05 

Amount  of  drafts  during  the  year $1,402,067.01 

Net  cash  on  hand  December  31,  1896 160,863.04 

Total $1,502,930.05 

The  cash  balance  taken  December  31,  1896, 1  find  to  be 
as  follows: 

Deposited  in  Suffolk  National  Bank $20,652.00 

Deposited  in  Second  National  Bank 212,404.12 


KEPORT  OF  THE  CITY  TREASURER.  499 

Deposited  in  oflQce  safe |6,498.61 

Deposited  in  National  Bank  of  the  Common- 
wealth    1,406.83 


Gross  amount  of  cash  on  hand $240,961.57 

Deduct  amount  of  bills  unpaid 80,098.53 

Net  cash  on  hand  December  31, 1896 .     $160,863.04 

Respectfully  submitted,  together  with  a  tabular  state- 
ment of  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  city  for  the 
year  1896. 

JAMES  E.  DODGE, 

City  Auditor. 

STATEMENT  OF  THE  RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDI- 
TURES OF  THE  CITY  OF  MANCHESTER 
FOR  THE  YEAR  1896. 


Receipts. 

CENTRAL    DEPARTMENT. 

Received  from: 

Direct  city  taxes |528,960.27 

Cost  and  interest  on  taxes.  . .         1,031.31 

$529,991.58 

Licenses  to  enter  sewer $3,236.48 

to  keep  dog 1,281.07 

to  sell  milk 80.00 

to  keep  billiard  ta- 
ble   175.00 

to  shows  and  exhi- 
bitions    298.00 

to  peddle 260.00 

to  lunch-carts 62.50 

$5,393.05 

Rents 585.26 

$535,969.89 


500  KEPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

SUNDRIES. 

Keceived  from: 

City  scales 1313.43 

Miscellaneous  sources 384.05 

1697.48 

SCHOOL    DEPARTMENT. 

Eeceived  from  text-books  and  tuition $505.98 

POLICE    DEPARTMENT. 

Received  from  fines  and  costs 164,005.51 

PUBLIC    PLACES. 

Received  from: 

Pine  Grove  cemetery $5,119.23 

Valley  cemetery 1,900.31 

$7,019.54 

WATER-WORKS. 

Gross  receipts $128,907.03 

CHARITABLE,    PATRIOTIC,    AND    PHILANTHROPIC. 

Received  from: 

City  farm $4,494.12 

Hillsborough  county,  board- 
ing paupers  and  Industrial 
school  inmates 3,400.71 

$7,894.83 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Received  from: 
Premium  on  bonds  and  notes 

sold.. $10,.378.00 

Accrued  interest  on  bonds. . .  531.46 


RECEIPTS.  601 

Land  redeemed  from  tax  sale      $4,423.46 
Manchester  Electric  R.  R.,  on 

account  of  Granite  bridge.         1,228.00 

Land  sold 15,476.44 

132,037.36 

Total  ordinary  receipts    during    the 
year  1896 $777,037.62 

TEMPORARY    LOAN. 

Received  from  loans  in  anticipation  of  tax 
of  1896 1100,000.00 

STATE. 

Received  from: 

Insurance  taxes $2,632.50 

Railroad  taxes 29,530.64 

Savings  bank  taxes 50,770.79 

Literary  fund 3,869.60 

;-j  $86,803.53 

BONDED    DEBT. 

'Received  from: 

Improvement  bonds  sold $100,000.00 

Bridge  bonds  sold 130,000.00 

Cemetery  bonds  sold 6,000.00 

Schoolhouse  bonds  sold 120,000.00 

Security  bonds  sold 100,000.00 

$456,000.00 

Gross  receipts $1,419,841.15 

Net  cash  on  hand  January  1,  1896 143,088.90 

$1,562,930.05 


502  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Expenditures. 

CENTRAL    DEPARTMENT. 

Paid  interest  on  water  bonds. .  $41,44G.OO 
interest  on  city  bonds. . ..  30,362.00 
interest      o  n      cemetery] 

bonds 1,912.48 

interest     o  n     temporally 

loan,  anticipation  tax, 

1896 925.01 

Paid  city  ball |5,316.61 

printing  and  stationery. .  1,938.55 

incidental  expenses 16,526.42 

mayor's  incidentals 249.54 

city  officers'  salaries 14,885.49 

city  auditor's  department  1,969.77 

sinking  fund  trustees....  15,000.00 


STREET    AND    SEWER    DEPARTMENT. 

Paid  street  and  park  commis- 
sion   13,712.03 

repairs  of  highways 18,370.94 

snow  and  ice 5,250.78 

new  highways 18,617.52 

land  taken  for  highways.  2,911.12 

watering  streets 4,196.48 

paving  streets 6.320.69 

macadamizing  streets  . . .  17,019.13 

grading  for  concrete 5,035.82 

scavenger  service 14,991.10 

street  sweeping 2,968.44 

lighting  streets 51,426.60 

bridges 4,336.88 


174,645.49 


55,886.38 


EXPENDITURES.  503 

Paid  city  teams |6,285.70 

repairs  of  sewers 5,421.63 

new  sewers 41,015.08 

Silver-street  sewer 16,124.13 

Cliristian  brook  sewer. .  .  5,187.08 
Kiver     road     and     Elm- 
street  sewer 9,302.43 

widening  and  straighten- 
ing old  Mammoth  road.  1,000.00 
macadamizing        Central 

street 2,829.35 

new       bridge,        Granite 

street 138,755.73 

1381,079.26 

engineer's  department. 

Paid  engineer's  department |5,895.25 

health  department. 

Paid  health  department |4,163.39 

SCHOOL    DEPARTMENT, 

Paid  repairs  of  schoolhouses . . .  $6,578.38 

fuel 6,784.03 

furniture  and  supplies...  1,114.14 

books  and  stationery 46.04 

printing  and  advertising.  429.56 

contingent  expenses 1,857.79 

care  of  rooms 5,031.56 

evening  schools 1,061.50 

teachers'  salaries 72,838.95 

salaries  school  committee, 

clerk,  truant  officer. ..  .  1,100.00 
salary  of  superintendent.  2,300.00 
evening    school,  mechani- 
cal drawing 356.25 


504  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  free  text-books $5,058.42 

manual  training 1,403.29 

— 1105,959.91 

CITY    LIBRARY. 

Paid  city  library |4,877.37 

FIRE    DEPARTMENT. 

Paid  fire  department |63,567.G5 

fire-alarm  telegraph 1,730.42 

hydrant  service 16,800.00 

_ 182,098.07 

POLICE    DEPARTMENT. 

Paid  police  department |43,047.05 

police  patrol 9,999.81 

153,046.86 

PUBLIC    BUILDINGS. 

Paid  repairs  of  buildings $7,549.68 

new  schoolhouse,  ward  8..      20,255.54 
new  schoolhouses 101,003.32 

$128,808.54 

WATER-WORKS. 

Paid  water-works $95,993.68 

water-works  sinking  fund       16,800.00 

$112,793.68 

PUBLIC    PLACES. 

Paid  commons $4,351.15 

Stark      and      Derryfield 

parks 5,000.00 

Pine  Grove  cemetery ....  8,593.54 

Valley  cemetery 3,006.84 

Amoskeag  cemeterv 349.72 

$21,301.25 


EXPENDITURES.  605 

CHARITABLE,    PATRIOTIC,    AND  PHILANTHROPIC. 

Paid  paupers  off  the  farm .f  12,140.67 

city  farm 8,463.89 

indigent  soldiers 285.85 

Women's  Aid  and  Relief 

Hospital 300.00 

Sacred  Heart  Hospital . . .  300.00 

free  beds,  Elliot  Hospital.  300.00 
Emergency    ward,    Elliot 

Hospital 300.00 

free  beds,  Notre  Dame  des 

Lourdes  Hospital 300.00 

cemi-centennial      celebra- 
tion    2,000.00 

decoration      of      soldiers' 

graves 407.47 

militia 800.00 

band  concerts 300.00 

■ 125,897.88 


ABATEMENTS. 

Paid  abatement  of  taxes |1,183.98 

Total  of  ordinary  municipal  expendi- 
tures  11,057,637.29 

TEMPORARY    LOAN. 

Paid  loan  made  in  anticipation  of  tax  for 

1896 1100,000.00 

BONDED    DEBT. 

Paid  school  bonds $10,000.00 

security  bonds 100,000.00 

'■ 1110,000.00^ 


606  REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  AUDITOR. 


STATE  AND  COUNTY  TAXES. 


Paid  state  tax 168,225.00 

county  tax 66,204.72 

1134,429 .  72 


Grand  total  of   expenditures   during 
the  year $1,402,067.01 

Cash   on   Land    December    31, 

1896 1240,961.57 

Less  unpaid  bills 80,098.53 

:Net  cash  on  hand 1160,863.04 


11,562,930.05 


Interest. 

Appropriation $35,000.00 

Transferred  from  water-works.       41,446.00 

$76,446.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Second  National  Bank,  in- 
terest on  1100,000  bond 
one  month $208.33 

discount  on  $100,000,  forty- 
three  da^'S 716.68 

coupons  on  bridge  bonds . .        2,402.00 

coupons  on  city  bonds. . ..        6,200.00 

coupons  on    improvement 

bonds 13,940.00 

coupons    on    schoolhouse 

bonds 5,320.00 


RECEIPTS. 


Jiiniiary  1. 
Bulnnce 
on  band. 

Direct  city 

Costa   and 

interest  on 

taxes. 

LICENSES. 

Rents. 

City  taim. 

Hlllsboro' 
county, 
board  of 
panpera 
anil  Indus, 
tiial  .School 
inmates. 

Land  .sold. 

Premium 

on  bonds 

sold. 

Accrued 
interest  on 
bonds  sold. 

Land 
redeemed. 

Mlscella. 

Bridges. 

City  scales. 

Tuition 

and  te.Tt. 

books. 

Court  fines 
and  costs. 

Pine  Grove 
cemetery. 

Year. 

To  enter 

To  keep 
dog. 

To  sell 
milk. 

To  keep 
billiard 
tabic . 

For  ped- 
dle rs.shows, 
exhibitions 

and 
lunch  carta. 

Valley     iGrosa 
cemetery.  ,  wale 

1 

1890* 

$143,088.90 

$528,900.27 

$1,031.31 

$3,236.48 

$1,281.07 

$80.00 

$175.00 

$620.50 

$.o86.2C 

.$4,4U4.12 

.$3,400.71 

$15,476.44 

$10,378.00 

$531.46    $4,423.46 

$384.05 

$1,228.00  1     $313.43       $505.98  1$64,805.51 

$5,119.23    $1,900.31  $128 

EXPENDITURES. 


«™hE8T. 

Cityofflccrsi* 
salai-ies. 

City  ball. 

»T«EETA.r,SEWEKBBPA..TME>.T. 

Year. 

On  water 
bonds. 

On  city 
bonds. 

On 

cemetery 
bonds. 

On  tem- 
porary loan. 

Auditor's 
department. 

Police 
department. 

Street  and 
park  com- 
mistiion. 

Hepairs  of 
snowMuf'iie 

New 
highways. 

Widening 
old  Mam- 
moth road. 

Land 
damages. 

Sprinkling. 

Paving. 

Macadamiz- 
ing. 

Grading  for 
concrete. 

Scavenger 
teams. 

Street 
sweeping. 

LigbtinK 
Streets. 

Bridges, 
tenauce. 

Granite- 
street  bridge. 

City  teams. 

Repaii-9  of 
sewers  and      Ne 
drains. 

j 

1890..   $41,446.00 

$30,362.00 

$1,912.48 

$925.01 

$14,886.49 

$5,310. 61 

$1,909.77 

$53,040.86 

$3,712.03 

.823,021.72 

$18,617.62 

$1,000.00 

$2,911.12 

$4,196.48 

.$6..320.69 

$19,848.48 

.$5,035.82 

$14,991.10 

$2,968.44 

$51,426.60 

$4,336.88 

$138,755.73 

$6,285.70 

$5,421.63  1  $ 

EXPENDITUR  ES.-  continued. 


Incidental 
e.xpensea. 

Mayor's 

inci- 
dentals. 

CITV  LIBRAUY. 

FIBB  DEPAttT.MENT. 

PDBLIC  BmLmNOS. 

WATKK-WOniCS. 

Punuc  PLACES. 

CHARITY,  PATRIOTISM,  VI 

Year. 

Engineer's       Health 
depart-          depart- 
ment,           ment. 

Printing 

and 
stationei'y. 

Main- 
tenance. 

Books. 

Fire  depart- 
ment. 

Fire-alarm 
telegraph. 

Hydrant 
service. 

llepaira. 

N'ew  school- 

liouses.  lands, 

buildings  and 

furniture. 

Construction, 
repairs,  and 

penses. 

Sinking 
fund. 

Commons. 

Stark  and 

Derrylield 

parks. 

1  Pine  Grove 
'    cemetery. 

Vftlloy 
cemetery. 

Amoskeag 
cemetery. 

Paupnrs  off 
tile  farm. 

City  farm . 

Notre- Dame 

de   Lourdes 

hospital. 

DecoTBr 
Indigent      Uon  of 
soldiers    soldiers' 

graves. 

Sand 
concerts. 

M 

1896.. 

$5,895.25    $4,163.39 

$1,938.55 

$16,520.42 

.$249.54 

$3,877.37 

$1,000.00 

$63,567.65 

$1,730.42 

$16,800.00 

$7,549.68 

$121,258.86 

$95,993.68 

$16,800.00 

84,351.15 

$5,000.00 

$8,593.54 

$3,006.84 

$349-72 

$12,140,671  $8,463.89 

$300.00 

$285.85  !  $407.47 

■ 

$300.00 

$8 

*  See  Reports  for  1894  and  IK96  for  comparison  with  other  years. 


RECEIPTS. 


Premium      Accrued 
on  bonds      interest  on 
sold.        bonds  sold. 

Land 
reileemcd. 

Miscellu- 

Bridges. 

City  scales. 

Tuition 

and  text- 
books. 

Court  fines 
and  costs. 

Pine  Grove 
ecmetciy. 

Valley 
cemetery. 

Gross  receipts 
water- works. 

Tot'l  ordinary 
receipts  dur- 
ing the  year, 

e^cclnding 
cusli  on  hand. 

LOAN. 

TAXES  KECEIVED  FROM  THE  STATE. 

Total  receipts 

from  loans  and 

state  taxes. 

I,nTnl  sold. 

Temjior.iry. 

Bonded. 

Insurance 
lax. 

Rail  toad 

Savings 
bank  tax. 

I.iterars' 
fund. 

receipts  during 

the  year. 

Including 

cash  on  hand. 

S15,476.44 

$10,378.00       $631.46 

$4,423.46 

$384.05 

$1,228.00       $313.43 

$S05.98  ($64,005.51 

$5,119.23 

$1,900.31 

$128,907.03 

$777,037.62 

$100,000.00 

$456,000.00 

$2,632.50 

$29,530.64 

$50,770.79 

$3,869.60 

$642,803.53 

$1,562,930.05 

EXPENDITURES. 


STREET  AND  BEWEK  DKPAKTBIENT. 

SCHOOL  D 

BP.BTMBKT- 

aving. 

Macadainiz- 
ing. 

Grading  for 
concrete. 

Scavenger 

Street 
sweeping. 

Ligliting 
streets. 

Bridges, 
tonancc. 

Granite- 
street  bridge. 

City  teams. 

Repairs  of 

sewers  and 

drains. 

New  sewers. 

Slnkinj! 
fund. 

Repairs 
of  school- 
houses. 

Pnol. 

Furniture 

and  sup- 

plies. 

Books  and 
stationery. 

Printing 
and  adver- 
tising. 

Contingent 
expenses. 

Care  of 

Evening 
schools. 

Teachers' 
salaries. 

Salaries  of 
school  com- 
mittees 
and  truant 
officers. 

Salary  of 

auperlnten- 

dentof 

schools. 

Evening 

schools,      Free  text- 
mechanical       books, 
drawing. 

Manual 
trainvng. 

5,320.69 

$19,8-J8.48 

$5,035.82 

$14,991.10 

$2,968.44 

$51,426.60 

$4,336.88 

$138,755.73 

$6,285.70 

$5,421.63 

$71,629.32 

$15,000.00 

$6,578.38 

$6,784.03 

$1,114.14 

$46.04 

$429.56 

$1,857.79 

$5,031.66 

$1,061.50 

$72,838.95 

$1,100.00 

$2,300.00 

$356.25    S5.058.42 

$1,403.29 

EXPENDITURES. 

—  CONTINUED. 

PUBLIC  PLACES. 

CHAttITT,  PATltlOTISM,  I'UILANTIIKOPT. 

Tax  abate- 

Total  of  ordi- 
nary municipal 
expenditures. 

Debt. 

Temporary 
loan. 

State  tax.     ',   County  tax. 

Total  of  loan 
debt  and 
state  and  coun- 
ty tax  ex- 
penditure. 

Grand  total  of 
expenditures. 

mmons. 

Stark  and    b 

Derryfleld    f 

parks.       1 

Pine  Grove 
cemetery. 

Valley 
cemetery. 

Amoskcag 
ccmctery- 

Paupnrs  off 
the  farm. 

City  (arm . 

Notrc-Damo 

dc   Lourdes 

hospital. 

Indigent 
aouricrs 

Decora- 
tion of 
Boidlei's' 
graves. 

Sand 
concerts. 

Militia. 

Women's 
Aid  and 

Relief 
hospital- 

Scmi-Cen- 
tennial  cele- 
bration. 

Free  beds, 

Elliot 
hospital. 

Sacred 
Heart 
hospital. 

Emergen- 
cy -ward, 
Elliot  h09. 
pital. 

Cash  on  hand. 

4.351.15 

$5,000.00 

$8,593.54 

83,006.84 

$349-72 

$12,140.67   $8,463.89 

$300.00 

$285.85    $407.47 

$300.00 

$800.00 

$.300.00 

$2,000.00 

$300.00 

$300.00 

$300.00 

$1,133.96 

$1,057,637.29 

$110,000.00 

$100,000.00 

$68,225.00    $66,204.72 

$344,429.72  ;$1,402.067.01 

$160,863.04 

coupons  on    improvement 

bonds 13,910.00 

coupons  on  scboolhouse 

bonds 5,320.00 


SINKING   FUND.  507 

Paid  coupons  on  water  bonds. .,     141,446.00 
coupons      o  n      cemetery 

bonds 1,912.48 

coupons  on  security  note.         2,500.00 

— |74,G45.49 

Total  expenditures |74,645.49 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 1,800.51 

176,446.00 


Payment  of  Funded  Debt. 

[A^ppropriation 110,000.00 

Eeceived  from  Second  National 

Bank  for  bonds  sold 100,000.00 

1110,000.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Second  National  Bank, 
four  notes  of  |25,000 
each,  dated  March  1, 
1894,  and  due  March  1, 

1896 1100,000.00 

schoolhouse    bonds,     due 
July  1,  1896 10,000.00 

1110,000.00 


Sinking  Fund. 
:A:ppropriation $15,000.00 

Expenditures. 
Paid  sinking  fund  commissioners |15,000.00 


608  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Reserved  Fund. 

Appropriation |10,000.00 

Keceived  from  sale  of  land 1,G60.21 

Transferred  from  the  following  accounts: 

Interest 1,800.51 

Printing  and  stationery 561.45 

City  officers'  salaries 2,714.51 

Mayor's  incidentals 50.46 

Auditor's  department 30.23 

Street  and  park  commission.  287.97 

land  taken  for  highways 2,088.88 

Watering  streets 803.52 

Macadamizing  streets 151.52 

Street  sweeping 31.56 

Scavenger  service 1,008.90 

Lighting  streets 573.40 

Health  department 36.61 

Books  and  stationery 53.96 

Care  of  rooms 468.44 

Teachers'   salaries 1,161.05 

Evening   schools 438.50 

Evening    school,    mechanical 

drawing 143.75 

Manual  training 96.71 

Fire-alarm  telegraph 269.58 

Police  station 487.69 

Police  court 32.01 

Police  patrol .19 

Commons 148.85 

Amoskeag  cemetery .28 

Indigent  soldiers 164.15 

Abatement  of  taxes 1,816.04 

Free  cash  in  treasury  in  ex- 
cess of  appropriations 9,191.80 


$36,272.73 


RESERVED    FUND  509 


Expenditures. 


Transfers  to  the  following  accounts: 

City  hall 1316.61 

Incidental  expenses 3,026.42 

Eepairs  of  highways 312.78 

Snow  and  ice 308.94 

Bridges 336.88 

Grading  for  concrete 35.82 

City  teams 285.70 

Repairs  of  sewers 421.03 

New  bridge,  Granite  street . .  7,527.73 

Engineer's  department 1,395.25 

Repairs  of  schoolhouses 578.38 

Fuel 284.03 

Furniture  and  supplies 114.14 

Printing  and  advertising.  . .  .  129.56 

Contingent  expenses 257.79 

Free  text-books 58.42 

Fire  department 2,567.65 

Police  commission 866.75 

Repairs  of  buildings 1,549.68 

New  schoolhouse,  West  Man- 
chester   10,255.54 

Valley  cemetery 6.84 

Pine  Grove  cemetery 93.54 

Paupers  off  the  farm 1,640.67 

City  farm 463.89 

Decoration  of  soldiers'  graves  7.47 

New  sewers 186.06 

New  schoolhouses 2,923.87 

Paving  streets 320.69 


.73 


510  KEPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Temporary  Loan. 

Receipts. 

Received  from  f^econd  National  Bank,  on 
two  notes  of  .^^50,000  each,  dated  October 
24,  1896 $100,000.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Second  National  Bank,  two  notes  of 
150,000  each,  dated  October  24,  1896 |100,000.00 


City  Hall. 


Appropriation |4,000.00 

Transferred  from  appropriation 

for  public  bath-hoases 1,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund  316.61 


5,316.61 


Expenditures. 

FUEL     AND    lights. 

Paid  Manchester  Electric  Light 

Co.,  electric  lights flSl.OO 

Manchester    Electric    Co., 

electric  lights 128.00 

People's     Gas-Light     Co., 

gas 2.59.00 

Union  Electric   Co.,  elec- 
tric lights 499.49 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co. : 

30  tons  broken  coal 187.50 

4  cords  wood 24.00 


CITY    HALL,  511 


Paid  Moore  &  Preston,  20  tons 

broken  coal 1125.00 

E.    V.    Turcotte,  68  tons, 

1,250  lbs.  coal 367.14 


WATER    AND    TELEPHONE. 

Paid  New  England  Telephone  & 
Telegraph    Co.,    use    of 

telephones $75.00 

Manchester  Water- Works, 

use  of  water 476.70 


CLEANING    OFFICES,     ETC. 

Paid  Clark  M.  Bailey: 

Brooms,  mops,  toilet    paper, 

etc 113.95 

2  ash-cans 6.00 

Paid  A.  M.  Eastman,  matches. .  .36 
J.  S.  Holt  &  Co.,  156  gal- 
lons soap 22.22 

Mary  Nolan,  cleaning  of- 
fices    285.00 

Oscar  Perkins,  care  gents' 

toilet,    etc 352.00 

F.     H.     Thurston,     soap, 

mayor's  office 1.00 

John  B.   Varick  Co.,   pails, 
mops,  mop-yarn,  brooms, 

hose,  etc 11.97 

Weston    &    Hill    Co.,    60 
yards  scrim 2.16 


L,741.13 


1551.70 


1694.66 


512  REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  AUDITOR. 


INCIDENTAL  REPAIRS. 


Paid  J.  J.  Abbott,  glass  and  set- 

ting     same,      lettering 

transoms,  etc 

124.40 

Adams    Brothers,  40  lbs. 

cement 

.40 

D.  J.  Adams,  keys,  repair- 

ing Qlieck  i)iincli 

2.55 

Paid  L.  M.  Aldrich: 

Lumber  and  labor 

10.59 

Wire  cloth,  etc 

1.56 

Paid  E.  M.  Bryant  &  Co.,  lamps, 

shades,  labor 

5.54 

Bunton   Bros.    &   Co.,   re- 

seating chairs 

6.95 

J.  F.  Burton,  mason  work 

1.70 

James   K,    Carr   «&   Co.,  4 

lights  glass  and  setting 

same 

1.90 

Peter  Harris,  keys ... 

.40 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.: 

Lumber  and  labor 

47.58 

Bill  for  painting 

63.76 

Screen  cloth,  screens,  screen 

doors,  etc 

138.04 

Paid  George  Holbrook,  lumber 

and  labor 

15.75 

George  W.  Hamlin,  paint 

and  labor 

38.89 

Kimball  &  Hobbs,  enam- 

eled cloth,  etc 

.67 

CITY    HALL.  513 


Paid  T.  A.  Lane  Co. : 

Labor  on  water-closets $23.02 

Labor  on  telephone  and  elec- 
trics   11.90 

1  light  glass .20 

Paid  Perkins  &  Franks,  repair- 
ing fan  motor 2.50 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Co.: 

Copper  wire,  chain,  nippers, 

etc 1.40 

1  door-spring  and  catch 3.50 

2  thermometers 1.75 

Paid  P.  W.  Webb,  assignee  F.  I. 

Lessard  &  Co. : 
Material  and  bronzing  radia- 
tors   23.05 

Repairing  locks 3.68 


FURNITURE,    FIXTURES,    OFFICE    SUPPLIES. 

Paid  T.  W.  Day,  2  vols.  ''Reid  on 

Corporate  Finance" $11.00 

R.   D.    Gay,  awnings   and 

shades 122.58 

Paid  Charles  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.: 

72  chairs 27.00 

Use  192  chairs 9.60 

2    cuspidors,    treasurer's    of- 
fice   1.00 

1  desk,  treasurer's  office 35.00 

2  office  chairs,  treasurer's  of- 
fice   15.00 

2  pine  tables 3.70 

Paid  ^Manchester  Hardware 
Co.,  twine,  locks,  lan- 
tern, iron,  etc 4.35 

33 


$431.68 


514  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  People's  Gas-Light  Co.,  1 
Welsbacli  lamp,  stand, 
and  tubing,  assessor's 
office 14.50 

Pike  &  neald  Co.,  1  ash- 
can  cover 3.50 

Sampson,  Murdock  &  Co., 

1  N.  E.  Directory 6.00 

Second  National  Bank,  1 
large  iron  and  brick 
vault,  doors, etc.;  1  steel 
safe, with  safety  deposit 
boxes;  1  black  walnut 
counter  with  appurte- 
nances; 1  large  black 
walnut  library  table;  6 
office  chairs;  1  uphol- 
stered lounge 1,500.00 

D.  A.  Simons,  1  chair,  su- 
perintendent schools. . .  5.00 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co., 
1  cash-book  and  canvas 
cover,  treasurer 8.00 

John      B.      Varick      Co., 


shovel,  oil,  can 

Weston  &  Hill  Co.,  2  flags.. 

1.20 
14.50 

SUNDRIES. 

A.  Elliott  &  Co.,  premium 
on  insurance  policy. . . . 

T.  E.  Fifleld,  matches 

R.    D.    Gay,  taking  down 
awnings 

131.16 
.72 

10  25 

W.  P.  Goodman,  paste. . .. 

.10 

L,771.93 


PRINTING  AND  STATIONERY.  515 

Paid  pay-roll,  division  No.  2 : 

Januajj !|1.46 

July 6.82 

Paid  Richardson  &  Goggin,  pre- 
mium on  insurance  pol- 
icy   25.00 

John  A.  Sheehan,  pre- 
mium on  insurance  pol- 
icy   50.00 


1125.51 


Total  expenditures 15,316.61 

Printing  and  Stationery. 
Appropriation |2,500.00 

Expenditures. 

assessors  and  inspectors. 

Paid  The   John  B.  Clarke    Co., 
printing : 

400  blanks |6.00 

Check-lists 321.50 

Additions  to  check-lists 79.40 

Advertising 13.50 

Paid  A.  E.  Martell  &  Co.,  3  let- 
ter books 7.50 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co., 
pencils,    books,    rubber 

bands,  etc 12.92 

$440.82 


516  REPORT   OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 


TAX    COLLECTOR. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke   Co., 
advertising : 

Sale  non-resident  lands, three 
times 135.70 

Printing  notices  and  receipts.  29.00 

Paid    Independent    Statesman, 

advertising  tax-list 7.50 

Paid  A.  E.  Martell  &  Co. : 

1  letter  book ,  3.50 

6  deposit  slip  books 4.75 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co., 

paper 1.45 


CITY    CLERK. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co., 

printing : 

Certificate      blanks,       letter 

headings,   circulars,  cards. 

etc 

122.90 

Blank  books 

32.00 

Paid  Nate  Kellogg  Co., : 

300  envelopes 

7.75 

Dog  licenses 

8.25 

Paid  J.  B.  McCrillis  &  Son,  pa- 

per,   covers,    fasteners, 

etc 

3.20 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co., 

envelopes,    seals,   blank 

book 

7.25 

181.90 


$81.35 


PRINTING   AND   STATIONERY.  517 

CITY   TREASURER. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co., 
printing  pay-rolls,  letter 
headings,   blank  books, 

note  circulars /f 33,50 

W.     P.     Goodman,     cash  ^ 

book,  inkstand,  ledgers, 
envelopes,    pen-holders, 

erasers,  etc 33.29 

Paid  The  Nate  Kellogg  Co., 
printing : 

2,500  orders,  500  receipts 9.00 

1,000  pay-rolls,  1,000  postals.  17.75 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

1  leather  envelope .75 

200  deeds 4.00 

198.29 


CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co., 
printing: 

100  statements  bonded  debt..  |8.00 

1,000  blank  bills 6.00 

800  reports 950.66 

Binding  150  reports 150.00 

Lettering  52  reports 5.20 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

Diary ,  .50 

72  document  envelopes 5.76 

4  blank  books 8.00 


MAYOR. 


Paid  The    John  B.  Clarke    Co., 
printing  order  blanks.. 


11,1.34.12 


518  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  E.  E.  Coburn  Co.,  type- 
writer paper |2.49 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

Paper,  envelopes 34.48 

Mucilage,  shorthand  books..  2.95 

CITY    COUNCILS    AND    COMMITTEES. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co., 
notices,  blanks,  envel- 
opes    119.25 

The    Nate    Kellogg    Co., 

printing 29.50 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co., 
paper,  ink,  pen-holders, 
inkstand 1.15 

Total  expenditures 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 

Incidental  Expenses. 

Appropriation $12,000.00 

Keceived  from  sale  of  land,  res- 
olution May  5,  1896 2,000.00 

Transferred  from  appropriation 

for  public  bath-houses 1,500.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund  3,026.42 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay- 
roll, division  Xo.  2: 
Januarv $30.00 


$52.17 


$49.90 

$1,938.55 
561.45 

$2,500.00 


.$18,526.42 


INCIDENTAL   EXPENSES.  519 

February |2J:.00 

March 24.00 

April. 30.00 

May..' 24.00 

June 191.95 

.July 24.00 

August 24.00 

September 30.00 

October 24.00 

November 24.00 

December 30.00 


Paid  labor  of  men   and  teams,  as  per  pay- 
rolls, division  No.  10: 

June 1358.49 

July 174.13 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  i^ay- 
roll,  commons: 

June $21.00 

July _. 25.64 

August '. 1.99 

BIRTHS,    MARRIAGES,     DEATHS. 

Paid  O.  D.  Abbott,  M.  D $14.25 

H.  J.  Achard,  M.  D 0.00 

D.  S.  Adams,  M  D 1.50 

Rev.  F.  S.  Bacon 9.00 

Rev.  O.  S.  Baketel .50 

Rev.  L.  D.  Bragg 1.00 

A.  A.  E.  Brien,  M.  D 20.75 

Rev.  M.  W.  Borthwick. . ..  2.75 

H.  W.  Boutwell,  M.  D 1.75 

Lillian  G.  Bullock,  M.  D. .  ■        .75 

H.  B.  Burnliam,  M.  D .25 


$479.95 


$532.62 


$48.63 


520  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 


Paid  John  L.  Burnham,  M.  D 

$0.75 

I.  L.  Carpenter,  M.I) 

8.25 

Rev.  J.  A.  Chevalier 

22.75 

'      Rev.  T.  E.  Clapp 

2.00 

Rev.  N  L.Colby 

10.75 

Rev.  H.  E.  Cooke 

1.50 

Rev.  E.  Jay  Cooke 

1.00 

Rev.  C.  R.  Crossett 

1.25 

Charles  Corey,  M.  D 

1.25 

Mary  L.  Danf orth,  M.  D 

10.00 

G.  M.  Davis,  M.  D 

1.75 

Charles  E.  Dodge,  M.  D 

5.00 

C.M.Dodge,  M.  D 

7.00 

C.  W.  Downing,  M.  D 

G.OO 

Henry  Diiehine,  M.  D 

.25 

E.  B.  Dunbar,  M.  D 

11.50 

John  Ferguson,  M.  D 

59..50 

C.  F.  Flanders,  M.  D 

39.50 

A.M.Foster,  M.  D 

.25 

J.  E.  Fortier,  M.  D 

41.50 

George  Frechette,  M.  D 

44.25 

E.  N.  Fugere,  M.  D 

30.50 

J.  H.  Gleason,  M.  D 

3.25 

S.J.  Girouard,  M.  D 

5.25 

Moise  Guerin,  M.  D 

33.75 

M.  Guggenheim,  M.  D 

3.75 

Rev.  C.  R.  Hennon 

21.00 

Rev.  P.  Hevey 

10.75 

Rev.  C.  D.  Hills 

15.25 

J.  A.  Jackson,  M.  D 

28.00 

M.  E.  Kean,  M.  D 

12.25 

Rev.  G.  L.  Kibbee 

1.00 

N.  P.  Kidder 

052.95 

J.  E.  A.  Lanouette,  M.  D 

44.(10 

P.  G.  Laberge,  M.  D 

10.50 

J.  D.  Lemay,  M.  D 

20.25 

INCIDENTAL    EXPENSES.  521 


Paid  J.  E.  Lemaitre,  M.  D 

11-1.25 

Rev.  J.  J.  Lyons 

7  75 

Rev.  W.  C.  McAllester 

5.50 

J.  W.  D.  McDonald,  M.  D.... 

23.25 

G.  B.  Morey,  M.  D 

2.00 

Rev.  W.  H.  Morrison 

15.50 

Jacob  W.  Mooar,  M.  D 

2.25 

C.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D 

1.25 

W.  H.  Pattee,  M.  D 

1.75 

Frederick  Perkins,  M.  D 

9.25 

Anna  Pollmer,  midwife 

9.25 

William  Richardson,  M.  D..  .. 

.75 

J.  F.  Robinson,  M.  D 

6.25 

J.  L.  Robinson,  M.  D 

3.25 

J.  E.  E.  Roy,  M.  D 

10.00 

V.N.  Sikosky,  M.  D 

.25 

Rev.  C.  J.  Staples 

1.75 

Gillis  Stark,  M.  D 

21.00 

CO.  Smith,  M.  D 

.50 

Servule  St.  Pierre,  M.  D 

14.00 

A.  G.  Straw,  M.  D 

1.50 

Zatae  L.  Straw,  M.  D 

5.50 

F.  C.  Stuart,  M.  D 

.75 

C.  B.  Sturtevant,  M.  D 

16.25 

E.  B.  Swett,  M.  D 

.25 

E.  Sylvain,  M.  D 

17.25 

W.  F.  Templeton,  M.  D 

.25 

Arthur  J.  Todd,  M.  D 

.75 

George  D.  Towne,  M.  D 

2.00 

E.  C.  Tremblay,  M.  D 

43.25 

L.  Tremblay,  M.  D 

8.00 

R.  L.  True,  M.  D 

2.50 

Ellen  A.  Wallace,  M.  D 

.50 

George  L.  Wakefield,  M.  D .  . . 

2.00 

George  M.  Watson,  M.  D .  . .  . 

.25 

A.  F.  Wheat,  M.  D 

3.00 

11,516.70 


522  REPORT   OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

DAMAGES    AND    JUDGMENTS. 

Paid  Aujjust  Berger,  settlement  of 

claim $19.00 

L.  B.  Bodwell,  damage  to  coal 

pocket  by  water 25.00 

H.  H.  &  W.  B.  Burpee,  dam- 
age to  real  estate 175.00 

D.  J.  Cameron,  damage  to 
house  by  water 17.00 

Bridget    Cahill,    damage    to 

wagon,  etc 12.00 

William    Campbell,    damage 

to  real  estate 50.00 

Frank  A.   Colby,    settlement 

of  claim 75.00 

Charles  A.  Flint,  settlement 

of  claim 75.00 

C.  B.  Foster,  ducks  and  hens 

killed  by  dog 10.00 

Gage  &  Adams,  settlement  of 
suit 475.00 

George  "W.  Hamlin,  damages 
for  killing  horse 36.00 

Warren  Harvey,  damage  to 
Burke  house  by  change  of 
grade 405.04 

Ellen  ;M.  eTohnson,  settlement 

of  claim 115.00 

Joseph  Lemay,  settlement  of 

suit 225.00 

Michael  Madden,  settlement 

suit 150.00 

G.  H.  &  G.  W.  Morrison,  set- 
tlement of  suit 100.00 

Samuel  T.  Page,  settlement 
of  suit 1,800.00 


INCIDENTAL   EXPENSES.  523 

Paid  Charles  H.   Paul,   settlement 

of  claim $15.00    ' 

George  W.  Eeed,  damage  to 

hack 5.45 

Charles      Eobitaille,      settle- 
ment of  claim 13.03 

C.    E.    Silver,    settlement    of 
suit 25.00 

Jacob   and   Dorothea    Streit, 

settlement  of  claim 15.00 

John  Z.  Sprague,  settlement 

of  claim 300.00 

Hattie  E.  Wilson,  settlement 

of  claim 150.00 

Hattie  E.  Wilson,  guardian, 

settlement  of  claim 100.00 

J.    W.    Wilson,    damage    to 

wagon 1.25 

14,448.77 


LEGAL    EXPENSES. 

Paid  W.  C.  Brown,  services  and  ex- 
penses, Clough  V.  Manchester. . .  $11.60 
Paid  C.  H.  Burns: 

Ketainer  in  Canney  case 10.00 

One    day's    services    examining 

case,  ek! 25.00 

Paid  George  A.  Cochran,  services 
and       expenses,       hearing 

Clough  V.  City 18.00 

D.  F.  Healy,  serving  notices, 

etc 11.34 

Benjamin  G,  Herrick,  ser- 
vices and  expenses,  hearing 
Clough  V.  City 14.00 


524  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  Dana      W.      King,      copying 

deeds,  etc |5.29 

Fred  G.  Stark,  services  and 
expenses  securing  quit- 
claim deed  of  Soutli  Main- 
street  scboolliouse  lot 25.00 

F.  E.  Shurtleff,  copy  of  bill, 
taking  testimony,  etc 12.1.5 


CITY   COUNCILS   AND   COMMITTEES. 

PaidF.  L.  Allen: 

Expenses     to     Boston,     sundry 

times,  to  deliver  bonds $13.50 

Expenses  to  Concord ,72 

Express  and  telegrams 1,80 

Paid  American  Bank  Note  Co,,  370 

lithographed  bonds 257,00 

John  A.  Barker,  car  fares.  . ,,  5.05 
George  W,  Bailey,  hacks  and 

carriages 68.00 

Boyd  Brothers,  hacks 21.00 

A.  S,  Campbell  &  Co.,  print- 
ing cards 1,25 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co., 
X^rinting : 

Blanks  and  circulars G.QO 

100  copies  "Tyng's  Township".. .  23.00 

Advertising  dog  licenses 17.50 

Advertising  city  meeting 0.50 

Advertising  i)roposals  for  fuel.  ..  11.05 

Advertising  safe  for  sale 4.40 

Paid  Deutsche  Post,  advertising : 

Dog  licenses 9.00 

Proposals  for  fuel 1.50 


1132.38 


INCIDENTAL    EXPENSES.  525 

Paid  James  E.  Dodge: 

Expenses     to     Boston,     sundry 

times,  to  deliver  bonds |10.45 

Express  on  bonds .15 

Paid  P.   Donovan,   Jr.,   hacks   and 

teams 1G5.00 

W.  J.  Freeman,  backs 35.00 

E.  T.  James,  backs  and  car- 
riages    54.00 

E.  J.  Knowlton,  P.  M.,  post- 
age stamps 25.00 

Paid  L'Avenir  National,  advertis- 
ing: 

Citizens'  meeting 3.00 

Proposals  to  furnisb  High  scbool  3.00 

Dog  licenses 8.00 

Proposals  for  fuel 4.50 

Paid  Le  Merrimack  Publisbing  Co., 
advertising: 

Dog  licenses 9.00 

Proposals  for  fuel 4.50 

Paid  Manchester    Street    Railway, 

tickets 10.00 

N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 
Co.,  use  of  telephone,  so- 
licitor  36.00 

Plummer  &  Brown,  backs. . ..  35.00 

O.  G.  Reed,  hacks 80.00 

Charles  H.  Simpson,  backs. .  .  105.00 

Paid  Union  Publisbing  Co.,  adver- 
tising: 

Proposals  for  stone  bridge 5.46 

Safe  for  sale 4.95 

Assessors'  notice 6.15 

Paid    Whitten    &   Fifield,    use    of 

team 2.50 

$1,062.93 


526  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

CITY   LIBRARY. 

Paid  John  A.  Barker,  care  of  boiler 1134.50 

CITY   SCALES. 

Paid  E.  R.  Coburn  Co.,  paper,  pens, 

ink,  etc 12.99 

John  Driscoll,  coal-hod,  ax.  ..  1.24: 

Asa  B.  Eaton,  cash  paid  for 

washing  windows 1.00 

C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  7  chairs ....  10.00 

Pike    &    Heald    Co.,  cement, 

pipe,  labor 9.09 

Paid  D.  M.  Poore: 

2  cords  hard  wood,  cut 16.00 

2  tons  coal 13.25 

Paid  John  B.  Yarick  Co.,  brooms, 
lamps,  duster,  ax,  etc 4.96 


MILK    INSPECTOR. 

Paid  E.  C.  Smith: 

Lactoscope,  lactodensimeter. . . .  |11.00 

Milk  grip 7.50 

Milk-cans,  filtering  paper,  etc. . .  5.00 

RELATING    TO     STREETS. 

Paid  C.    H.    Wood,  painting  street 

signs 119.80 

John    B.    Varick    Co.,  5  lbs. 

nails .10 

MAYOR. 

PaidE.  R.  Coburn  Co.: 

Paper , |3.43 

Glue  and  mucilage .20 


158.53 


123.50 


119.90 


INCIDENTAL    EXPENSES.  627 

Paid  Grace  E.  Downer,  services 

as  clerk 1530.00 

J.  G.  Ellinwood,  photographs 
city   hall,    Granite   bridge, 

etc 15.70 

W.  P.  Goodman,  pencils  and 

pens 8.50 

PaidC.A.  Hoitt&Co.: 

1  jug .25 

1  jardiniere  stand 3.00 

Paid  R.  K.  Home,  1  flower-pot  and 

saucer .25 

Paid  E.  J.  Knowlton,  P.  M. : 

Stamps 28.00 

Postals 1.00 

Paid  D.  L.  Miller,  1  "Atlas  of  Man- 
chester"   25.00 

A.  H.  Sanborn,  photographs 

of  flood 2.50 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co.,  pa- 
per, envelopes 2.90 

F.  H.  Thurston,  sponge ......  .35 

Paid  George  P.  Wallace: 

Typewriter  ribbons 2,00 

Carbon  paper ,  .50 

Paid  F.   S.   Webster  &   Co.,  type- 
writer ribbon,  and  oil 1.25 

$621.83 


ASSESSORS. 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

Ink,  blotting-paper,  pads |1.13 

33  blank  books,  3  canvas  covers. .  88.86 

54  blank  books 25.45 

Paid  B.  W.  Robinson,  use  of  team, 

distributing  inventorv  blanks...  2.50 


5117.94 


528  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

TAX    COLLECTOR. 

PaidE.    K.    Coburn    Co.,    1    blank 

book $1.65 

Fred  W.  Chambei'lain,  labor 

on  tax  bills 12.50 

Daniels  &  Downs,  typewrit- 
ing tax  list 3.00 

E.  J.  Knowlton,  P.  M., 
stamped  envelopes 43.G0 

G.  I.  Haselton,  3  days'  labor 

in  oflflee 4.50 

Lyons     Platinum     Pen     Co., 

pens. . . ." 4.00 

Paid  George  E.  Morrill : 

Taxes  of  1895  sold  May  27,  189G, 

and  purchased  by  city 3,002.86 

Distributing  tax  bills 91.40 

Paid  S,  J.  Putnam,  4  days'  labor  in 

office 6.00 

Temple    &    Farrington    Co., 

books,  blocks,  ink 7.06 

F.  H.  Thurston,  brush .20 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  cash-box.  1.50 

CITY    CLERK. 

Paid  Florence  M.  Kidder,  clerk.. . .  $512.00 
J.  B.  McCrillis  &  Son,  paper, 

fasteners,  and  punch 3.20 

D.  L.  Miller  &  Co.,  1  ''Atlas  of 

Manchester'' 25.00 

Temple    &    Farrington    Co., 

rubber  bands,  etc l.,30 


J,778.27 


S541.50 


INCIDENTAL    EXPENSES.  529 


CITY    TREASURER. 


Paid  D.  J.  Adams,  keys |0.50 

W.  E.  Buck,  pencil  sharpener  .75 

Blanche  E.  Bullock,  services 

as  clerk 549.00 

H.  S.  Clay,  ink  eraser .40 

Daniels  &  Downs,  typewrit- 
ing    5.00 

W.     P.     Goodman,     rubber 

bands,  blank  books 2.75 

E.    P.    Gerould  &  Co.,  letter 

book 3.50 

E.  J.  Knowlton,  P.  M.,  post- 
age stamps 130.00 

Jennie  W.  Ladd,  12  j)ens .25 

Lyons  Platinum  Pen  Co.,  pens  2.00 

Manchester    Hardware     Co., 

chamois,  scissors .51 

Novelty    Advertising    Co.,    1 

set  dates .50 

W.  H.  Shilvock,  wood  engrav- 
ing, autograph,  stamp,  and 

pad 1.50 

Temple    &    Farrington     Co., 
ink,       ibooks,       envelopes, 

blocks,  etc 6.10 

G.    H.    Warren,    sharpening 

scissors,  erasers ..30 


COURT    HOUSE. 

Paid  D.  J.  Adams,  repairing  lawn- 
mower $3.00 

D.  J.  Adams,  making  keys ...  .70 

L.    M.    Aldrich,    putting    on 

windows .65 

34 


.f703.0G 


530  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  county  of  Hillsborough,  one 
half  expense  of  coal,  24 
tons,  650  lbs 

Timothy  P.  Shea,  janitor 

E.  V.  Tui'cotte,  25  tons  coal.  . 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  water- 
pot,  brooms,  etc 

SCHOOLS. 

Paid  Jos.    A.    Chamberlain,    trees 

and  setting 174.80 

Orison  Hardy,  trees,  etc G3.94 


179.05 

531.66 

133.75 

3.53 

ELECTION    EXPENSES. 

Paid  J.   W.  Abbott,   rendering  re- 
port    election,     stationery, 

etc 15.80 

C.  A.  Allen,  postage,  fees,  etc.  5.15 

PaidL.  M.  Aldrich: 

44  ballot  boards •    22.80 

Lumber  and  labor 34.10 

Paid  D.  G.  Andrews,  material  and 

labor,  ward  2 11.25 

Charles  E.  Bartlett,  election 

returns 1.00 

A.  G.  Bean,  labor,  ward  6.  . . .  2.25 

William  C.  Clarke,  express  on 

grate,  ward  5  ward  room . ,  .40 
C.  B.  Clarkson,  labor  and  ma- 
terial, ward  4 16.36 

E.  P.  Cogswell,  labor,  ward  6  3.50 

PaidW.  E.Cobb: 

Rent    Mechanics     hall,     special 

election 50.00 


1752.34 


L3S.74 


INCIDENTAL    EXPENSES.  531 

Eent    Mechanics'    iiall,    ward    3 

election $150.00 

Paid  E.  R  Coburn  Co.,  pencils ,95 

Joseph  Dana,  labor,  material, 

ward  9 19.85 

A.  B.  Dickey,  use  of  team.  ...  .50 

G.  H.  Dudley,  labor,  ward  2. .  5.00 

S.  C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co., 

saw^dust 2.00 

The  Head  iS:  Dowst  Co.,  labor 

and  material 9.17 

C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  use  of  ta- 
bles  ■  1.00 

C.  F.  Jack,  cleaning  Blodget- 

street  school  rooms 2.00 

H.  F.  W.  Little,  material  and 

labor 31.00 

J.  Y.  McQuesten  Co.,  chairs, 

table 9.25 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

18  dozen  pencils 7.56 

Sealing-wax 1.50 

Paid  Martin    J.    Whalen,    pencils, 

ink,  postage 3.60 

John  H.  Wales,  Jr.,  pencils, 

ink,  pens .50 

1396.49 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  American  Express  Co.,  ex- 
press on  reports |8.32 

Amoskeag     National     Bank, 

rent  of  safe  deposit  box. . .  .  25.00 

Clark  M.  Bailey,  paper .66 


532  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY  AUDITOR. 

Paid  George  W.  Bailey : 

Use  horse  and  driver  for  ambu- 
lance   11.00 

Care  of  ambulance 18.00 

Paid  C.  M.  Bailey,  V.  S.,  examining 

glandered  horse 2.00 

Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight 

on  fountain 1.12 

William  Campbell,  labor  cor- 
ner North  Union  street  and 
River  road,  per  agreement .  50.00 

Paid  William  C.  Clarke,  cash  ex- 
pended : 
Expenses  of  committee  on  Gran- 
ite bridge  to  Lowell,  Boston, 

and  vicinity 87.40 

Expenses  of  jommittee  on  lands 
and   buildings   to    Somerville, 

etc 31.85 

Expenses  of  committee  to  vari- 
ous cities  inspecting  police  pa- 
trol systems 138.65 

Paid  Concord  Foundry  Co.,  1  foun- 
tain   100.00 

Joseph    Dana,    lumber    and 

building  staging,  Oak  Hill.  80. OG 

E.  O.  Dodge, bounty  on  hawks  .50 

James    E.    Dodge,  cash  paid 

for  delivering  reports. .  .•. .  1.55 

Dustin  &  Heath,  tax  of  Davis 

&  Sargent,  1893 14.32 

Paid  H.  B.  Fairbanks: 

Services  selling  Wilson   school- 

hou.se  lot 73.71 

Advertising 28.00 


INCIDENTAL    EXPENSES.  533 

Paid  George    Ferrj,    horse    killed, 

glanders 110.00 

First  Light  Battery,  powder, 
etc.,  firing  salute  July  4 42.00 

George  C.  Gilmore,  expenses 
and  services  acquiring  pro- 
prietors' records  of  Tyng's 
Township 76.75 

John  F.  Gillis,  transfers  of 
real  estate  for  assessors. . .  9.00 

Carl   Harrington,  bounty  on 

hawks .75 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber, labor 5.84 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  pipe  and  la- 
bor, Merrimack  common. .  .  2.37 

D.  L.  Miller  &  Co.,  1  "Atlas  of 
Manchester" 25.00 

Mary  Nolan,  cleaning  offices..  30.00 

A.   H.   Sanborn,;  photograph 

flood,  engineer 2.50 

Sampson,  Murdock  &  Co.,  25 

directories 50.00 

Frank    Sullivan,    labor,    per 

May    and    August    draft, 

1879 6.87 

E.  V.    Sullivan,    bounty    on 

hawk .25 

Taggart  &  Manahan,  services 

selling  School-street  lots. . .  70.43 

Temple    &    Farrington    Co., 

100  mailing  cases,  auditor.  5.00 

town  of  GofEstown,  taxes  on 

gravel  lots 2.30 


534  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  John  W.  Wilson,  freight  and 

cartage .fO.90 

C.  H.  Wood,  painting  signs. ..  2.75 

|l,014.7o 

Total  expenditures |1G,526.42 

Transferred  to  appropriation  for  new  school- 
house,  West  Manchester 2,000.00 

118,526.42 


City  Officers'  Salaries. 
[A.ppropriation |21,000.00 

Expenditures. 

central  department. 

Paid  William  C.  Clarke,  mayor |1,S00.00 

Fred  L.  Allen,  treasurer 1,200.00 

Xathan  P.  Kidder,  clerk 900.00 

Edwin  F.  Jones,  solicitor 800.00 

George  L.  Stearns,  clerk  com- 
mon council 200.00 

Thomas  W.  Lane,  inspector  of 

buildings 100.00 

Edward   G.    Smith,   milk   in- 
spector   300.00 

Asa  B.  Eaton,  city  weigher. .  400.00 

John  A.  Barker,  messenger.  .  700.00 
J.  K.  Rhodes,  messenger,  two 

weeks 24.00 

$6,424.00 


CITY  officers'  salaries.  535 

CITY    PHYSICIAN   AND    OVERSEERS    OF   THE    POOR. 

Paid  Frederick  Perkins,  city  physi- 
cian    1600.00 

W.  H.  Maxwell,  ward  1 25.00 

Thomas  L.  Qiiimby,  ward  2.  ..  2.5.00 

Benjamin  F.  Garland,  ward  3  25.00 

George  S.  Holmes,  ward  4 .  . . .  25.00 

Patrick  Costello,  ward  5 25.00 

Charles  Francis,  ward  6 25.00 

William  Marshall,  ward  7. . .  25.00 

Charles  S.  McKean,  ward  8.  .  25.00 

Moise  Bessette,  ward  9 10.60 

Leander  S.  Boivin,  ward  9..  12.50 
W.   C.   Clarke,   chairman  ex- 

officio 25.00 

William  H.  Maxwell,  clerk  of 

the  board 100.00 

eTudith     Sherer,     matron     of 

pest-house 360.00 

$1,308.10 

SCHOOL  OFFICERS  AND  BOARD  OF  SCHOOL  COMMITTEE. 

Paid  W.  E.  Buck,    superintendent 

of  schools $2,300.00 

Curtis  W\  Davis,  truant  offi- 
cer   750.00 

W.    C.    Clarke,  chairman  ex- 

officio 10,00 

E.    B.    Woodbury,    clerk    of 

board 150.00 

John    T.    Gott,    president   of 

common  council  cx-officio..  10.00 

Walter  B.  Heath,  ward  1 10.00 

Elliott  C.  Lambert,  ward  1 . . .  10.00 

A.  P.  Home,  ward  2 10.00 

Charles  H.  Manning,  w^ard  2..  10.00 


536  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  Georji^e  D.  Towuo,  ward  8 $10.00 

Louis  E.  Phelps,  ward  :^ 10.00 

C.  M.  Floyd,  ward  4 10.00 

Nathaniel  L.  Colby,  ward  4.  ..  10.00 

James  P.  Slattery,  ward  5. . ..  10.00 

Harry  J.  Woods,  ward  5 10.00 

Harry  I.  Dodge,  ward  0 10.00 

Herbert  E.  Eichardson,  ward 

6 10.00 

Edward  B.  ^Yoodbury,ward  7  10.00 

Marshall  P.  Hall,  ward  7 2.00 

Fred  W.  Pillsbury,  ward  7. . .  8.00 

Luther  C.  Baldwin,  ward  8.  ..  10.00 

Josiah  G.  Dearborn,  ward  8,.  10.00 

Kobert  E.  Walsh,  ward  9 10.00 

Jeremiah  Sullivan,  ward  9. ..  10.00 


BOARD    OF    ASSESSORS. 

Paid  Henry  E.  Lewis,  ward  1 $147.50 

John  E.  Stearns,  ward  2 212.50 

David  O.  Fernald,  ward  3 922.50 

Harrison  D.  Lord,  ward  4. . ..  343.00 

George  F.  Sheehan,  ward  5.  ..  147.50 

George  H.  Dudley,  ward  0. .  .  477.50 

William  T.  Powell,  ward  7. ..  152.50 

Eugene  W.  Brigham,  ward  8.  452.50 

Julius  Weisner,  ward  9 95.00 

Hiram  Forsaith,  assistant. . .  80.00 

N.  Nichols,  assistant 315.00 

John  Cayzer,  assistant 40.00 

H.  F.  Stone,  assistant 62.50 

Isaac  L.  Whittemore,  assist- 
ant   107.00 


13,400.00 


CITY  officers'  salaries.  537 

Paid  Harvey    L.    Currier,    clerical 

services 1180.00 

Arthur   W.    Rowell,    clerical 

services 80.00 

Joseph  Collette,  interpreter. .  52.50 

Louis  Comeau,  interpreter. . .  40.00 

C.  A.  U.  Ouellette,  interpreter  40.00 

Joseph  Berube,  interpreter.  .  14. G3 
George    H.    Nichols,  use    of 

team 6.75 

$3,968.88 


TAX    COLLECTOR. 

Paid  George  E.  Morrill,  salary 1800.00 

MODERATORS,    1895    AND    1896. 

Paid  A.  W.  Eastman,  ward  1 |15.00 

Lyman  W.  Colby,  ward  2 15.00 

Arthur  S.  Bunton,  ward  3. .  . .  15.00 

George  A.  Bailey,  ward  4. . . .  15.00 

John  B.  Rodgers,  ward  5 15.00 

Herbert  S.  Clough,  ward  6. . .  15.00 

J.  Adam  Graf,  ward  7 15.00 

Robert  E.  McKean,  ward  8..  .  15.00 

John  T.  Hannigan,  ward  9. . .  15.00 

1135.00 


WARD    CLERKS,    1895    AND  1896. 

Paid  Frank  X.  Foster,  ward  1 |20.00 

Charles  A.  Allen,  ward  2 20.00 

John  H.  Hayes,  ward  3 20.00 

J.  W.  Abbott,  ward  4 20.00 

Martin  J.  Whalen,  ward  5. . . .  20.00 

Arthur  B.  Dickey,  ward  6.  . ..  20.00 

Charles  E.  Bartlett,  ward  7.  .  20.00 

Joseph  R.  Fradd,  ward  8 20.00 

Frank  I.  Lessard,  ward  9 20.00 


1180.00 


538  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

INSPECTORS   OF   CHECK-LIST,    1895   AND   1896. 

Paid  George  C.  Kemp,  ward  1,  4G 

days $103.50 

Charles  B.  Tucker,  ward  2,  G3 

days 1.39.50 

William  B.  Corey,  ward  3,  6(5 

days 148.50 

Paid  Samuel  J.  Lord: 

Ward  4,  GS  days 153.00 

Cash  paid  interpreter 10.13 

Paid  Patrick  E.  Daley,  ward  5,  51 

days 114.75 

Paid  Arthur  J.  Peaslee: 

Ward  C,  70  days 157.50 

Horse  and  carriage 12.50 

Paid  Joseph  A.  Foster,  ward  7,  55 

days 123.75 

Charles  C.  Tinkham,  ward  8, 

00   days .  148.50 

Joseph  B.  Bourque,  ward  0, 

55  days 132.75 

Isaac    Whittemore,    ward    5, 

assista^nt,  24  da^s 54.00 

William    B.    Corey,   ward   3, 
special  election,  December 

27,  1895,  141  days 32.03 

§1,331.01 

SELECTMEN,    1895    AND    1890. 

Paid  John  H.  Wales,  Jr.,  ward  1 . . .  $15.00 

Olaf  Xyberg,  ward  1 15.00 

Alexander  Hanna,  ward  1.  . .  15.00 

Daniel  G.  Andrews,  ward  2 . .  15.00 

Fred  K.  Kamsay,  ward  2 15.00 

William  H.  Maxwell,  ward  2.  15.00 


CITY  officers'  salaries.  539 

Paid  George  X.  Baker,  ward  3 $15.00 

John  Cronin,  ward  3 15.00 

Edward  C.  Smith,  ward  3 3.50 

Charles  H.  Bartlett,  ward  4. .  15.00 

Charles  B.  Clarksou,  ward  4 . .  15.00 

Patrick  Malouey,  ward  5 15.00 

Eobert  F.  Murray,  ward  5..  15.00 

Thomas  A.  Foley,  ward  5 15.00 

George  M.  Bean,  ward  C 15.00 

Harrison  W.  Heselton,  ward 

G • 15.00 

Edward  P.  Cogswell,  ward  6.  15.00 

H.  R.  Armstrong,  ward  7.  . .  .  15.00 

Robert  Leggett,  ward  7 15.00 

Zara  B.  Sawyer,  ward  7 15.00 

Hervey  Stratton,  ward  8.  . .  .  15.00 

William  H.  Marshall,  ward  8.  15.00 

George  W.  Flint,  ward  8 15.00 

Albert  Oliver,  ward  9 15.00 

Martin  Rafferty,  ward  9 "  15.00 

Joseph  Trehan,  ward  9 15.00 

•   1378.50 


ELECTION    INSPECTORS,    1895    AND    1896. 

Paid  Arthur  W.  Patch,  ward  1 $10.00 

Charles  Edgar,  ward  1 10.00 

Benjamin  F.  Cudden,  ward  1.  10.00 

John  B.  Reardon,  ward  1 10.00 

Benjamin  F.  Clark,  ward  2.  .  10.00 

Edward  C.  Smith,  ward  2 10.00 

John  W.  Center,  ward  2 10.00 

Frank  A.  Gay,  ward  2 10.00 

George  E.  Prime,  ward  3.  . .  .  10.00 

F.  Marcotte,  ward  3 10.00 

George  W.  Fowler,  ward  3...  10.00 

Aimie  Boisvert,  ward  3 10.00 


540 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 


Paid  Ludger  E.  Desrochers,  ward  4 
Cyrille  E.  Lebnm,  ward  4.  .  . 
Frank  H.  Lussier,  ward  4 
John  F.  Gillis,  ward  4. . . 
John  H.  Slater,  ward  5.  . 
Michael  Hawkins,  ward  5 
John  C.  Ryan,  ward  5 . . . 

John  Lj'nch,  ward  o 

Edwin  N.  Baker,  ward  G . 
Charles  Lucier,  ward  G. . 
William  H.  Moison,  ward 
Charles  A.  O'Connor,  war 
William  F.  Welch,  ward  7 
George  H.  Shields,  ward  7 
Arthur  W.  Rowell,  ward  7 
Henry  W.  Allen,  ward  7. . 
Frank  O.  Clement,  ward  8 
Theodore  Graf,  ward  8 .  . . 
Herman  Leibing,  ward  8.. 
William  Doherty,  ward  8. 
Frank  I.  Lessard,  ward  9. 
John  Montplaisir,  ward  9. 
Scott  E.  Sanborn,  ward  9. 
John  E.  Herring,  ward  9. 


$10.00 
lO.lUt 
lU.OO 
10.00 
lO.OfI 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 
10.00 


S.3G0.00 


*         Total  expenditures. ... 
Transferred  to  reserved  fund, 


118,285.49 
2,714.51 

$21,000.00 


Auditor's  Department. 
Appropriation ^2,000.00 


auditor's  department.  541 

Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  James    E.    Dodge,    salary    as 

auditor |1,200.00 

Lizzie   M.    Cogswell,  services 
as  clerk 000.00 


SUPPLIES,    ETC. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  ice,  July 

10  to  October  20 |1.71 

Paid  The  Jolau  B.  Clarke  Co., 
priuting: 

Envelopes,  note  headings 10.10 

Blocks.... .25 

Paid  E.    R.    Coburn    Co.,  blotting- 
paper  .75 

Paid  Lizzie  M.  Cogswell,  cash  paid: 
Pencils,  paper,  brushes,  chamois, 

pail .80 

Soap,  postal  cards,  paper-knife. .  1.13 

Pencil  sharpener,  paper 2..55 

Washing  office  towels. ; .  .• 2.80 

Paid  City  Government  Publishing 
Co.,    1   year's    subscription 

to  magazine 3.00 

The   Carter's   Ink    Co.,   type- 
writer ribbons 2.00 

Daniels   &   Downs,    4   reams 

paper 8.00 

Warren  S.  Dobson,  paper  fas- 
tener    2.00 

J.  G.  Ellinw^ood,  photograph, 

city  hall 1.00 


11,800.00 


542  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  A.  M.  Finnej,  cleaninj?  rugs.  .  |1.05 
W.  P.  Goodman,  ])on-holders, 
inkstand,  ink,  pencils,  mu- 
cilage   2.90 

Hale  &  Wliittemoro,  framing 

picture 1.75 

C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  1  desk 32.50 

K.  K.  Home,  2  glasses .10 

Thomas  Lyons,  2  boxes  pens.  4.00 
Morgan,  Grossman  &  Go.,  1 

stamp  and  pad l.SO 

N.  H.  Furniture  Store,  1  table  1.75 
Arthur  J.  Smith,  carbon  pa- 
per   6.00 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Go. : 

Erasers,  paste 2.05 

1  blank  book 3.00 

3  blank  books 6.00 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Go.,  shears. .  .  .75 
George     P.     Wallace,     type- 
writer ribbon 1.00 

$109.77 

Total  expenditures §1,969.77 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 30.23 

$2,000.00 


Mayor's  Incidentals. 
Appropriation $.300.00 

EXPEXDITURES. 

Paid  Boyd  Brothers,  teams $7.00 

Paid  W.  G.  Clarke: 

Team  hire 142.00 


STREET   AND    PARK    COMMISSION.  543 

Telegrams    fl.OO 

Express  and  repairing  cha,ir. . ,  .  .GO 

Semi-centennial  incidentals 67.50 

Incidentals 31..35 

1249.54 

Total  expenditures $249.54 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 50.40 

1.300.00 

Street  and  Park  Commission. 
Appropriation 14,000.00 

Expenditures, 
salaries. 

Paid  George  H.  Stearns $G00.00 

L.  P.  Reynolds 165.00 

H.  P.  Simpson 600.00 

Byron  Worthen 438.00 

11,803.00 

CLERICAL    SERVICES. 

Paid  A.  E.  Herrick 1317.50 

George  H.  Stearns 330.00 

Julia  F.  Stearns 526.96 

$1,174.46 

USE   OF    TEAMS. 

Paid  L.  P.  Reynolds 137.50 

George  H.  Stearns 150.00 

H.P.Simpson 150.00 

Bvron  Worthen 109.50 

1447.00 


544  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

OFFICE   SUrrLIES. 

Paid  The  Jolin  B.  Clarke  Cft., 
printing: 

400  blanks $3.25 

250  reports 70.00 

Paid  E.  R.  Cobnrn  Co.,  G  frames G.50 

J.  G.  Elliuwood,  photographs 

and  frame 8.35 

D.  L.  Miller  &  Co.,  1  ^'Atlas  of 

Manchester'' 25.00 

N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telephone 39.75 

W.  H.  Shilvoek,   1  half-tone 

cut 4.50 

Julia     F.      Stearns,      pencil 

sharpener ,75 

George  H.  Stearns,  pens 2.00 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co.: 

Blank  books 23.84 

Canvas  covers 7.95 

Blocks,  pencils,  paj'-roll  sheets. .  12.72 

Paid  John   B.  Varick  Co.,   shears, 

twine,  awl,  knife,  pliers. . . .  2.95 
George     P.     Wallace,     type- 
writer ribbon 1.00 

J.   Arthur  Williams,   rubber 

stamp  and  pad .65 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Bunton   Brothers   &   Co.,   re- 
seating chairs $10.05 

L.   P.    Reynolds,  expenses  of 

commission  to  Boston 7.50 

Paid  H.  P.  Simpson: 

Expenses  commission  to  Boston, 

sundry  times 23.55 


$209.21 


REPAIRS    OF    HIGHWAYS.  545 


Expenses  commission,  Messrs. 
Ames  and  Cheney,  to  Concord 
and  Lowell 


.25 


Expenses  commission  and  Mr.  J. 

B.  Smith  to  Boston 10.04 

Paid  George  H.  Stearns,  expenses 
commission  to  Goffstown  and 
Boston 13.97 

178.36 

Total  expenditures |3,712.03 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 287.97 

14,000.00 

Repairs  of  Highways. 

Appropriation $19,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund .  . .  312.78 

119,312.78 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  Xo.  1 : 

April 131.75 

September 9.75 

141.50 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 

division  No.  2: 

January 1183.04 

March 83.37 

April 1,500.70 

May 1,886.11 

June 1,902.06 

July 898.23 

35 


546,  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

August 11,341.80 

September 429.81 

October 151.11 

December 44.00 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  4: 

April 1108.25 

May 55.00 

June 104.25 

July 45.50 

August 49.12 

September 50.00 

October 50.00 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  5 : 

April 1112.00 

May 221.75 

June 110.50 

October 5.50 

November 18.00 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  0: 

March |25.00 

April 00.18 

May 100.75 

June 22.25 

July 11.75 

August 5.00 

September 30.87 

October 27.25 

November 18.37 


18,420.95 


1468.12 


$467.75 


1310.37 


REPAIRS    OF    HIGHWAYS.  647 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  7: 

January 179.09 

March 110.13 

April 323.33 

May 180.00 

June 150.00 

July 280.82 

Auj2-ust 190.25 

September 16.00 

October 101.06 

December 12.75 


Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  8: 

April 157.09 

June 175.00 

July 541.37 

August 170.13 

September 205.48 

October 111.30 

December 19.67 


L,446.43 


Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  9: 

April f;29.03 

May 117.00 

June 207.50 

July 56.75 

September. 38.25 


11^83.04 


$448.53 


Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  10 : 

January $104.84 

February 42.60 

March • 48.53 


548  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

April |45o.05 

May 192.87 

June. 285.50 

July.; 335.98 

August 208.20 

September 157.63 

October 364.30 

November 204.64 

December 64.37 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  12: 

April 128.52 

September 46.00 

Paid  John    H.    Proctor,  labor    on 

Candia  road 1100.00 

C.  S.  Whittaker,  building  cul- 
vert, per  contract 30.00 

LUMBER  AND  OTHER  MATERIAL. 

Paid  James  Baldwin  Co.,  plank. . ..  |8.64 

C.  W.  Farmer,  137  posts 17.12 

F.  R.  French,  60  posts 7.20 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Lumber  and  labor 257.69 

Drag  plank 11.68 

Paid  G.  W.  Rief,  lumber  and  labor.  16.36 
A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber  and  la- 
bor    144.90 

C.  M.  Wheeler,  276  posts. . . .  30.30 

TOOLS    AND    HARDWARE. 

Paid  Allen  N.  Clapp,  nails §0.75 

J.  H.  Farnham,  files  and  rasps  10.25 


},464.51 


174.52 


$130.00 


$493.95 


REPAIRS    OF    HIGHWAYS.  549 

Paid  J.  Hadloek: 

1  road  machiue,  less  old  machine       |230.00 
Edges  and  bolts 16.50 

Paid  Manchester    Hardware    Co., 

shovels,  spikes,  chain 4.90 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Co. : 

1  grindstone 7.00 

2  brushes 4.00 

1  cutter 2.00 

Iron,    drills,    files,    saws,    nails, 

paint,  scoops 98.67 

Shovels,    barrows,    steel,    nuts, 

washers 191.01 

1565.08 


REPAIRS. 

Paid  R.   W.   Flanders,    sharpening 

tools 14.90 

C.    A.    Healy,  painting  foun- 
tains   21.27' 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine   Works,    washers, 

etc .88 

Paid  T.  A.  Lane  Co. : 

Material  and  labor,  troughs  and 

fountains 27.97 

Dippers 2.64 

Paid  F,  I.  Lessard  &  Co.,  repairing 

fountain 5.61 

Maynard  &  Hevey,  material 
and    labor,    thawing    out 

troughs,  etc 5.13 

C.  H.  Robie  Co.,  concreting. ,  414.65 

L.  &  W.  T.  Seiberlich,  paint. .  5.47 

J.  T.  Underbill,  concreting. .  .  922.97 

F.  W.  Webb,  labor  on  trough.  .92 


1,412.41 


550  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

STONE,    GRAVEL,    CLAY,  ETC. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers,  lime |0.95 

F.  S.  Bodwell,  covering  stone.  10.00 
Byron    Corning,     158    loads 

gravel    15.80 

Devonshire   Mills,   250   loads 

gravel 15.00 

M.  E.  Dickey,  38  loads  gravel.  3.80 

A.  G.  Gray,  501  loads  gravel. .  50.10 

Austin  Goings,  20  loads  sand,  3.33 
Mark    E.    Harvey,    52    loads 

gravel 5.20 

Warren     Harvey,      covering 

stone 51.00 

Ida  Libbey,  798  loads  gravel . .  79.80 
John     Lovering,     190     loads 

gravel 19.00 

Byron  E.  Moore,  75  loads  clay  4.50 

Partridge  Brothers,  lime .95 

A.  P.  Tasker,  lime 4.75 

C.C.  Webster,  50  loads  clay..  3.00 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Paid  L.  M.  Aldrich,  filing  saws f  1.10 

Paid  James  Briggs  &  Son : 

36  dippers 

Eepairing  pipe 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  E.,  freight 

on  road-scraper 

J.  H.  Chamberlain,  1  tree.  . .  . 
Allen  N.  Clapp,  101  gallons 

oil. 

Robert  Clark,  moving  tree. , . 


5.25 

1.35 

7.15 

2.00 

.1.G2 

1.00 

1267.18 


SNOW    AND    ICE,  551 

Paid  Diinlap  &  Wason  Coal  Co.,  2 

tons  coal |11.00 

C.  H.  Simpson,  use  of  teams. .  18.00 
Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

2  directories 4.00 

Pencils,  ink,  books 2.13 

Paid  L.  B.  West  Co.,  40  dippers  and 

cups....- 6.00 

R.  M.  West,  ladders 6.00 

176.60 

Total  expenditures 118,370.94 

Transferred  to  appropriation  for  snow  and  ice.         941.84 


119,312.78 

Snow  and  Ice. 

Appropriation $4,000.00 

Transferred  from  repairs  of  high- 
ways account 941.84 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  308.94 

$5,250.78 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  1 : 

January $18.75 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  2: 

January $581.84 

February 1,182.60 

March 970.85 

April 126.70 

December 181.31 

$3,043.30 


552  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  4 : 

March $56.50 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  5 : 

January $1.50 

March  ."^ 28.26 


Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  Xo.  0: 

January $5.00 

March 50.15 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  7: 

January |77.74 

February 80.56 

March 110.12 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  8: 

January |1.50 

March 31.85 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  9: 
]March 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  10 : 

January $351.22 

February 401.89 

March 463.15 

April 51.04 

December 127.63 


129.76 


55.15 


1268.42 


39 


$1,400.9J 


NEAV    HIGHWAYS.  553 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
commons : 

January $28.12 

February 27.37 

$55.49 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Paid  A.  B.  Black,  5  snow-plows. . ..  $200.00 

Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight  2.75 

A.  N.  Clapp,  1  bag  salt .75 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber and  labor  on  snow- 
plows 16.83 

J.  F.  Wyman,  2  tons  coal 13.25 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Co. : 

24  snow  shovels 9.00 

24  scoops 14.00 

Paint,  iron,  chain 12.30 

$268.88 

Total  expenditures $5,250.78 

New  Highways. 
Appropriation $20,000.00 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  men,  as  per  pay-roll,  division  No.  2: 

January $175.77 

February 36.00 

March 36.00 

April 61.76 

May 823.19 

June 44.3.81 

July 509.28 

August 362.67 


554  REPORT    OF    TUE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

September |;i,()05.53 

October 900.57 

November 668.00 

December 715.23 

$6,337.87 

Paid  men,  as  per  pay-roll,  division  No.  5: 

August 1116.38 

September 03.12 

$209.50 

Paid  men,  as  per  paj-roll,  division  No.  7: 

May $354.00 

June 298.25 

August 114.52 

October 178.37 

November 150.50 

December 48.01 

$1,143.65 

Paid  men,  as  per  pay-roll,  division  No.  8: 

May $315.82 

June 772.40 

November 94.75 

December 42.25 

$1,225.22 

Paid  men,  as  per  pay-roll,  division  No.  10: 

April $306.75 

May 1,245.17 

June 1,838.89 

July 1,421.44 

August 156.10 

September 144.00 

October 362.70 

November 360.26 

December 231.64 

$6,066.95 

Paid  men,  as  per  pay-roll,  division  No.  12: 

September $815.20 


NEW    HIGHWAYS.  555 

Paid  Clemens  Langer,  furnishinji:, 
putting  up,  and  painting 
iron  pipe  railing,  new 
bridge,  per  contract 17-4.00 

Wallace  Laird,  building  two 

culverts,  River  road 100.00 

Fred  Mahron,  building  stone 
wall,  Mast  road,  per   con-  » 

tract.... 106.87 

Moore  &  Webster,  building 
South  Beech  street,  per 
contract 650.00 

G.  W.   Rief,  labor  on   street 

signs 5.40 


TOOLS    AND    HARDWARE. 

Paid  Manchester     Hardware     Co., 

nails $0.38 

B.  H.  Piper  Co.,  48  pick  han- 
dles   7.40 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  plows, 
plow  points,  rakes,  ham- 
mers, powder,  fuse,  etc ... .  78.25 


STONE,    LUMBER,    AND    OTHER    MATERIAL. 

Paid  Charles  A.   Bailey,   covering, 

paving,  and  curb-stone |1,201.63 

F.  S.  Bodwell,  covering  stone  34.75 

E.  O.  Dodge,  3  loads  stone 3.00 

Warren     Harvey,      covering 

stone 73.60 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber    7.68 


1936.27 


186.03 


556  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

PaidC.    H.    Kobie    Co.,    14    loads 

gravel  $10.50 

Palmer  &   Garmons,   G   loads 

stone 6.00 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber 50.13 

David  Wells,  175  posts 21.00 

$1,408.29 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  L.  M.  Aldrich,  filing  saws $0.55 

James   H.   Cram,   sharpening 


tools 


22.35 


R.  W.  Flanders,  sharpening 
picks .90 

Albert  Monlton,  2  water  bar- 
rels    .80 

C.  H.  Robie  Co.,  concreting 
walks.  Granite  bridge 107.15 

C.  H.  Simpson,  use  of  teams..  12.00 

Soule,  Dillingham  &  Co.,  pav- 
ing  ends   and   approaches, 

Granite  bridge 244.79 

.54 


Total  expenditures $18,617.52 

Balance  to  new  account 1,382.48 

$20,000.00 


Damage  of  Land  Taken  for  Highways. 
Appropriation $5,000.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  ]\Irs.   Lucie   A.   Clougb,   land 

damage $1,034.79 

Clinton  French,  administra- 
tor of  estate  of  Charles  T. 
Harvell,  land  damage 1,231.25 


WATERING    STREETS.  557 

Paid  A.  W.  Morgan,  services  and 
expenses,   summoning  wit- 
nesses, Clougb  V.  City |19.7i 

D.  A.  Taggart,  settlement  of 
action,  E.  N.  Batchelder,  G. 
F.  Higgins,  admr.  M.  C. 
Higgins,  J.  M.  Clarli  v.  City  625.34 

12,911.12 

Total  expenditures |2,911.12 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 2,088.88 

15,000.00 


Widening   and    Straightening   Old    IVIammoth  Road. 
Appropriation 11,000.00 


Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  labor  of  men,  as  per   pay-roll,  division 
No.  2: 

October 1824.50 

November 175.50 

11,000.00 


Total  expenditures |1,000.00 

Watering  Streets. 
Appropriation |5,000.00 


558 


REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 


Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  labor  of   men,  as  per  pay-roll,  dirision 
Ko.  2 : 

January |11.81 

February 12.21 

March 24.97 

April 191.76 

May 512.18 

June 521.20 

July 480.18 

August 404.50 

September 203.30 

October 147.60 

November 77.12 

December 34.92 

Paid  labor   of  men,  as  per   pay-roll,  division 
No.  10: 

January $13.94 

Februai^v 10.52 

March..' 8.-32 

April 28.00 

May 184.00 

June 177.37 

July 154.00 

August 125.00 

September 92.00 

October 16.00 

November 4.00 

December 3.37 


12,624.75 


$816.52 


WATERING    STREETS.  559 

REPAIRS,    SUPPLIES,    ETC. 

Paid  Abbott-Downing-  Co.,  1  large 

sprinkler 1325.00 

Ainoskeag  Manufacturing 
Co.,  material  and  labor. . . .  33.43 

John  T.  Beach,  repairs  on 
sprinkler 3.80 

J.  R.  Carr  &  Co.,  paint  and  la- 
bor    1.20 

A.  Filion,  jjole  for  sprinkler. .  3.00 

J.  W.  Fisk,  1  fountain 200.00 

Warren  Harvey,  stone 13.50 

R.  K.  Home,  dippers 1.20 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  Works,  labor  on 
rocker  iron 3.35 

Kinaball  Carriage  Co.,  leather 

piping 2.00 

Paid  Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.: 

Repairs  on  standpipes 12.86 

Couplings,  valves,  bends,  etc ....  23.95 

Paid  Lessard  &  Hevey,  repairs  on 

sprinkler 2.05 

Manchester  Heating  &  Light- 
ing Co.,  2  standpipes  with 
valves 17.00 

Manchester  Water- Works, 
work  on  standpipes 72.00 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  repairs  on 
sprinkler .95 

H.  Stratton,  cleaning  and  re- 
pairing pipes  to  fountain.  ..  1.00 

1716.29 


560  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

HARDWARE. 

Paid  Mancliestei*     Ilaidware     Co., 

wrench,  lead  pipe $2.98 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  hardware  31.44 

134.42 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight $4.50 


Total  expenditures |4,19G.48 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 803.52 


$5,000.00 


Paving  Streets. 

Appropriation $6,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  320.69 


),320.69 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  i)ay-roll, 
division  No.  2: 

April $98..37 

May 475.88 

June 260.42 

July 3T5.2L 

August 256.40 

September 214.81 


$1,681.09 


PAVING   STREETS.  561 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  7: 
October flS.OO 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 

division  No.  10: 

January 152.28 

February 30.60 

March. 7.20 

April 104.75 

^lay 442.81 

June 474.10 

July 154.50 

August 394.65 

September 330.58 

12,051.47 

HARDWARE. 

Paid  John  TJ.  Yarick  Co.,  steel |2.2S 

PAVING    STONE    AND    GRAVEL. 

Paid  Charles  A.  Bailey,  1,200  pav- 
ing blocks $60.00 

J.  H.  Coburn,  558  loads  pav- 
ing stone 976.50 

E.  O.  Dodge,  8  loads  stone. . .  8.00 

John  McCarty,  6  loads  stone. .  9.00 
C.    H.    Robie   Co.,   69   loads 

stone 120.75 

11,174.25 

CONCRETE    CROSSINGS,    AND    OTHER    WORK. 

Paid  C.  H.  Robie  Co $173.64 

John  T.  Underbill  &  Co 1,222.96 

$1,.306.60 

Total  expenditures .$ 6,-320.69 

36 


562  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

Macadamizing. 

Appropriation |15,000.00 

Transferred  from  appropriation  for 

macadamizing  Central  street..  . .       2,170.05 

$17,170.65 


Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  labor  of  men,  as  per  pay-roll,  division 
No.  2 : 

March |39.25 

April 201.75 

May 1,110.92 

June 902.01 

July 84.3.11 

August 3,403.79 

September 1,748.04 

October 2,304.05 

November 2,150.02 

112,890.17 

Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 

No.  10: 

August 1175.25 

September 1,093.50 

October 141.03 

11,410.38 

Paid  labor  as  per  commons  pay-roll : 

August flO.OO 

FUEL,    FREIG-HT,    WATER. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight         |13.47 
Duulap  &  Wason  Coal  Co.,  7| 
tons  coal 41.25 


MACADAMIZING.  563 

Paid  J.  A.  Fracker,  30J  cords  wood       1107.62 
]VIancliester       Water- Works, 

use  of  water 30.00 

People's    Gas-Light    Co.,    29 

chaldrons  coke 116.00 


TOOLS    AND    HARDWARE. 

Paid  Manchester  Hardware  Co.,  6 

lanterns |2.25 

B.  H.  Piper  Co.,  27  dozen  han- 
dles   40.60 

Paid  John  B.  Yarick  Co. : 

Steel,  dynamite 21.58 

Wire,  fuse,  hammers,  files,  rasps, 
etc 850.90 

LUMBER,    CASTINGS,    REPAIRS. 

Paid  Frank  L.  Elliott, 900  lbs.  for- 

cite 1207.00 

Paid  Farrell  Foundry  &  Machine 
Co.: 

1  shaft  bearing 1.00  , 

1  special  shaft  for  crusher 63.00 

Plates,    steel    bearings,    pitman, 

etc 147.30 

Paid  Hutchinson  Foundry  &  Ma- 
chine Works : 
Labor  and  material,  crusher. . . .  114.75 

Labor  and  material,  road-roller..  17.65 

48  lbs.  plate  and  labor 3.48 

Paid  lugersoll-Sergeant  Drill   Co., 

feed  nuts 6.15 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,   coup- 
lings, nipples,  etc ,  12.46 


1308.34 


1915.33 


564         REPORT  OF  THE  CITY  AUDITOR. 

Paid  Link  Belt  En??.  Co.,  1  28-incb 

wheel  and  express $0.20 

W.  C.  Oastler,  50  spikes  and 

cotters 00.00 

Perkins  &  Franks,  repairing 

discharging  dynamo 9.50 

Taylor  Iron  &  Steel  Co.,  tog- 
gle bearings,  plates,  etc.. . .  125.28 
Paid  Vacuum  Oil  Co.: 

Cylinder  oil 02.73 

Engine  oil 11.38 

STOXE. 

Paid  Charles  A.  Bailey |290.00 

Brooks  &  Brock 18.50 

J.  H.  Coburn 54.25 

Massachusetts"  Broken  Stone 

Co 171.85 

Palmer  &  Garmons 3.00 


SUNDRIES. 


Paid  A.  L.  Bixby,  repairing  build- 
ings   damaged   by    cutting 

down  trees $07.43 

C.  H.  Simpson,  use  of  teams..  32.00 


IS47.8S 


$537.00 


$00.43 


Total  expenditures $17,019.13 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 151.52 


$17,170.05 


Macadamizing  Central  Street. 
Appropriation $5,000.00 


grading  fok  concrete.  565 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 
Xo.2: 
June 12,046.53 

STONE. 

Paid  J.  H.  Cobiirn,  104  loads  stone . .      |182.00 
Massachusetts  Broken  Stone 
Co.,     644,500     lbs.     broken 

stone 451.15 

1633.15 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  K.  R.,  freight  $3.00 

People's     Gas-Light     Co.,     3 

chaldrons  coke 12.00 

C.  H.  Robie  Co.,  concreting.. .  89.92 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  powder. .  44.75 

1149.67 

Total  expenditures |2,829.35 

Transferred  to  appropriation  for  macadamiz- 
ing streets 2,170.05 

15,000.00 


Grading  for  Concrete.  , 

Appropriation $5,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund .  . .  35.82 

$5,035.82 


566  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 
No.  2 : 

April 1194.50 

May 351.62 

June 393.86 

July 551.27 

August 61.25 

September 76.42 

October 51.75 

§1,683.67 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 

No.  7: 

May 1.52.00 

July 35.00 

October 25.00 

1112.00 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 

No.  10: 

April $16.63 

May 148.37 

June 91.52 

July 55.25 

August 87.73 

September 8.50 

1408.00 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as  per  commons  pay-roll : 

May $41.00 

STONE. 

Paid  Warren    Harvey,    cesspool    and    edge- 
stones $1,096.26 


SCAVENGER   SERVICE.  567 

CONCRETE. 

Paid  C.  H.  Robie  Co.,  crossings  and 

patching |1,653.22 

J.  T.  Underbill   &  Co.,  cross- 
ings   41.G7 

$1,694.89 

Total  expenditures |5,035.82 


Scavenger  Service. 

'Appropriation |1G,000.00  , 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  2: 


January $672.17 

February 522.89 

March 663.65 

April 1,002.09 

May 618.92 

June 644.86 

July 607.44 

August 633.70 

September 939.75 

October 745.84 

November 1,179.82 

December 945.57 

19,176.70 


668  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  aud  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  10: 

January $225.18 

February 184.59 

March 197.57 

April 222.50 

May 101.12 

June 187.50 

July 150.00 

August 120.25 

September 191.76 

October 154.88 

Kovember 27G.50 

December 181.00 

$2,255.85 

CONTRACT. 

Paid  city  farm,  scavenger  service  11  months 
to  December  1,  189G $2,291.67 

TOOLS    AND    HARDWARE. 

Paid  C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 

Machine  Works,  6  stamps 

and  handles $1.86 

Manchester    Hardware     Co., 

files,  rake,  globes,  soap. . . .  5.52 

John    B.    Varick    Co.,    bolts, 

iron,  nails,  steel,  rope,  etc..  179.45 

$186.83 

LUMBER,    REPAIRS,    ETC. 

Paid  John  T.  Beach : 

Setting  2  boxes $1.50 

1  dump  cart 100.00 


SCAVENGER    SERVICE. 


669 


I8.G2 
1.60 
2.00 

35.67 
20.23 

31.54 


Paid  James    Briggs    &    Son,    iron, 

pipe,  and  labor 

J.  Clioate  &  Co.,  paint 

A.  Filion,  new  sliafts 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.: 

Lumber  and  labor 

Repairs  on  carts  and  sleds 

Paid  Kimball  Carriage  Co.,  repair- 
ing harnesses,  and  supplies 
John  F.  Kerwin,  harness  re- 
pairs   

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  pipe  and  labor 
Ranno  Harness  Co.,  repairing" 

harnesses 

George  W.  Rief,  lumber  and 
labor  on  carts  and  sleds,  . .. 


HAY,   C4RAIN,   AND   OTHER  FEED. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers |17.C0 

George  Eaton 54.20 

C.  J.  Estey 19.48 

Freeman  &  Merrill 623.00 

Gage  &  McDougall 1.60 

W.  F.  Merrill 5.20 


15.95 

.6(r 

3.30 

50.77 

?271.7S 


f721.0S 


SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Clark      M.      Bailey,      waste, 

brooms $3.13 

A.  N.  Clapp,  ginger,  oatmeal, 

oil 11.78 

E.  H.  Currier,  3  lbs.  sulphur. .  .25 

A.  L.  Dodge,  V.  S.,  visits  and 
medicine 3.75 


570  REPORT    OP    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Dunlap   &   Wason   Coal    Co., 

coal 12.75 

Eaijer  &  Co.,  soap 2.90 

H.  H.  Gerward,  sboeinj;  horse  1.20 
Manchester       Water-Works, 

use  of  water 17.00 

W.  B.  Mitchell,  medicine  for 

horses 3.47 

N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telephone 18.00 

People's  Gas-Light  Co.,  gas. .  22.96 

^87.10 

Total  expenditures §14,991.10 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 1,008.90 

§16,000.00 

Street  Sweeping. 
Appropriation |3,000.00 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 
No.  2 : 

April 1240.68 

^lay 278.80 

June 259.50 

July 252.78 

August 147.83 

September 300.07 

October 187.91 

November 2.30.98 

11,898.55 


STREET    SWEEPING.  571 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as  per  pay-roll,  division 
Xo.  10: 

January $8.06 

April 150.10 

May 49.49 

June 37.13 

July 43.37 

August 60.75 

September 87.00 

October 59.42 

November 72.24 

$567.56 

HARDWARE. 

Paid  Manchester  Hardware  Co.,  12 

hoes $5.00 

John    B.    Varick    Co.,    iron, 

nails,  hoes,  etc 39.88 

$44.88 

REPAIRS    AND    SUPPLIES. 

Paid  Edson  Manufacturing  Co.,   1 

two-horse  sweeper $373.50 

S.  A.  Felton  &  Son  Co.,  refill- 
ing sweeper 32.00 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine   Works,    castings, 

gears,  labor 7.19 

Paid  Hickory  Broom  Fibre  Co. : 

12  brooms  with  scrapers 8.50 

Filling     two     machine     brooms 

with  hickory  fibre 35.00 

$456.19 


572  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight  on  brooms  ?1.20 

Total  expenditures $2,968.44 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 31.50 

$3,000.00 


Bridges. 

Appropriation $4,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. .  .  33G.SS 

$4,336.88 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as   per   pay-roll,  division 
Ko.  2: 

January $13.41 

February 5.29 

March..' 12.60 

April 375.24 

May 102.34 

December 26..33 

$535.21 

Paid  labor  of  men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 
No.  10 : 
March $32.12 

April 2.00 

$34.12 

LUMBER,    STONE,    HARDWARE. 

Paid  A.  N.  Clapp,  nails,  rope $2.84 

Gilman  Clough,  lumber 165.44 


NEW    BRIDGE,  GRANITE    STREET.  ,        573 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Lumber 1780.48 

Building     foot-bridge,     Granite 

street 2,119.70 

Paid  Manchester     Hardware     Co., 

spikes  and  nails 5.08 

John  B.  Variek  Co.,  padlocks, 

hinges,  nails,  spikes,  etc. .  .  88.00 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber,  j)osts.  24.68 

$3,180.22 

REPAIRS. 

Paid  C.  W.  &  G.  A.  Farmer,  oak 

plank 1104.81 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Repairs  on  Amoskeag  bridge.. . .  254.90 

Repairs    on    east    end    Granite 

bridge 167.00 

Paid  Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  repair- 
ing rail,  Granite  bridge. . . . ; 8.07 

1534.78 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Groton   Bridge  Co.,  labor  on 

McGregor  bridge |12.13 

Manchester  Electric  Co.,  elec- 
tric lights 34.42 

146.55 

Total  expenditures |4,336.S8 


New  Bridge,  Granite  Street. 

Appropriation,  bonds  issued |130,000.00 

Received  from  Manchester  Elec- 
tric R.  R 1,228.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund .         7,527.73 

1138,755.73 


574      »  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

Expenditures. 

labor  and  stone  ■vtgrk. 

Paid  Charles  A.  Bailev,  stone $10,233.97 

Dunlap  &  Wason  Coal  Co.,  24 

tons,  IMO  lbs.  coal 104.73 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,   30 

casks  cement 75.00 

Paid  L.  F.  Kittredge  &  Son: 

Labor 27,667.78 

Use  of  derricks,  engines,  pump. .  2,826.50 

Teaming 133.00 

Cash  paid  Ward  Bros.,  for  stone.  60.13 
Paid  Moore  &  Preston,  21  tons,  300 

lbs.  coal 101.45 

H.  W.  Parker,  cement 2,966.01 

144,171.57 

IRONWORK. 

Paid  Groton  Bridge  Co 192,750.00 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Allen  N.  Clapp,  kerosene $5.50 

The  John  B.  Clarke   Co.,  ad- 
vertising proposals 13.88 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber    905.07 

Paid  C.  H.  Manning : 

Services  as  consulting  engineer..  250.00 

Expenses  to  Groton,  N.  Y 34.00 

PaidC.    H.    Robie   Co.,    548    loads 

sand 411.00 

Union  Publishing  Co.,  adver- 
tising proposals 12.30 


CITY   TEAMS.  575 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Co.,  hardware       |160.41 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber 5.45 

Wingate    &    Gould,    6    pairs 

rubber  boots 27.55 

C.  H.  Wood,  painting  signs. . .  3.00 

11,834.16 

Total  expenditures |138,755.73 


City  Teams. 

Appropriation $6,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  285.70 

16,285.70 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  2: 

January $304.91 

February 193.48 

March 161.01 

April 201.24 

May 149.50 

$1,010.14 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 

division  No.  10: 

January $32.85 

February 26.90 

March 32.50 

April 40.63 

$132.88 


576  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

GRAIN,    HAY,    STRAW. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers 107.18 

John  Austin 1.3.85 

G.  W.  Butterfield 109.19 

William  Clarke 35.81 

Freeman  &  Merrill 205.28 

Gage  &  McDougall 0.70 

Frank  Hobbs 0.10 

Isaac  Huse 178.50 

Clarence  R.  Merrill 151.03 

W.  F.  Merrill 18.12 

Jonathan  McAllister 92.50 

J.  M.  &  D.  A.  Parker 20.41 

A.  J.  Peasley 14.50 

Partridge  Brothers 419.75 

W.  H.  Stearns 04.00 

C.  D.  Welch 283.15 


■?2,0S2.97 


HARNESSES    AND    REl'AIRS. 

Paid  John  F.  Kerwin,  repairs  and 

supplies ^124.02 

Kimball  Carriage  Co.,  repairs 

and  supplies 1.30.07 

Paid  The  Pianno  Harness  Co. : 

1  harness 42.00 

Repairs  and  supplies 40.03 

Paid  Ivory  S.  York,  supplies 8.25 


NEW   CARRIAGES  AND   CARRIAGE  REPAIRS. 

Paid  John  T.  Beach,  repairs $8.88 

Kimball  Carriage  Co.,  repair- 
ing sleigh 19.00 


1345.51 


CITY    TEAMS.  577 

Paid  J.  B.  McCrillis  &  Son,  paint- 
ing wagon,  etc |12,15 

James  Richards,  1  two-horse 

dump-cart 75.00 

1115.03 

HARDWARE. 

Paid  Allen  N.  Clapp,  nails,  hinges, 

etc 12.10 

Manchester    Hardware     Co., 
chain,  locks,  pulleys,  paint, 

brackets i.HT 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Co. : 

Screws,  bolts,  hinges 22.54 

Paint,  varnish,  etc 81.64 

Cement,  iron,  steel,  nails,  bitts, 

soap 54.91 

Hose,  brooms,  sponges,  etc 81.09 

1249.65 

LIVE    STOCK,    AND    VETERINARY  "EXPENSES. 

Paid  A.  F.  Abbott,  V.  S.,  visits  and 

medicine |15.25 

Charles  M.  Bailey,  V.  S.,  vis- 
its and  medicine 25.50 

F.      L.      Bodwell,      dressing 

horses'  teeth 36.00 

William  Boynton,  1  horse. . .  .  150.00 

Cavanaugh  Bros.,  2  horses.  ..  237.50 

E.  H.  Currier,  medicine.. .  . .  .  10.10 

A.  L.  Dodge,  V.  S.,  visits  and 

medicine 14.75 

Eager  &  Co.,  salt 2.00 

W.  H.  Gibson,  hoof  ointment.  2.00 

J.  L.  Golden,  Y,  S.,  medicine.  17.75 

37 


578  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid    W.    B.    Mitchell,     liuiment, 

horse  powdtM's |9.52 

G.  H.  Simpson,  1  horse 02. 50 

PaidTebbetts&Soule: 

Syringes 1.70 

Medicine .25 

Paid  Welch  and  Hall,  3  horses 375.00 


WATER,    GAS,    TELEPHONE,    FUEL. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  10  tons 

coal 165.00 

Manchester        Waterworks, 

use  of  water 51.00 

N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telephones 54.00 

People's  Gas-Light  Co.,  gas  at 

stables 148.40 

J.  F.  AY vman,  3  tons  coal 20.25 


LUMBER,     REPAIRS,    ETC. 

Paid  J.    J.    Abbott,    glass,    putty, 

painting  blinds,  etc |22.20 

F.    W.    Blood     Roofing    Co., 

roofing  cement 1.75 

John    Driscoll,    pipe,    collar, 

dampers,  zinc,  etc 8.78 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Repairs  on  storage  shed 061.00 

Lumber  and  la])()r 171.51 

Paid  C  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  Works,  castings 
and  drilling 17.72 


1338.65 


CITY   TEAMS.  579 

Paid  Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  material 

and  labor  on  gas  and  soil 

pipes ".  144.29 

Maynard  &  Hevey,  plumbing 

material  and  labor 4.11 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  1  sink 2.75 

G.  W.  Rief,  lumber  and  labor.  21.62 

L.  &  W.  T.  Seiberlieh,  glass, 

paint,  nails,  etc 3.48 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber 10.39 


HORSE    HIRE. 


Paid  C.  B.  Danf orth |7.00 

E.  T.  James 19.50 

C.  H.  Simpson 6.00 


$969.60 


132.50 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight  |5.50 

James  Briggs  &  Son,  dippers, 
iron,  copper  coyer,  sprink- 
lers, etc 5.05 

W.    H.    Carpenter,   removing 

dead  horse 3.50 

A.  N.  Clapp,  kerosene 14.46 

Eager  &  Co.,  soap,  matches. .  1.08 

E.  D.  Rogers,  axle  grease. . . .  5.50 

The  Sulpho-Napthol  Co.,  sul- 

pho-napthol 8.75 

White  Mountain  Oil  Co.,  axle 

oil 1.85 

R.  M.  West,  1  ladder 3.20 

$48.89 

Total  expenditures $6,285.70 


580  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Repairs  of  Sewers. 

Appropiiation |5,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  421.63 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of   men,  as  per   pay-roll,  division 
No.  2 : 

January |230.04 

February G8.G7 

March 147.76 

April 633.57 

May 651.03 

June 363.53 

July 355.12 

August 264.18 

September 203.22 

October 287.83 

December 117.50 

Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per   pay-roll,  division 
No.  10: 

January 170.39 

February 58.34 

March.. "^ 237.12 

April 281.43 

May 220.25 

June 33.51 

July 68.37 

August 108.24 

September 60.75 

October 176.48 

November 200.12 

December 63.62 


5,421.63 


13,322.45 


$1,578.62 


REPAIKS    OF   SEWERS.  581 


HARDWARE. 


Paid  Manchester     Hardware     Co., 

6  cesspool  dipper  handles.  .  |3.00 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  oakuin, 

pails,  etc 25.70 


MATERIAL,    LABOR,    ETC. 

Paid  Boston  Woven  Hose  &  Rub- 
ber Co.,  hose 1174.00 

Warren  Harvey,  stone 227.63 

The     Head     &     Dowst    Co., 

boards  and  posts 1.52 

Paid  C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  Works: 

Labor  on  couplings 15.50 

Traps,  grates,  etc 21.38 

Paid  Kimball  &  Hobbs,  2  oil  suits . .  4.50 

Thomas   A.    Lane   Co.,    pipe, 

bends,  etc 8.86 

Lessard  &  Hevey,  cement,  la- 
bor    2.00 

Palmer  &  Garmons,  labor  on 

stone 4.06 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  3  scoops . . .  2.61 


SUNDRIES. 


Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight         |16.80 
C.  H.  Simpson,  use  of  teams. .  18.00 


128.70 


1457.06 


134.80 


Total  expenditures |5,421.63 


582  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

New  Sewers. 

Balance  from  last  year  unexpended  $4.37.8.3 

Appropriation 40,000.00 

Transferred  from  appropriation  for 

Silver-street  sewer 391.79 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  186.06 


.f41,015.6S 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per   pay-roll,  division 
:Ko.  2: 

January 1800.64 

February 145.65 

March 46.58 

April 642.46 

May 1,198.63 

June..... 1,644.11 

July 1,860.41 

August 1,798.59 

September 1,835.08 

October 827.36 

November 1,018.79 

December 134.42 

Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 
No.  7: 

April 1300.11 

May 1,563.75 

June 1,679.49 

July 869.12 

August 405.78 

September 382.87 

October 210.00 

November 489.50 


111,952.72 


$5,906.62 


NEW    SEWERS.  583 

Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per   pay-roll,  division 
No.  10: 

April 1398.62 

May 1,037.49 

June 1,491.00 

July 864.71 

August 921.81 

September 1,095.36 

October 629.14 

November 319.90 

16,758.03 

HARDWARE. 

Paid  A.  N.  Clapp,  nails  and  spikes.  |20.46 

Paid  Manchester  Hardware  Co. : 

Globes  and  lanterns 10.00 

Eules,  tapes,  hose,  etc 27.38 

Paid  B.  H.  Piper  Co.,  48  handles. . .  5.78 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Co. : 

Screws,  bolts,  nails 20.32 

Steel  and  iron 199.99 

Wedges,  hammers,  chain,  rope. .  72.80 

Powder,  fuse,  etc 504.25 

Shovels,  picks,  handles,  etc 366.09 


SEWER    PIPE. 

Paid  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co.  $393.94 

George  D.  Goodrich 113.53 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co 5,492.38 

Manchester  Heating  «&  Light- 
Co 2,034.04 

Pike  &  Heald  Co 12.69 


L,227.07 


18,046.58 


684  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

MATERIAL,    LABOR,    ETC. 

Paid  Clark  M.  Bailey,  4S  lanterns.  |2G.OO 

L.  B.  Bodwell  &  ('o.,  53  tons, 

900  lbs.  coal 233.4G 

Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  labor 
of  section  men  on  account 
of  sewer  at  East  Manches- 
ter   24.85 

Boston  Woven  Hose  &  Rub- 
ber Co.,  750  feet  hose 322.50 

James  Briggs  &  Son,  dippers, 

sprinkler l.GO 

Paid  S.  A.  Blood: 

Pine  wood,  sawed 8.75 

Oak  logs 1.50 

Paid  Carson  Trench  Machine  Co., 

2  wheels 10.10 

A.  N.  Clapp,  pails,  oil,  etc 38.26 

Dodge  &  Straw,  1  pair  rubber 

boots 3.40 

Dunlap  &  Wason  Coal  Co.,  25 

tons,  1,080  lbs.  coal 115.29 

Edson     Manufacturing     Co., 

I)umj)  heads 14.00 

The  Fairbanks  Co.,  1  cement 

tester 99.00 

Charles  F.  Gee,  castings  for 

derrick 7.90 

A.    &   W.    S.    Heath,    1    pair 

boots 3.75 

Paid  C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  Works: 

Grates,  traps,  manholes,  etc 1,263.52 

Repairing  drills , .  .40 


NEW    SEWERS.  585 

Paid  The  Ingersoll-Sergeant   Drill 
Co.: 
Valve  buffers,  paw^l  springs,  pis- 
ton rings,  etc |145.81 

1  drill,  chuck,  etc.,  com- 
plete    1300.00 

Less  2  drills  returned. . .       80.00 

220.00 

Hose  and  express 17.75 

Paid  Kimball  &  Hobbs,  rubber  mit- 
tens,     oil      suits,      belting 

leather 15.29 

A.  H.  Kittredge,  500  lbs.  for- 

cite 125.00 

Thomas    A.    Lane   Co.,    hose 

bauds,  unions,  valves,  etc.  .  47.44 

Lightbody     &     Burbank,     10 

pairs  boots 27.50 

Clemens     Langer,     repairing 

w'ater-pipe 8.80 

Mead,  Mason  &  Co.,  sail  cloth, 

and  freight  on  same 30.45 

Moore    &    Preston,    25    tons, 

1,780  lbs.  coal 112.13 

Charles  H.   Parker,   hoisting 

engine  with  boiler,  etc *      800.00 

Luther       Proctor,       blasting 

wood 31.50 

Paid  James  Robertson : 

400  feet  rope 32.00 

1  derrick,  hose,  etc 541.00 

Paid  G.   H.   Sampson,  battery  and 

wire 25.70 

Paid  Sw\an  &  Finch  Co.: 

Cylinder  oil 25.25 

Engine  oil 18.20 


586  REPORT    OF   TUE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Wingato   &   Gould,   38   pairs 

rubber  boots   |02.45 

J.  H.  Wiggiu   &   Co.,  1  hogs- 
head   1.00 

14,491.55 

CEMENT,    BRICK,    LUMBER. 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Brick 114.00 

Lumber 85.92 

PaidW.  F.   Head   &   Sou,   118   M 

brick 610.79 

John     Kenney,     12,400     feet 

spruce  plank 142.60 

Clarence  R.  Merrill,  cement .  .  2.75 
Henry  W.  Parker,  704  bbls. 

cement 732.16 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber 729.62 

12,317.84 

FREIGHT. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight  on  brick, 

hose,  blocks,  etc 1142.78 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  L.  M.  Aldrtch,  filing  saws ....  |3.55 
Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co. : 

Advertising  proposals 16.80 

Printing  pay-rolls  and  bills 18.00 

Paid  Peter  Duval,  filing  saws 7.80 

John  Ferguson,  M.  D.,  attend- 
ance on  J.  J.  Stanton 40.00 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  team- 
ing engine  and  derrick 3.00 


SILVER  STREET  SEWER.  587 

Paid  Laommi  Searles,  use  of  der- 
rick    110.50 

Julia  F,   Stearns,   cash  paid 

for  express 1.00 

S.  B.  Stearns,  policy  No. 
25,489,  Hartford  Steam 
Boiler  Co.,  3  years 50.00 

Union  Publishing  Co.,  adver- 
tising bids 11.34 

John  T.  Underbill,  concreting  10.50 

$172.40 

Total  expenditures |41,015.68 


Silver  Street  Sewer. 

Appropriation |15,000.00 

Transferred  from  appropriation  for 

Christian  brook  sewer 1,515.92 

116,515.92 


Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per   pay-roll,  division 

No.  2: 

May 1173.26 

June 4,472.66 

July 3,951.66 

August 2,856.81 

111,454.39 

HARDWARE. 

Paid  John  B.  Varick  Co $38.72 


588  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

CEMENT,    BRIOK,    LUMBER. 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber          1100.25 

W.  F.  Head  &  Son,  491,470 

brick 2,531.07 

Henry  ^Y.  Parker,  901  casks 

cement 945.59 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber 406.61 

$3,983.52 

MATERIAL,    ETC. 

Paid  The  Edson  Manufacturing 
Co.,  2  pumps,  suction  hose, 
etc 116.3.80 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  Works,  material 
and  labor  on  pumps,  etc. . .  25.23 

Thomas   A,    Lane   Co.,   pipe, 

washers,  etc 28.58 

1217.6  L 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R. : 

Freight |397.60 

Cost  of   labor  taking   up  track 

sticks  on  account  of  sewer. . . .  27.20 

Paid  Amory     Manufacturing     Co., 

sacking 5.09 

$429.89 


Total  expenditures $16,124.13 

Transferred  to  appropriations  for  new  sewers.         391.79 

$16,515.92 


CHRISTIAN    BROOK    SEWER.  589 

Christian  Brook  Sewer. 

Balance  from  last  year  unexpended     |1,703.00 

Appropriation 5,000.00 

$6,703.00 


Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  labor  of   men,  as   per   pay-roll,  division 
No.  2: 

February |29.57 

April 230.12 

May 2,384.46 

June 228.17 

$2,872.32 

HARDWARE. 

Paid  John  B.  Variek  Co $10.23 

CEMENT,    BRICK,    LUMBER. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers,  2  bbls.  ce- 
ment   $5.60 

W.  F.  Head  &  Son,  252  M 
brick 1,297.80 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber    3.10 

Clarence  R.  Merrill,  cement. .  3.50 

Henry  W.  Parker,  500  casks 
cement 520.00 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber 188.90 

$2,018.90 


590  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

FREIGHT. 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R 1209.04 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  James  Briggs  &  Son,  dippers.  |0.75 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  Works,  manholes, 

grates,  traps,  etc 70.51 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  Akron 

pipe 5.33 

176.59 

Total  expenditures |5,187.0S 

Transferred  to  appropriation  for  Silver-street 
sewer 1,515.92 

16,703.00 

River  Road,  Clarke,  and  Elm  Street  Sewer. 
Appropriation $15,000.00 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor   of  men,  as   per  pay-roll,  division 
No.  2: 

August 11,110.40 

September 2,691.21 

October 1,093.80 

November 1,567.79 

$6,463.20 


RIVER    ROAD,    CLARKE,    AND    ELM    STREET   SEWER.        591 
HARDWARE. 

Paid  F.  L.  Elliott,  forcite |121.50 

Manchester     Hardware     Co., 

hardware 5.06 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  dynam- 
ite, fuse,  etc 432.12 

1558.68 

CEMENT,    iBRIOK,    LUMBER. 

Paid  J.  Hodge,  lumber |10.93 

W.  F.  Head   &   Son,   196  M 

brick 1,009.40 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber    31.72 

Henry  W.  Parker,  501  casks 

cement 522.75 

11,574.80 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  coal |221.02 

Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight  161.80 

Dunlap  &  Wason   Coal   Co., 

1  ton  coal 2.75 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 

Machine   Works,    labor   on 

steam  drill 5.20 

Ingersoll-Sergeant  Drill   Co., 

feed    nuts,    pawl    springs, 

hose,  etc 134.64 

Kimball  &  Hobbs,  lacing,  and 

oil  suit 3.50 

Thomas   A.   Lane   Co.,    hose, 

hose  bands,  etc 10.29 

Moore  &  Preston,  coal 114.35 


592  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  M.  F.  Wliiton  &  Co.,  725  feet 

steel  hoist    $52.20 

1705.75 

Total  expenditures |9,302.43 

Transferred  to  new  account 5,697,57 

115,000.00 

Lighting  Streets. 
Appropriation 152,000.00 

Expenditures, 
electric  lights. 
Paid  Manchester  Electric  Light  Co. : 

Charges.  Discounts. 

January |3,944.12  |23.31 

February 4,063.33  53.86 

March.  /. 4,063.33  29.91 

April 4,071.52  11.76 

May 4,072.92  39.28 

June 4,081.74  9.64 

$24,296.96        $167.76 
Less  discount : . . . .         167.76 

$24,129.20 

Paid  Manchester  Electric  Co. : 

Charges.  Discounts. 

July $4,003.33  $4.01 

August 4,063.65  3.98 

September 4,063.33  6.18 

October 4,063.33  10.06 

November 4,132.00  21.42 

December 4,163.44  34.96 

$24,54!>.08  $81.21 

Less  discount 81.21 

$24,467.87 


LIGHTING   STREETS.  593 

GAS. 

Paid  People's  Gas-Light  Go.: 

January |o5.16 

February 56.84 

March 48.44 

April 46.06 

May 41.16 

June 37.24 

July 32.90 

August 34.02     ' 

September 37.38 

October 41.02 

November 50.26 

December 52.50 

1532.98 


CARE    OF    GAS    AND    OIL    LAMPS. 

Paid  People's  Gas-Light  Co.,  for 
lighting,  extinguishing,  and 
care  of  gas  and  oil  street 
lights : 

January |133.40 

February 128.15 

March 60.00 

Paid  Patrick      Dobbins,      lighting 

lamps  at  Gofife's  Falls $165.67 

Frank  W.  Elliott,  lighting 
street  lamp  to  January  1, 
1897 ^  .  .  15.41 

C.  D.  Francis,  lighting  street 

lamps 225.04 

Joseph      Goodwin,      lighting 

street  lamps 1,104.00 

38 


^321.55 


594  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Reed,  ligbtiug 
lamp  at  Massabesic  to  Jan- 
uary 1,  1897 115.00 

Koali  B.  Reed,  furnishing  oil 
and  supplies  for  liglit  from 
September  1,  1891,  to  Sep- 


tember  1,  189G 

12.00 

"ftl  ^'^7  \^ 

•jpXjOO  I  ,\.u 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Clark  M.  Bailey: 

30  dozen  chimneys 

142.00 

Founts,  burners,  wicks,  etc 

15.20 

Paid  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight 

on  naphtha 

2.92 

Paid  Allen  N.  Clapp: 

Kerosene  oil 

76.96 

Gasoline 

125.74 

Matches 

.70 

Paid  Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  plugs, 

caps,  etc 

.37 

Paid  Clemens  Langer: 

Labor   putting   in   operation   15 

gasoline  lamps   

5.50 

Fixing  blow  lamp 

.50 

Paid  Byron  E.  Moore,  drawing,  set- 

ting,  and   repairing   lamp- 

posts   

9.50 

John     F.     Moore,     erecting 

building  for  storing  gaso- 

line    

75.00 

Paid  People's  Gas-Light  Co. : 

Glass 

8.50 

Kerosene 

16.71 

Whiskey 

3.00 

Sperm  oil,  etc 

1.65 

engineer's  department.  595 

Paid  C.  C.  Perry,  use  of  hack  and 

team. .'. |7.50 

Paid  Pike  &  Heald  Co. : 

Labor  on  gas-pipe .25 

6  burners,  1  thumb  screw 6.25 

Paid  O.  G.  Reed,  use  of  hack  and 

team   7.00 

John    B.    Varick    Co.,    glass, 

matches,  burners 8.13 

Whitten    &    Fifleld,    use    of 

hacks  and  teams 24.50 

1437.88 


Total  expenditures $51,426.60 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 573.40 


$52,000.00 


Engineer's    Department. 

Appropriation   |4,500.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .       1,395.25 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  W.  H.  Bennett,  engineer |1,200.00 

Harrie  M.  Young,  first  assist- 
ant    847.00 

George  W.  Wales,  second  as- 
sistant   861.87 

Harry  J.  Briggs,  third  assist- 
ant    726.25 


5,895.25 


596  REPORT    OF    THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  Alfred  Dodge,  assistant |3SG.75 

G.  M.  Currier,  assistant 108.00 

L.  B.  Webster,  assistant 522.50 

Herbert  L.  Watson,  assistant  157.88 

Earl  Raino,  labor .'^O.OO 

Ella  M.  Barker,  clerk 81.25 

John  P.  Young,  labor 9.00 


TEAM   EXPENSES. 

Paid  W.  H.  Bennett,  car  fares $0.30 

P.  Donovan,  Jr.,  use  of  team..  10.00 

A.  Filion,  repairing  sleigh.  . .  G.OO 

Paid  Kimball  Carriage  Co. : 

Repairing  wagon 25.00 

1  whip 1.25 

Paid  Manchester  Street  Railway: 

22  books  car  tickets 55.00 

Use  of  horse 3.00 

Paid  T.  W.  Robinson : 

1  express  wagon $100.00 

Less       1       second-hand 

wagon  25.00 

75.00 

Paid  G.  W.  Wales,  cash  paid  use  of 

teams 2.00 

Whitten    &    Fifleld,    use    of 

teams 74.00 

Harrie  M.  Young,  car  fares.  .  ..'j5 


TELEPHONE. 


$4,990.50 


.|1251.90 


Paid  N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph  Co.,  use  of 
telephone $30.80 


engineer's  department.  597 

supplies   and   office   fixtures. 

Paid  W.  H.  Bennett: 

Cash  paid  for  postage |2.00 

Express 1.10 

Deeds,  car  fare  to  Nashua 6.10 

Paid  Harry  J.  Briggs,  cash  paid  for 

express .25 

W.  L.  Blenus,  repairing  tapes  13.55 
Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co. : 

Printing  150  reports 68.57 

Binding  1  boolv .50 

2  canvas  covers 1.50 

Paid  E.  K.  Coburn  Co.: 

Water  colors,  India  ink 5.27 

Paper,  erasers,  hooks,  pencils,  12 

flags 12.10 

Paid  The  Carter's  Ink  Co.,  1  ribbon  1.00 
Paid  Daniels  &  Downs: 

Stenographer's  services 23.81 

Use  of  typewriter 1.50 

Carbon  paper,  etc .75 

Paid  J.  G.  Ellinwood,  photographs  4.00 

Frost  &  Adams  Co.,  supplies.  130.00 
W.  P.  Farmer,  2  pairs  rubber 

boots 7.50 

S.  C.  Forsaith   Machine  Co., 

6,700  stakes,  per  contract.  .  62.50 
W.  P.  Goodman,  diaries,  jour- 
nal, pencils 6.60 

C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  1  duster. .  .  1.25 
The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber and  labor 17.88 

J.  Hodge,  wood .30 

Kimball  &  Hobbs,  1  lb.  rub- 
ber bands 2.40 


598  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  The  Nate  Kellogg  Co. : 

Letter  beads $7.00 

1,500  blanks 4.00 

Paid  Dana    W.    King,    examining 

copies 5.50 

Tbe    Tbomas  A.  Lane   Co.,  G 

cuspidors,   etc 3.60 

H.  F.  W.  Little,  lumber,  nails, 

and  labor 3.70 

T.  D.  Luce,  copying  extract 

from  road  report ,  .75 

Lyons  Platinum  Pen  Co., pens  5.00 

A.   E.   Martell    &   Co.,    letter 

books   10.00 

D.  L.  Miller  &  Co.,  1  ^'Atlas  of 
Manchester" 25.00 

J.  B.  McCrillis  &  Son,  change 
of  typewriter  and  use  of 
one  three  months 65.00 

John  Eobbie  Co.,  flannel 1.00 

E.  G.  Soltmann,  ink,  brushes 

blue  print 20.63 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

Books,  paste 6.00 

Binding  and  repairing  books ....  5.75 

Paid  John  B.  Yarick  Co.,  hardware  10.73 

C.  H.  Wood,  painting  rods. . .  3.00 

R.  M.  West,  1  ladder 1.60 

G.  W.  Wales,  drawing  paper.  .35 

E.  A.  Watson,  photographs. .  7.50 

Harrie  M.  Young,  paper .00 


SUNDRIES. 


$556.63 


Paid  F.   W.   Elliott,  8  dinners  and 

horse  fed $7.00 


HEALTH    DEPARTMENT.  599 

Paid  R.  W.  Shepard,  keys |0.50 

Union     Manufacturing     Co., 

1,000  numbers 45.00 

J.    W.    Wilson,    freight    and 

truckage .92 

$53.42 

Total  expenditures |5,895.25 


Health    Department. 
Appropriation $4,200.00 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  C.  W.  Downing  M.  D.,  salary 
as  member  of  board  of  health  for 

year  ending  February  1,  1896 $200.00 

Paid  Cornelius  F.  Starr,  M.  D. : 
Salary  as  member  of  board   of 
health  for  year  ending  Febru- 
ary 1,  1896 200.00 

For  1|  months 20.83 

Paid  W.  K.  Bobbins,  salary  as 
member  of  board  of  health 
for  year  ending  February 

1,  1896 200.00 

Richard  J.  Barry,  318  days' 
services  as  sanitary  in- 
spector   795.00 

Herbert  S.  Clough,  333^  days' 
services  as  sanitary  in- 
spector        1,000.50 

John  F.  Looney,  338  days'  ser- 
vices as  sanitary  inspector.  760.51 

Ethel  A.  Marston,  clerk 184.00 

$3,300.84 


coo  REPORT    OF    TUE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

PRINTING    AND    STATIONERY. 

Paid  A.  S.  Campbell  &  Co. : 

Printing   note   heads,    circulars, 

etc $25.30 

25,000  plumbing  notices 35.00 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co., 
printing : 

Bulletins 40.20 

Health  laws 58.30 

800  reports 20.10 

Note  circulars 1.60 

Binding  25  books 3.75 

Paid  E.  R.  Coburn  Co., blank  books, 

ink 4.71 

F.  H.  Challis,  printing  circu- 
lars, cards,  returns 10.75 

The  Nate  Kellogg  Co.,  blank 

books 11.25 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co.,  1 

blank  book 8.85 

J.  Arthur  Williams,  1,000  cer- 
tificates   3.00 

TEAMS, 

Paid  R.  J.  Barry,  car  fares §12.65 

Paid  Herbert  S.Clough: 

Car  fares 34.90 

Teams 1.50 

Paid  F.  X.  Chenette,  use  of  hacks. .  11.50 
•    W.     J.     Freeman,     boarding 

team 102.74 

J.  F.  Looney,  car  fares 26.40 

Plummer  &  Brown,  team. . . .  3.00 


S222.81 


HEALTH    DEPARTMENT.  601 

Paid  George    E.  Wheeler    &    Son, 

hack 12.00 

Whitten    &    Fifield,    use    of 

teams 42.00 

$236.69 


PEST-HOUSE. 

Paid  C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  1  spring. . .  .  $3.50 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  centers  to 

range .60 

Judith  Sherer,  board,  sundry 

persons 32.75 


SUNDRIES. 


OFFICE    EXPENSES. 

PaidH.  S.  Clough: 

Envelopes,  mucilage $11.30 

Postage 2.66 

Paid  G.  B.  Cressey,  labor  and  ma- 
terial on  desk 6.26 

John  F.  Looney,  books,  tacks.  .99 

Moore  &  Preston,  wood 2.00 

N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telephone 36.50 

Paid  People's  Gas-Light  Co. : 

Gas 2.28 

Mantels  and  chimneys 1.20 

Paid  Pike  &  Heald    Co.,  iron    and 

labor  on  testing  machine. .  .  3.02 

.Weston  &  Hill  Co.,  12  towels.  1.10 


PaidR.  J.  Barry: 

Repairs  on  boat $5.00 

Card  rack .25 


$36.85 


;7.si 


602  REPORT    OF   TUE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Bnrnluam,  Brown  &  Warren, 

legal  services $14.00 

PaidH.  S.  Clough: 

Disinfectants 11.10 

Express  and  telegrams 5.25 

Expense  for  McArdle  family. ...  .93 

Demijohns,     keys,     vaccination 

points 4.60 

Summoning    witnesses,    dinners 

at  lake 3.74 

Use  of  steamboat 5.00 

Expenses  to  Concord 6.22 

Paid  T.  Cliilcott,  burying  horse 2.00 

Harold  C.  Ernst,  M.  D.,  diph- 
theria examination. .......  29.00 

G.  C.  Hoitt,  M.  D.,  services.. .  3.00 

O.  D.  Knox  &  Co.,  groceries 
delivered    William    Trasil- 

lian 17.37 

'I'homas  A.  Lane  Co.,  material 

and  labor  on  furnace 9.14 

Lehn  &  Fink,  antitoxin 35.00 

Paid  J.  F.  Looney: 

Disinfectants 6.75 

Wood,  tin  pans .69 

Paid  Ethel    A.    Marston,    express 

and  mucilage 2.70 

The  II.  K.  Mulford  Co.,  anti- 
toxin   12.15 

D.  F.  O'Xeil,  groceries,  Bro- 

deur  family 2.95 

Dunlap  &  Wason    Coal    Co., 

coal,  Brodeur  family 1.85 

Felix    Provencher,   burial   of 
child 7.00 


REPAIRS    OF   SCHOOLHOUSES.  603 

Paid  Snelling   &   Woods,   sulpliur, 

alcohol 110.80 

The  Sulpho-Napthol   Co.,   10 

gallons  sulphonaphthol.  . .  17.50 

F.  H.  Thurston,  antitoxin...  .  17.00 

John  B.  Yarick  Co.,  sulphur, 
alcohol,  lantern,  f)air  oars,.  7.90 

$238.89 

Total  expenditures $4,163.39 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 36.61 

$4,200.00 


Repairs  of  Schoolhouses. 

Appropriation $6,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund . . .  578.38 

$6,578.38 


Expenditures, 
masoxwork. 

Paid  B.  W.  Kobiu^ou $165.99 

Shirley  &  Stuart 707.23 

$873.22 

PAIXTIXG  AXD  GLAZING. 

Paid  J.    J.    Abbott,    j)ainting    and 

glazing $405.75 

J.  S.  Avery,  setting  glass ....  5.60 

J.  Choate  &  Co.,  setting  glass.  .50 

Joel  Daniels  &  Co.,  setting 
glass .75 

C.  F.  Jack,  glass  and  setting 
same 1.18 


604  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  H.  LoibillJ,^  paiut $1.95 

E.  Paul,    glass    and    setting 

same 1.80 

Jolin    A.    Sargent,    painting 

and  glazing C13.G4 

Inez  M.  Warren,  1  light  glass.  .25 

$1,031.42 

COXCRETIXG. 

Paid  C.  H.  Robie  Co $505.09 

WOODWORK. 

Paid  Alonzo  Day,  33  windows $79.40 

G.  H.  Dudley,  lumber,  bard- 
ware,  labor 1,329.45 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

9,100  laths 20.47 

Lumber  and  labor 91.78 

Paid  J.  Hodge,   lumber,   windows, 

doors,  etc 102.54 

$1,623.64 

PLUMBING,    IRONWORK,    REPAIRS. 

Paid  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co., 

repairing  boilers $146.66 

S.  C.  Austin  &  Co.,  lightning 

rods 51.90 

D.  J.  Adams,  repairing  locks, 

fitting  keys 9.35 

F.  W.  Blood  Roofing  Co.,  re- 
pairing roofs 336.47 

E.  M.  Bryant  &  Co.,  repairing 

bells..' 12.54 

Burlington    Venetian     Blind 

Co.,  Venetian  blinds 103.00 


REPAIRS    OF   SCHOOLHOUSES.  605 

Paid  Cressey    &    Colby,    repairing 

shovel  and  poker fl.lo 

W.  M.  Darrah  &  Co.,  material 

and  labor  on  roofs 23.74 

Peter  Harris,  reijairing  door- 
knobs   .35 

C.  H.'  Hutcliinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  Works,  labor  on 
boiler,  etc 6.90 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  material 
and  labor,  plumbing  sun- 
dry schoolhouses 686.71 

Manchester  Hardware  Co., 
lock,  sash  fasts 13.75 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  labor  clean- 
ing stove-pipes,  plumbing, 
etc 393.82 

S.  M.  Plumer  &  Co.,  repairing 

locks,  fitting  keys,  etc 1.70 

G.  S.  Perry  &  Co.,  repairing 

pencil  sharpeners 3.00 

James  P.  Slattery,  repairing 
clocks 2.00 

C.  A.  Trefethen,  repairing 
clocks 13.25 

The  G.  H.  Underbill  Co.,  cor- 
ridor heater 243.20 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  nails.  . .  .  5.20 

Perkins  &  Franks,  electrical 

work 5.97 

.^2,120.66 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Paid  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co. : 
Cutting  and  hauling  grass.  Straw 

school  lot 13.00 


606  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY  AUDITOR. 

Labor  on  flag-staff 111.66 

Labor  grading,  Ash-strcet  lot. .  .  9.52 
Paid  O.  D.  Case  &  Co..  slate  black- 
boards     216.14 

F.  S.  Eastman,  reefing  rope 

through  flag-pole 2.00 

Warren      Harvej,       drilling 

holes,  use  of  tools 11.25 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

3  flag-poles 66.50 

Bronze  escutcheons .24 

Paid  V.    H.    Hill,    cash    paid    for 

cleaning  Training  school..  4.93 

E.  T.  James,  use  of  team 3.00 

C.  F.  Jack,  cash  paid  for  re- 
pairing rope 1.00 

A.  A.  Jenkins,  tuning  pianos.  12.00 
J.  G.  Jones,  freight  on  black- 
boards    16.61 

J.  G.  Johnson  &  Co.,  2  stone 

steps 21.00 

S.  J.  Russell,  cleaning  vaults.  35.00 
E.  A.  Sears,  putting  ropes  on 

flag-poles 10.50 

1424.35 

Total  expenditures |6,57S.38 


Fuel. 

Appropriation $6,500.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  284.03 


),784.03 


FUEL.  607 

I 

Expenditures. 

COAL. 

PaidL.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  61  tons 

coal 1382.75 

Dunlap  &  Wason   Coal   Co., 

116  tons,  410  lbs.  coal 743.64 

Moore  &  Preston,  90  3-10  tons 

coal 564.36 

E.  W.  Poore,  4  tons  coal 23.00 

D.  M.  Poore,  60  tons,  250  lbs. 

coal  375.78 

E.  V.  Turcotte,  710  tons,  440 

lbs.  coal 3,858.58 

J.  F.  Wjman,  2  tons  coal  ....  12.50 


15,960.61 


WOOD. 

Paid  Oilman    Clougb,    151^    cords 

wood " 1668.25 

Dunlap  &  Wason  Coal  Co.,  4 

cords  wood  22.13 

Paid  S.  C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co. : 

Boards    1.62 

3^  cords  wood 24.77 

Paid  J.  Hodge,  kindling  wood 1.75 

Michael  McCabe,  I  cord  wood  2.00 

Moore  &  Preston,  wood 1.75 

Lester  C.  Paige,  2  cords  wood  11.00 

E.  W.  Poore,  wood 51.05 

D.  M.  Poore,  wood 10.00 

Wilson  &  McKee,  2  cords  wood  12.50 

J.  F.  Wymau,  wood 11.50 


1818.32 


608  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

SUKDUIES. 

Paid  W.  R,  Blakelej',  moving  wood 

and  coal |3.G0 

Whitteu  &  Fifield,  use  of  team  1.50 

l-o.lO 

Total  expenditures .f6,784.0o 


Furniture  and  Supplies. 

Appropriation   |1,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund .  .  114.14 

11,114.14 


Expenditures. 


HARDWARE. 


Paid  Manchester     Hardware     Co., 

locks,       screws,       brushes, 

wrenches,  sash  cord,  etc.  . .  |19.36 

John  B.  Variek  Co.,  dusters, 

brooms,       mats,       basketSj 

locks,  etc 325.01 

1344.37 

BOOKS  AND  STATIONERY. 

Paid  E.  R.  Coburn  Co.,  Cushings' 

Manual,   etc |1.65 

Oliver  Ditsou  Co.,  music  books  53.22 

W.  P.  Goodman,  books,  craj'on, 

etc 2.70 

Educational   Publishing   Co., 
subscription  to  ^'Primary 
Education"  to  January,  1^07  1.00 


FURNITURE    AND    SUPPLIES.  609 

Paid  J.  L.  Hammett  Co.,  1  globe. .  .  |9.00 
Kas&on  &  Palmer,  subscription 
to  ''Education"  to  January, 

1897    3.00 

G.  F.  King  &  Merrill,  IG  maps  43.50 

Novelty  Advertising  Co.,  cards  1.00 
G.  P.  Wallace,  carbon  paper, 

paper,  ribbon 4.85 

1119.98 


FURNITURE. 

Paid  Bobrick  School  Furniture  Co. : 

48  desks  and  seats,  Varney $156.00 

42  desks  and  seats,  Spring-street  136.50 

PaidC.  A.  Hoitt&Co.: 

Chairs  and  desks 98.81 

96  rubber  chair  tips 3.84 

Use  of  chairs 13.21 

Paid  Josselyn  &  Bead,  tables 10.50 

Paid  G.  S.  Perry  &  Co. : 

Inkwells   20.48 

Mats,  sand  disks,  pencil  sharp- 
eners      33.73 

Paid  Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  24  dustpans  4.75 


SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Joel  Daniels  &  Co.,  paint. . . . 

$0.40 

T.  F.  Fifleld,  soap,  ammonia, 

oil    

10.70 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 

ber, labor 

16.31 

William  J.  Heron,  Jr.,  letter- 

ing diplomas 

20.35 

39 

$477.82 


610  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Horace  Holmes,  oil |0.45 

J.  G.  Jones,  cartage 6.50 

Georgie    Kendrick,     oil     aud 

matches   .62 

Kimball   &   Hobbs,   2^   yards 

enamel    .88 

Lightbody     &      Burbank,      2 

brushes    .60 

F.  E.  Nelson,   sponges,   scis- 
sors, etc 13.35 

NoTelty       Advertising       Co., 

stamp,  pad,  ink 8.85 

G.  W.  Eief,  sawdust,  etc .95 

John   Robbie   Co.,  243   yards 

ribbon     19.86 

The  Sulpho-Napthol  Co.,  sul- 

pho-naphthol     21.00 

Paid  Weston  &  Hill  Co. : 

6  flags   47.00 

Matting,  etc 4.15 

1171.97 

Total  expenditures $1,114.14 

Books  and  Stationery. 
Appropriation   1100.00 

Expenditures. 

sundries. 

Paid  W.   P.   Goodman,   books   and 

stationery    |S.04 

E.     J.     Knowlton,      P.      M., 

stamps,  postals 10.00 


PRINTING    AND    ADVERTISING.  611 

Paid  N.  E.  Publishing  Co. : 

Subscription  to  "Journal  of  Ed- 
ucation" to  January,  1896 |4.25 

Subscription  to  "American  Teach- 
er" to  January,  1896 .50 

Paid  Novelty  Advertising  Co.,  en- 
velopes   4.25 

E.  B,  Woodbury,  postage  and 

stationery 10.50 

George  P.  Wallace,  paper.. . .  8.50 

146.04 

Total  expenditures |!46.04 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 53.96 


$100.00 


Printing  and  Advertising. 

Appropriation |300.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. .  .  129.56 

1429.56 

Expenditures. 

sundries. 

Paid  A.  S.  Campbell  &  Co.,  print- 
ing 125  note  circulars |1.25    • 

Paid  The   John   B.    Clarke  Co., 
printing : 
Cards,  circulars,  postals,  diplo- 
mas   368.91 

400  reports 59.40 

1429.56 

Total  expenditures $429.56 


612  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Contingent  Expenses. 

Appropriation |1,600.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  257.70 


,857.79 


Expenditures. 

freight  and  cartage. 

Paid  J.  G.  Jones,  books,  school  furniture,  lum- 
ber, etc fOG.Oa 

WATER,    GAS,    ELECTRIC    LIGHTS. 

Paid  Manchester     Electric     Light 

Co.,  electric  lights 140.40 

Manchester  Electric  Co.,  elec- 
tric lights 38.40 

People's  Gas-Light  Co.,  gas.  .  285.60 
Union    Electric    Co.,    electric 

lights 120.05 

water  commissioners,  water.  703.55 

11,284.90 

ANNUAL    GRADUATION. 

Paid  F.    P.    Colby,  moving    grand 

piano IG.OO 

Paid  Daniels  &  Downs: 

Engrossing  diplomas  .  .' 13.65 

25  covers .10 

Paid  Manchester  Opera  House  Co., 
use  of  Opera  House  June  23, 

1806   60.00 

Piper  &  Mclntire,  music  ....  7.22 
Frank  T.  Weeks,  taking  tick- 
ets at  Opera  House 2.00 

$88.97 


CARE  OF  SCHOOL  ROOMS.  613 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  W.  E.  Buck,  use  of  team  vis- 
iting suburban  schools  ,  . .  $94.00 

C.  W.  Davis,  use  of  team 150.00 

Emma  J.  Ela,  cash  paid  for 

carrying  water   17.50 

S.  B.  Hope,  use  of  team  carry- 
ing special  teacher  of  music 

to  suburban  schools 93.00 

Byron      Moore,       furnishing 
water     for     Goffe's     Falls 

school    6.50 

Paid  pay-roll,  division  No.  2: 

February * .' 18.53 

March   8.33 

$387.86 

Total  expenditures $1,857.79 


Care  of  School  Rooms. 
Appropriation   $5,500.00 

Expenditures. 

janitors  of  schoolhouses. 

Paid  J.  S.  Avery $600.00 

James  E.  Bailey 170.04 

H.  G.  Batchelder   500.04    ' 

S.  H.  Batchelder 166.65 

W.  F.  Conner   549.96 

M.  C.  Colman 12.00 

Ida  E.  Corning 14.00 


614 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 


PaidD.  S.  Dunbar 

G.  E.  Demick  .  . . 

Eose  Elliott 

Emma  J.  Ela  .  . . 

V.  H.  Hill 

C.  F.  Jack  

W.  H.  Morrill  .  . . 
Fred  W.  Morse  . 
W.  H.  Newry  .  . . 
Almon  Proctor   . 

Eben  Paul   

Fred  Perron  .... 
J.  K.  Khodes  .  . . 
William  Stevens 
E.  D.  Sleeper  . . . 
Inez  M.  Warren  . 
J.  S.  Washburn 


SUNDRIES. 


122.20 

23.07 
11.00 
52.07 

500.04 

500.04 

133.32 
5.55 

549.96 
21.35 

345.37 
30.50 
60.00 

416.64 

6.00 

40.25 

269.26 


14,999.31 


Paid  Ida  E.  Corning,  cleaning 
Webster's  Mills  school- 
house  12.00 

D.  S.  Dunbar,  cleaning  Mos- 
quito Pond  schoolhouse.  .  .  3.00 

H.   I.   Dodge,   cash   paid   for 

cleaning  schoolhouse 6.50 

L.  W.  Harwood,  cleaning  Par- 
ker schoolhouse    5.85 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Langley,  cleaning 

Youngsville  schoolhouse    .  3.00 

G.  L.  Spaulding,  assisting  jan- 
itor, high  school   9.50 


EVENING    SCHOOLS.  615 

Paid  Albert    Somes,  cash   paid  for 

cleaning $2.40 

$32.25 


Total   expenditures    $5,031.5a 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 4G8.44 


$5,500.00 


Evening  Schools. 
Appropriation   $1,500.00 

Expenditures. 

salaries. 

Paid  L.  H.  Carpenter $97.00 

C.  E.  Cochran  156.20 

Honorie  J.  Crough 102.00 

Sarah  B.  Dunbar 27.90 

W.  W.  Forbes 61.00 

Julius  Hegewald 31.00 

Tilla  E.  Johnson 31.00 

Maggie  G.  Linen 58.00            ' 

Carrie  G.  Mason ' 21.60 

A.W.Morgan 134.20 

Josephine  A.  Mitchell    60.00 

W.  J.  Mooar 59.00 

Mary  McLaren 27.90 

Mary  E.  Paige 27.90 

A.  W.  Rowell 31.00 

Lizabell  Savory 3.60 

Elizabeth  Walsh 54.00 

Mary  A.  Walker 18.00 

$1,001.30 


616  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 


JANITORS. 


Paid  W.  F.  Conner $0.00 

Morton  E.  Sanborn 22.50 

128.50 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  American  Book  Co.,  10  arith- 
metics      15.40 

H.  S.  Clarlv,  rent  of  ball  two 

months    26.00 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  1  broom  ..30 

$.31.70 

Total  expenditures $1,061.50 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 438.50 

$1,500.00 


Teachers'  Salaries. 
Appropriation   $74,000.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  teachers,  as  per  pay-roll : 

January   $7,037.52 

February    7,381.33 

March    .' 6,977.17 

April 7,045.55 

May    7,531.74 

June    7,417.64 

September    6,918.97 

October  7.586.02 

November 7,424.59 

December   7.355.42 

$72,075.95 


FREE    TEXT    BOOKS.  617 

Paid  Annie  W.  Cofran |25.00 

Guv  W.  Cox 50.00 

Arthur  W.  Kowell, 88.00 

1163.00 

Total  expenditures $72,838.95 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 1,1G1.05 

171,000.00 


Evening  School  Mechanical  Drawing. 
Appropriation   .fSOO.OO 

Expenditures. 

salaries. 

Paid  Henry  W.  Allen |159.75 

John  M.  Kendall 158.50 

1318.25 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  W.  M.  Butterfield,  blue  prints         $20.00 
E.  R.  Coburn  Co.,  paper 18.00 

138.00 

Total  expenditures    1356.25 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 113.75 

1500.00 


Free  Text-books. 

Appropriation   |5,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund .  . .  58.12 

15,058.42 


618  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

EXTENDITURES. 
FREE    TEXT-BOOKS     AND     SUPPLIES. 

Paid  AUyn  &  Bacon 1104.80 

American  Book  Co 799.03 

B.  S.  Andrew 40.00 

Balch  Brothers  22.25 

E.  E.  Babl)  &  Co 859.83 

Boston  School  Supply  Co.  . .  .  70.20 

T.  H.  Castor  &  Co . 102.07 

W.  O.  Crosby 34.50 

Oliver  Ditson  Co 9.26 

Directors  of  Old  South  Work  .30 

Eajjle  Pencil  Co 135.20 

W.  H.  Elliott 4.90 

Ginn  &  Co 567.51 

J.  L.  Hammett  Co 180.95 

D.  C.  Heath  &  Co 199.03 

Holdeii    Patent    Book    Cover 

Co 113.58 

Edwin  E.  Howell 4.00 

G.  F.  King  &  Merrill 436.58 

King-Richardson    Publishing 

Co 93.15 

Kimball  &  Hobbs .60 

C.  H.  Kimball  1.65 

Lee  &  Shepard 16.00 

Leach,  Shewell  &  Sanborn  . .  26.75 

Longmans,  Green  &  Co 28.62 

Maynard,  Merrill  &  Co 32.80 

Mead,  Dodge  &  Co 5.58 

The  Prang  Educational  Co.,  .  456.64 

Henuan  Koedelsperger 5.00 

George  S.  Perry  &  Co 54.35 

Silver,  Burdett  &  Co 70.35 


MANUAL   TRAINING.  619 

Paid  Albert  Somes |8.00 

Thompson,  Brown  &  Co 79.85 

The  Manchester  Ink  Co 30.00 

University  Publishing  Co.  .  .  88.29 

William  Ware  <&  Co 362.65 

G.  P.  Wallace  .65 

M.  G.  Wright  &  Co 12.50 

14,558.42 

LABOR. 

Paid  Fannie  L.  Sanborn,  services  as  clerk  in 

superintendent's  office $500.00 

Total  expenditures |5,058.42 


Manual  Training. 
Appropriation   |1,500.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Fred  E.  Browne,  teacher |1,199.91 

Mrs.  Ora  Burpee,  material  and 

making  36  aprons 10.00 

E.  E.  Coburn  Co.,  blue  print, 

drawing  paper   3.46 

J.  L.  Hammett  Co.,  gross  pen- 
cils     2.50 

Hanover-street  Laundry,  in- 
delible ink   .50 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber and  labor 67.84 

J.  Hodge,  lumber 55.36 

Palmer,    Parker    &    Co.,  Ill 

feet  gum  wood   15.03 

Temple    &    Farrington    Co., 

cardboard,  envelopes 3.47 


620  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR, 

Paid  John    B.    Varick    Co.,    brads 
tacks,   screws,  locks,   sandpaper 

etc Y 145.22 

$1,403.29 

Total  expenditures    $1,403.29 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 00.71 

$1,500.00 


City  Library. 

Balance    from     last    year     unex- 
pended         $3,220.42 

Appropriation 4,500.00 

$7,720.42 

EXPENDITURES. 
LIBRARIAN    AND    ASSISTANTS. 

Paid  Kate  E.  Sanborn,  librarian .  . .  $900.00 

Georo-e  R.  Fletcher 430.50 

Arthur  H.  Fletcher 294.50 

A.  C.  Fitzpatrick  1.45 

L.  B.  James 18.45 

G.   W.   Swallow    133.25 

A.  N.  Tasker 49.85 

$1,834.00 

CATALOGUE  AND  CATALOGUE  SUrrLIES. 

Paid  Library  Bureau: 

Index  card?   $50.35 

Binders 4.40 

Fasteners,  shelf  sheets,  etc 5.40 

Paid  Louise  E.  Newell,  copyist  ....  255.90 

Edith  O.  Simmons 370.95 

Temple    &    Farrington    Co., 
slips,    ink,    books,    postals 

and  printing    78.90 

$7G5.90 


CITY    LIBRAKY.  621 

NEW    BOOKS. 

Paid  trustees  of  city  library  |1,000.00 

WATER,    GAS,     FUEL,     INSURANCE. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  wood. . .  |20.25 

Clough  &  Twombly,  premium 

on    110,000    insurance    on 

library  contents   125.00 

People's  Gas-Light   Co.,  gas  26.60 

E.  V.  Turcotte,  56  tons,  700 

lbs.  coal 301.44 

Union    Electric   Co.,   electric 

lights 315.85 

water-works,  use  of  water. . ,  16.00 

1805.14 

BINDING,    RE-BINDING,    AND    RE-SEWING. 

Paid  Boston  Book-binding  Co |49.62 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co 189.51 

1239.13 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  ice  daily: 

May  8  to  October  31, 1895 |5.84 

May  1  to  October  31, 1896 7.50 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co.,  "Mir- 
ror" to  April  1,  1896 6.00 

Paid  T.  A.  Lane  Co. : 

Labor  on  electric  lights .50 

24  lamps,  flue  brush 5.67 

Paid  C.  F.  Livingston,  book  covers  » 

and  printing 193.48 

Kate   E.    Sanborn,  cash  paid 
for  cleaning 12.53 


622  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co.,  pic- 
ture cord,  and  hanging  one  pic- 
ture   11.68 

$233.20 

Total  expenditures $4,877.37 

Transferred  to  new  account 2,843.0.5 

$7,720.42 


Fire    Department. 

Appropriation $61,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund . . .       2,567.65 

$63,567.65' 

Expenditures. 

services. 

Paid  Thomas   W.   Lane,    chief   en- 
gineer      $1,300.00 

Fred   S.   Bean,   assistant  en- 
gineer   175.00 

Ruel   G.    Manning,   assistant 
engineer 175.00 

Eugene  S.  Whitney,  assistant 
engineer 175.00 

Clarence  R.  Merrill,  assistant 
engineer 175.00 

Fred  S.  Bean,  clerk 25.00 

$2,025.00 

Paid  teamsters  and  engineers,  as  per  pay-roll : 

January. $1,758.65 

Februarv 2,262.68 


FIRE   DEPARTMENT.  623 

March I2JG9.14 

April 2,194.18 

May 2,262.93 

June 2,275.14 

July 2,269.60 

August 2,241.10 

September 2,359.14 

October 2,303.68 

November 2,299.43 

December 2,267.89 

127,263.56 


CALL  MEMBERS. 

Paid  Engine  Co.  No.  1: 

For  year  1896 |1,690.00 

Extra  labor   8.00 

Paid  Engine  Co.  No.  2 : 

For  year  1896   1,679.99 

Extra  labor  8.00 

Paid  Elngine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  3 : 

For  year  1896 2,270.60 

Extra  labor   8.00 

Paid  Engine  Co.  No.  4: 

For  year  1896   1,690.00 

Extra  labor   8.00 

Paid  Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  5: 

For  year  1896 2,450.00 

Extra  labor  8.00 

Paid  Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  6: 

For  year  1896  2,441.70 

Extra  labor   8.00 

Paid  Chemical  Engine  Co.  No.  1,  for 

year  1896    465.00 

Paid  Hook-and-Ladder  Co.  No.  1 : 

For  year  1896 1,820.83 


624  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Extra  labor |8.00 

Paid  Hose  Co.  No.  1 : 

For  year  189G 1,GS5.00 

Extra  labor  8.00 

Paid  Hose  Co.  No.  2: 

For  year  189G 1,685.00 

Extra  labor  8.00 

Paid  Hose  Co.  No.  3: 

For  year  189G 910.00 

Extra  labor  8.00 

$18,868.12 

OTHER    LABOR. 

Paid  J.  Newell  Brown,  labor  as  en- 
gineer            1220.50 

C.    A.    Butterfield,    labor    as 

driver 263.25 

Frank  O.   Bartlett,   labor  as 

driver 21.00 

Fred     W.     Bond,     labor     as 

driver 21.00 

Richard  F.  Galway,  labor  as 

driver   22.50 

Fred    A.    Lang,    labor    as 

driver    21.00 

Alcide  Provencher,  labor  as 

driver 31.50 

Thomas     Smith,     labor     as 

driver 21.00 

F.    W.    Tebbetts,    labor    as 

driver 63.00 

Jesse    W.    Truell,    labor    as 

driver 76.50 

John  K.  Wilson,  labor 1.75 

$763.00 


FIRE    DEPARTMENT.  625 


LAUNDRY. 


Paid  Mrs.  Richard  Gal  way |20.09 

Mrs.  G.  M.  Goodwin 38.19 

Charles  N.  Cutler 7.00 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Hulme 57.28 

W.  Morse  18.75 

Mrs.  Margaret  Powers 60.09 

Mrs.  Susie  E.  Reed 8.40 

L.  A.  Sawyer    17.95 

Mrs.  C.  C.  Tinkham 7.00 

Mrs.  W.  F.  Wheeler 5.25 


FURNITURE,    ETC. 

Paid  Barton  &  Co.: 

Matting,  iron  ends,  etc |21.47 

Blanket  1..38 

Paid  C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.: 

5  mattresses 15.00 

10  comforters 16.00 

2  springs 5.00 

Bedsteads,  bureaus,  chairs 37.00 

4  pillows 3.00 

Screen,  table,  mirror,  etc 10.85 

Matting,  zinc  ends 16.43 

Paid  John  Robbie  Co.,  pillow  slips  6.90 

C.  A.  Trefethen,  1  clock 3.50 

Weston   &   Hill    Co.,   cotton, 
crash,     matting,      spreads, 

gingham 49.85 


PRINTING    AND     STATIONERY. 


Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co.,  print- 
ing: 
1,000  envelopes  |24.00 


1240.00 


1186.38 


626 


REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 


400  reports 167.75 

Advertising  notice  25.50 

Paid  W.  P.  Goodman.  1  journal.  .  .  2.00 
The  Nate  Kellogg  Co.,  print- 
ing    circulars,     envelopes, 

cards,  etc 58.55 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co.,  pa- 
per, ink,  pencils,  books,  etc.  15.19 

Engine  Co.  No.  1 10.00 

Engine  Co.  No.  2 10.00 

Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  3 .  10.00 

Engine  Co.  No.   4 10.00 

Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  5.  10. 00 

Engine  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  0 .  10.00 

Chemical  Engine  Co.  No.  1.  .  10.00 

Hook-and-Ladder  Co.  No.  1. .  10.00 

Hose  Co.  No.  1 10.00 

Hose  Co.  No.  2 10.00 

Hose  Co.  No.  3 10.00 

$302.99 

WATER,    GAS,    ELECTRIC    LIGHTS,  TELEPHONE. 

Paid  N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telephones $281.71 

People's   Gas-Light   Co.,    gas  914.90 

Union   Electric   Co.,   electric 

lights  64.00 

Water- Works,  water 417.80 

$1,679.01 

FUEL. 


Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co. : 

98  3-5  tons  broken  coal $613.75 

10  tons  egg  coal 62.50 

Cannel  coal 306.60 

16  cords  slabs 91.00 


FIRE    DEPARTMENT.  627 

Paid  Bert  Jarvis,  splitting  wood..  .  |1.25 

Paid  Moore  &  Preston : 

Coal 50.00 

2  loads  slabs 10.00 

Paid  J.  P.  Russell  &Co.: 

10  tons  egg  coal 67.50 

1  load  mixed  wood 3.25 

Paid  E.  V.  Tureotte,  106  tons,  1,920 

lbs.  coal 572.24 

11,778.09 


SUPPLIES. 

Paid  Clark  M.  Bailer,  toilet  paper, 

dusters $28.10 

Paid  Henrj^  K.  Barnes : 

3  electric  wire-cutters 28.80 

Washers,  globes,  hooks,  etc 41.97 

PaidJ.  A.  &W.  Bird: 

Bicarbonate  soda 19.00 

Ammonia 3.52 

Brushes 31.80 

Paid  Boston     Belting     Co.,     hose- 
washers,  etc 10.15 

Boston  Woven  Hose  &  Rub- 
ber Co.,  1  ladder 24.00 

J.  H.  Bunnell   &   Co.,  insula- 
tors   6.25 

Fletcher  Brown,  15  chestnut 

poles 37.50 

Paid  Cornelius  Callahan  Co. : 

1  Boston  pipe 15.00 

1  rotarj'  gong 15.00 

1  collar  and  hames 26.00 

Buckets,  mat,  matting 16.25 


628  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  Cavanaugh  Brothers : 

7  horses |1,250.00 

Freight G.UO 

Board  and  difference  in  trade  of 

horses 198.35 

Paid  Cooper  Hose   Jacket    Co.,  25 

hose  jackets 250.00 

The  Daniels-Cornell  Co.,  300 

packages  soap  powder 9.00 

G.  A.  Farmer,  oak  wood 4.00 

T.     F.     Fifield,      soap,      oil, 

matches,  sugar 8.03 

H.  Fradd  &  Co.,  oil 3.70 

R.     D.     Ga}',     awnings     and 

frames  15.00 

D.  M.  Goodwin,  24  brooms.  .  9.00 

A.  W.  Harris  Oil  Co.,  120  lbs. 

scouree    30.00 

T.F.Hannaford,  24  brooms..  9.50 

S.  F.  Hayward  »&  Co.,  pon}'  ex- 
tinguishers,    bottles,     and 

holders    47.50 

Charles  T.  Holloway,  hose. . .  3.50 

J.  Hodge,   lumber    10.85 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 

Machine  Works,  castings. .  18.G3 

A.  S.  Jackson,  hose,  brushes, 

globes,  etc 29.75 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  pipe,  packing,, 

lamps,  hose    66.35 

Manchester    Broom    Co.,    24 

brooms 7.50 

Manchester  Locomotive 
Works,  hose,  brackets, 
valve  springs,  packing  ....  21.80 


FIRE    DEPARTMENT.  629 

Manchester  Mills,  cotton 
waste 5.26 

Miller  Smoke  Protector  Co., 

1  smoke  protector 4.50 

Norfolk    Manufacturing    Co., 

soap,  etc 18.75 

C.  N.Perkins  &  Co.,  12  snaps.  18.00 
People's     Gas-Light     Co.,     1 

mantel .50 

Plumer   &   Holton,    overalls, 

reefers,  duck 319.00 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  lanterns, 

globes,  can,  water-pot,  etc. .  21.62 

The    Reilly    Medal    Co.,    25 

badges 16.25 

Stark   Mills,   canvas   aprons, 

duck 4.32 

The      Sulpho-Napthol       Co., 

sulpho-naphthol 21.00 

Talbot  Dyewood  &  Chemical 

Co.,  soda 5.04 

D.  B.  Varpey,  brass  castings, 

etc 9.95 

R.  M.  West,  ladder 5.32 

12,751.31 

PLUMBING,    REPAIRS;    ETC. 

Paid  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co., 

castings |10.29 

F.  W.  Blood  Roofing  Co.,  re- 
pairing 2  lanterns .25 

J.  R.  Carr  &  Co.,  paint  and  la- 
bor    6.22 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber, labor 5.94 


630  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  material  and 

labor    155.56 

H.  J.  Law  son,  copper  and  la- 
bor    9.50 

Paid  Manchester  Locomotive 

Works: 

Casting^s  and  repairs 78.92 

Splicing  sliding  pole 3.00 

Paid  Pike  &  Heald   Co.,   material 

and  labor U.37 

G.  W.  Eeed,  labor  on  engine. .  2.00 

E.     J.     Sears,     services     on 

Chemical  engine 4.00 

C.  A.    Trefethen,    repairing 

clock 1.00 

Union  Manufacturing  Co., 
plating  lanterns,  brackets, 
etc 7.05 

D.  B.  Varney,  castings .50 


HARDWARE, 

Paid  Manchester  Hardware  Co. . . .  |71.52 

John  B.  Varick  Co 213.3G 

Wadleigh  Hardware  Co 3.33 


MEDICAL  AXD   SURGICAL. 

Paid  A.  F.  Abbott,  V.  S.,  visits  and 

medicine $200.80 

Charles  M.  Bailey,  V.  S.,  vis- 
its and  medicine 22.75 

P.  H.  Boire,  medicines 6.55 


1198.60 


$288.21 


FIRE    DEPARTMENT.  631 

Paid  Z.  F,  Campbell,  alcholiol,  oint- 
ment      $3.65 

N.  Chandler,  hoof  ointment.  .  4.50 
E.  H.  Currier,  12  boxes  Wil- 
liams's Sure  Cure 7.00 

A.  L.  Dodge,  V.  S.,  visits  and 

medicine 13.75 

Charles  Harvey,  medicine.. . .  2.75 

A.  A.  Potter,  salve 4.00 

C.  E.  Silver,  medicine,  etc.. .  .  8.85 

A.  D.  Smith,  medicine 7.20 

PaidE.  C.  Smith: 

Syringes 1.80 

Campho-naphthaline .75 

Paid  Snelling  &  Woods,  medicine. .  9.08 

Tebbetts  &  Soule,  medicine. .  2.00 

1295.43 


CARRIAGE-WORK   AND    REPAIRS. 

Paid  Clark  M.  Bailey,  axle-grease. .  |2.60 

Couch  &  McDonald,  carriage 

repairs 65.25 

A.  Filion,  repairing  wagon . . .  9.50 

Paid  Manchester         Locomotive 
W^orks : 

1  set  wheels 145.00 

Ee-setting  tires 10.00 

Paid  J.   B.    McCrillis    &    Son,  car- 
riage repairs 425.41 

Sanborn  Carriage  Co.,  repairs 

on  wagons 12.50 

BLACKSMITHING. 

Paid  J.  M.  Brouillette $257.00 

Cressey  &  Colby 144.37 


$670.26 


632  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Thomas  Hickey $57.00 

A.  Lomire G3.80 

Mahanej  &  McSweeney 472.50 

HAY,    GRAIN,    ETC. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers $22.10 

Annis  Flour  &  Grain  Co 875.70 

W.  E.  Clark 18.54 

George  Eaton 52.12 

Freeman  &  Merrill 185.68 

Gage  &  McDoiigall 588.75 

Clarence  R.  Merrill 777.15 

W.  F.  Merrill 1,175.90 

Nichols  &  Allen 872.07 

Partridge  Brothers 89.84 

A.  P.  Tasker 88.86 

HARNESSES    AND    HARNESS    SUPPLIES. 

Paid  The   Fred    Allen  Co.,  repairs 

and  supplies $75.46 

W.  H.  Adams ,  repairs,  sup- 
plies   119.95 

George  Dunnington,  repairs, 

supplies 26.60 

W.  E.  Greeley,  repairs 3.45 

John  F.  Kerwin,  4  pails  paste.  5.00 
Paid  The  Ranno  Harness  Co.: 

12  whips 19.80 

Supplies  and  repairs 143.34 


SUNDRIES. 


Paid  J.    R.    Carr   &    Co.,    painting 

cover  for  hose  wagon $1.25 

C.  J.  Cronin,  cleaning  carpets  12.45 


$994.67 


$4,746.71 


$393.60 


FIRE    ALARM    TELEGRAPH.  633 

Paid  p.  Donovan,  Jr.,  use  of  backs.  |40.00 

A.  M.  Finney,  cleaning  car- 
pets   6.59 

E.  R.  Laing,  cloth  for  cover. .  .  1.88 

Thomas    W.    Lane,     express 

and  cartage 5.85 

Morgan,   Grossman  &  Co.,  3 

stamps 2.25 

O.  G.  Reed,  use  of  hack 5.00 

E.  Sargent,  drawing  hay 4.50 

C  H.  Simpson,  use  of  hacks. .  10.00 

Weston  &  Hill  Co.,  repairing 

flag 2.75 

John  W.  Wilson,  freight  and 

truckage 30.04 


J.  H.  Wiggin  &  Co.,  vinegar .  .  .15 


$122.71 


Total  expenditures |63,567.65 

Fire   Alarm   Telegraph. 
Appropriation |2,000.00 


Expenditures. 


Paid  labor  of  men, 
January 

as 

LABOR. 

per  pay-roll : 

$54.00 
50  00 

February. . . . 

March 

52.00 

April 

52.00 

May 

52.00 

634 


REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 


10.25 

7.50 

1.00 

3.00 

June 152.00 

July 5(;.00 

Aufjiist 52.00 

September 52.00 

October 50.00 

November 52.00 

December 54.00 

Paid  Daniel  Cameron 

Alfred   Gustaffson 

Edward  A.  Sears 

M.  A.  Weathers 

SUPPLIES. 

Paid  American    Electrical    Works, 

wire $31.04 

James  Baldwin  Co.,  600  pins.  6.00 

J.  A.  &  W.  Bird  &  Co.,  vitriol .  84.83 

J.  H.  Bunnell  &  Co.,  tele- 
graph supplies 83.16 

The  Brodie  Electric  Co.,  re- 
pairing telephone,  etc 16.36 

James  R.  Carr  »&  Co.,  paint..  .  21.48 

The  Edes  Manufacturing  Co., 

zincs 3,58 

The     Electric     Gas-Lighting 

Co.,  tacks  and  rings .88 

John  C.  Gold,  climbing  spurs.  5.80 

Charles  F.  Hall,  patterns  and 

castings 8.00 

W.  A.  Hazelton.  20  poles 55.00 

J.  Hodge,  lumber,  etc 35.89 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  pipe  and  coup- 
ling.    .63 

Morgan,  Grossman    &    Co.,  7 

stamps 3.70 


1634.00 


$17.75 


FIRE    ALARM    TELEGRAPH.  635 

PaidN.  E.  Gamewell  Co.: 

2  fire-alarm  boxes |lo0.00 

1  gong 7.00 

Repairs 7.25 

Paid  Pettengill  Andrews  Co.,  wire, 

etc 21.00 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  solder,  tin.  .51 

Sanborn  Carriage  Co.,  3  roof 

tripods,  repairs,  etc 9.30 

Stark  Mills,  duck 1.06 

Talbot  Dyewood  &  Chemical 

Co.,  vitriol 212.46 

C.  A.    Trefetben,    3    bottles 
watch-oil .75 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  hardware  19.94 

D.  B.  Varney,  castings 123.89 

Washburn  &  Moen  Manufac- 
turing Co.,  wire 128.09 

11,067.60 


SUNDRIES. 

Paid  W.  B.  Corey,  drawing  poles. . .  |9.50 

Peter  Harris,  drilling .15 

Union     Manufacturing     Co., 

plating .60 

John  W.  Wilson,  freight  and 

truckage .82 


$11.07 


Total  expenditures $1,730.42 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 269.58 

$2,000.00 


636  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Hydrant  Service. 

Appropriation |1G,800.00 

Expenditures. 
Paid  Water- Works,  rent  of  632  hydrants $16,800.00 

Police  Department.  —  Station. 
Appropriation $2,800.00 

Expenditures. 

services. 

Paid  Frank  P.  Wiggin,  janitor $652.75 

WATER,  GAS,   ELECTRIC  LIGHTS,   FUEL. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.: 

4  tons  coal $25.00 

1  cord  wood 9.00 

Paid  J.  M.  Clark: 

26  tons  coal 155.50 

1  cord  wood 6.00 

Paid  Duulap  &  Wason  Coal  Co. : 

3  tons  coal 19.50 

3  cords  wood 15.00 

Paid  People's  Ga^-Ligbt  Co.,  gas.. .  150.50 

D.  M.  Poore,  1  cord  wood 4.50 

E.  V.   Turcotte,  63  tons,  670 

lbs.  coal 338.86 

Union    Electric   Co.,   electric 

lights 333.78 

Water- Works,  use  of  water. .  217.57 

$1,275.21 


POLICE    DEPARTMENT. — STATION.  637 

LAUNDRY,    ETC. 

Paid  Clark  M.  Bailey  : 

Toilet  paper |27.64 

Mop-yarn,  pails,  dusters,  etc 8.86 

Paid  A.  N.  Clapp,  broom,  mop,  soap  1.17 
The  Daniels-Cornell  Co.,  soap- 
powder 3.36 

Mrs.  A.  M.  George,  washing 

floors,  etc 93.60 

Manchester    Hardware    Co., 

.5  lbs.  scouree 1.25 

J.  J.  Moran,  dippers,  etc 2.75 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  brooms, 

sponge,  yarn 3.97 

Mrs.   J.   F.   Wiggin,  washing 

towels,  blankets,  etc 55.20 

Miss  M.  A.  Wiggin,  washing 

towels,  etc •1.32 

1202.12 


SANITARY. 

Paid  J.  J.  Holland,  ammonia |12.00 

C.   W.   Lerned   &   Co.,   disin- 
fectants   11.50 

The  Sulpho-Napthol  Co.,  sul- 

pho-naphthol 17.50 


REPAIRS,    ETC. 

PaidL.  M.  Aldrich: 

Repairing  desk f  1.33 

Repairing  window •.  . .  .  1.35 

Paid  D.  J.  Adams,  repairing    cell- 
doors,  etc 11.20 


114.00 


638  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  M.  J.  Colemnii.  inaterial  and 

labor    I1G.80 

J.  F.  Conway,  repairing  chair  .50 

Aloysius  'Eastman,  mason- 
work  2.41 

Peter  Harris,  clock-work. . . .  1.25 

George       Holbrook,       fixing 

doors  and  windows 2.50 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  hose,  asphal- 
tum,  labor 6.40 

Merrill    &    Laird,     repairing 

lock,  etc 1.49 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  plumbing 
material  and  labor 54.42 

Leander       Pope,       repairing 

bunk-cliains,  etc G.IO 

Charles  Thompson,  repairing 
clock 1.00 

Union     Manufacturing     Co., 

plating  door-spring,  etc. . .  .  1.00 


SUNDRIES. 

Paid  C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co. : 

Enamel  cloth,  cushion $1.25 

Chairs,  shades,  etc 1G.03 

Paid  John  P).  A'arick  Co.,  matches..  G.OO 
Weston  &  Hill  Co.,  GO  yards 

crash 7.20 


i.iO 


$30.48 


Total  expenditures $2,312.31 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 487.69 

$2,800.00 


POLICE    DEPARTMENT. — COURT.  639 

Police  Department.  —  Court. 
Appropriation ,|3,900.00 

Expenditures. 

services. 

Paid  John  C.  Bickford,  clerk |600.00 

IsaacL.  Heath,  police  justice  .       1,500.00  « 

George     Prescott,     associate 

justice 300.00 

12,400.00 

CONVEYING    PRISONERS. 

Paid  Healy  &  Cassidy f  871.00 

PRINTING  AND  STATIONERY. 

Paid  A.  S.  Campbell  &  Co.,  printing 
warrants,  civil  dockets, 
writs,  etc |154.50 

The  John  B.  Clarke  Co., print- 
ing blank  books 20.75 

Temple    &    Farrington    Co., 

stationery 2,35 

J.   Arthur   Williams,    rubber 

stamps 1.25 

$178.85 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  M.  J.  Coleman,  hose  bibb  and 

labor 11.10 

M.  J.  Healy,  cash  paid  for 
witness  fees  and  other  ex- 
penses    407.48 


640  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  T.  D.  Luce,  certificate  of  ap- 
peal      12.00 

People's  Gas-Liglit  Co.,  gas. .  7.56 

$418.14 

Total  expenditures |3,867.99 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 32,01 

$3,900.00 


Police  Department.  —  Commission. 

Appropriation $36,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund . .  .  866.75 

$36,866.75 


Expenditures. 

services. 

Paid  Michael    J.    Healy,    chief    of 

police $900.00 

John  F.  Cassidy,  deputy  chief  800.00 

Hariy  Loveren,  chairman 
commission,  salary 150.00 

X.    S.    Clark,    commissioner, 

salary   lUU.OO 

Frank  P.  Carpenter,  commis- 
sioner, salary- 100.00 

C.  B.  Hildreth,  private  detec- 


tive 29.2 


o 


,  A.  B.  Brown,  jjolice  matron.  .  423.00 

Reguhfr  Jijatrol 23,246.61 

Extra  time  of  regular  patrol . .       1,405.51 

Special  patrol 0,807.10 

— $33,961.47 


POLICE  DEPARTMENT. — COMMISSION.        641 
TELEPHONE  AND  TELEGRAPH. 

PaidN.    E.    Telephone    and    Tele- 
graph Co.,  use  of  telephones    •  1322.64: 
Western     Union     Telegraph 
Co.,  telegrams 6.67 


TEAMS. 

Paid  G.  W.  Bailey |7.00 

Boyd  Brothers 1.50 

W.  J.  Freeman 222.51 

E.  T.  James 1.00 

J.  C.  Nichols  &  Son 1.50 

C.H.Simpson " 24.50 

G.  E.  Wheeler  &  Son 2.50 


FEEDING  PRISONERS. 

Paid  Daniel  Davis |185.40 

Diet  Kitchen  Association. . . .  113.00 

W.  D.  Ladd&Co 31.11 


PRINTING,  ADVERTISING,  STATIONERY. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co.,  print- 
ing: 

Notices,  envelopes,  papers,  etc. .  $11.25 

Record  arrests 34.00 

Application  papers 12.50 

Blank  book 8.80 

Advertising  notice 8.50 

Paid  E.  R.  Coburn  Co.,  stationery. .  2.25 
F.  W.  Barry,  Beale  &  Co.,  500 

blanks... 21.00 

41 


$329.31 


$260.51 


$329.51 


642  REPORT    OF    TUE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  W.  P.  Goodman : 

Stationery $11.50 

48  diaries 34.39 

Paid  E.  P.  Gerould  &  Co.,  2  letter 

books 5.50 

L'Avenir  National,  advertis- 

inf;  notice. . .' 3.50 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co.,  rec- 
ord book 1.00 

Union  Publishing  Co.,  adver- 
tising notice 4.01 


PATROL  SYSTEM  EXPENSES. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers,  oats,  straw, 

feed 119.88 

A.  F.  Abbott,  V.  S.,  visits  and 

medicine 7.00 

L.   M.   Aldrich,  material  and 

labor .  10.44 

Ernest      Beauregard,      labor 

changing  wires 19.00 

Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight 

on  horse 4.20 

J.     ^I.     Brouillette,     shoeing 

horse 1.75 

Thomas  F.  Degnan,  labor  as 

lineman 17.50 

Roscoe  Dyer,  hanging  swing 

harness 5.00 

A.  L.  Dodge,  \'.  S.,  visits  and 

medicine 11.75 

Paid  A.  Filion: 

1  two-seatiMl  wagon 140.00 

New  shafts  and  painting 13.00 


1158.26 


POLICE    DEPARTMENT. — COMMISSION.  643 

Paid  George  S.   Hedden,   labor  as 

lineman |17.50 

Mrs.  H.  E.  Hutchinson,  1,240 

lbs.  straw 10.52 

John  F.   Kerwin,   harnesses, 

robes,  etc 56.85 

Kimball  Carriage  Co.,  robes 

and  blankets 31.00 

Kimball     &    Hobbs,    rubber 

blankets,  apron,  hose,  etc. .  14.00 

Manchester    Electric    Co.,    1 

pole 3.00 

Paid  The  Municipal  Signal  Co. : 

100  rolls  register  paper,  etc 18.60 

Time  stamp  ribbons 4.00 

Police  signal  supplies 423.81 

Paid  N,  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  1  barrel  glass 9.69 

Perkins  &  Franks,  electrical 

work 19.97 

Partridge  Brothers,  grain. . .  .  40.65 
Pettengill  Andrews  Co.,  elec- 
trical supplies 156.59 

The  Ranno  Harness  Co.,  bri- 
dles   7.00 

Sanborn  Carriage  Co.,  repairs  9,20 

H.  H.  Simons,  hay 40.20 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  hardware  53.39 
Washburn  &  Moen  Manufac- 
turing Co.,  wire 126.25 

J.  F.  Woodbury,  horse-shoe- 
ing    17.50 

J.    W.    Wilson,    freight    and 

cartage 5.25 

PaidN.  J.  Whalen: 

1  harness 65.00 


644  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Blankets,  straps,  etc |10.15 

Paid  A.  M.  Winchester,  10  dinners,  7.50 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  L.  W.   Colby,  photographing 

criminals $36.00 

H.  D.  W.  Carvelle,  M.  D.,  pro- 
fessional services 5.00 

Louis  Derome,  use  of  boats.  ..  5.00 

J.  G.  Ellinwood,  photograph- 
ing criminals. ...  * 10.75 

S.  C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co., 
stock  and  labor 30.32 

E.  H.  Holmes,  moving  goods 

from  Creighton  house 5.00 

George  Holbrook,  labor,  lum- 
ber, etc 7.25 

Peter    Harris,    brass    tubes, 

flanges,  locks 9.00 

C.  H.  Hutchinson,  castings 
and  labor 7.40 

C.    A.   Hoitt   &   Co.,    carpet, 

chairs,  basket 8.40 

J.  Hodge,  lumber  and  labor.  .  10.96 

Thomas   A.  Lane   Co.,  globe, 

w  ire,  etc 3.47 

Manchester  Coal  &  Ice  Co., 
ice  from  May  11  to  October 
20 9.25 

A.  W.  Mitchell  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  42  badges 47.25 

Manchester     Hardware     Co., 

screws,  rof^e,  wire 2.60 

Paid  Leander  Pope: 

Grapple  hook 1.25 


11,397.14 ' 


POLICE  PATROL  SYSTEM.  645 

Repairing  tools $3.75 

Paid  Pike  &   Heald   Co.,   material 

and  labor 7.00 

Star  Stamp  Co.,  stencil, 
brush,  ink 1.80 

D.  A.  Taggart,  services  and 
expenses  at  Concord,  peti- 
tion against  police  commis- 
sioners   79.41 

E.  M.  Topliff,  services  and  ex- 
penses at  Concord,  petition 
against  police  commission- 
ers   52.14 

F.  H.  Thurston,  medicine.  . . .  5.60 
John  B.  Varick  Co.,  hardware           70.15 

G.  L.  Wakefield,  M.  D.,  profes- 
sional services 6.00 

Weston  &  Hill  Co.,  blankets, 

etc 5.50 

$4,30.55 

Total  expenditures $36,866.75 

i     === 

Police  Patrol  System. 
Appropriation $10,000.00 

Expenditures. 

architect. 

Paid  Chickering   &    O'Connell,  drawings  and 

specifications  of  stable $218.96 

CONTRACTS. 

PaidL.  M.  Aldrich: 

Building  stable $3,997.00 


646  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Extras 1229.38 

Paid  E.  M.  Bryant  &  Co. : 

Wiring  stable  for  lights 94.80 

Batteries,  tubing,  etc 3.80 

Paid  The  Municipal  Signal  Co.,  po- 
lice signal  system 4,625.00 

18,949.98 

EQUIPMENTS. 

Paid  Cavanaugh  Brothers,  2  horses       $290.00 
A.  Filion,  1  patrol  wagon 340.00 

$630.00 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co.,  ad- 
vertising proposals $17.28 

Daniels  &  Downs,  typewrit- 
ing    .90 

Edwin  F.  Jones,  expenses 
to  Boston  and  Cambridge 
with  chairman  of  police 
commission 7.40 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  material  and 
labor,  gas  and  electric  fix- 
tures   11.66 

Le      Merrimack      Publishing 

Co.,  advertising  proposals..  4.50 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  plumbing 

material  and  labor 145.24 

Union  Publisliing  Co.,  adver- 
tising proposals 13.89 

$200.87 

Total  expenditures $9,999.81 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund .19 

$10,000.00 


REPAIRS    OF    BUILDINGS.  647 

Repairs  of  Buildings. 

Appropriation |6,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund.  . .       1,549.68 

17,549.68 


Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  2 : 

January 130.00 

February 24.00 

March 24.00 

April 30.00 

May 24.00 

June 30.00 

July 24.00 

August 24.00 

September 30.00 

October 24.00 

Kovember 24.00 

December 30.00 

$318.00 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 

division  No.  7: 

December |8.49 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  10 : 

November 1210.50 

December 178.78 

1389.28 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
commons: 

November 1300.37 

December 740.50 

11,040.87 


648  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

CITY    LIBRARY. 

Paid  J.  J.  Abbott,  3  lights  glass  and 

setting 10.75 

C.  B.  Brown,  mateiial  and  la- 
bor    87.76 

J.  F.  Burton,  masonwork.  . .  .  3.70 

J.  E.  Charnley,  material  and 

labor  repairing  cornice ....  6.27 

W.  E.  Goodwin,  plumbing .85 

Paid  George  Holbrook : 

Clearing  snow  off  roof 13.00 

Lumber  and  labor. 44.45 

Paid  C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  stools  and 

table 9.00 

George  Hamlin,  painting  ex- 
terior    156.35 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  material  and 

labor,  electric  lights,  etc. .  .  427.02 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  repairing 

radiator  valves 4.19 


POLICE   STATION. 

Paid  L.    M.    Aldrich,  material  and 

labor $98.90 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Labor 2.01 

1  door 1.60 

Paid  George  Holbrook,  lumber  and 

labor,  patrol  stable 63.00 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  plumbing 

material  and  labor 121.79 

C.    H.    Robie    Co.,    concrete 
work 42.05 


$753.34 


1329.35 


REPAIRS    OF    BUILDINGS.  649 

SUB-POLICE    STATION. 

Paid  Robert  J.  Hill,  sheathing,  box- 
ing pipes 1150.00 

H.  J.  Lawson,  extra  work.  . .  .  20.00 

Clemens     Langer,     material 

and  labor 186.13 

Leibing  Bros., paint  and  labor  49.72 

Leibing  &  Kuhn,  glass 1.65 

Perkins    &    Franks,    electric 

supplies     17.10 

J.  T.   Underhill   &  Co.,   con- 
crete      107.03 

$531.63 


ENGINE-HOUSES. 

Paid  J.  J.  Abbott,  paint,  labor,  etc., 

sundry  houses |242.20 

M.  Badger,  paint,  glass,  labor, 

East  Manchester  hosehouse  5.38 

James  R.  Carr  &  Co.,  paper  7.87 

Joel    Daniels    &    Co.,    paint. 

Lake  avenue 6.51 

J.  P.  Finn,  hanging  paper,  etc.  44.73 

D.  E.  Guiiiey,  plumbing  re- 
pairs   43.52 

George    Hamlin,    glass    and 

labor    9.96 

George  Holbrook,  lumber  and 

labor,  sundry  houses 292.03 

J.     Hodge,     windows,     door 

frames,  lumber  60.51 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber and  labor,  sundry 
houses 187.21 


650  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  Robeit  J.  Hill,  repairs |97.00 

Samuel  Hill,  paiutiug 85.00 

Paid  C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co. : 

Table,   chairs,   East  Manchester 

hosehoiise  14.28 

desk,  chairs.   South  Manchester 

hosehouse  26.95 

Paper,  Lake  avenue  house 28.62 

Paid    Clemens    Langer,    repairing 

roof 12.80 

W.  G.  Landry,  bank  wall, 
South  Manchester  hose- 
house  94.00 

T.    A.    Lane    Co.,     changing 

steam  pipes   7.05 

Herman  Maynard,  painting 
and  papering  East  Man- 
chester hose  house 28.00 

PaidD.  G.  Mills: 

Eepairs  and  painting  Vine  street 

house 185.00 

Repairs,  Fulton  house 16.70 

Paid  P.  J.  O'Brien,  painting  Lake 

avenue  house 88.00 

Perkins  &  Franks,  electric 
supplies,  South  Manchester 

hosehouse  11.97 

Paid   Pike   &   Heald    Co.,   plumbing 
material  and  labor: 

Vine-street  house  181.17 

Gen.  Stark  house 59..34 

Fire  King  house 93.17 

Paid  B.     W.     Robinson,     piasou 

work.    Vine    street    18.85 

Thomas     Smith,     labor    and 

lumber    129.05 


REPAIRS    OF   BUILDINGS.  651 

Paid  L.  M.  Streeter,  shingles,  rope, 
pulleys,  labor,  East  Man- 
chester hosehouse 24.37 

W.  H.  Sullivan,  material  and 
labor,  Tarnishing  interior 
Fire  King  house 69.00 

John  T.  Underbill  &  Co.,  con- 

ccete   10.00 

Whittemore  &  Johnson,  labor. 

East  Manchester  hosehouse  12.00 

A.  C.  Wallace,  lumber 22.33 

Oliver  Whyte  &  Co.,  2  gates . .  30.00 

$2,244.57 


COURT    HOUSE. 

Paid  L.  M.  Aldrich,  taking  off  win- 
dows   10.75 

Charles    B.     Brown,     gravel 

roofing,  etc 122.33 

D.   E.   Guiney,  plumbing  re- 
pairs   46.46 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber and  labor 50.87 

Charles  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  cocoa 

matting  and  laying  same. . .  8.80 

C.  A.  Healy,  paint  and  labor.  10.18 

George      Holbrook,      screen 

door,  window  screens,  etc..  12.75 
The  Kirby  Floral  Co.,  plants.            18.70 
T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  steam  fittings.           28.78 
John  B.  Varick  Co.,  seed,  fer- 
tilizer, rakes,  etc 22.22 


$321.84 


652  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

SCHOOLS. 

Paid  The  Bobrick  School  Furniture 
Co.,  48  No.  2  desks,  Wilson 

school $168.00 

H.  I.  Dodge,  painting  fence 

and  shed,  Goffe's  Falls 42.25 

Warren  Harvey,  stone  and  la- 
bor. Ash-street  school 149.63 

C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  desk  and 

chairs 19.85 

Paid  T.  A.  Lane  Co. : 

Fitting    augers    and    extension, 

high  school 1.00 

Marble  slab,  etc.,  Straw  school . .  9.85 

Paid  W.  H.  Perkins,  painting  fence, 

etc.,  Goffe's  Falls 55.35 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  plumbing . .  35.06 

G.  Allen  Putnam,  95  loads 
loam,     South     Main-street 

school 38.00 

C.  H.  Robie  Co.,  grading, 
transplanting  trees,  con- 
creting, Ash-street  school..  298.32 

C.  A.  Trefethen,  4  clocks 14.00 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  paint  and 
oil 15.70 


SUNDRIES. 

Paid  L.  M.  Aldrich,  lumber  and  la- 
bor    $6.05 

E.  M.  Bryant  &  Co..  Ayiring 
sub-police  station  for  vot- 
ing purposes 38.36 


$847.01 


REPAIRS    OF    BUILDINGS.  653 

Paid  The  Jolrn  P..  Clarke  Co.,  ad- 
vertising proposals |7.50 

Connor    Brothers,    work    at 

ward  five  ward-room 22.40 

P,    Donovan,    Jr.,    use    of.. 

hack. 5.00 

S.  C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co., 

Hall's  rocking  grater 40.50 

Warren  Harvey,  building  re- 
taining wall 381.00 

Israel  Huneau,  labor,  lumber, 

nails 20.82 

J.  B.  Huntle}',  pipe  and  coup- 
ling   6.08 

Robert  J.  Hill,  building  box- 
es, ward  8  ward-room 20.00 

George  Holbrook,  lumber  and 

labor 34.25 

W.    F.    Hubbard,    repairing 

window,  etc 1.00 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.: 

Lumber,  labor,  pest-house S.Ol 

Fence  rails,  labor,  Goffe's  Falls..  50.38 

Paid  Clemens     Langer,     repairing 

furnaces,  ward  five  ward-room . . .  30.55 

Paid  Pike  &  Heald   Co.,   material 
and  labor: 

Ward  five  ward-room 7.00 

Battery  building 2.03 

Public  comfort 2.45 

Paid  C.  H.  Simpson,  use  of  hacks.  .  20.00 
P.  J.  O'Brien,  glass,  putty,  la- 
bor    8.73 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  hardware  18.69 

C.  M.  Wheeler,  12  posts 27.00 


654  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

PaidWhitten    &    Fifield,    use    of 

liacks $7.50 

$7G5.30 


Total  expenditures |7,549.GS 

Public    Bath-Houses. 
Appropriation |2,500.00 

Expenditures. 

Transferred  to  city  hall  appropria- 
tion      11,000.00 

Transferred  to  incidental  expenses 

appropriation 1,500.00 

12,500.00 

New  Schoolhouses.  ' 

Balance  from  last  year  unexpended  |19,316.61 

Receiyed  from  sale  of  bonds 120,000.00 

Received  from  sale  of  land 10,885.70 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund . .  .       2,923.87 

$153,156.18 

Expenditures. 

high  school. 

Architect. 

Paid  W.  M.  Butterfield,  on  account $3,082.50 

Contract. 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  on  ac- 
count     $76,384.00 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  heating, 

on  account 0,200.00 

$85,584.00 


NEW    SCHOOLHOUSES.  655 

Advertising. 

Paid  The   John  B.  Clarke    Co.,  ad- 
vertising proposals $16.G7 

Union  Publishing  Co.,  adAer- 

tising  proposals 11. 9G 

128.63 


Sundries. 

Paid  pay-roll  division  No,  2,  July.  .  |79.75 
John  T.  Underhill  &  Co.,  con- 
crete   158.21 


1237.99 


STRAW  SCHOOL. 

Contract. 

Paid  Fuller  &  Warren  Warming  &  Ventilat- 
ing Co.,  balance  due 1520.00 

WILSON    SCHOOL. 

Architect. 

Paid  W.  M.  Butterfield,  professional  services. .        |3G5.00 

Contracts. 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Balance  due |7,787.00 

Extras 1,413.85 

Paid  Thomas  A.  Lane  Co. : 

Speaking  tubes  and  electric  bells  96.00 

Combination  gas  and  electric  fix- 
tures   375.00 

Paid  The  George  H.  Underhill  Co., 

final  pavment  for  heating 597.50 

110,269.35 

Furniture. 

Paid  The  Bobrick  School  Furniture 
Co.,  240  adjustable  desks 
and  seats 1833.60 


656  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY  AUDITOR. 

Paid  C.  A.  noitt  &  Co.,  desks  and 

chairs |58.75 

C.  A.  Tref etheu,  5  clocks 17.50 

1909.85 

Sundries. 

Paid  J.  Choate  &  Co.,  gildiug  letters  ou  tablet .  |6.00 

Total  expenditures .f  101,003.32 

Balance  to  new  account 52,152.86 

1153,156.18 


New  Schoolhouse,  West  Manchester. 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. .  .  |10,255.51 
Transferred     from     appropriation 

for  incidental  expenses 2,000.00 

Transferred     from     appropriation 

for  addition  to  Derryfield  park.  .       8,000.00 

$20,255.54 


Expenditures. 

contract. 
Paid  W.  M.  l^utteriield,  contractor §19,965.00 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  material 

and  labor $237.14 

Jolm   T.   Uudei'hill   Co.,   con- 
crete work 53.40 

$290.54 

Total  expenditures .$20,255.54 


WATER-WORKS.  657 


Water-Works. 


Balance  from  last  year  unexpended  142,720.01 
Cash  received  from  water  rents . .  .   128,907.03 

1171,027.04 


Expenditures. 


LABOR. 


Paid  labor  of  men,  as  per  pay-rolls: 

January |1,480.55 

February 1,241.15 

March 1,355.30 

April 1,781.65 

May 2,082.67 

June 2,470.87 

July 1,958.39 

August 2,049.42 

September 2,428.87 

October 1,919.74 

November 1,956.24 

December 2,308.37 

Paid  labor   of  men,  as   per   pay-roll,  division 
No.  2: 

March $25.00 

December 1,262.82 


123,036.22 


11,287.82 


Paid  J.  H.  Proctor: 

Labor  on  highway,  seeding  lawn 

at  high  service  station |79.86 

Labor  and  use  of  team,  grading, 
etc 913.89 


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658  REPORT   OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

GENERAL  EXPENSE. 

Paid  F.  W.  Elliott,  dinners,  annual 

inspection $25.00 

W.  C.  Clarke,  11  meetings  of 

board 44.00 

Henrv  Chandler,  32  meetings 

of  board 128.00 

Henry  Chandler,  clerk 100.00 

Alpheus  Ga^',  30  meetings  of 

board , 120.00 

Charles  H.  Manning,  14  meet- 
ings of  board 56.00 

Charles   T.   Means,   15   meet- 
ings of  board 60.00 

Harry  T.  Parker,  14  meetings 

of  board 5G.00 

A.  C.  Wallace,  11  meetings  of 

board 44.00 

Paid  Manchester  Street  Kaihvay: 

Barges 23.00 

Tickets 1.00 

Paid  A.  P.  Partelow,  use  of  steam- 
er   8.00 

PaidC.  K.Walker: 

Salary  as  superintendent 1,999.86 

Gas 27.45 

Express 9.05 

Postage  stamps 18.20 

Map,  pens,  insurance 7.67 

Incidentals 8.42 

PRINTING,    ADVERTISING,    STATIONERY. 

Paid  A.  S.  Campbell  &  Co.,  printing 

19,500  notices |28.00 


12,735.65 


WATER-WORKS. 


659 


Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co.,  print- 
ing: 

20,000  blank  bills $40.00 

2,500  postals 29.50 

1,000  notices 1.75 

700  reports. 120.00 

Books,  signs 12.40 

Advertising,  1  line,  28  times 7.00 

Binding  1  volume  reports 1.00 

Paid  E.  R.  Coburn  Co.,  stationery. .  15.21 

Paid  Temple  &  Farrington  Co. : 

Stationery 2.71 

Binding  maps 2.50 

Paid  Union  Publishing  Co.,  adver- 
tising    6.05 

ENGINEERING    SERVICES. 


1266.12 


Paid  Joseph  B.  Sawyer,  services  of  self  and 
men 1308.34 


TEAMS,    TELEPHONE,    FUEL. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co. : 

54  tons,  1,880  lbs.  coal ^. |395.76 

1  barrel  coal .40 

Wood 12.00 

Paid  Bangs  &  Horton,  85  7-10  tons 

coal '         285.92 

Gilman     Clough,     10     cords 

wood 30.50 

E.  T.  James,  use  of  teams.  . .  .  17.50 

N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telephones 144.45 

J.  A.  &  A.  Walker,  150  tons, 

1,000  lbs.  coal 506.83 


660  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  George  Whit  ford,  wood |17.00 

Wliitten  &  Fifield,  use  of  team  2.00 

J.  F.  Wjman,  bard  wood 6.00 


LAND. 

Paid  George  A.  Alger,  land  as  per 

,      deed 1100.00 

G.  J.  &  A.  M.  Cyr,  land  and 

buildings  as  per  deed ....  1,200.00 

Ann  Currier,  land  as  per  deed  500.00 

Martba  JNI.  Chase,  land  as  per 

deed 1,400.00 

Mrs.  L.  A.  Follansbee,  land  as 

per  deed 75.00 

Addie     Fletcber,     land     and 

buildings  as  per  deed 3,100.00 

Asa  B.  Haselton,  land  as  per 

deed 5,000.00 

Emma  M.  Heath,  land  as  per 

deed 800.00 

J.  A.  Hutchinson,   land  and 

buildings,  as  per  deed 3,100.00 

Josephine    B.    Hunter,    land 

and  buildings,  as  per  deed.  7,100.00 
Isaac  Huse,  land  as  per  deed.  2,500.00 
Anna  P.  Partelow,  land  and 

buildings  as  per  deed 500.00 

Luther  S.  Proctor,  land  and 

buildings  as  per  deed 5,000.00 

Mary    E.    Stuber,    land    and 

buildings  as  per  deed 2,000.00 

Clara  B.  Wheeler,  land  as  per 

deed 150.00 


,424.36 


132,525.00 


WATER-WORKS.  661 


LEGAL  SERVICES. 


Paid  C.  H.  Burns,  retainer  in  dam- 
age cases,  and  other  ser- 
vices       11,120.00 

Drury  &  Peaslee,   legal   ser- 
vices            991.24 

Wm.  Morrill,  copy  of  deeds.  ,  60.20 

John  M.  Parker,  services  ap- 
praising land 25.00 

Geo.  S.  Peavey,  examining 
property  for  appraisal 71.25 

Kimball     Webster,     services 
and  expenses 45.58 


HARDWARE,  BLACKSMITHING,  FREIGHT. 

Paid  John  T.  Beach,  welding $2.00 

Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight  2,415.11 
James  H.  Cram,  sharpening 

tools 5.10 

Cressey  &  Colby,  sharpening 

tools,  etc 267.50 

A.  Filion,  shafts  for  roller. .  .  6.00 
Manchester    Hardware    Co., 

tools 60.39 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  hardware  406.81 


SUPPLIES. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers,  20  casks 
cement |27.50 

Paid  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co. : 
2  kevs 4.50 


12,319.27 


J,192.91 


662  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Pipe,  etc 1485.31 

Paid  Boston  Reltiug  Co.,  100  feet 

hose 30.50 

Builders'  Iron  Foundry,  pipe.  33.75 
Boston  Lead   Manufacturing 

Co.,  solder 10.15 

F.  Brown,  175  posts 21.00 

A.  N.  Clapp,  kerosene 33.30 

P.   C.  Cheney  Co.,  wiping 

waste 24.15 

Paid  Chadwick  Lead  Works: 

225  pigs  lead 635.16 

125  bars  lead 357.84 

pipe 53.32 

Paid  Chapman  Valve  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  hj'drants,  gates,  etc         591.44 

Coffin  Valve  Co.,  1  stem 2.50 

James  H.  Cram,  2  grapples, 

2  rings 2.00 

G.  E.  Foster  &  Co.,  1  second- 
hand steel  chest 200.00 

S.  C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co.,  1 

flue  cleaner : 2.50 

Garlock  Packing  Co.,  packing  36.91 
Gould   &   Stevenson,   10  hy- 
drants           320.00 

W.  H.  Griffin,  80-foot  flagpole  10.00 

Groton  Bridge  Manufacturing 

Co.,  spruce  lumber 5.70 

A.  W.  Harris  Oil  Co.,  valve 

oil 27.25 

A.  Higgins  &  Co.,  2,800  wash- 
ers    3.95 

Paid  Ilays  Manufacturing  Co. : 

300  stop  boxes 255.00 


"WATER-WORKS.  663 

49  curb  cocks 134.30 

Paid  Hersey     Manufacturing     Co., 

brass  meters 598.75 

Paid  J.  Hodge: 

400  meter  boxes 120.00 

lumber,  etc 3.30 

Paid  M,  L.  Johnson,  curb  stops,  nips, 

etc 462.08 

Kimball    &    Hobbs,     rubber 

galskets,   washers 38.40 

C.  M.   Kemp  Manufacturing 

Co.,  1  stock,  pawl,  spring. .  8.19 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  valves, 

gaskets,  unions,  etc 73.78 

H.  T.  Lawson,  copper. ......  1.21 

^Leonard  Sc  Ellis,  machine  oil 

and  tanks 186.00 

Lead  Lined  Iron  Pipe  Co.,  pipe      1,253.31 
Manchester         Locomotive 
Works,     valves,     castings, 

sleeves,  bolts,  etc 705.06 

W.   P.   Miller   &   Co.,   1   keg 

lubricant 16.50 

Albert  Moulton,  barrels 3.60 

McXeal  Pipe  &  Foundry  Co., 

pipe 12,187.61 

National  Meter  Co.,  meters .  . .       1,928.05 
National  Tube  Works,  pipe, 

sleeves,  etc 483.10 

Neptune  Meter  Co.,  meters.  ..  258.60 

Paid  Norwood  Engineering  Co.:  i 

Hydrant  post 6.00 

Hydrant  cases 152.50 

Paid  Peet  Valve  Co.,  15  water  gates         199.00 
Paid  Pratt  &  Cady  Co. : 

5  hydrants 155.00 


664  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

1  tap  for  liydraut $14.00 

Paid  Rensselaer  Manufacturing  Co., 

water  gates 205.00 

T.  H.  Kisdon  &  Co.,  1  spider 

and  lever  for  water  wheel..  8.47 

Schaflfer    &     Budenburg,    24 

springs   12.00 

G.  O.  Spencer,  100  posts 12.00 

Thomson  Meter  Co.,  meters. .  299.95 

Union  Brass  Co.,  caps,  cocks, 

nipples   220.21 

Union  Water  Meter  Co.,  me- 
ters        1,442..35 

Vacuum  Oil  Co.,  oil. 57.05 

Paid  Walworth  Manufacturing  Co. : 

200  cocks 103.91 

2. pipe  tongs 23.40 

Paid  Mrs.  F.  A.  Woodman,  20  cords 

manure 120.00 

Weston  i&  Hill  Co.,  1  flag G.25 

Henry  R.  Worthington,  jacket 

elbows,  etc 6.95 

L.  B.  West  Co.,  water  pail . .  .65 


$24,580.26 


REPAIRS. 

Paid  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co.: 

Repairing  counter $1.50 

Labor  on  gears,  etc 33.50 

Paid  F.  X.  Daniels  &  Co.,  labor  on 

barn   455.17 

J.  B.  Dickinson,  batteries,  and 

repairing  line 23.34 

A.  M.  Finney,  repairing  chairs 

and  desk 10.73 

S.   C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co., 
iron  and  labor .76 


WATER-WORKS.  665 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

Material  and  labor  strengthening 
foot-bridge,  Granite  street,  for 

pipe 1306.86 

Lumber  and  labor 3.97 

Paid  Joseph  Huneau  &  Son,  mate- 
rial and  labor 19.65 

Thomas  A.  Lane  Co.,  labor 
and      material,      electric 

lights,  etc 20.49 

Manchester  Locomotive 
Works,  labor  on  boiler,  col- 
lars, etc 58.55 

National  Meter  Co.,  repairing 

meters .* 61.81 

Pike  &  Heald  Co.,  repairs.  . .  1.14 
C.  H.  Robie  Concrete  Co.,  con- 
creting            452.81 

PaidL.  &  W.  T.  Seiberlich: 

Painting  barn  and  shed 75.00 

Paint  and  labor 75.39 

Paid  Ira  F.  Stiirtevant,  lumber  and 

labor  667.31 

Charles  P.  Still,  labor  on  cel- 
lar and  barn 73.05 

C.  J.   Shanessy,  repairing 

wheels  4.85 

J.  T.  Underbill  &  Co.,  laying 

gravel  roof,  etc 44.41 

Union  Water  Meter  Co.,  re- 
pairs on  meters 92.74 

H.  Wyman,  moving  barn,  and 

one  day's  labor 51. 50 

Westover  &  Co.,  frames,  sash- 
es, casings 75.22 

12,609.75 


666  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  town    of    Auburn,    taxes    on 

land  and  buildings §103.88 

W.  B.  Corey,  cartage 2.00 

A.  S.  Chadbourne,  trees 25.00 

Jacob  P.   Chase,   stones  and 

distributing  same 12.25 

Dickey  &  Coleman,  manure. .  118.20 

Forbes  Lithograph  Manufac- 
turing Co.,  1  zinc  block.  .  .  .  15.00 
D.  L.  Miller  &  Co.,  "Atlas  of 

Manchester" 25.00 

Paid  J.  H.  Proctor: 

Carting  coal 91.40 

Paid  men  for  cutting  trees    a.-id 

brush 109.90 

Paid  Luther    S.    Proctor,    moving 
and      distributing      bound 

stones 6.00 

Albert  Palmer,  manure 81.30 

Sinking  Fund  commissioners, 
amount  of  hydrant  tax  for 

189G 16,800.00 

G.  W.  Townsend,  services  and 

expenses  as  diver. .  ■ 16.75 

W.    H.    Shilvock,    half-tone, 

station  and  dam 11.55 

$17,514.23 

Total  expenditures $112,793.68 

Transferred  to  interest  appropriation 41,446.00 

Balance  to  new  account 17,387.36 

$171,627.04 


COMMONS.  667 

Commons. 
Appropriation |4,500.00 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll : 

January |2o9.10 

February 165.49 

March 70.99 

April 18S.12 

May 146.50 

June 181.25 

July 118.25 

August 163.12 

September 498.40 

October 238.10 

November 286.86 

December 133.88 

12,450.06 

PLANTS,   TREES,    ETC. 

Paid  Orison  Hardy,  15  trees |11.25 

A.  G.  Hood,  plants 60.00 

J.  S.  Holt  &  Co.,  ashes 160.87 

H.  H.  Huntress,  plants 70.00 

The  Kirby  Floral  Co.,  plants.  53.50 

Paid  Eay  Brook  Garden  Co. : 

Tulips 36.00 

Other  plants 52.00 

1443.02 

■WATER   AND    ELECTRIC    LIGHTS, 

Paid  Union    Electric    Co.,    electric 

lights $30.00 

Water-Works,  use  of  water. .  700.00 

$730.00 


66S  REPORT    OF    TUE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

REPAIRS    AND    GENERAL   EXPENSES. 

PaidJ.  J.  Abbott: 

Green  paint $19.3G 

Lettering-  signs 3,25 

PaidL.  M.  Aldrieh: 

Filing  saws 4.40 

Lumber,  signs,  etc S.09 

Paid  Boston   Woven   Hose  &  Rub- 
ber Co.,  hose 145.20 

W.     E.     Goodwin,    repairing 

fountain  and  pipe 31.20 

Peter  Harris,  keys 2.00 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber    39.42 

C.  A.  Healy,  paint  and  labor. .  41.92 

J.  Hodge,  lumber,  etc 13.34 

C.  A.  Hoitt   &   Co.,  10  yards 

burlap 2.00 

Paid  C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine  ^Yorks : 

Castings  and  labor 29.22 

Material     and     labor     on     ice- 
scraper,     lawn-mower,     fence, 

etc 19.4G 

Paid  T.  A.  Lane  Co. : 

Material  and  labor  on  gas-pipe..  .  2.93 

Labor  on  fountains,  band-stand.  15.14 

7  tin  dippers 1.40 

Paid  Manchester     Hardware     Co., 

nails,  chain 3.44 

C.  E.  Palmer,  tin,  solder,  and 

labor 5.00 

Parnell  Brothers,  5  barrels..  .  2.50 

Leander     Pope,     sharpening 
tools 2S.G0 


STARK  AND  DERRYFIELD  PARKS.  669 

Paid  Public  Market  Co.,  5  barrels. .  $2.50 

C.   H.   Robie  Co.,   concreting 

walks 222.97 

John    B.    Varick    Co.,    tools, 

hardware 58.13 

Wingate    &    Gould,    8    pairs 

rubber  boots 26.00 

1727.47 


Total  expenditures |4,351.15 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 148.85 


14,500.00 


Stark  and  Derryfield  Parks. 

Balance  from  last  year  unexpended  |0.14 

Appropriation 5,000.00 


15,000.14 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  commons 
pay-roll : 

January |30.00 

February 20.75 

March 54.12 

April 193.25 

May 821.37 

June 1,253.72 

July 808.33 

August 477.83 

December 23.90 

$3,683.27 


670  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  Xo.  2 : 

June $185.43 

July SUO.OO 

?5.43 


TOOLS,    HARDWARE,    REPAIRS,    ETC. 

Paid  J.  H.  Hoben,  30  loads  paving 

stone 137.50 

J.  Hodge,  oak  rod .70 

W.  G.  Landry,  stone 1.00 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  valve,  bibb . . .  2.22 

Manchester    Hardware     Co., 

hardware 17.22 

John  A.  Sargent,  paint  and 

labor 6.60 

John    B.    Varick    Co.,    tools, 

hardware 74.81 

$140.05 

SHRUBS,   TREES,   ETC. 

Paid  A.    H.    Chadboiirne    &    Co., 

shrubs  and  trees $335.00 

J.  S.  Holt   &   Co.,  ashes,  900 
bushels 112.50 

$447.50 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  John  Fullerton,  4  barrels $2.00 

Manchester     Water- W  o  rk  s , 

use  of  water 24.00 

Parnell  Brothers,  1  hogshead  .75 

People's     G  as-Light     Co.,     4 

chaldrons  coke 17.00 

$43.75 

Total  expenditures $5,000.00 

Transferred  to  new  account .14 

$5,000.14 


PINE    GROVE    CEMETERY.  671 

Pine  Grove  Cemetery. 


Appropriation |8,500.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund.  . .  93.54 


18,593.54 


Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll : 

January |161.15 

February 168.26 

March •. .  157.76 

April 432.20 

May 621.26 

June 716.07 

July 536.69 

August 487.00 

September 482.41 

October 362.13 

November 473.17 

December 270.32 


t,868.42 


Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll, 
division  No.  2: 
October |11.12 

PLANTS,    TREES,    LOAM,    ETC. 

Paid  F.  B.  Balcb,  2  tons  fertilizer.  .  $50.00 
A.    H.    Chadbourne    &    Co., 

shrubs 30.00 

James  A.  Colby, 55  loads  loam  82.50 
Frank    Chenette,     19     loads 

loam 19.00 

C.  W.  Eager,  154  loads  loam..  231.00 

H.  H.  Gurney&  Co.,  shrubs..  75.00 

Addison  Gray, 99  loads  gravel  9.90 


672  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  H.  H.  Ilimtress,  plants $12.10 

K.  K.  Uorue,  li)  loads  loam. .  .  9.50 

A.  G.  Hood,  plants 52.80 

Joseph  Poor,  86  loads  gravel.  8.60 

John  B.  ^'al'ick  Co.,  seed 45.36 

C.  C.  Webster,  32  loads  clay..  32.00 


1657.76 


WATER,  TELEPHONE,  INSURANCE,  FUEL. 

Paid  A.  Elliott  &  Co.,  premium  on 
insurance   policy  No.   760,- 

777 '. 12.50 

Co.,  use  of  telephones 84,00 

Dunlap  &  Wason  Coal  Co.,  3 

tons  coal 21.00 

Water- Works,  use  of  water. .  922.50 


11,030.00 


PRINTING  AND  STATIONERY. 

Paid  The  John  B.  Clarke  Co.,  print- 
ing bills,  contracts,  notices, 

blanks $13.65 

E.  R.  Coburu  Co.,  paper .40 

W.  P.  Goodman,  stationery..  .  3.35 
E.  J.  Knowlton,  P.  M,,  envel- 
opes  2.17 

W.    E.    Moore,    printing    re- 
ceipts   2.00 

REPAIRS   AND    IMPROVEMENTS. 

Paid  L.  M.  Aldrich : 

Filing  saw $0.35 

Hardware  and  labor. . . , 6.21 


p21.o7 


PINE    GROVE    CEMETERY.  673 

Paid  J.  J.  Abbott,  paper  and  hang- 
ing same |2.49 

John  T.  Beach,  repairing  cart  7.10 
J.  Choate  &  Co.,  paint  and  la- 
bor    2.13 

Day   &    Boynton,    sheathing, 

jambs,  door 5.55 

Hartwell  Foundry  Co.,  cast- 
ings   1.80 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co. : 

3,000  brick 21.00 

Cement  and  lumber 15.17 

Paid  C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co.,  12  folding 

chairs 10.00 

J.  Hodge,  lumber  and  stakes .  7.23 

C.  H.  Hutchinson  Foundry  & 
Machine    Works,    castings 

and  labor 9.58 

Paid  T.  A.  Lane  Co. : 

Material  and  labor  on  fountain, 

etc 7.19 

Pipe  and  labor 148.95 

Paid  Manchester  Heating  &  Light- 
ing Co.,  pipe 6.66 

Theodore  Miller,  labor  clean- 
ing and  repairing  stoves. .  ,  36.83 
Palmer  &   Garmons,    setting 

over  stones 7.10 

Paid  Pike  &  Heald  Co.  : 

Material  and  labor  on  sewer 877.80 

Other  labor 6.97 

Paid  W.  L.  Roper,  mason-work. . . .  3.75 

C.  H.  Robie  Co.,  concreting..  .  315.12 

Morton  E.  Sanborn,  12  lawn 

sprinklers 9.50 

Shirley  &  Stuart,  mason-work  7.70 

43 


674  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Paid  W.    H.    Sulli^•an,    repairs    on 

office,  chapel,  etc |209.23 

Jolin    B.    Varick    Co.,    tools, 

hardware 125.99 

L.  B.  West,  drinking-cups. . . .  1.50 

G.  R.  Vance,  water-pot .75 

11,853.95 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  C.    H.    Bartlett,    services    as 

clerk 150.00 

Hannah  D.  Hall,  part   of   lot 

ISO.  1,100 71.00 

O.  G.  Reed,  hacks  10.00 

S.  J.  Russell,  cleaning  vault. .  5.00 

•  F.  L.  Wallace,  box  for  removal 

of  Hairs  child 2.00 

Whitten  &  Fifleld,  hack 5.00 

S.  C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co., 

lumber    (  4.72 

1150.72 

Total  expenditures $8,593.54 


Valley  Cemetery. 

Appropriation    |3,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund.  . .  G.81 

|3,006.8i 


Expenditures. 

LAI'.OR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  teams,  as  per  pay-roll : 

January $78.25 

Februarv    59.75 


VALLEY    CEMETERY. 


675 


March $63.50 

April    , 165.87 

Mar    224.67 

June 266.45 

Julv   220.89 

August    208.52 

September    230.93 

October 176.40 

November 164.52 

December  86.72 

Paid  B.  F.  Bascomb |84.00 

James  Hannon   6.25 

Freeman  &  Merrill .  4.00 

Peter  Rodgers 3.75 

WATER    AND    TELEPHONE. 

Paid  N.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telephones |36.00 

water  commissioners,  use  of 

water 165.90 

TURF,     LOAM,     PLANTS,  ETC. 

Paid  H.  E.  Babcock,  trees |6.00 

B.  F.  Bascomb,  loam,  stone.  .  45.75 
J.  Francis,  plants 62.62 

C.  H.  G.  Foss,  cash  paid  for 

shrubs   2.00 

H.  H.  Gurney,  shrubs 6.50 

H.  H.  Huntress,  plants 18.75 

C.  Menseau,  loam 1.30 

Jeremiah    Murphy,    3    loads 

loam  1.50 

Peter  Rodgers,  163  loads  sand  32.60 
P.    O.    Woodman,    turf    and 

loam  32.83 


11,946.47 


198.00 


1201.90 


$209.85 


676  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

PRINTING    AND    STATIONERY. 

Paid  E.  J.  Knowlton, P.M., stamped 

envelopes $3.52 

Temple  &  Farrinjiton  Co.,  sta- 
tionery   7.45 


REPAIRS,  TOOLS,  AND  IMPROVEMENTS. 

Paid  J.  J.  Abbott,  painting  fence. .  .  $24.77 

John  Francis,  1  jiair  rubber 
boots 2.75 

Hartwell  Foundry  Co.,  1,203 
numbers 180.45 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber and  labor 89.07 

Kimball  &  Hobbs,  hose  and 
couplings 18.50 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  labor  on  urinal 

and  faucet 11.90 

F.  I.  Lessard  &  Co.,  pipe,  hose, 

etc 10.90 

Palmer   &   Garmons,   setting 

stones 10.00 

Paid  Pike  &  Heald  Co. : 

Hose,  nozzles,  pipe,  etc 27.08 

Material  and  labor 10.80 

Paid  C.   H.   Kobie   Co.,   concreting 

walks 52.11 

D.  A.  Simons,  1  chair     2.50 

John  T.  Underbill  &  Co.,  con- 
crete work 12.52 

John  B.  Varick  Co.,  tools  and 

hardware 57.63 

Weston  &  Hill  Co.,  1  rug 8.00 


$10.97 


$518.98 


AMOSKEAG    CEMETERY.  677 


SUNDRIES. 


Paid  G.  W.  Bailey,  use  of  team |1.50 

B.  F.  Bascomb,  2^  cords  ma- 
nure    8.17 

S.  P.  Cannon,  services  as 
clerk  of  sub-trustees 10.00 

Lovejoy  &  Stratton,  cleaning 

clock 1.00 

120.67 

Total  expenditures |3,006.84 


Amoskeag  Cemetery. 
'Appropriation $350.00 

Expenditures. 

LABOR. 

Paid  James  E.  Bailey |67.00 

F.  D.  Heath 20.62 

Anson  McGaffey 11.25 

$98.87 

SUNDRIES. 

PaidW.  E.  Goodwin: 

Plumbing  material  and  labor. . . .  $33.77 

Iron  fence,  two  posts 197.80 

Paid  Mancliester      Water- W  o  r k  s , 

use  of  water 12.00 

Palmer  &   Garmons,   setting 

stones 7.28 

$250.85 

Total  expenditures $349.72 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund .28 


$350.00 


678  REPORT    OF    THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paupers  off  the  Farm. 

Appropriation |10,500.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .       1,640.07 


$12,140.67 


Expenditures. 

GROCERIESj    ETC. 

Paid  Burke  Brothers |4.00 

Bartlett  &  Thompson 9G.0O 

Ernest  Boisvert 40.00 

Eager  &  Co 50.00 

Edson  Eastman  &  Co 15.75 

A.  M.  Eastman 12.00 

H.  Fradd  &  Co 245.00 

T.  F.  Fifield 714.41 

G.  E.  French, 50.88 

A.H.Gray 04.00 

A.  G.  Grenier... 0-3.00 

Griffin  Brothers 1,.378.22 

Joseph  Huard 225.50 

O.  D.  Knox  &  Co 232.02 

Lamoreaux  Brothers 53.77 

J.  N.  Laeourse 13.00 

Patrick  Lynch 5.00 

E.  Marchand 604.30 

Thomas  H.  Mahoney 324.00 

A.  W.  Morse 204.00 

McQuade's  Market 93.00 

Noyes  &  Prince 77.04 

F.  X.  Parent 15.00 

D.  M.  Poore  &  Son 51.00 

O.  W.  Price 0.12 

E.  W.  Perkins 18.00 


PAUPERS    OFF    THE    FARM.  679 


Paid  Queen  City  Market 

Eugene  Quirin 

18.00 
282  17 

Charles  Robitaille 

Scheer  &  Renker 

31.7G 
5.00 

D.  A.  Shanahan 

J.  0.  Turcotte 

H.  A.  Tirrell 

Trahan  &  Co 

144.00 
50.00 
25.00 
75.00 

Calixte  Vigneault.. 

Moise  Verrette 

Henry  Weber 

2.00 
40.00 
60.00 

FUEL. 

Paid  James  Baldwin  Co 

12.50 
13.50 

L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co 

V.  Bourque  &  Co 

70.50 

Boisclair  &  Raiclie 

3.00 

B.  J.  Cate 

F.  X.  Chenette 

Dunlap  &  Wason  Coal  Co. . . . 
W.  E.  Dunbar  &  Co 

3.50 

2.50 

59.50 

19.50 

Philias  Gravelin,  . . * 

William  Godbout 

29.00 
18.25 

Joseph  Masse 

7.00 

Moore  &  Preston 

29.00 

John  Perham 

10.00 

D.  M.  Poore 

W.  E.  Prescott 

John  P.  Russell  &  Co 

E.  V.  Turcotte 

J.  F.  Wyman 

37.88 

4.00 

164.75 

44.50 

90.38 

),384.54 


1609.26 


680  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

BOARD  AND   CARE    AND   RENT. 

Paid  C.  H,  Allard 110.00 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Buck 5.00 

Sister  Cabana 40.00 

Frank  A.  Cadwoll lO.OO 

county  of  Hillsborough 717.92 

Mrs.  Louis  Duhaime 24.00 

Elliott  Hospital 50.00 

W.  H.  Gilmore 130.09 

Mary  Harrington 32.00 

Agnes  Massey 64.00 

Christina  Maycook 134.14 

N.  H.  Orphans'  Home 28.00 

Notre  Dame  de  Lourdes  Hos- 
pital    20.00 

Napoleon  Paris 4.00 

Celia  Pressey 232.30 

D.  L.  Robinson 60.00 

State  Industrial  School 3,748.28 

St.  Patrick's  Orphans'  Home.  280.00 
St.     Patrick's     Old     Ladies' 

Home 192.00 

William  Whelpley.  .* 102.00 

Fred  Weissbach 15.00 

CLOTHING. 

Paid  F.  C.  Dow |1.50 

A.  «&  W.  S.  Heath 2.00 

Lightbody  &  Burbank 24.30 

John  L.  Xiven 3.10 

Michael  0'Do^vd 21.25 

P.  F.  O'Toole 25..-)0 

Daniel  Stevens 12.00 

O.  G.  Trudeau 11.25 

Weston  &  :Mar(in 1.00 


15,907.73 


,^101.90 


CITY   FARM.  681 

MEDICINES,    jSIEDICAL     SERVICES. 

Paid  Irving-   L.    Carpenter,   M.    D., 
medical    examination,    Mc- 

Nab  Webster .f 3.00 

F.  H,  Tliurston,  medicines . . .  70.35 


SUNDRIES. 


173.35 


Paid  Boston  &  Maine  K.  R.,  tickets.  |7.33 

Paid  Tlie  Jolm  B.  Clarke  Co.,  print- 
ing: 

200  postals 3.00 

50  copies  rules,  etc 12.00 

Paid  W.  P.  Goodman,  stationery. .  .  5.36 
C.    S.   McKean,   meals   deliv- 
ered destitute  persons 1.25 

W.  H.  Maxwell,  conveyance 
of  sundry  persons  to  county 
farm  and  insane  asylum.  .  .  13.30 

Charles    IMorgrage,    carrying 

J.  Landry  to  county  farm .  .  5.00 

A.  E.  Martell  &  Co.,  2  letter 

books 5.50 

Temple  &  Farrington  Co.,  1 
copy   of   General    Statutes 

and  express 11.15 

163.89 

Total  expenditures |12,140.67 


City  Farm. 

Appropriation |S,000.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund . . .  463.89 

$8,463.89 


682 


REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 


Expenditures. 

Paid  E.  G.  Libber,  superintendent .  1500.00 

Mrs.  Annie  Libbey,  matron.. .  .SOO.OO 

HOUSE   AND   FARM   LABOR. 

Paid  labor  of  men  and  women,  as  per  pay-roll : 

January $207.55 

February 152.05 

March. .  .^ 129.16 

April..  .* • 181.89 

May 162.38 

June 226.48 

July 169.28 

August 183.66 

September 230.43 

October 177.45 

November 191.71 

December 181.89 

Paid  Alice  Butterfield |5.50 

John  Casey 10.22 

Augustine  Freeman 15.40 

Fred  Gannon 5.13 

Maude  Hazen 2.15 

George  Lake 17.60 

Eddie  Moore 1.25 

Christina  McDonald 2.00 

Ellen  Sewell 1.72 

FUEL. 

Paid  L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  coal |31.62 

J.  M.  Clark,  6  tons  coal 34.50 

Warren  M.  Davis,  62J  cords 

wood 110.03 


.|800.00 


$2,193.93 


160.97 


CITY   FARM.  683 

Paid  Petterson  &  Lindquist,  1,700 

lbs.  coal 14.50 

D.  M.  Poore,  coal 38.72 

E.  V.  Turcotte,  28  tons,  1,900 

lbs.  coal 151.89 


CLOTHING    AND   DRY    GOODS. 

Paid  Beauchemin  &  Quirin,  shoes, 

rubbers,  etc |28.08 

Clark  &  Estey,  buttons,  hose, 

hats,  etc 24.15 

Cushman  &  Hardy  Co.,  cloth- 
ing   39.36 

G.  W.  Dodge,  boots  and  shoes  44.95 

W.    P.    Farmer,    boots    and 

shoes 17.10 

Patrick  Kean,  shirting,  flan- 
nel, etc 19.83 

Frank  P.  Kimball,  clothing.  .  29.15 

Lightbody  &  Burbank,  boots 

and  shoes 5.35 

Manchester  One  Price  Cloth- 
ing Co.,  clothing 29.25 

H.  M.  Moody,  shirts,  hats,  suit  27.70 

Miville  &  Deschenes,  cotton, 

print,  handkerchiefs,  etc. .  .  32.06 

Plumer  &  Holton,  48  mittens .  10.00 

Joseph     Quirin,     boots     and 

shoes 8.40 

John  Robbie  Co.,  dry  goods.  .  13.68 

Wingate  &  Gould,  boots  and 

shoes 2.65 

Weston  &  Hill  Co.,  cambric, 
napkins,  print,  towels,  com- 
forters, pins,  needles,  crash  94.21 


1374.20 


1425.92 


684  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

GROCERIES  AND  PROVISIONS. 

Paid  Annis  Flour  &  Grain  Co |435.66 

Bartlett  &  Thom])son 10.44 

Barlow  &  Nye 113.75 

F.  J.  Bixby 6.70 

Clark  &  Robinson 32.00 

C.  E.  Cox 10.32 

Daniels-Cornell  Co 40.77 

Dod^e  «&  Laiug !  . . .  57.75 

C.  H.  Dnrgin 5.23 

T.  F.  Fifleld 17.86 

A.  L.  Gadbois 7.40 

A.  G.  Grenier 7.26 

W.  D.  Ladd  &  Co 8.57 

Lindquist  Brothers 7.50 

Manchester  Beef  Co 12.28 

Manchester  Provision  Co ...  .  147.19 

Horace  Marshall 10.36 

McQuade's  Market 2().00 

M.  M.  McQuade 32.29 

Edward  F.  Murray 7.73 

E.  S.  Newton 42..34 

Henry  W.  Parker 201.79 

Parnell  Brothers 209.94 

E.  W.  Perkins 22.74 

W.  E.  Prescott 7.50 

D.  M.  Poore  &  Son 24.57 

Public  Market  &  Packing  Co.  11.00 

Fred  Ray 2.25 

L.  P.  Reynolds 6.72 

Tom  Robinson 67.84 

W.  J.  Starr 7.90 

R.  G.  Sullivan 12.32 

William  Schonland 21.60 

Summer-Street  ^Market 37.69 


CITY    FARM. 


685 


Paid  E.  M.  Slayton |24.79 

J.  E.  Towle  &  Co 13.59 

J.  O.  Turcotte 28.35 

B.F.Welch 41.13 

J.  H.  Wiggin  &  Co 33.26 

M.  R.  Wiggiu 1.75 

FURNITURE    AND    KITCHEN    UTENSILS. 

Paid  Clark  M.  Bailey,  mop-waste, 
chimneys,  burners,  can-rub- 
bers, etc 117.63 

The  Daniels-Cornell  Co.,  soap 

and  pails 15.87 

H.     B.     Fairbanks,     tables, 

chairs 12.80 

R.   K.    Home,    crockery   and 

tinware 8.59 

Paid  C.  A.  Hoitt  &  Co. : 

1  mirror 4.50 

1  lounge 7.50 

12  chairs 5.00 

1  bed  and  spring 10.00 

Crockery 4.15 

Paid  Kimball  &  Hobbs,  matting. . .  1.88 
W.  D.  Ladd  &  Co.,  1  gross 

steel  knives  and  forks 3.00 

F.  E.  Nelson,  crockery 2.17 

C.  A.  Trefethen,  1  clock 3.75 


MEDICINE,    MEDICAL    SERVICES. 

Paid  Charles  M.   Bailey,  Y.   S.,   1 

visit 11.00 

George  M.  Davis,  M.  D.,  med- 
ical attendance 1-50 


L,843.73 


.84 


686  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Paid  A.  L.  Dodjie,  V.  S.,  visits  and 

medioine |]().75 

Charles  Harvey,  medicine. .  .  4.25 

J.  J.  Holland,  medicine 5.50 

T.  G.  Ostle,  Y.  S..  visits  and 

medicine 5.00 

E.  C.  Smith,  medicines 14.15 

F.  H.  Thurston,  medicine.  . .  .  14.78 
C.  H.  Williams,  medicines.. . .  7.32 

BLACKSMITHING,    HARNESSES,    ETC. 

Paid  The  Fred  L.  Allen  Co.,  repair- 
ing harnesses $1.3.05 

J.     M.     Bronillette,     shoeing 

horses 80.20 

Thomas      Hickey,      shoeing 

horses 10.25 

Paid  John  F.  Kerwin : 

Harness 25.00 

Harness  supplies 12.10 

Paid  N.   J.    Whalen,   harness   sup- 
plies and  repairs 28.50 

CARRIAGE  AND  CARRIAGE  REPAIRS. 

Paid  Couch  &  McDonald,  carriage 

repairs |28.30 

J.    B.    McCrillis    &    Son,  car- 
riage rep.airs 11.43 

Sanborn  Carriage  Co.,  repairs  39.10 

HAY,  GRAIN,  AND  OTHER  FEED. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers $134.41 

Annis  Flour  &  Grain  Co 355.31 

Freeman  .•C'  :\Ierrill 75.33 


$64.25 


$175.10 


$78.83 


CITY    FARM. 

Paid  John  F.  Kerwin |3.75 

Clarence  R.  Merrill 61.85 

W.  F.  Merrill 14.30 

Partridge  Brothers 15.00 

HARDWARE,    FERTILIZERS,    SEEDS,    ETC. 

Paid  Adams  Brothers |37.S5 

J.  J.  H.  Gregory 9.31 

Manchester  Hardware  Co. . . .  28.05 

John  B.  Varick  Co 289.41 

B.F.Welch 12.75 

INSURANCE. 

Paid  John  Dowst,  premium  on  pol- 
icy Xo.  29,971 117.50 

A.  Elliott  &  Co. J  premium  on 

policies 55.42 

•    John    A.    Sheehan,    premium 

on  policies 70.00 

Richardson  &  Goggin,  premi- 
um on  policies 52.50 

PRINTING,    STATIONERY,    TELEPHONE. 

Paid  E.  R.  Coburn  Co.,  stationery. .  $1.10 

W.  P.  Goodman,  stationery.  .  2.09 
Paid  The  Xate  Kellogg  Co.,  print- 
ing: 

500  envelopes 2.00 

200  inyitations  and  menus 5.00 

Paid  X.  E.  Telephone  &  Telegraph 

Co.,  use  of  telejihone 44.45 


687 


$659.95 


$377.40 


$195.42 


$54.64 


688  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 


KErAIRS    AND     IMI'IIOVEMEXTS. 

Paid  J.  J.  Abbott,  paiut,  paper,  etc.         |20.93 

F.  W.  Blood  Roofing  Co.,  re- 
pairing" tea-kettle .30 

J.  K.  Carr  &  Co.,  lead  and 
gilding 6.25 

Connor  Brothers,  plumbing 
material  and  labor,  chang- 
ing pipes,  repairing  boiler, 
etc 225.88 

W.  H.  Drury,  assignee  for  J. 

P.  Slattery,  repairing  clock  1.00 

C.  I.  Earl,  repairing  sewing- 
machine  3.00 

Paid  S.  C.  Forsaith  Machine  Co. : 

Fence  boards,  etc 3.04 

Lumber  and  shingles 21.78 

Paid  B.  Garland,  labor  on  fence. . . .  6.75 

Peter  Harris,  keys,  etc 1.35 

The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  lum- 
ber and  labor 51.03 

J.  Hodge,  repairing  door 1.25 

J.  B.  Huntley,  plumbing  re- 
pairs   5.73 

Kimball  &  Hobbs,  shoemak- 
ers' supplies 18.36 

T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  material  and 
labor 23.79 

Clemens  Langer,  linings  for 
range 

Pike  &  Ilea  Id  Co.,  plumbing 
repairs 16.73 


50 


1412.67 


CITY   FARM.  689 

SUNDRIES. 

Paid  American  Express  Co.,  ex- 
press   11.00 

Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  freight  1.00 

J.  E.  Buerk,  500  dials 1.75 

L.  B.  Bodwell  &  Co.,  cutting- 
ice 0.00 

Porter  Blanchard's  Sons  Co., 

dasher  for  churn 1.00 

Cavanaugh  Brothers,  2  horses  250.00 

The  John  B.  Clarke  Co.,  ad- 
vertising    .30 

Allen  N.  Clapp,  kerosene.  . .  .  20.06 

P.  Donovan,  Jr.,  use  of  hacks.  45.00 

J.    G.    Ellinwood,    12    photo- 
graphs of  farm (3.00 

M.   D.   Fife   &   Co.,   machine 

needles .90 

W.  H.  Griffin,  grinding  corn. .  12.10 

P.  Harrington,  1  barrel 1.25 

George  Hook,  castrating  pigs.  12.00 

Kimball  &  Hobbs,  hose,  noz- 
zle, couplings 7.15 

C.  W.  Lerned  &  Co.,  disinfect- 
ants.   58.40 

PaidE.  G.  Libbey: 

Postage 2.50 

Daily  Mirror 0.00 

Paid  Manchester  Slaughtering  & 
Rendering  Co.,  dressing 
hogs 2.50 

Manchester       Water- Works, 
use  of  water 183.95 

J.  T.  O'Dowd,  4  live  geese 4.50 

J.  L.  Pendexter,  2  pigs 15.00 

41 


690  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY  AUDITOR. 

Paid  pay-roll  division  Xo.  2: 

January f5.5(t 

March 10.37 

April 2.75 

Paid  O.  G.  peed,  use  of  hacks 20.(10 

J.  H.  Reynolds,  1  barrel 1.00 

Harrison     Rowc.     pasturing 

cattle 25.00 

Sampson,  Murdock   &   Co.,   1 

directory 2.00 

$649.98 

Total  expenditures |8,463.S9 


Indigent  Soldiers. 

Appropriation 1450.00 

Expenditures. 

groceries. 

Paid  McQuade's  Market |12.00 

D.  M.  Poore  &  Son 96.00 

1108.00 

FUEL. 

Paid  C.  E.  Pollard 1^24.00 

D.  M.  Poore 28.00 

^52.00 

nOAUn   AND   CARE. 

Paid  Ellen  McGrath |96.00 


SACRED    HEART    HOSPITAL.  691 

MEDICINES. 

Paid  E.  C.  Smith |29.85 

Total  expenditures 1285.85 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 164.15 

1450.00 

Women's  Aid  and  Relief  Hospital, 
Appropriation 1300.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Women's  Aid  and  Relief  Hospital,  appro- 
priation for  free  beds $300.00 

Free  Beds,  Elliot  Hospital. 
Appropriation $300.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Elliot  Hospital,   appropriation   for  free 
beds $300.00 

Emergency  Ward,  Elliot  Hospital. 
Appropriation $300.00 

Paid  Cora  M.  Dearborn,  treasurer,  amount  ap- 
propriated         $300.00 

Sacred  Heart  Hospital. 
Appropriation $300.00 


692  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Sacred   Heart   Hospital,  amount   appro- 
priated         $300.00 


Notre  Dame  de  Lourdes  Hospital. 
Appropriation $300.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Notre  Dame  de  Lourdes  Hospital,amount 
appropriated $300.00 

Militia. 
Appropriation 1800.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Amoskeag  Veterans $100.00 

Co.  C,  First  Regiment  N.  H. 

N.  G 100.00 

Co.  ^,  First  Regiment  N.  H. 

N.  G 100.00 

Co.  H,  First  Regiment  N.  H. 

N.  G 100.00 

Co.  L,  First  Regiment  N.  H. 

N.  G 100.00 

First  Regiment  Band 100.00 

Manchester  Cadets 100.00 

Manchester  War  Veterans. . .  100.00 

$800.00 


ADDITION    TO    DERRYFIELD    PARK.  693 

Decoration  of  Soldiers'  Graves. 

Appropriation 1400.00 

Transferred  from  reserved  fund. . .  7.47 

$407.47 

Expenditures. 

Paid  The  Head  &  Dowst  Co.,  labor.  |7.68 

Louis  Bell  Post,  No.  3,  G.  A. 
R.,  expenses  incurred  Me- 
morial day 350.67 

pay-roll,  commons,  June 49.12 

$407.47 


Band  Concerts. 
Appropriation $300.00 

Expenditures. 

Paid  Manchester  City  Band $150.00 

Manchester  Military  Band . . .  150.00 

$300.00 

Semi-Centennial  Celebration. 

Appropriation $2,000.00 

Expenditures. 
Paid  Herbert  W.  Eastman,  treasurer $2,000.00 

Addition  to  Derryfleld  Park. 
Appropriation $8,000.00 

Expenditures. 

Transferred  to  appropriation  for  new  school- 
house,  West  Manchester $8,000.00 


694  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Abatement  of  Taxes. 

Appropriation |3,000.00 

Expenditures. 
Paid  sundry  persons  on  taxes  abated $1,183.90 

Total  expenditures 1,183.9(> 

Transferred  to  reserved  fund 1,816.04 

$3,000.00 

State  Tax. 
Appropriation $68,225.00 

Expenditures. 
Paid  Solon  A.  Carter,  state  treasurer $68,225.00 

County  Tax. 
Appropriation $66,204.72 

Expenditures. 
Paid  Hillsborough  county $66,204.72 


APPROPRIATIONS.  695 

Resolution  Raising  Money  and    Making    Appropria- 
tions for  tine  Year  One  Tinousand  Eight  Hun- 
dred and  Ninety-six. 

Eesolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000) 
be  borrowed  for  the  use  of  the  city  for  the  following  permanent 
municipal  improvements,  viz.: 

Seventy-five  thousand  dollars  ($75,000)  for  new  sewers; 
twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,000)  for  new  hio-hways;  and  five 
thousand  dollars  ($5,000)  for  the  development  and  improve- 
ment of  Derrj^field  and  Stark  parks;  and  that  the  joint  stand- 
ing committee  on  finance  are  hereby  authorized  to  issue  the 
bonds  of  the  city  for  said  amount  of  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  ($100,000)  dated  April  1,  1896,  and  i^ayable  April  1, 
1916,  with  interest  coupons  attached  for  the  i^ayment  of  inter- 
est semi-annually  :at  four  per  cent;  said  bonds  to  be  signed  by 
the  city  treasurer  and  countersigned  by  the  mayor,  and  said 
coupons  to  bear  the  facsimile  signature  of  the  mayor;  said 
bonds  to  be  sold  to  the  highest  responsible  bidder  upon  a  call 
issued  by  the  joint  standing  committee  on  finance  for  bids. 

Resolved,  further,  That  the  sum  of  five  hundred  and  forty- 
five  thousand  three  hundred  and  twenty-nine  and  seventy-two 
one  hundredths  dollars  ($51:5,329.72)  be  raised  for  the  use  of 
the  city  for  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety- 
six  (1896)  by  tax  on  the  polls  and  estates  liable  to  be  taxed 
thereon,  which  sum,  together  with  the  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  ($100,000)  to  be  borrowed  as  above  provided,  and  with 
such  unappropriated  money  as  may  be  now  in  the  city  treas- 
ury, or  may  hereafter  come  into  it,  shall  be  a^jpropriated  as 
follows,  viz.: 

CENTRAL    DEPARTMENT. 

Interest    $35,000.00 

Eeserved  fund 20,000.00 


696  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

City  hall  expenses 4,000.00 

Printing  and  stationery 3,r)00.00 

Incidental  expenses 12,000.00 

Mayor's  incidentals 300.00 

City  officers'  salaries 21 ,000.00 

Sinking  fund 15,000.00 

Payment  of  funded  debt 10,000.00 

Auditor's  department,  salaries  and  expenses.  .  .  .  2,000.00 

STREET    AND    SEWER    DEPARTMENT. 

Board  of  street  and  park  commissioners,  salaries 

and  expenses  $4,000.00 

Repairs  of  highways 19,000.00 

Widening  and  straightening  of  Old  Mammoth 

road    1 ,000.00 

Building  new  highways 20,000.00 

Land  taken  for  new  highways 5,000.00 

Watering  streets   5,000.00 

Paving  streets   6,000.00 

Macadamizing  streets 15,000.00 

Macadamizing  Central  street  east  from  ]\[aplo.  .  .  5,000.00 

Grading  for  concrete 5,000.00 

Scavenger  teams 1  (1,000.00 

Street  sweeping 3,000.00 

Lighting  streets 52,000.00 

Repairs  of  bridges 4,000.00 

City  teams 6,000.00 

Repairs  of  sewers  and  drains 5,000.00 

New  sewer.  Christian  l)rook  to  j'eech  street.  .  .  .  5,000.00 
Xew  sewer,  River  i-oad,  Clarke  and  Elm  to  Tren- 
ton street 1  5.000.00 

Xew  sewer,  Silver  street,  Cnion  to  Wilson 15.000.00 

Other  new  sewers 10,000.00 

Removal  of  snow  and  ice 1,000.00 


appropriations.  697 

engineer's   department. 

Salaries  and  expenses $4,500.00 

HEALTH    DEPARTMENT. 

Salaries  and  expenses $4,200.00 

SCHOOL    DEPARTMENT. 

Eepairs  of  schoolhouses $6,000.00 

Fuel    6,500.00 

Furniture  and  supplies 1,000.00 

Books  and  stationery  100.00 

Printing  and  advertising 300.00 

Contingent  expenses 1,600.00 

Care  of  rooms 5,500.00 

Evening  schools 1,500.00 

Teachers'  salaries   74,000.00 

Evening  school,  mechanical  drawing 500.00 

Eree  text-books 5,000.00 

Manual  training   1,500.00 

CITY    LIBRARY. 

Salaries  and  expenses $4,500.00 

FIRE    DEPARTMENT. 

Salaries  and  general  expenses $61,000.00 

Eire-alarm  telegraph 2,000.00 

Hydrant  service    16,800.00 

POLICE    DEPARTMENT. 

Salaries  and  expenses  of  commission  and  force. .  $36,000.00 

Expenses  of  court 3,900.00 

.Care  and  maintenance  of  station 3,800.00 

Patrol  system,  stable,  and  equipments 10,000.00 


698  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 


PUBLIC     BUILDINGS. 

Eepairs  of  hiiildings $0,000.00 

Public  bathhouses 3,500.00 

PUBLIC    PLACES. 

Care  of  commons $4,500.00 

Care  of  Stark  and  Derryfield  parks 5,000.00 

Care  of  Pine  Grove  cemetery 8,500.00 

Care  of  Valley  cemetery 3,000.00 

Care  of  Amoskeag  cemetery 350.00 

Purchase  of  addition  to  Derryfield  park 8,000.00 

PATRIOTIC,    CHARITABLE,  AXD    PHILAXTHROPIC. 

Support  of  paupers  off  the  city  farm $10,500.00 

Maintenance  of  city  farm 8,000.00 

Support  of  indigent  soldiers 450.00 

Bed  for  city  patients,  Women's  Aid  and  Eelief 

Hospital 300.00 

Bed  for  city  patients,  Elliot  Hospital 300.00 

Bed  for  city  patients.  Sacred  Heart  Hospital ....  300.00 

Notre  Dame  des  Lourdes  Hospital 300.00 

Support  of  city  patients,  Emergency  AVard,  Elliot 

Hospital  300.00 

Decoration  of  soldiers'  graves 400.00 

Militia  armories 800.00 

Band  concerts 300.00 

Semi-centennial  celebration 2,000.00 

TAXES. 

Abatement  of  taxes $3,000.00 

State  taxes    ()8,225.00 

County  taxes 66,204.72 

$810,229.72- 
Passed  February  28,  1896. 


EXEMPTIONS    FROM    TAXATION.  699 

Some  Laws  and  Decisions  Relating  to  Exemptions 
from  Taxation. 

Constitution  of  N"ew  -Hampshire,  Article  82,  Page  38, 
Public   Statutes. 

encouragement   of   literature,   etc. 

Article  83.  "Knowledge  and  learning  generally  diffused 
through  a  community  being  essential  to  the  preservation  of  a 
free  government,  and  spreading  the  opportunities  and  advan- 
tages of  education  through  the  various  parts  of  the  country 
being  highly  conducive  to  promote  this  end,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  af  the  legislators  and  magistrates,  in  all  future  periods  of 
this  government,  to  cherish  the  interest  of  literature  and  the 
sciences,  and  all  seminaries  and  public  schools;  to  encourage 
private  and  public  institutions,  rewards,  and  immunities  for 
the  promotion  of  agriculture,  arts,  sciences,  commerce,  trades, 
manufactures,  and  natural  history  of  the  country;  to  counte- 
nance and  inculcate  the  principles  of  humanity  and  general 
benevolence,  public  and  private  charity,  industry  and  econ- 
omy, honesty  and  punctuality,  sincerity,  sobriety,  and  all  social 
affections  and  generous  sentiments  among  the  people;  pro- 
vided, 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.  "Eeal  estate,  whether  improved  or  unim- 
proved, and  whether  owned  by  residents  or  others,  is  lialjle  to 
be  taxed,  except  houses  of  public  worship,  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars  of  the  value  of  parsonages  owned  by  religiotls  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." 


700  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Section  11.  *^'Towns  may  by  ^vote  exempt  from  taxation 
for  a  term  not  exceeding  ten  years  any  manufacturing  estab- 
lishment proposed  to  be  erected  or  put  in  operation  therein, 
and  the  capital  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  ]Sr.  H.  Rep.  page  623.  "The  exemption  in  each  case  is 
limited  to  ten  years.  A  perpetual  alienation  of  the  whole 
power  of  taxation  w^ould  be  the  destruction  of  government; 
and  the  dangerous  tendency  of  legislation  suspending  any  part 
of  that  power,  for  any  period,  is  manifest.  P.  Banh  v.  Bill- 
ings, 4  Pet.  514,  561.  So  long  as  the  existing  laws  remain 
unrepealed,  and  the  constitutional  construction  heretofore 
adopted  remains  unchanged,  contracts  hereafter  made  under 
these  laws  and  that  construction  will  be  valid.  If  the  legis- 
lature 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  fol- 
lows: 

Gale  Home  for  Aged  and  Destitute  AYomen,  IST.  H.  Laws  of 
1889,  chapter  199. 

Elliot  Hospital,  N.  H.  Laws  of  1881,  chapter  178. 

Manchester  Women's  Aid  and  Relief  Society,  organized  in 
January,  1875,  N.  H.  Laws,  1891,  chapter  283. 

Orphanage  and  Home  for  Old  Ladies  (Catholic)  on  Hanover 
street,  N.  H.  Laws,  1883,  chapter  56. 


PROPERTY    EXEMPT   FROM    TAXATION.  70^1 

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 

Convent,  Sisters  of  Mercy,  Catholic;  415  Union 
street,  corner  Laurel: 

Building $30,000.00 

12,600  square  feet  of  land 6,300.00 

$36,300.00 

Mount  St.  Mary's  Academy,  Catholic;  from  con- 
vent lot  east  to  Beech  street: 

Building    $25,000.00 

31,500  square  feet  of  land 9,450.00 

$34,450.00 

Lot  south  side  of  Laurel  street,  corner  Union 

street,  Catholic;  McDonald  school: 

Building    $35,000.00 

10,800  square  feet  of  land 5,000.00 

$40,000.00 

Hospital  of  the  Sacred  Heart  and  Old  Ladies' 

Home,  Catholic;  Amlierst  and  Hanover  streets: 

Building $14,000.00 

40,500  square  feet  of  land 30,375.00 

$44,375.00 

St  Patrick's  Orphan  Asylums,  Catholic;  184  Han- 
over street: 

Building    $47,000.00 

40,500  square  feet  of  land 40,500.00 

$87,500.0a 


702  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

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 

St.  Agnes'  school,  Catholic;  corner  Cedar  and  Pine 

streets: 

Building    $12,000.00 

20,000  square  feet  of  land "  3,200.00 

$15,200.00 

St.  Joseph's  school  for  girls.  Catholic;  corner  Pine 

and  Lowell  streets: 

Building    $10,000.00 

•Land  included  in  cathedral  lot.  $10,000.00 

Convent  of  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 

Orplianage  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 


PROPERTY  EXEMPT  FROM  TAXATION.        703 

St.  ]\Iary's  parochial  school,  French  Catholic;  cor- 
ner AVayne  and  Cartier  streets: 

Bnilding    $12,000.00 

25,000  square  feet  of  land 2,000.00 

$14,000.00 

Kesidence  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 

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 

Eesidence  priest  St.  Anne's  church.  Catholic;  No. 

231  Merrimack  street: 

Building    $5,000.00 

8,820  square  feet  of  land 2,646.00 

$2,500.00 

$7,646.00 

Eesidence  Catholic  bishop;  No.  145  Lowell  street: 

Building    $40,000.00 

24,000  square  feet  of  land 12,000.00 

$2,500.00 

$52,000.00 

Eesidence    priest    St.    George's    church,    French 
Catholic;  Orange  street,  corner  Pine: 

Building    $2,500.00 

10,000  square  feet  of  land 4,000.00 

$2,500.00 

$6,500.00 

Eesidence  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 


704  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

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 

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.  Eaphael's  church  and  school,  CTerman  Catho- 
lic; 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,G90  square  feet  of  land 7,014.00 

$82,614.00 

St.  Patrick's  church  and  school.  Catholic;  Kelly 

street,  Cartier  street,  and  Coolidge  avenue: 

School  huilding    $20,000.00 

56,281  square  feet  of  land 4,502.00 

$24,502.00 


PROPERTY   EXEMPT    FROM    TAXATION,  705 

First  Baptist  church;  riiion  street,  corner  Con- 
cord : 

Building. $28,000.00 

11,350  square  feet  of  land 6,750.00 

$34,750.00 

First  Freewill  Baptist  church;  Merrimack  street, 

corner  Chestnut: 

Building    $12,400.00 

12,600  square  feet  of  land 12,600.00 

$25,000.00 

Second  Baptist  church;  Merrimack  street,  near 

Pine: 

Building     $9,000.00 

9,450  square  feet  of  land 3,780.00 

. $12,780.00 

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 

$11,000.00 

First  M.  E.  church;  Valley  street,  corner  Jewett: 

Building    $8,000.00 

11,400  square  feet  of  land 1,000.00 

$9,000.00 

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706  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

St.  Paul's  M.  E.  church;  Union  street,  coruer  Am- 
herst : 

Building    $25,000.00 

10,010  square  feet  of  land 6,000.00 

$31,000.00 

Trinity  M.  E.  church;  School  street: 

Building     $2,000.00 

12,176  square  feet  of  land 3,000.00 

$5,000.00 

St.  James  M.  E.  church;  Pennacook  street,  corner 

Pine: 

Building    $9,000.00 

11,000  square  feet  of  land 2,200.00 

$11,200.00 

Grace  church.  Episcopal;  Lowell  street,  corner 

Pine: 

Building    $20,000.00 

9,300  square  feet  of  land 6,975.00 

$26,975.00 

First  Unitarian  church;  Concord  street,  corner 

Beech: 

Building    $24,000.00 

13,500  square  feet  of  land 6,000.00 

$30,000.00 

First  Universalist  church;  Lowell  street,  near  Elm: 

Building    $17,000.00 

10,000  square  feet  of  land 15,000.00 

$32,000.00 

Christian  church,  Protestant;  Pine  street,  corner 
Merrimack: 

Building    $6,000.00 

9,000  square  feet  of  land ■.  6,700.00 

$12,700.00 

First  Presbyterian  church,  German;  Second  street, 

corner  Bath,  West  Manchester: 

Building    $3,000.00 

10,000  square  feet  of  land 2,500.00 

$5,500.00 


PROPERTY   EXEMPT    FROM    TAXATION.  707 

Swedish  Lutheran  church,  Protestant;  Sagamore, 
corner  Pine: 

Building    $7,500.00 

10,950  square  feet  of  land 2,000.00 

$9,500.00 

Swedish  Evangelical  Mission;  Pine  street,  corner 

Orange: 

Building    $6,500.00 

Land 4,100.00 

$10,600.00 

Swedish  Baptist  church;  Arlington  street,  near 

Maple: 

Building    $5,000.00 

4,432  square  feet  of  land 1,100.00 

$6,100.00 

Second  Advent  church;  Amherst  street,  between 

Pine  and  Union: 

Building    $5,100.00 

4,500  square  feet  of  land 3,375.00 

$8,475.00 

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, 

corner  Hazel: 

Building    $15,000.00 

10,000  square  feet  of  land 2,500.00 

$17,500.00 

South  Manchester  Union  chapel,  Protestant;  Elm 
street,  south: 

Building     $2,500.00 

10,747  square  feet  of  land 1,000.00 

$3,500.00 


708  KEPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

Episcopal  Mission  chiirch;  North  Main  street,  cor- 
ner School,  West  Manchester: 

Building    $3,500.00 

19,412  square  feet  of  land 4,000.00 

$7,500.00 

Eesidence  pastor  St.  Paul's  M.  E.  church;  Union 

street,  near  Amherst: 

Building    $3,000.00 

$2,500.00 

Residence   pastor   First   Congregational   church; 

jSTo.  590  Beech  street,  near  Bridge: 

Building    $5,000.00 

8,100  square  feet  of  land 2,400.00 

$2,500.00 

$7,400.00 

Eesidence  pastor  Grace  Episcopal  church;  corner 
of  Harrison  and  Union  streets: 

Building     $6,000.00 

15,000  square  feet  of  land 3,750.00 

$2,500.00 

$9,750.00 

German  School  Society;  Third,  Bath,  and  Ferry 
streets: 

Building ,$4,500.00 

10,187  square  feet  of  land 2,500.00 

$7,000.00 

Elliot  Hospital,  Protestant;  East  Manchester: 

Building    $23,000.00 

Land     7,000.00 

$30,000.00 

Elliot  Hospital  lot;  Hanover  street,  corner  Chest- 
nut: 

Building    $3,000.00 

Land     . 13,000.00 

$16,000.00 


PROPERTY    EXEMPT    FROM    TAXATION.  709 

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  Eelief  Hospital;  Pearl  street, 

corner  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  feet  of  land 2,500.00 

$22,500.00 

Residence  pastor  Swedish  Lutheran  church;  Saga- 
more street,  corner  Pine: 

Building    $3,000.00 

10,200  square  feet  of  land 1,020.00 

$2,500.00 

$4,020.00 
Gale  Home: 

One     half     Manchester     Bank 

block.  Elm  street $38,000.00 

One  half  Martin's  block.  Elm 

street    25,000.00 

Land  and  building,  Pearl  street, 

corner  Ash 25,000.00 

$88,000.00 

EXEMPT    FROM    TAXATION. 

Church  property,  Catholic $357,729.00 

Convent  property.  Catholic 68,400.00 

Parochial  residences.  Catholic...       12,500.00 

Parochial  schools.  Catholic 194,152.00 

Hospitals    and    other    charitable 

institutions    131,875.00 

$764,656.00 


710  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

Church  property,  Protestant $440,640.00 

Parochial  residences,  Protestant.  10,000.00 
Private  school  property,  Protestant  7,000.00 
Hospitals    and    other    charitable 

institutions    188,000.00 

$645,640.00 

TAXABLE. 

Land  and  buildings.  Catholic $65,021.00 

Land  and  buildings,  Protestant. .       14,170.00 

$79,191.00 


Total  exempt  and  taxable $1,489,487.00 


PROPERTY    EXEMPT    FJIOM    TAXATION. 


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TABULAR  STATEMENT  OF  BOXDED  DEBT,  CITY  OF  MAN- 
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$400,000 
400,000 
300,000 
300,000 
300,000 
200,000 
200,000 

$200,000 
200,000 
300,000 
300,000 
350,000 
500,000 
500,000 

$13,850 
18,850 
20,000 
26,000 
31,000 
36,250 
42,250 

$120,000 

120,000 

120,000 

120,000 

50,000 

$60,000 
60,000 
60,000 
60,000 
60.000 
60,000 
60,000 

$155,000 

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155,000 

1892 

155,000 

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1894 
1895 

$100,000 
100,000 
100,000 
100,000 

$100,000 
100,000 
100,000 
100,000 

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155,000 
155,000 

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Amount  of  six  per 
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Amount  of  6   per 
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OQ  whicli  Interest 
has  ceased,  not 
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for  payment. 

$99,900 

100 

99,900 

65,500 

50,000 

$100,000 

$948,850 
953,850 
955,000 
1,195  600 
1,296,000 
1,671,260 
1,917,250 

$100 

100,000 

100 

$100,000 
200,000 
300,000 
400,000 

$4,500 

100 

$20,000 
230,000 

100,000 

$130,000 

*  $400,000  water  bonds,  issued  January  1,  1872;  $100,000  of  these  bonds  re- 
funded January  1,  1S87;  $100,000  re-funded  January  1,  1892. 

t  $20(1.000  water  bonds,  issued  July  1,1874;  $100,000  of  these  bonds  re-funded 
July  1, 1890,  and  $l(i0.000  refunded  July  1,  1895. 

I  $2,200  water  bonds,  issued  in  18S4,  and  other  additional  bonds  each  year. 

The  city  guarantees  the  perpetual  care  of  lots  in  the  cemeteries.  Bonds 
payable  July  1, 1913. 


BONDED    DEBT.  713 

Eemaeks. — The  city  guarantees  the  perpetual  care  of  lots 
in  the  cemeteries  of  the  city  to  parties  who  pay  $100  and 
upward.  There  are  $42,850  in  cemetery  bonds,  so  called,  not 
negotiable,  in  the  hands  of  the  city  treasurer,  which  are  in- 
cluded in-the  $1,917,350. 
Total  amount  of  bonded  debt,  including  ceme- 
tery bonds   $1,917,250.00 

Net  indebtedness  for  water  purposes 900,t)00.00 

Net  debt  after  deducting  water  debt.    $1,017,250.00 

As  shown  in  the  assessors'  books  for  the  year 
1896  : 

The  assessed  value  of  personal  property,  in- 
cluding poll  tax $4,412,552.00 

The  assessed  value  of  real  estate 25,031,116.00 

Total  value  for  taxation $29,443,668.00 

Tax  rate,  1.86  per  cent  on  a  hundred. 

Per  cent  of  net  indebtedness  (excluding  debt 

for  water  purposes)  to  assessed  valuation. . .  3.777 

Per  cent  of  net  indebtedness  (including  debt 

for  water  purposes)  to  assessed  valuation.  . .  6.834 

Population,  census  of  1890 43,983 

Population,  census  of  1880 32,458 

Increase  of  population  in  ten  years. . . .  11,525 

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. 


714  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

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, 
chapter  TO^,  New  Hampshire  Laws  of  1871,  entitled  "An  act  to 
enable  the  city  of  Manchester  to  establish  water-works,"  ex- 
cept as  further  extended  an  amount  of  $300,000,  by  laws  of 
1891,  chapter  26;  and  $200,000,  by  laws  of  1895,  chapter  172. 


BONDED    DEBT. 


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STATEMENT  OF  THE  ANNUAL  INTEREST  CHARGE  ON  THE  BONDED  DEBT. 


Xeae. 


1890... 
1891... 
1892... 
1893... 
1894... 
1895... 
1896... 


Six       Four 

per  ct.  per  ct. 
water  water 
bonds,  bonds. 


$27,000 
24,000 
18,000 
18,000 
18,000 
18,000 
12,000 


$6,000 
8,000 
12,000 
12,000 
14,000 
14,000 
20,000 


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and  5 
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water 
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9,500 
9,500 


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813.92  7,200  2,400 
1,000.00  7,200i  2,400 
1,041.66  7,200  2,400 
1,550.00 2,400 


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2,112.50' 


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2,400 


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$6,200 
6,200 
6,200 
6,200 
6,200 
6,200 
6,200 


$8,000 
12,000 
16,000 


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per  ct. 
school 
bonds 
and 
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$4,800* 
14,400t 


$49,423.75 
48,613.92 
46,800.00 

46,841.66 
59,650.00 
68,712.50 
82,612.50 


SUMMARY  or  CITY  DEBT. 

Amount  of  bonded  debt  January  1,  1896 $1,571,250.00 

Amount  of  cemeteiy  bonds  issued  in  1896 6,000.00 

Amount  of  Granite  Street  Bridge  bonds  issued 

in  1896 130,000.00 

Amount  of  improvement  bonds  issued  in  1896  100,000.00 

Amount  of  school  bonds  issued  in  1896 120,000.00 

Accrued  interest  on  bonded  debt 31,750.00 

$1,959,000.00 

Amount  of  security  note  or  bond  X $100,000.00 

Total  indebtedness  December  31,  1896  $2,059,000.00 


*Thi8  amount  will  be  reduced  $400  annually  by  payment  of  principal. 
t  This  amount  will  be  reduced  $1,400  annually  by  payment  of  principal. 
t  This  loan  was  made  by  authority  of   resolution   passed  January  26,  1894,  and   renewed 
March  3,  1896. 


BONDED    DEBT,  717 
AVAILABLE  ASSETS. 

Net  cash  on  hand  January  1,  1897 $160,863.04 

Taxes  uncollected,  list  of  1896 56,758.63 

Stock  of  Suncook  Valley  Eailroad,  estimated 

value 14,500.00 

Sinking  fund , 96,401.50 

$338,523.17 

BONDED  DEBT. 

Total' net  indebtedness  January  1,  1897 $1,730,476.83 

Total  net  indebtedness  January  1,  1896 1,501,611.04 

Increase    $288,865.79 


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VALUATION   OF    REAL    ESTATE    OWNED    BY   THE    CITY.      719 

Valuation  of  Real  Estate  owned  by  the  City. 

High  School,  Beech  street,  corner  Lowell  : 

Building  (unfinished) $100,000.00 

59,4:00  square  feet  of  land 17,820.00 

$117,820.00 

Franklin-street  school,    Franklin    street,    corner 
Pleasant  : 

Building $16,000.00 

19,200  square  feet  of  land 19,200.00 

$35,200.00 

Spring-street  school,  Spring  street  : 

Building $13,000.00 

13,600  square  feet  of  land 13,600.00 

$26,600.00 

Lincoln-street  school,  Lincoln  street,  corner  ]\Ier- 

rimack  : 

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 

$67,263.00 

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 

Wehster-street  school,  Webster  street  : 

Building $39,000.00 

55,714f  square  feet  of  land 13,928.00 

$52,928.00 

Blodget-street  school,  Blodget  street: 

Building $1,500.00 

9,000  square  feet  of  land 3,600.00 

$5,100.00 


720  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Lowell-street  school,  Lowell  street,  corner  Chest- 
nut : 

Building    $1,000.00 

9,000  square  feet  of  land 9,000.00 

$10,000.00 

Merrimack-street  school,  Merrimack  street,  corner 

Union  : 

Building $15,000.00 

12,600  square  feet  of  land 6,300.00 

$21,300.00 

South  Main-street  school.  South  Main  street.  West 

Manchester  : 

Building    $20,000.00 

13,650  square  feet  of  land 2,0-17.00 

$22,047.00 

Bq.kersville  school.  Elm  street,  south  : 

Building $10,000.00 

21,184  square  feet  of  land 3,628.00 

$13,628.00 

Stark  District  school,  Eiver  road,  north  : 

Building $1,000.00 

43,560  square  feet  of  land 100.00 

$1,100.00 

Amoskeag  school,  Front  street,  Amoskeag  : 

Building $1,500.00 

6,000  square  feet  of  land 1,000.00 

$2,500.00 

Eimmon   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 

$4,250.00 


VALUATION    OF    REAL    ESTATE    OWNED    BY    THE    CITY.        721 

Harvey  District  school,  Nutt  road  : 

Building $2,000.00 

21,780  square  feet  of  land 100.00 

$2,100.00 

Webster  Mills  school,  Webster  Mills  : 

Building $400.00 

5,445  square  feet  of  land 100.00 

$500.00 

Old  Hallsville  school,  East  Manchester  : 

Building $500.00 

30,075  square  feet  of  land 3,008.00 

$3,508.00 

Youngsville  school,  Youngsville  : 

Building $500.00 

51,228  square  feet  of  land 100.00 

$600.00 

Mosquito  Pond  school,  Mosquito  Pond  : 

Building $400.00 

10,890  square  feet  of  land 100.00 

$500.00 

Pearl-street  school  : 

Building $18,700.00 

Land 3,200.00 

$21,900.00 

Varney  school,  Bowman  street,  corner  Mast,  West 

Manchester  : 

Building $43,750.00 

Land 6,700.00 

$50,450.00 

New    Hallsville    school,    Jewett    street,    corner 

Young,  East  Manchester  : 

Building $29,800.00 

44,000  square  feet  of  land 3,300.00 

$33,100.00 

Straw  school,  Chestnut  street,  corner  Harrison: 

Building    $30,000.00 

32,400  square  feet  of  land 16,200.00 

$46,200.00 

46 


722  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

New  Wilson  school,  "Wilson,  Cedar,  and  xVuljurn 
streets: 

Building    ' $30,000.00 

40,000  square  feet  of  land 5,000.00 

$35,000.00 

$662,556.00 

EXGINE-HOUSES. 

Engine-house  and  stable,  Central  station.  Tine 
street: 

Building    $31,800.00 

21,718.86  square  feet  of  land. . .       25,438.00 

$57,238.00 

North    Main-street    engine-house,    North    Main 

street,  West  Manchester: 

Building    $18,000.00 

11,819  square  feet  of  land 2,955.00 

$20,955.00 

Webster-street  engine-house,  Webster  street,  cor- 
ner 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    $3,000.00 

18,330  square  feet  of  land 3,666.00 

$6,666.00 

Engine-house  and  wardroom,  ward  9,  Eimmon  and 
Amory  streets.  West  Manchester: 

Building    $22,755.00 

6,000  square  feet  of  land 870.00 

$23,625.00 


VALUATION    OF   REAL    ESTATE    OWNED    BY   THE    CITY.       723 

South  Manchester  hosehouse: 

Building    $4,200.00 

4,278  square  feet  of  land 684.48 

$4,884.48 


$147,548.48 

OTHER    PUBLIC    BUILDINGS   AND    LOTS. 

City  library.  Dean  avenue,  corner  Franklin  street: 

Building    $35,000.00 

15,000  square  feet  of  land 30,000.00 

$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 

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  Mer- 
rimack: 

Building    $20,000.00 

19,000  square  feet  of  land 57,000.00 

$77,000.00 


Battery  building,  Manchester  street: 

Building    $13,000.00 

3,400  square  feet  of  land 5,100.00 


Police  station,  Manchester  street,  corner  Chest- 
nut: 

Building $40,000.00 

7,500  square  feet  of  land 15,000.00 


$18,100.00 


$55,000.00 


$9,000.00 


724  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

Slay  ton  lot,  Manchester  street: 

Police  patrol  stable $4,000.00 

Building 300.00 

2,908  square  feet  of  land 4,700.00 

City  stable  and  other  ])uildings,  Franklin  street: 

Building    $15,950.00 

44,G56  square  feet  of  land 89,312.00 

$105,262.00 

City  stable,  district  No.  10 $1,000.00 

City  scales,  Franklin  street: 

Building    $300.00 

Gravel  lots,  Goffstown: 

2  acres   $400.00 

Police  station,  Clinton  street,  West  Manchester: 

Building    $3,500.00 

3,790  square  feet  of  land 1,000.00 


$4,500.00 


Gravel  lot,  district  No.  10,  bought  of  Brooks  & 
Brock  (city  has  right  to  remove  gravel  until 
August  25,  1903): 

1 1-3  acres $500.00 

Ward  5  wardroom,  Lake  avenue: 

Building    $4,500.00 

Land    1,000.00 

$5,500.00 

$651,802.00 

PERSONAL    PROPERTY    OWNED    BY    THE    CITY. 

Property  in  care  city  engineer $1,149.00 

in  care  chief  engineer  fire  department  108,064.50 

in  care  street  and  park  commission..  25,761.02 

in  care  superintendent  of  schools 36,755.00 

in  care  city  messenger 3,000.00 

in  care  city  marshal  and  janitor 7,250.00 


VALUATION    OF    REAL    ESTATE    OWNED    BY   THE    CITY.        725 

Property  in  care  superintendent  of  city  farm.  .  . .  $12,174.77 

in  care  trustees  city  library 30,000.00 

in  care  superintendent  of  Pine  Grove 

cemetery 248.35 

in  care  superintendent  Valley  cemetery  106.00 
Stock  in  Suncook  Valley  Eailroad,  in  care  of 

city  treasurer    50,000.00 

Personal  property  in  care  city  weigher 1,000.00 

$275,508.64 

Uncollected  taxes  in  1895 $4,925.13 

Uncollected  taxes  in  1896 56,758.63 

Net  cash  in  the  treasury,  December  31,  1896 ....     160,863.04 

$222,546.80 

OTHER    REAL    AND    PERSONAL    ESTATE    OW^NED    BY    THE    CITY. 

Soldiers'  monument  $25,000.00 

Permanent  inclosure  of  commons 10,200.00 

Amoskeag  bridge  over  Merrimack  river 25,000.00 

Fountains  and  water-troughs  on  streets  and  com- 
mons      3,600.00 

Two  city  tombs 10,000.00 

McGregor  bridge 90,000.00 

Granite  bridge 130,000.00 

South  Main-street  bridge,  over  Piscataquog  river  28,450.00 

Second-street  bridge,  over  Piscataquog  river. . . .  52,036.06 

Print-Works  bridge,  on  Granite,  over  lower  canal  5,000.00 

Two  bridges  in  highway  district  No.  9 2,000.00 

One  bridge  at  Goffe's  Falls 1,000.00 

Expended  on  construction  of  sewers 585,103.73 

$967,389.79 

PARKS     AND     CEMETERIES. 

Valley  cemetery,  19.7  acres $200,000.00 

Pine  Grove  cemetery,  about  96  acres 46,700.00 


726  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY    AUDITOR. 

xlmoskeag  cemetery,  1.23  acres $4,340.00 

Stark  park,  28  acres 9,000.00 

Derryfield  park,  76  acres 25,000.00 

Concord  common,  4.48  acres 200,000.00 

Tremont  common,  2.25  acres 40,000.00 

Hanover  common,  3  acres 100,000.00 

Park  common,  3.49  acres 60,000.00 

Merrimack  common,  5.89  acres 200,000.00 

Wagner's  park,  9.85  acres 12,000.00 

$897,040.00 

WATER-WORKS. 

Real  estate  and  personal  property  of  water-works, 

at  cost  price $1,413,816.91 

RECAPITULATION. 

Real  estate  owned  by  the  city,  schoolhouses . . . .  $662,556.00 

Real  estate  owned  by  the  city 651,802.00 

Real  estate  owned  by  the  city,  engine  houses. .  145,548.48 

Water-works  at  cost  price 1,413,816.91 

Personal  property  owned  by  the  city 275,508.64 

Uncollected  taxes  and  cash 222,546.80 

Other  real  and  personal  property 967,389.79 

Parks  and  cemeteries 897,040.00 

$5,236,208.62 

PROPERTY    ACCOUNT. 

Inventory  of  assets,  December  31, 1896 $5,236,208.62 

Inventory  of  assets,  December  31,  1895 4,863,206.55 

Gain  in  valuation $373,002.07 


auditor's  office.  727 


Auditor's  Office. 


City  hall  building.  Open  from  8  to  12  a.  m.,  1.30  to  5  p.  jl; 
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  expendi- 
ture, and  is  there  a  balance  unexpended  sufficient  to  pay  this 
bill? 

i.  Are  the  number  of  articles  in  the  bill,  or  the  measure- 
ments 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  j^aper  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. 

8.  Any  other  inquiries  in  matters  of  law  and  fact  which 
affect  the  question  of  indebtedness  before  the  auditor. 

9.  Approval,  rejection,  or  suspension  for  further  informa- 
tion or  correction  as  the  circumstances  of  each  case  may 
require. 


728  REPORT   OF   THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

COURT  DECISIONS,  LEGAL  POINTS  AND  RULES,  RELATING  TO 
THE  APPROVAL  OR  DISAPPROVAL  OF  CLAIMS  AGAINST 
THE    CITY. 

No  bill  or  account  shall  be  paid  by  the  city  treasurer  until 
the  auditor  has  approved  it  as  correct. 

Public  trusts  or  powers  devolved  by  law  or  charter  on  the 
city  councils  cannot  be  delegated  to  others.  Dillon's  Munici- 
pal  Corporations,  section  96,  volume  1. 

No  member  of  either  branch  [of  the  city  councils],  except 
the  mayor,  shall  receive  any  compensation  for  his  services,  or 
shall  hold  any  office  or  agency  created  during  his  continuance 
in  office.     General  Laws,  chapter  46,  section  13. 

The  executiv^e  powers  of  the  city,  except  where  vested  in  the 
mayor,  shall  be  exercised  by  the  mayor  and  aldermen.  Gen- 
eral 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  Laivs,  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 
purchase  of  or  contract  with  themselves,  with  any  one  of  the 
•board,  or  with  any  firm  of  which  one  of  said  officials  is  a  mem- 
ber. Dillon's  Municipal  Corporations,  volume  1,  page  436, 
section  444. 

Every  bill  against  the  city  shall  specify  the  particular  appro- 
priation to  which  the  same  should  be  charged,  and  the  mon- 
eys paid  will  be  charged  to  such  appropriations  only. 


auditor's  office.  729 

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  minis- 
terial act  to  be  performed  by  its  agent  or  agents  must  be  strictly 
construed,  and  the  act  to  be  done  must  be  specifically  stated. 

The  board  of  engineers  have  the  authority  of  firewards. 
{General  Laws,  chapter  106,  section  11.)  They  have  no 
power  conferred  upon  them  by  law  or  ordinance  to  purchase 
new  apparatus  of  any  kind. 

The  joint  standing  committee  on  fire  department  have  ad- 
visory powers  only. 

The  laws  and  ordinances  require  the  city  auditor  to  with- 
hold 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  relating  to  the  duties  of  the  city  auditor,  approved 
January  7,  1890. 

The  po\^er  of  towns  to  raise  and  appropriate  money  is  de- 
rived solely  from  statutory  provisions,  which  restrict  the 
power  to  certain  specified  objects  and  other  necessary  charges. 

Votes  to  raise  or  pay  money  for  purposes  other  than  those 
prescribed  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  tninority  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 
telegraph,  the  chief  engineer,  to  be  submitted  monthly  to  the 


730  REPORT    OF    THE   CITY   AUDITOR. 

approval  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,  superin- 
tendent, or  such  person  as  the  board  of  school  committee  may 
designate,  bills  to  be  approved  by  the  board  monthly;  for 
streets,  sewers,  and  other  work  under  these  departments, 
street  and  park  commissioners;  for  city  clerk's  office,  treas- 
urer's office,  tax  collector's  office,  assessor's  office,  auditor's 
office,  incidental  expenditures,  city  physician,  city  messenger, 
city  solicitor,  city  engineer, — mayor;  for  cemeteries,  suj^erin- 
tendents,  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,  subject  to  such  lim- 
itations and  restrictions  as  the  board  of  aldermen,  acting  as  a 
board,  may  require. 


RESOLUTIONS,    ORDERS,    ORDI- 
NANCES. 


RESOLUTIONS,   ORDERS,    ORDINANCES 

PASSED  m  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Resolution  for  the  appointment  of  a  Special  Committee  to 
consider  the  revision  of  Chapter  6  of  the  Ordinances. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  a  Joint  special  committee  consisting  of  two  aldermen 
and  three  councilmen  be  appointed  to  take  into  consideration 
the  revision  of  chapter  6  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Man- 
chester. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Resolution  for  a  Police  Patrol  System. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  the  mayor  and  board  of  police  commissioners  be 
authorized  to  contract  for  and  put  in  a  police  patrol  system  for 
said  city  of  Manchester,  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  six  thou- 
sand dollars;  the  same  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  appropriation 
for  the  police  commission,  and  that  a  joint  committee  of  five, 
consisting  of  two  aldermen  and  three  councilmen,  be  ap- 
pointed to  act  in  conjunction  with  mayor  and  police  commis- 
sioners in  the  matter. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 

733 


734  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolution  providing  for  a  Loan  of  One  Hundred  Thousand 

Dollars. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  whereas  the  Second  ISTational  Bank  of  Manchester, 
N.  H.,  now  holds  a  note  of  the  city  of  Manchester  for  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000),  which  wall  be  due  and 
payable  the  first  day  of  April  next,  that  the  mayor  and  joint 
standing  committee  on  finance  be  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
for  and  in  the  name  of  the  city  a  new  note  in  payment  of  said 
note  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  date;  and  that  said  com- 
mittee shall  advertise  for  proposals  to  accept  said  note,  and 
that  the  same  be  awarded  to  the  party  agreeing  to  accept  said 
note  and  to  furnish  the  money  therefor  at  the  lowest  rate  of 
interest,  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  under  which  said 
former  note  was  executed. 

Passed  March  3, 1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolution  exempting  from  taxation  the  Worral   Clutch 

Works. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  whereas  the  Worral  Clutch  Works,  a  corporation  duly 
established  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Xew  Hampshire, 
proposes  to  erect  and  put  in  operation  in  said  city  of  Man- 
chester an  establishment  for  the  ])urpose  of  manufacturing, 
selling,  disposing  of,  and  dealing  in  friction  clutches  and 
patentable  machinery  of  a  similar  character,  and  represents 
that  the  capital  to  be  used  in  operating  same,  including  plant, 
is  now  twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 


RESOLUTIONS.  735 

Therefore,  resolved  that  said  establishment,  and  the  capital  as 
now  or  hereafter  fixed  to  be  used  in  operating  same,  be,  and 
the  same  are,  hereby  exempt  from  taxation  for  a  term  of  ten 
years,  provided  that  any  building  erected  by  said  corporation 
for  its  purposes  shall  be  built  of  brick. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


City  of  Manchestee. 

EESOLUTioisr  providing  for  a  Semi-Centennial  Celebration  of 
the  Inauguration  of  the  City  Government. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  the  semi-centennial  anniversary  of  the  inauguration 
of  the  city  government  of  the  city  of  Manchester  be  celebrated 
upon  such  days  of  the  second  week  in  September  as  the  special 
committee  upon  semi-centennial  celebration  shall  determine, 
and  that  the  full  charge  of  the  arrangements  for  said  celebra- 
tion be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  special  committee  heretofore 
appointed  by  the  city  councils,  to  which  committee  shall  be 
added,  to  act  conjointly  with  them,  the  following-named 
citizens: 

Frederick  Smyth,  Moody  Currier,  P.  C.  Cheney,  Isaac  W. 
Smith,  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  Alpheus  Gay,  George  H.  Stearns, 
David  B.  Varney,  E.  J.  Knowlton,  Byron  Worthen,  C.  A.  Sul- 
loway,  James  F.  Briggs,  H.  W.  Blair,  David  Cross,  E.  M.  Top- 
liff,  David  P.  Perkins,  Joseph  W.  Fellows,  N.  P.  Hunt,  Henry 
E,  Burnham,  Isaac  L.  Heath,  Lewis  W.  Clark,  John  C.  Bick- 
ford,  William  H.  Elliott,  John  B.  Varick,  William  H.  Plumer, 
John  Mooar,  J.  Hodge,  Otis  Barton,  George  H.  Hubbard,  A.  G. 
Fairbanks,  Warren  Harvey,  William  Boyd,  Joseph  L.  Stevens, 
Orrin  E.  Kimball,  Bushrod  W.  Hill,  George  C.  Gilmore,  An- 
drew Bunton,  John  C.  French,  Andrew  C.  Wallace,  George  S. 


736  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

Holmes,  George  H.  Tanswell,  George  IIoll)rook,  Thomas  Cor- 
coran, Walter  Neal,  M.  Prout,  S.  D.  Quint,  Thomas  L.  Quimby, 
A.  H.  Daniels,  William  B.  Patten,  H.  W.  Herrick,  David  Per- 
kins, Ignatius  T.  Webster,  A.  J.  Lane,  William  C.  Knowlton, 
William  S.  Locke,  E.  K.  Powell,  Joseph  Kidder,  P.  Kean, 
James  E,  Bailey,  Israel  Dow,  Charles  L.  Kichardson,  George 
A.  Clark,  Eben  T.  James,  C.  C.  Webster,  Patrick  Harrington, 
Peed  P.  Silver,  John  S.  Kidder,  Edward  Wagner,  John  E. 
Stearns,  Daniel  Connor,  David  H.  Young,  Daniel  F.  Straw, 
G.  W.  0.  Tebbetts,  Frank  Dowst,  George  W.  Dodge,  Z.  F. 
Campbell,  John  B.  Hall,  William  T.  Stevens,  H.  N.  Hall, 
Lawrence  Dowd,  John  F.  Chase,  Allen  N.  Clapp,  Horatio 
Fradd,  C.  H.  Hutchinson,  William  Starr,  Emil  Custer,  0.  D. 
Abbott,  John  Ferguson,  W.  M.  Parsons,  E.  P.  Ricliardson, 
Walter  Cody,  IST.  S.  Clark,  Charles  Chase,  Clarence  M.  Edgerly, 
Charles  AVilliams,  D.  M.  Poore,  Joseph  Quirin,  George  F.  El- 
liot,  George  Bisco,   Josiah    S.    Sliannon,   J.    Q.   A.   Eager, 
Horace  Pettee,  Frederick  C.  Dow,  C.  W.  Clement,  John  B. 
Prescott,  Joseph  Ferren,  Stephen  Piper,  Clark  Hadley,  J.  E. 
Bernier,  L.  W.  Colby,  N.  S.  Bean,  J.  A.  V.  Smith,  Wifliam  E. 
Moore,  Gilman  Clough,  Charles  D.  Welch,  Charles  K.  Walker, 
S.  A.  Felton,  John  N.  Bruce,  Francis  B,  Eaton,   George  A. 
Leighton,  Joseph  R.  Weston,  L.  B.  Bodwell,  Frank  P.  Kim- 
ball, Henry  B.  Fairbanks,  Frank  Preston,  Edward  M.  Slayton, 
Eoger  G.  Sullivan,    John  Hayes,    John  Dowst,    Samuel  H. 
]\Iead,  Frank  W.  Fitts,  S.  C.  Gould,  Josiah  G.  Dearborn,  John 
C.  Pay,  J.  B.  Estey,  George  W.  Weeks,  Thomas  P.  Badger, 
John  A.  McCrillis,  Samuel  Thompson,  L.  A.  Biron,  Gustav 
Langer,  Herman  F.  Straw,    C.  D.  McDufRe,    S.  N.  Bourne, 
George  F.  Whitten,  Frank  P.  Carpenter,  A.  P,  Olzendam, 
Thomas  Walker,  Jr.,  F.  A.  Hoyt,  George  P.  Crafts,  N.  W. 
Kimball,  L.  H.  Josselyn,  Aretas  Blood,  G.  Byron  Chandler, 
Walter  M.  Parker,  Charles  T.  Means,  Henry  M.  Putney,  E.  J. 
Burnham,  AVilliam  Corey,  Thomas  W.  Lane,  Alonzo  Elliott,  . 
Josiah  Carpenter,  William  j^.  Johnson^  Edward  W.  Harring- 
ton, James  F.  Cavanaugh,  C.  L.  Harmon,  William  E.  Buck, 


RESOLUTIONS.  737 

Tom  W.  Eobinsou,  Charles  C.  Hayes,  Charles  W.  Farmer, 
William  J.  Hoyt,  Charles  E.  Stearns,  Dennis  F.  O'Connor, 
Charles  W.  Bailey,  Daniel  F.  Healy,  Edmond  Pinard,  Henry  F. 
Lindquist,  Michael  J.  Healy,  William  Marcotte,  James  Spence, 
Perry  H.  Dow,  C.  M.  Floyd,  Walter  M.  Fulton,  F.  W.  Leeman, 
J.  H.  Eiedell,  Herbert  W.  Eastman,  G.  I.  Hopkins,  Frank  S. 
Sutcliffe,  William  H.  Huse,  Harry  I.  Dodge,  J.  Frank  Baldwin, 
D.  S.  Kimball,  Joel  Daniels,  J.  J.  Abbott,  Edwin  F.  Jones,  F. 
N.  Cheney,  James  E.  Dodge,  John  P.  Mullen,  Henri  Gazaille, 
George  Blanchet,  G.  ]\I.  L.  Lane,  H.  I.  Faueher,  A.  E.  Bois- 
vert.  Freeman  Higgins,  H.  P.  Simpson,  William  Weber,  George 
W.  Dearborn,  Eufus  Wilkinson,  George  S.  Eastman,  Henry  A. 
Farrington,  Walter  G.  Africa,  A.  A.  Ainsworth,  E.  E.  Coburn, 
Alonzo  Day,  Frank  P.  Colby,  George  F.  Bosher,  W.  F.  Hub- 
bard, John  K.  McQuesten,  C.  Albert  iNTordstrom,  George  0. 
Sorenson,  Charles  jSTelgy,  Frederick  Scheer,  George  L.  Woods. 
Mrs.  Aretas  Blood,  Mrs.  David  Cross,  Mrs.  Olive  Eand 
Clarke,  Mrs.  Lucinda  L.  Farmer,  Mrs.  Mary  Marshall  James, 
Mrs.  Helen  Kinsley  Dunlap,  Mrs.  Emma  A.  H.  Piper, 
Mrs.  Amanda  W.  Smith,  Miss  Betsey  B.  She]3ard,  Mrs.  Ange- 
line  B.  Cilley,  Mrs.  George  W.  Weeks,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Cox,  Eliza- 
beth B.  Stark,  J\Irs.  Arthur  E.  Clarke,  Mrs.  Joseph  W.  Fellows, 
Mrs.  Charles  B.  Bradley,  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Balch,  Sarah  J. 
Green,  Elizabeth  McDougall,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Wallace,  Mrs.  John 
B.  Varick,  Mrs.  H.  P.  Priest,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Blair,  Mrs.  W.  K. 
Bobbins,  Nancy  S.  Bunton,  Mrs.  Charles  K.  Walker,  Mrs.  E. 
W.  Brigham,  Miss  Isabella  G.  Mack,  Mrs.  George  H.  Walker, 
Mrs.  H.  Wilbur  Sargent,  Mrs.  Luther  S.  Proctor,  Mrs.  A.  S. 
Lamb,  Mrs.  0.  D.  Knox,  Mrs.  A.  P.  Tasker,  Mrs.  John  Eobert- 
son. 

The  expense  of  said  celebration  to  be  charged  to  the  appro- 
priation for  semi-centennial  celebration  and  not  to  exceed  the 
sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($3,000),  and  the  bills  for  the 
same  shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


738  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

City  of  Maxchestee. 

Eesolutiox  appropriating  One  Hundred  and  Thirty  Thou- 
sand Dolhirs  for  the  Erection  of  a  new  Steel  Bridge  on 
Granite  street,  and  providing  for  the  issue  of  bonds  for  said 
amount. 

Besolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and  completing  a  steel 
bridge,  sixty  feet  in  width,  across  the  Merrimack  river  on 
Granite  street,  to  replace  the  structure  recently  carried  away 
by  flood,  there  l^e,  and  hereby  is,  appropriated  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  thirty  thousand  dollars  ($130,000),  and  that 
said  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  thousand  dollars 
($130,000),  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be 
obtained  by  the  issue  of  the  bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester. 
Said  bonds  shall  bear  date  of  July  1,  1896,  and  shall  be  pay- 
able as  follows  :  $25,000,  July  1, 1897;  $25,000,  July  1,  1898; 
$25,000,  July  1,  1899;  $25,000,  July  1,  1900;  $30,000,  July  1, 
1901;  and  bear  interest  at  four  (4)  per  cent  per  annum,  pa}'- 
able  semi-annually  on  the  first  days  of  July  and  January  of 
each  year.  Said  bonds  to  be  in  denominations  of  $1000  each, 
and  bear  coupons  for  the  semi-annual  payments  of  interest  as 
aforesaid;  said  bonds  shall  be  payable  to  the  bearer,  shall  be 
signed  by  the  mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  city  treasurer 
with  the  seal  of  the  city  affixed  thereto,  and  the  coupons  shall 
bear  the  facsimile  signature  of  the  city  treasurer. 

The  fixing  of  the  place  of  payment  and  the  sale  of  said  bonds 
is  hereby  delegated  to  the  city  treasurer,  he  to  act  under  the 
direction  of  the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on 
finance.  Said  bonds  to  be  sold  to  the  highest  bidder  upon 
proposals  for  the  purchase  of  the  same  issued  by  the  city 
treasurer  under  direction  as  aforesaid,-and  said  bonds  shall  be 
issued  as  the  money  shall  be  needed  for  the  work;  and  the  city 
councils  shall  annually  appro])riate  sufficient  money  to  pay  the 


RESOLUTIONS.  739 

interest  of  said  bonds  and  the  amount  of  the  principal  as  the 
same  shall  come  due  each  year  until  the  final  payment. 

These  bonds  to  be  issued  by  virtue  of  the  "municipal  bonds 
act/'  1895,  passed  by  the  legislature  of  the  state  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. 

Passed  April  27,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolution  making  a  Temporary  Loan  of  One  Hundred 
Thousand  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,  1896,  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  tlie  city  treasurer. 

Passed  April  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolittion  of  Thanks  to  the  town  of  Jaifrey. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  the  thanks  of  the  city  of  Manchester  be  and  the  same 
are  hereby  extended  to  the  town  of  Jaffrey  for  the  generous 
gift  %j  said  town  to  the  city  of  the  original  records  of  the 
proprietors  of  Tyng's  township;  and 

That  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be  forwarded  to  the  town  of 
Jaffrey. 

Passed  April  7, 1896. 


740  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolutiox  providing  for  an  Aclditiou  to  Derryfield  Park. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  all  the  land  now  owned  by  the  city  of  Manchester  to 
the  north  of  Derryiield  Park  as  at  present  established,  said 
land  being  the  same  purchased  from  the  Amoskeag  Manufac- 
turing Company  by  its  deed  dated  November  1, 1893,  and  from 
the  heirs  of  the  late  John  J.  Bell  by  deeds  dated  the  first  day 
of  March,  1894,  with  the  exception  and  expressly  reserving^ 
that  part  of  said  land  now  occupied  by  the  high  pressure 
reservoir,  and  the  land  surrounding  said  reservoir  and  inclosed 
within  the  fence  as  now  built,  be  and  the  same  hereby  is  laid 
out  and  established  as  a  part  of  and  addition  to  said  Derry- 
field park,  and  said  land  shall  be  occupied  as  a  park,  and  is 
hereby  placed  under  the  control  of  the  board  of  street  and 
park  commissioners;  but  the  part  Avhich  is  excepted  as  above 
is  hereby  left  in  the  care  of  the  board  of  water  commissioners, 
and  shall  be  managed  and  controlled  subject  to  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  they  from  time  to  time  see  fit  to  make. 

Passed  May  5, 1896. 


City  of  Maxchester. 

Eesolutiox  relating  to  the  Weston  Observatory. 

Resolved  lay  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

Whereas,  by  the  provisions  of  the  will  of  the  late  Ex-Gov. 
James  A.  Weston  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000) 
was  bequeathed  to  the  city  of  Manchester  for  the  purpose  of 
erecting  upon  the  summit  of  Oak  hill  an  observatory  to  be 
known  as  the  "AYeston  Ol^servatory,"  on  condition  that  the 


KESOLUTIONS.  741 

said  summit  of  Oak  hill  be  made  a  park  or  a  part  of  a  public 
park  bj^  the  city  of  ]\[anchester;  and,  whereas,  said  land  has 
been  laid  out  and  established  as  a  part  of  Derryfleld  park, 
be  it 

Eesolved,  that  a  committee  consisting:  of  the  mayor,  one 
alderman,  to  be  named  by  the  mayor,  the  president  of  the 
common  council,  one  councilman,  to  be  named  by  the  president 
of  the  common  council,  the  chairman  of  the  board  of  street 
and  park  commissioners,  and  five  citizens  to  be  named  by  the 
mayor,  be  appointed  for  the  purpose  of  buildino-  such  observa- 
tory, as  soon  as  said  bequest  shall  be  paid  to  the  city  treasurer, 
and  said  committee  are  hereby  giveu  full  power  to  do  anything 
and  everything  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the  full  meaning 
and  intent  of  this  vote;  all  the  expenses  incurred  by  said  com- 
mittee to  be  paid  out  of  said  bequest,  and  said  observatory, 
when  the  same  shall  be  completed,  shall  then  be  turned  over 
to  the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners,  to  be  main- 
tained in  accordance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  said 
board  shall  prescribe. 

Passed  May  5,  1896. 


City  of  Maxchestee. 

Eesolution  relating  to  Building  Eegulations  for  the  City  of 
Manchester. 

Eesolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common,  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  a  special  committee  consisting  of  His  Honor  the 
Mayor,  one  alderman,  one  member  of  the  common  council,  and 
three  citizens  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  be  directed  to 
draw  up  a  set  of  building  regulations  for  the  city  of  Manchester, 
and  report  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  city  government. 

Passed  May  5, 1896. 


742  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolutiox  transferring  Money  and  appropriating  Twenty 
Thousand  Dollars  for  a  New  School  house. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  new  eight-room  school 
building  upon  the  lot  of  land  owned  by  the  city  in  West  Man- 
chester, situated  on  the  corner  of  South  Main,  A,  and  Bowman 
streets,  there  be  appropriated  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand 
dollars  ($20,000),  the  same  to  be  known  as  "the  special  appro- 
priation for  new  West  Manchester  schoolhouse." 

Besolved,  further,  that  the  appropriation  heretofore  made 
for  the  purchase  of  additional  land  for  Derryfield  park  of 
eight  thousand  dollars  ($8,000)  be  and  hereby  is  transferred 
to  this  special  appropriation  for  new  West  Manchester  school- 
house; 

Resolved,  further,  that  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000)  be 
transferred  from  the  appropriation  heretofore  made  for  re- 
serve fund  to  said  appropriation  for  new  West  Manchester 
schoolhouse; 

Resolved,  further,  that  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000)  be 
transferred  from  the  appropriation  heretofore  made  for  inci- 
dental expenses  to  the  said  appropriation  for  new  West  Man- 
chester schoolhouse; 

Resolved,  further,  that  the  amount  of  money  realized  from 
the  sale  of  the  School-street  lot  heretofore  ordered  by  the  city 
councils,  when  the  same  shall  be  received  be  appropriated  as 
follows  :  Two  Thousand  dollars  ($2,000)  for  incidental  ex- 
penses, and  the  balance  for  reserve  fund. 

Passed  May  5, 1896. 


resolutions.  743 

City  of  Manchester. 

Resolution  for  the  appropriation  of  $40,000  to  complete  and 
equip  the  new  High  School  Building,  and  for  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: 

That  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  ($40,000)  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  completing  and 
equipping  the  new  high  school  Imilding,  now  in  i^rocess  of  erec- 
tion, and  that  said  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  ($40,000),  or 
60  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  raised  by  the  issue  of 
bonds  of  said  city  of  Manchester,  said  bonds  to  be  dated  July  1, 
1896,  and  payable  to  bearer  upon  the  first  day  of  Juh^  1916. 

Said  bonds  to  bear  the  city  seal,  to  be  signed  by  the 
mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  city  treasurer,  and  to  bear  in- 
terest at  the  rate  of  four  (4)  i^er  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  instruc- 
tions 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  leg- 
islature of  New  Hampshire,  passed  at  the  January  session, 
1895,  entitled,  "An  act  to  authorize  municipal  corporations  to 
issue  bonds."  And  that,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  inter- 
est and  principal,  as  it  shall  become  due,  of  the  said  bonds, 
there  shall  annually  be  raised  by  the  city  councils,  in  the  years 
1897  to  1916  inclusive,  such  sum  of  money  as  shall  be  suffi- 
cient to  meet  the  interest  upon  the  bonds  each  year  outstand- 
ing; and  a  further  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000),  each 


744  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

3'ear,  for  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  ordi- 
nance of  November  17,  1893,  and  applied  to  the  payment  of 
said  bonds. 

This  resolution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

Passed  July  14,  1896. 


':'  City  of  Manchester. 

Resolutiox  transferring  certain  Money. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  tlie  city  clerk  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  make  the 
following  transfer: 

From  the  appropriation  for  the  repairs  of  highways  to  the 
appropriation  for  snow  and  ice,  nine  hundred  and  forty-one 
and  eighty-four  one  hundredths  dollars  ($941.8-1). 

Passed  July  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Resolution  appropriating  Twelve  Thousand  Dolhirs  ($12,- 
000)  for  the  purchase  of  Land  in  "Ward  Eight. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  tract  of  land  to  be 
established  as  a  public  common  in  ward  8,  there  be 
appropriated  the  sum  of  twelve  thousand  dollars  ($12,000), 
and  that  said  sum  of  money  be  obtained  bv  the  issuing  of 


RESOLUTIONS.  745 

the  promissory  notes  of  the  city  of  Manchester,  said  notes  to  be 
dated  the  same  day  as  the  date  of  the  deed  from  the  owner  of 
said  hind  to  the  city,  and  to  be  payable  to  the  order  of  the 
maker  of  said  deed  on  July  1,  1897,  and  to  bear  no  interest 
before  said  Jvily  1,  189T,  and  to  be  signed  by  the  city  treasurer 
and  countersigned  by  the  mayor,  and  the  mayor  and  city  treas- 
urer are  authorized  to  do  all  things  necessary  to  issue  said 
notes. 

Passed  September  1,  1896. 


City  oe*  Maxchester. 

Resolution  for  the  issue  of  $100,000  of  Bonds  to  refund  the 
$100,000  of  AVater- Works  Bonds  coming  due  January  1,  1897. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  ($100,000),  with  which  to  pay  the  one  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  ($100,000)  of  water-works  bonds  now  outstanding, 
bearing  six  (6)  per  cent  interest,  which  come  due  January  1, 
1897,  there  be  issued  the  bonds  of  the  city  of  Manchester  to 
the  amount  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000),  said 
bonds  to  be  dated  January  1,  1897,  and  payable  to  bearer 
twenty  (20)  years  from  the  date  thereof. 

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 
hare  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  instruc- 
tions of  the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  finance, 


746  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

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  leg- 
islature 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. 

Resolved,  further,  that,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  inter- 
est and  principal  of  said  bonds,  as  the  same  shall  become  due, 
there  shall  be  annually  raised  by  tax  by  the  city  councils,  in  the 
years  1897  to  1916,  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  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000) 
each  year,  for  a  sinking  fund  for  the  payment  of  the  principal 
of  said  bonds,  as  it  shall  become  due,  until  a  sufficient  sinking 
fund  has  been  so  raised,  the  same  to  be  turned  over  to  the 
board  of  sinking  fund  commissioners,  created  by  ordinance  of 
November  17,  1893,  and  applied  to  the  payment  of  said  bonds. 

Passed  November  10,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolutiox  accepting  the  Bequest   of  the  late  James  A. 

AYeston. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  the  bequest  of  five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000)  to  the 
city  of  Manchester,  contained  in  the  will  of  the  Hon.  James  A. 
Weston,  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  an  observatory  on  the 
summit  of  Oak  Hill,  be  and  hereby  is  accepted,  and  that  a 
special  committee  consisting  of  the  mayor,  one  alderman,  and 


ORDERS.  747 

one  member  of  the  common  council  be  appointed  to  consult 
with  the  representatives  of  the  estate  of  Mr.  Weston,  and  to 
consider  what  further  steps  it  is  necessary  for  the  city  to  take  in 
order  to  receive  the  full  benefit  of  said  bequest,  and  to  make  a 
report  to  the  city  councils,  with  recommendations,  as  soon  as 
may  be. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Eesolution  relating  to  the  Deposit  of  Sylvanus  B.  Putnam, 
late  City  Treasurer. 

Resolved  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as  follows: 

That  the  deposit  in  the  National  Bank  of  the  Common- 
wealth  of  Manchester,  j^.  H.,  standing  in  the  name  of  Sylvanus 
B.  Putnam,  city  treasurer,  amounting  to  twenty-three  hun- 
dred and  forty-four  and  sixty-eight  one  hundredths  dollars 
($3,344.68)  be  accepted  by  the  city  of  Manchester  at  its  face, 
.and  that  the  estate  and  bondsmen  of  said  Sylvanus  B.  Putnam 
be  hereby  discharged  from  any  claim  upon  the  part  of  the  city 
for  any  part  of  said  sum. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  establish  the  Grade  of  Salmon  Street  from 
AYalnut  to  Beech  street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  grade  of  Salmon  street,  from  Walnut  to  Beech,  be  and 
is  hereby  established  as  follows: 

The  southeast  corner  of  Walnut  and  Salmon  streets  shall  be 


748  REPORT    OF   THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

elevation  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 
to  and  0.60  feet  lower  than  the  south  side  of  said  street. 

Eeference  being  made  to  the  plan  and  profile  of  Salmon 
street,  on  file  in  the  city  engineer's  department. 

Passed  January  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

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,  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. 

Passed  January  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

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  street  to  Wayne 
street;  in  Auburn  south  back  street,  from  Wilson  street  to  150 
feet  east  of  Hall;  in  Belmont  street,  from  Mead  to  Bridge 


ORDERS.  749 

street;  in  Spruce  street,  from  Canton  street  easterly  250  feet; 
and  the  expenses  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for 
new  sewers. 

Passed  January  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  erect  a  small  building  for  storing  Gasoline  and 
Supplies  at  Goffe's  Falls. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lands  and  build- 
ings be  and  hereby  are  authorized  to  erect  a  small  building  at 
Goffe's  Falls,  for  the  purpose  of  storing  gasoline  and  other  sup- 
plies to  light  the  street  lamps  in  the  district  of  Goffe's  Falls. 
The  cost  not  to  exceed  seventy-five  dollars  ($75),  and  the  same 
to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for  lighting  streets. 

Passed  January  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  erect  Certain  Electric  Lights  in  the  City  Proper, 
and  some  new  Lanterns  with  Gasoline  Attachments  in  the 
District  of  Goffe's  Falls. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lighting  streets  be 
and  are  hereby  authorized  to  erect  the  following  electric  lights: 

Corner  of  Hall  and  Belmont  streets;  corner  of  Charles  and 
Bridge  streets;  corner  of  Wilson  and  Auburn  streets;  corner 
of  Union  and  Silver  streets;  corner  of  Beech  and  Green 
streets;  corner  of  Valley  and  Union  streets;  on  Cedar  street, 
150  feet  west  of  Maple  street;  on  Wilkins  street  near  the  Mast 
road;  corner  of  Mast  and  D  streets. 


750  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

And  also  the  purchase  and  to  erect  15  new  copper  top 
lanterns,  with  plate  biirners  and  fixtures  attached  for  gasoline, 
with  all  the  apparatus  necessary  at  the  district  in  Goffe's 
Falls,  and  the  furnishing  the  supplies  necessary  to  supply  and 
light  the  same,  and  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the 
appropriation  for  lighting  streets. 

Passed  January  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Ax  Order  to  appropriate  Money  for  a  Xew  School  Building. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  Joint  standing  committee  on  finance  be  and  are 
hereby  instructed  to  appropriate  money  for  an  eight-room 
school  building  to  be  located  in  West  Manchester. 

Passed  February  4,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  in  regard  to  the  Lands  and  Buildings  Committee 
visiting  Schoolhouses  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lands  and  buildings 
be  authorized  to  visit  such  schoolhouses  in  the  vicinity  of 
Boston  as  they  shall  deem  expedient;  the  expense  of  the  same 
not  to  exceed  $50,  and  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for 
incidental  expenses. 

Passed  February  4, 1896. 


ORDERS.  751 

City  of  Manchester. 

Ax  Order  to  print  the  Fiftieth  Annual  Eeport  of  the  Re- 
ceipts and  Expenditures  of  the  City  of  Manchester. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  jVIayor  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  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,  super- 
intendent of  water-works,  water  commissioners,  engineer  of 
fire  department,  police  commissioners,  overseers  of  the  poor, 
trustees,  librarian,  and  treasurer  of  the  city  library,  committee 
on  cemeteries,  joint  standing  committee  on  city  farm,  city  phy- 
sician, city  solicitor,  city  engineer,  street  and  park  commis- 
sioners, 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. 

Passed  February  4,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  purchase  Three  Horses  for  use  in  the  Fire 
Department. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  fire  department 
be  authorized  to  purchase  three  horses  for  use  in  fire  depart- 
ment, the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation 
for  fire  department. 

Passed  February  4, 1896. 


752  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

City  of  Manchester. 

Ax  Order  to  pay  Election  Officers  in  Ward  Three. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  bill  for  services  of  ward  officers  at  the  special  election, 
December  27,  1895,  in  ward  3,  be  paid  and  charged  to  inci- 
dental expenses. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  purchase  Horses  for  use  in  the  Fire  Department. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  tire  department 
be  authorized  to  purchase  three  horses  for  use  in  the  fire  depart- 
ment, the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation 
for  fire  department. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  sell  Steel  Safe. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lands  and  build- 
ings be  and  are  hereby  authorized  to  sell  steel  safe  stored  in 
city  treasurei*'s  office. 

Passed  March  3,  1896. 


City'  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  authorizing  the  Committed  on  Setting  Trees  to 
expend  $200  for  Trees. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 


ORDERS.  753 

the  committee  on  setting  trees  be  authorized  to  expend  $200 
for  shade  trees,  the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appro- 
priation for  incidental  expenses. 

Passed  April  7,  1896. 


City  OF  Manchester. 

An  Order  for  the  procuring  of  Plans  and  Estimates  for  a  new 
School  Building  in  West  Manchester. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  ]\Iayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  the  Joint  standing  committee  on  lands  and 
buildings  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  obtain  plans 
and  estimates  for  building,  completing,  and  equipping  an 
eight-room  school  building,  to  be  located  on  the  lot  of  land 
owned  by  the  city  of  Manchester,  on  South  Main  street. 

Passed  April  7,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  relating  to  the  Proprietors'  Eecords  of  Tyng's 

Township. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  be  and  he  hereby  is  authorized  to  pay  all  expenses 
connected  with  the  obtaining  the  original  records  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Tyng's  township  from  the  town  of  Jaffrey,  and  the 
making  of  a  copy  of  that  portion  of  said  records  relating  to  the 
territory  now  embraced  in  the  town  of  Jaffrey,  the  said  expense 
in  all  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100),  and 
to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for  incidental  expenses. 

Passed  April  7,  1896. 


754  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

City  of  Manchester. 

Ax  Order  for  the  establishment  of  a  Police  Telegraph  and 
Patrol  System. 

Or^erecZ,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  city  of  Manchester  purchase  and  install  a  police  telegraph 
and  patrol  system. 

Ordered,  further,  that  the  kind  of  system  to  be  used,  the 
number  of  boxes,  and  all  other  matters  necessary  to  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  system,  except  the  erection  of  a  stable,  be  de- 
termined by  a  special  committee  consisting  of  the  mayor,  the 
board  of  police  commissioners,  and  the  joint  committee  of  the 
city  councils  heretofore  appointed. 

Ordered,  further,  that  said  special  committee  be  authorized 
to  take  all  steps  and  do  all  things  necessary  to  the  establish- 
ment of  said  system,  the  expense  of  the  same  not  to  exceed 
the  sum  of  $7,500,  and  to  be  charged  to  the  special  appropri- 
ation for  patrol  system,  stable,  and  equipments. 

Ordered,  further,  that  the  mayor  and  the  joint  standing  com- 
piittee  on  lands  and  buildings  be  and  are  hereby  authorized 
and  instructed  to  erect  upon  the  lot  of  land  owned  by  the  city, 
east  of  and  adjoining  the  lot  upon  which  the  police  station 
stands,  on  the  corner  of  Manchester  and  Chestnut  streets,  a 
stable  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the  said  police  patrol  sys- 
tem, the  expense  of  the  same  not  to  exceed  the  sum  of  $3,500, 
and  be  charged  to  the  special  appropriation  patrol  system, 
stable,  and  equipments. 

Ordered,  further,  that  the  board  of  street  and  park  commis- 
sioners be  instructed  to  notify  all  corporations  maintaining  in 
the  highways  of  the  city  poles  for  the  support  of  wires,  to  pro- 
vide for  the  use  of  the  topmost  arms  of  said  poles  for  the  wires 
of  said  police  telegraph. 

Passed  April  1,  1896. 


ORDERS.  755 

City  of  Maxchestee. 

An  Order  for  the  erection  of  a  Steel  Bridge  across  the  Merri- 
mack Elver,  on  Granite  Street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners  be  authorized  and 
instructed  to  build  across  the  Merrimack  river,  on  Granite 
street,  to  replace  the  bridge  recently  carried  away  by  flood,  a 
steel  bridge;  the  same  to  be  sixty  feet  in  width,  and  of  the  grade 
of  Granite  street  at  the  time  of  building  the  same,-  at  an  ex- 
pense not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  thirty  thousand  dollars 
($130,000),  and  said  board  are  empowered  to  do  everything 
necessary  and  proper  to  complete  the  same,  the  expense  of  the 
same  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for  the  erection  of  a 
new  steel  bridge  on  Granite  street,  heretofore  made. 

Passed  April  27,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  build  an  Eight-Eoom  Schoolhouse  in  West  Man- 
chester. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Common  Council  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lands  and  build- 
ings be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  instructed  to  build 
a  new  eight-room  schoolhouse  upon  the  lot  of  land  owned  by 
the  city  in  West  Manchester,  situated  at  the  corner  of  South 
Main,  A,  and  Bowman  streets,  and  to  complete  and  equip  at 
least  four  school  rooms  and  a  teacher's  room  in  the  same  build- 
ing, at  an  expense  not  exceeding  twenty  thousand  dollars 
($20,000);  the  same  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for  new 
West  Manchester  schoolhouse,  and  said  mayor  and  joint 
standing  committee  are  authorized  to  db  any  and  every  thing 
necessary  to  complete  said  building. 

Passed  May  5,  1896. 


756  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

City  of  Manchester. 

Ax  Order  relating  to  restrictions  upon  the  Xortli  Main-Street 

School. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
whereas,  by  mistake,  the  Amoskeag  Manufacturing  Co.  did 
release  the  conditions,  limitations,  and  restrictions  upon  the 
lot  of  land  upon  which  the  North  Main-street  school  stands,  in 
West  Manchester,  it  being  the  lot  upon  School  street  upon 
which  the  restrictions  should  have  been  released,  now  the  city 
of  Manchester  hereby  releases  the  said  manufacturing  com- 
pany from  all  effect  of  the  said  release  of  said  conditions  upon 
said  North  Main-street  lot,  and  the  mayor  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  directed  to  execute  a  release  in  such  form  and  manner, 
for  and  in  the  name  of  the  city,  as  may  be  necessary. 

Passed  May  26,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Ax  Order  to  build  Carpenter  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  Carpenter  street  from  Elm  to  Union  street 
according  to  the  grade  already  established  of  said  street,  and 
the  expense  of  the  same  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for 
new  streets. 

Passed  June  19, 1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Ax  Order  to  Macadamize  Chestnut  Street,  from  Lake  Avenue 
to  Valley  Cemetery. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  street  and  park  commissioners  be  authorized  to  macada- 
mize Chestnut  street,  from  Lake  avenue  to  Valley  cemetery. 


ORDERS.  757 

the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  unexpended  balance 
now  in  the  appropriation  for  macadamizing  Central  street 
east  from  Maple. 

Passed  July  14,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 
An  Order  to  purchase  Horses  for  use  in  Fire  Department. 

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  de- 
partment, the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropri- 
ation for  fire  department. 

Passed  July  14,  1896. 


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 
one  thousand  dollars  ($1,000)  from  the  special  appropriation 
for  public  bathhouses  to  the  appropriation  for  city  hall;  and 
fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500)  from  the  special  appropri- 
ation for  public  bathhouses  to  the  appropriation  for  incidental 
expenses. 

Passed  August  4,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  for  the  apportionment  of  the  Appropriation  for 
Militia  Armories. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  eight  hundred  dollars  ($800)  appropriated  for  militia 
armories  be  apportioned  as  follows: 


758  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

$100  to  band.  First  Eegiment  :N".  H.  N.  G. 
$100  to  Co.  C,  First  Eegiment  N.  H.  N.  G. 
$100  to  Co.  F,  First  Eegiment  N.  H.  X.  G. 
$100  to  Co.  H,  First  Eegiment  N.  H.  N.  G. 
$100  to  Co.  L,  First  Eegiment  X.  H.  N.  G. 
$100  to  Manchester  War  Veterans. 
$100  to  Amoskeag  Veterans. 
$100  to  Manchester  Cadets. 

Passed  August  4,  1896. 


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  the  trans- 
fer of  the  unexpended  balance  of  the  special  appropriation  for 
the  Christian  brook  sewer  to  the  special  appropriation  for  the 
Valley-street  sewer. 

Passed  August  4,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  city  treasurer  be  and  hereby  is  authorized  to  turn  over  to 
the  treasurer  of  semi-centennial  finance  committee,  for  the 
purposes  of  the  celebration  of  the  semi-centennial  anniversary 
of  the  inauguration  of  the  first  city  government  of  the  city  of 
Manchester,  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000),  the 
expense  of  the  same  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for 
semi-centennial,  heretofore  made;  and  all  bills  for  said  celebra- 
tion to  an  amount  not  exceeding  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,000) 
shall  be  approved  by  the  mayor. 

Passed  August  4,  1896. 


ORDERS.  759 

City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  purchase  Horses  for  City  Farm. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  Joint  standing  committee  on  city  farm  be  au- 
thorized to  purchase  one  pair  of  horses  for  use  at  the  city  farm, 
the  expense  thereof  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for 
city  farm;  price  for  the  pair  not  to  exceed  $250. 

..Passed  August  4, 1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  for  the  purchase  of  Land  in  Ward  Eight. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aklermen  concur:  Xhat 
the  mayor  and  the  joint  standing  committee  on  commons  and 
cemeteries  be  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  and  instructed 
to  purchase  from  Edward  Wagner  the  lot  of  land  owned  by 
him,  situated  in  West  ]\Ianchester  and  bounded  by  Hale  street, 
as  laid  out,  and  by  Schiller,  Wheelock,-  and  another  unnamed 
street  as  proposed  (being  850  feet  long  and  505  feet  wide), 
for  a  sum  not  exceeding  twelve  thousand  dollars  ($12,000), 
the  expense  of  the  same  to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for 
purchase  of  land  in  ward  8.  And  it  is  further  ordered  that 
said  land  when  so  purchased  be  laid  out  and  established  as  a 
public  park  or  common,  and  be  placed  in  charge  and  control 
of  the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners. 

Passed  September  1,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  Erect  and  Equip  a  Drinking  Fountain  on  the 
West  Side  of  Elm  Street,  a  few  feet  Xorth  of  Bridge  Street. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 


760  REPORT    OF   TUE    CITY   AUDITOR. 

the  board  of  street  and  park  commissioners  be  and  are  hereby 
authorized  to  erect  and  equi])  a  drinking  fountain  on  the  west 
side  of  Elm  street,  a  few  feet  north  of  Bridge  street,  with  an  ice 
box  arrangement  for  the  cooling  of  the  water,  at  an  expense 
not  to  exceed  three  hundred  dollars,  the  expense  of  the  same 
to  be  charged  to  the  appropriation  for  watering  streets. 

Passed  September  1,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  Erect  Electric  Lights  in  the  City  of  Manchester. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lighting  streets  be 
and  are  hereby  authorized  to  erect  the  following  electric  lights: 

State  street,  between  Granite  street  and  Olzendam's  hosiery 
mill;  corner  of  Elm  and  Shasta  streets;  Amory  street,  200  feet 
west  of  Montgomery  street;  between  Amherst  and  Concord 
streets,  in  Nuffield  lane;  corner  East  High  and  Hall;  corner 
Arlington  and  Warren  streets. 

Passed  September  1,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  authorizing  the  Sale  of  the  old  South  Main-Street 
Schoolhouse. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Common  Council  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lands  and  build- 
ings be  authorized  to  sell  at  public  auction  or  fjrivate  sale,  as 
may  seem  best  to  said  committee,  the  old  South  Main-street 
schoolhouse,  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  thereof  to  be  credited 
to  the  appropriation  for  the  new  South  Main-street  school- 
house. 

Passed  September  1, 1896. 


ORDERS.  761 

City  of  Manchester. 
An  Order  to  Establish  the  Grade  of  Lake  Avenue. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermep.  concur:  That 
the  grade  of  Lake  avenue,  as  shown  on  plan  1070  of  the  city 
engineer's  department  plans,  from  J,  Hall  road  to  Hanover 
street,  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  established  grade  of  said 
street. 

Passed  October  6,  1896.     • 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  Erect  Five  Electric  Lights  in  the  City. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  standing  committee  on  lighting  streets  be  and 
hereby  are  authorized  to  erect  the  following  electric  lights: 

Corner  of  Elm  street  and  Elm  avenue;  Merrimack  street, 
between  Beacon  and  Milton  streets;  A  street,  between  B  street 
and  Bowman  street;  corner  N'orth  and  Walnut  streets;  Blod- 
get  and  Union  streets;  North  and  Chestnut  streets. 

Passed  October  6,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 
An  Order  for  the  Transfer  of  Money. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  bill  of  the  T.  A.  Lane  Co.,  for 
materials  furnished  and  labor  done  at  the  Wilson  school,  there 
be  transferred  from  the  appropriation  for  the  reserved  fund 
the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  seventy-one  dollars  ($471)  to  the 
appropriation  for  new  schoolhouses,  and  that  said  bill  be 
charged  to  said  appropriation  for  new  schoolhouses. 

Passed  November  10,  1896. 


762  report  of  the  city  auditor. 

City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  erect  Electric  Lights  in  the  City  of  ]\Ianchester. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lighting  streets  be 
and  hereby  are  authorized  to  erect  the  following  electric  lights: 

Corner  of  Grove  and  Beech  streets;  corner  of  North  Elm  and 
Carpenter  streets;  corner  of  Vinton  and  Taylor  streets;  Elm 
west  back  street  and  Winter  Place;  Myrtle  and  Union  streets; 
Dearborn  and  Taylor  streets;  Dearborn  and  Summer  streets. 

Passed  November  10,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  authorizing  the  Sale  of  the  Bakersville  Gravel  Pit. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Common  Council  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lands  and  build- 
ings be  authorized  and  instructed  to  sell  at  public  auction  the 
city's  interest  in  the  acre  of  land  owned  by  the  city  on  Brown 
avenue,  which  was  purchased  from  Mitchell,  and  has  heretofore 
been  used  as  a  gravel  pit;  and  that  the  mayor  be  authorized  to 
execute  a  quit  claim  deed  of  the  city's  interest  in  said  property. 

Passed  November  Q>,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

An  Order  to  purchase  Hose  Jackets. . 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
ten  hose  jackets  be  purchased  for  use  of  the  fire  department, 
and  the  expense  thereof  be  charged  to  fire  department. 

Passed  December  1, 1896. 


ordinances.  763 

City  of  Manchestee. 

4 

An  Order  to  erect  Electric  Lights  in  the  City  of  Manchester. 

Ordered,  If  the  Board  of  Mayor  and  Aldermen  concur:  That 
the  mayor  and  joint  standing  committee  on  lighting  streets  be 
and  hereby  are  authorized  to  erect  the  following  electric 
lights: 

On  North  Eiver  road,  midway  between  the  present  light  at 
the  corner  of  Clarke  street  and  the  next  light  north;  corner 
Hall  and  Prospect  streets;  on  North  Adams  street,  between 
Applet  on  and  Clarke  streets;  north  of  Eay  brook;  on  Myrtle 
street,  250  feet  west  of  Hall  street;  on  the  hill,  midway  between 
the  Catholic  cemetery  on  Bedford  road;  corner  North  Union 
street  and  Whitford  street. 

Passed  December  1,  1896. 

City  of  Maxchester. 

in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety- 
SIX. 

An  Ordinance  in  amendment  of  Sections  23  and  24  of  Chap- 
ter 6  of  the  City  Ordinances,  in  relation  to  the  Duties  and 
Compensation  of  City  Officers. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council 

of  the  City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as 

follows: 

That  section  twenty-three  of  chapter  six  of  the  Ordinances 
be  amended  by  striking  out  the  words,  "twenty-five,"  in  the 
eleventh  line  of  said  section,  and  inserting  the  word,  "seventy- 
five,"  in  place  thereof. 

That  section  24  of  said  chapter  be  amended  by  striking  out 
the  word  "fifteen,"  in  the  sixth  line,  and  inserting  the  word 
"sixty-five"  in  place  thereof;  striking  out  the  word  "ten,"in  the 


764  KEPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

seventh  line,  and  inserting  the  word  "sixty";  striking  out  the 
word  "ten,"  in  the  eighth  line,  and  inserting  the  word  "sixty"; 
striking  out  the  word  "thirty-five,"  in  the  ninth  line,  and  in- 
serting the  word  "eighty-five";  striking  out  the  word  "five," 
in  the  eleventh  line,  and  inserting  the  word  "fifty-five,"  and 
inserting  the  word  "fifty,"  in  the  eleventh  line,  after  the  word 
"hundred." 

The  intent  of  this  ordinance  is  to  increase  the  pay  of  all  call 
members  of  the  fire  department  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  per 
annum,  and  shall  take  effect  upon  January  1,  1896. 

Passed  to  be  ordained  Januar}^  14,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety- 
SIX. 

An  Ordinance  regulating  and  licensing  Night  Lunch  Carts. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council 
of  the  City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as 
follows: 

The  board  of  mayor  and  aldermen  shall  have  power  to 
grant  licenses,  to  such  persons  as  they  shall  deem  proper,  to 
carry  on  the  business  of  selling  food  or  serving  lunches  from 
carts  or  wagons,  stationed  in  public  highways  in  the  city  of 
Manchester,  in  the  night  time,  between  the  hours  of  9  o'clock 
in  the  evening  and  5  in  the  morning. 

Every  person  granted  such  license  shall  pay  for  each  cart  or 
wagon  used  by  him  in  such  business,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  per 
year,  and  he  shall  station  his  cart  or  wagon  in  such  part  of  the 
highway  as  the  board  of  street  and  ]Dark  commissioners  shall 
designate. 

Any  person  who  shall  carry  on  such  business  without  first 
obtaining  such  license  shall  be  fined  for  each  offense  not  ex- 
ceeding twenty  dollars. 


ORDINANCES.  765 

Any  such  license  may  be  revoked  by  said  board  whenever  in 
their  opinion  the  public  good  requires. 

When  special  rights  are  allowed  by  the  committee  on 
licenses,  the  carts  or  wagons  may  go  on  the  streets  at  such 
time  as  the  committee  may  permit. 

Passed  to  be  ordained  March  3,  1896. 


City  or  Manchester. 

IN  THE  YEAR  ONE  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED  AND  NINETY- 
SIX. 

An  Ordinance  changing  the  name  of  Elm  East  Back  Street. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council 
of  the  City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as 
follows: 

That  the  highway  now  known  as  Elm  east  back  street,  ex- 
tending from  the  Manchester  south  back  street  to  Lowell 
street,  shall,  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  be 
known  as  ISTutfield  lane,  and  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect 
upon  its  passage. 

Passed  to  be  ordained  June  2,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

IN  THE  year  one  THOUSAND  EIGHT  HUNDRED  AND  NINETY- 
SIX. 

An  Ordinance  changing  the  names  of  Certain  Streets. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  j\Iayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Council 
of  the  City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as 
follows: 

Section  1.     That  the  names  of  certain  streets  in  said  city 
be  changed  as  follows: 


766  REPORT    OF    THE    CITY    AUDITOR. 

That  the  highway  commonly  known  as  Everett-street  pas- 
sage-way, leading  from  Elm  street  near  Clark  to  Everett  street, 
be  called  Waldo  street. 

Sect.  2.     This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  its  passage. 

Passed  to  be  ordained  Aiie:ust  4,  1896. 


City  of  Manchester. 

in  the  year  oxe  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety- 
SIX. 

An  Ordin'ance  amending  Sections  7,  21,  and  22,  of  Chapter  6 
of  the  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Manchester, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Common  Covmcil 
of  the  City  of  Manchester,  in  City  Council  assembled,  as 
follows: 

Section  1.  Section  7  of  chapter  6  of  the  Ordinances  of  the 
city  of  IManchester  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words 
"He  shall  have  the  care  of  the  city  hall  buildings,  city  hall,  and 
the  rooms  occupied  by  the  city  government,  or  any  board  or 
officer  thereof,  and  the  committee  rooms  occupied  by  them," 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words,  "He  shall  be  superin- 
tendent of  the  city  hall  buildings  and  all  rooms  therein,  and  of 
such  rooms  in  the  court-house  as  are  used  for  city  purposes,  and 
of  the  janitors  thereof,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall 
read  as  follows:  "The  city  messenger  shall  deliver  all  notices 
and  orders  issued  by  the  mayor,  the  president  of  the  common 
council,  the  city  clerk,  the  city  councils,  or  either  branch 
thereof,  or  by  any  committee  of  the  same,  when  so  requested. 
He  shall  seasonably  notify  members  of  all  meetings  of  com- 
mittees of  the  city  councils,  or  of  either  branch  thereof,  of  the 
board  of  assessors,  overseers  of  the  poor,  school  committee,  and 
engineer,  when  requested,  and  of  all  special  and  regular  meet- 
ings of  the  city  councils,  or  of  either  branch  thereof.  He  shall 
be  superintendent  of  the  city  hall  building  and  all  rooms 


ORDINANCES.  767 

therein,  and  of  such  rooms  in  the  court -house  as  are  used  for 
city  purposes,  and  of  the  janitors  thereof.  He  shall  at  all 
times  perform  any  duties  connected  with  the  building  or  city 
government,  when  requested  by  the  mayor,  city  council,  or  any 
member  thereof.  He  shall  receive  in  full,  for  all  his  services, 
the  sum  of  seven  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  to  be  paid  in 
equal  monthly  payments." 

Sect.  3.  Section  21  of  chapter  6  of  the  Ordinances  of  the 
city  of  Manchester  is  herelsy  amended  by  striking  out  the 
word  "five,"  in  the  fourth  printed  line,  and  the  word  "ten,"  in 
the  fifth  printed  line,  and  inserting  in  i^lace  thereof  the  word 
"fifteen"  and  the  word  "twenty,"  respectively,  so  that  said  sec- 
tion as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  "Section  21.  Each  of 
the  selectmen  of  each  ward  in  the  city  shall  receive  in  full  for 
his  services,  and  for  all  the  duties  appertaining  to  his  office, 
the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars,  and  the  ward  clerk  of  each  ward  the 
sum  of  twenty  dollars,  to  be  paid  at  the  expiration  of  his  offi- 
cial term." 

Sect.  3.  Section  22  of  chapter  6  of  the  Ordinances  of  the 
city  of  ]\Ianchester  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  word 
"three,"  in  the  third  printed  line,  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  the  word  "fifteen,"  and  by  adding  to  the  end  of  said 
section  the  following  words:  "And  each  inspector  of  elections 
of  each  ward  shall  receive  in  full  for  his  services,  and  for  all 
duties  appertaining  to  his  office,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  to  be 
paid  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,"  so  that  said  sec- 
tion as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  "Section  28.  The 
moderator  of  each  ward  shall  receive  in  full  for  his  services,  and 
for  all  the  duties  appertaining  to  his  office,  the  sum  of  fifteen 
dollars,  to  be  paid  at  the  expiration  of  his  official  term.  And 
each  inspector  of  elections  of  each  ward  shall  receive  in  full  for 
his  services,  and  for  all  the  duties  appertaining  to  his  office,  the 
sum  of  ten  dollars,  to  be  paid  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
office." 

Passed  to  be  ordained  December  1,  1896. 


INDEX. 


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INDEX. 


Abatement  of  taxes 694 

Addition  to  Derryfield  park 693 

Assets,  statement  and  inventory  of 719 

Annual  interest  cliarge  on  bonded  debt 716 

Auditor,  city,  report  of 491 

Auditor's  department 540 

Appropriations  for  1S96  by  city  councils 695 

Appendix,  school 289 

Amoskeag  cemetery 677 

B 

rand  concerts 693 

Bridges 572 

Books  and  stationery 610 

Buildings,  repairs  of 647 

public,  occupied  by  private  pai  ties 718 

Board  of  vs^ater  commissioners,  organization  of 10 

report  of 31 

bealtb ,  report  of 449 

Bonded  debt,  tabular  statement  of 712 

detailed  statement  of,  for  1896 715 

annual  interest  charge 716 

Bath-houses G54 


Christian  brook  sewer 5S9 

Churches,  etc.,  valuation  of,  exempt  from  tax 701 

City  hall 510 

officers' salaries 534 

teams 575 

officials,  list  of 3-27 

engineer,  report  of —  141 

engineer's  department,  organization  of 142 

solicitor,  report  of , 425 

auditor's  report 491 


772  INDEX. 

City  treasurer's  report 4y.j 

councils,  ortlors,  ordinances 733 

auditor's  department 540 

f'wi" * C81 

library 620 

report  of  trustees  of 395 

treasurer's  report 400 

librarian's  report 40c 

donations  to 412 

Contingent  expenses 612 

Care  of  rooms G13 

Cominons 667 

Cemetery,  Pine  Grove 671 

Valley 674 

Amoskeag 677 

Cemeteries,  report  of  sub-trustees  of  Valley 431 

Pine  Grove 429 

Amoskeag 432 

treasurer  of 434 

treasurer  of  fund 436 

report  of  trustees  of  fund 435 

County  tax 694 

D 

Debt,  payment  of  funded 507 

bonded,  statement  of 712 

Decoration  of  soldiers'  graves 093 

Derryfield  and  Stark  parks 609 

E 

Engineer's  department 595 

Kxjjenses,  incidental 518 

mayor's 542 

contingent 612 

ICvening  schools 615 

school,  mechanical  drawing 617 

Electric  lights,  location  of 475 

Elliot  Hospital 691 

Emergency  Ward 691 

Exempted  from  tax,  property 701 

F 

Fund,  reserved 508 

Fuel *^06 

Furniture  and  supplies 6C8 

Free  text-books 617 

beds,  Elliot  Hospital C91 


INDEX.  773 

Fire  department 632 

report  of  chief  engineer 32i 

value  of  personal  property   374 

names  and  residences  of  members 384 

location  lire  alarm  boxesj 359 

Fire-alarm  telegraph 033 

Farm,  paupers  off. 678 

Farm,  city 681 

G 

Grading  for  concrete 565 

Graves,  decoration  of  soldiers' 693 

Gas-lights,  location  of 473 

Granite-street  bridge 573 

H 

Highways,  new 553 

land  taken  for ^ 556 

watering 557 

paving 560 

macadamizing 562 

grading  for  concrete  on 565 

scavenger  service 567 

sweeping 570 

lighting 592 

bridges 572 

city  teams 575 

repairs  of 545 

Health  department 599 

board  of,  report  of 449 

Hospital,  Women's  Aid  and  Relief 691 

Elliot,  free  beds 691 

Sacred  Heart 691 

Notre  Dame  de  Lourdes 692 

Hydrant  service 630 

I 

Interest 506 

annual  charge,  bonded  debt 716 

Incidental  expenses 51S 

Indigent  soldiers 690 

Inventory  of  assets 719 

L 

Laws  relating  to  exemptions 699 

Loans,  temporary , 739 


774  INDEX. 

Land  taken  for  highways 550 

Lighting  streets 5!)2 

Library,  city..  620 

Legal  points  and  rules  relating  to  claims  against  the  city 72S 

M     . 

Manual  training 619 

Mayor's  incidentals 542 

Macadamizing  streets 562 

Central  street 564 

Militia 092 

INIunicipal  receipts  and  expenditures 499 

Manufacturing  property  exempt  from  taxation 711 

N 

New  highways 553 

schoolhouses 654 

0 

Order  relating  to  restrictions 756 

to  establish  grade  of  Lake  avenue 7G1 

authorizing  sale  Bakersville  gravel  pit 762 

to  purchase 'hose  jackets 762 

to  procure  plans  and  estimates  for  new  school  building,  West 

Manchester 753 

to  sell  land  on  School  street 182 

to  build  Sagamore  street  extension 193 

to  establish  grade  of  Chestnut  street 200 

to  build  Chestnut  street 202 

to  build  Colby  street 194 

to  establish  grade  of  Salmon  street 747 

to  erect  a  building  at  GofTe's  Falls  749 

to  appropriate  money  for  new  schoolhouse 750 

relating  to  lands  and  buildings  committee  750 

to  pay  Ward  3  election  officers ' 752 

to  sell  steel  safe 752 

to  purchase  trees 752 

relating  to  Tyng's  township 753 

police  p.atrol  system 754 

to  purchase  horses  for  fire  department 751,  752,  757 

to  build  certain  sewers 183, 191,  192,  195, 196, 197,  202,  203,  748 

to  erect  drinking  fountain 759 

to  establish  the  grade  of  Beacon  street 1S4 

to  establish  the  grade  of  Alsace  .street 190 

to  establish  the  grade  of  Carpenter  street 186 

to  build  to  grade  Shasta  street 191 

to  establish  the  grade  of  Amherst  street 185 


INDEX.  775 

Order  to  establish  the  grade  of  Concord  street 193 

to  establish  tlie  grade  of  So.  Main  street 197 

to  establish  the  grade  of  Essex  street 192 

to  build  Candia  road  to  grade 19G 

to  establish  grade  of  Milton  street 185 

to  build  Wentworth  street  to  grade 748 

to  appropriate  money  to  build  public  bath-house 183 

to  concrete  Nutfleld  lane 100 

to  purchase  desk  for  city  treasurer 182 

to  build  Carpenter  street 75G 

to  print  fiftieth  repoi t 751 

to  purchase  horses  for  city  fai-ni 759 

to  erect  certain  electric  lights 749,  760,  7G1,  762,  763 

making  transfer  of  money 757,  758,  761 

to  build  Spruce  street 191 

relating  to  pay  of  militia 757 

to  macadamize  Chestnut  street 756 

to  build  Cleveland  street 200 

to  sell  So.  Main-street  school  building 760 

relating  to  new  school  building,  W.  M 755 

relating  to  new  Granite  bridge 755 

to  purchase  land 203,  759 

to  erect  and  equip  horse  drinking  fountain 194 

Ordinance  amending  sections  23  and  24,  chapter  (1 763 

amending  sections  7,  21,  22,  chapter  0 766 

changing  name  of  certain  streets 190,  765 

licensing  lunch  carts 764 

changing  name  of  Elm  east  back  street 765 

Ordinances,  orders,  resolutions 731 

Organization  of  school  board  for  1897 306 

Overseers  of  the  poor,  report  of 419 

Oil  lamps,  location  of 474 

P 

Parks  — Derryfield  and  Stark 669 

Parsonages,  valuation  of,  exempt  from  taxation 701 

Paupers  off  the  farm ., 678 

Paving  streets 560 

Payment  of  funded  debt 507 

Petitions  for  new  streets 219 

Pine  Grove  cemetery 671 

Police  department,  station 636 

court 639 

commission 640 

patrol  system 645 

Printing  and  stationery ■ 515 

and  advertising 611 

Property  account,  real  and  personal 719 

Public  buildings  occupied  by  private  parties 718 


776  .    INDEX. 

E 

Reserved  fund 508 

Uepairs  of  sclioolhouses 603 

of  buildings 647 

of  highwaj'S 545 

Tloonis,  care  of 613 

Resolutions,  orders,  and  ordinances 731 

for  the  appointment  of  a  special  committee  to  consider 

revision  of  ordinances 733 

for  police  patrol  system 733 

exempting  from  taxation  Worral  Clutch  Works 734 

regard  to  semi-centennial  celebration 735 

appropriating  $130,000  for  new  bridge,  Granite  street 738 

of  thanks  to  the  town  of  Jaffrey 739 

providing  for  addition  to  Derryfleld  park 740 

relating  to  Weston  Observatory 740 

relating  to  building  regulations 741 

transferring  money 742,744 

appropriating  money  and  issuing  bonds  to  complete  High 

School  building 743 

to  purchase  land 744 

accepting  bequest  of  the  late  James  A.  Weston 740 

relating  to  the  deposit  of  the  late  S.   B.  Putnam,  City 

Treasurer 747 

relating  to  water  bonds 745 

raising  money  and  making  appropriations  for  1896 095 

making  temporary  loan 734,  739 

Report  of  board  of  Water  commissioners 31 

Superintendent  of  Water-works 34 

City  Engineer 141 

Ch icf  Engineer  Fire  Department 321 

Trustees  of  City  Library 395 

Sub-Trustees  of  Valley  cemetery 431 

Pine  Grove  cemetery 429 

Amoskeag  cemetery 432 

Treasurer  of  cemeteries 434 

Treasurer  of  Cemetery  Fund 436 

Trustees  of  Cemetery  Fund 435 

Treasurer  of  Sinking  Fund 445 

Overseers  of  the  Poor 419 

Street  and  Park  Commission 81 

Committee  on  Sewers  and  Drains 211 

City  Solicitor 425 

School  Superintendent 259 

Board  of  Health 449 

City  Auditor 491 

City  Treasurer 4!H 

Real  and  personal  estate  owned  by  the  city 719 

property,  exempt  from  taxation,  other  than  public  properly C99 

Rules,  etc.,  relating  to  bills  against  the  city  (auditor's  department) 727 


INDEX.  777 

Receipts  and  expenditures,  1896 506 

municipal,  for  1896 499 

River  road,  Clarke,  and  Elm-street  sewer 590 


Sacred  Heart  Hospital .- 691 

Salaries  of  city  officials , ...  534. 

Salaries,  teachers' 616 

Scavenger  service 067 

School  department,  organization  of 360 

evening,  mechanical  drawing 617 

superintendent's  report 259 

Schoolhouses,  new 654,  656 

repairs  of 603 

Semi-centennial  celebration ■ '. 693 

Sewer  permits  granted,  list  of 204 

Sewers,  repairs  of 580 

new 582 

Silver-street  sewer  587 

Sinking  fund 507 

treasurer's  report , 445 

Snow  and  ice 551 

Soldiers,  indigent 690 

Solicitor,  city,  report  of 425 

Stark  and  Derryfield  parks  669 

Statement  of  bonded  debt 712 

publi*  buildings  occupied  by  private  parties 718 

State  tax 694 

Street  and  park  commission 543 

report  of 81 

Streets  laid  out,  not  built 177 

Street  sweeping 570 

Summary  of  city  debt 712 


Temporary  loan 510 

Text-books,  free 617 

Teachers,  list  of 308 

Teachers'  salaries 616 

Taxes,  abatement  of 694 

Tax,  state 694 

county 694 

Treasurer,  city,  report  of 494 

Taxation,  appropriations  for  1896 695 

exemption 701 

Teams,  city 575. 

Tabular  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures 506 

Training,  manual 619 


778  INDEX. 

V 

Valley  cemetery 674 

w 

Watering  streets 557 

■Women's  Aid  and  Belief  Hospital 691 

Water-"works,  superintendent's  report 34 

commissioner's  report 31 

expenses 657 

Widening  and  straightening  old  Mammoth  road 557 


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