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DOCUMENT NO. 1.

Mayor's Address to the City Council.

January 6, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 2.

Municipal Register.
DOCUMENT NO. 3.

City Hospital, Fourth Annual Report of the Trustees.

January 1, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 4.

Auditor's Exhibit, on January 6, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 5.

Rules and Orders for the government of the City Council.

1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 6.

Public Buildings, Superintendent's Annual Report. January 13, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 7.

Police, Annual Report of the Chief. January 13, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 8.

Health, Superintendent's Annual Report. January 6, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 9.

Streets, Superintendent's Annual Report. January 13, 1868.

DOCUMENT No. 10.

Lands, Superintendent's Annual Report. January 13, 1868.

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INDEX.

DOCUMENT NO. 11.

Weights and Measures, Annual Report of the Sealer for the Southern Dis
trict. January 13, 1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 12.

Weights and Measures, Annual Report of Sealer for the Northern District.
January 13, 1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 13.

Sewers, Superintendent's Annual Report. January 13, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 14.

City Charter, Report on amending of

February 13, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 15.

Water, Request for an additional Appropriation for. January 23, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 16.

Births, Deaths and Marriages, City Registrar's Quarterly Report.

ruary 3, 1868.

Feb

DOCUMENT NO. 17.

Auditor's Exhtbit, on February 4, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 18.

East Boston Ferry, Annual Report of the Company for 1867.

February 3,

1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 19.

City Physician, Annual Report of

February 3, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 20.

Fire Department, Thirtieth Annual Report of, for 1867. January 1, 1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 21.

Hamilton Street, Special Appropriation for Widening and Grading of.

February 17, 1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 22.

City Engineer and City Surveyor, Annual Reports of

January 30, 1868.

INDEX.

DOCUMENT NO. 23.

Salaries, Report of Committee on.

February 20, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 24.

Public Buildings, Request for an additional Appropriation.

February 20,

1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 25.

Fire Department, Request for an additional Appropriation.

February 24,

1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 26.

Fire Alarms, Request for an additional Appropriation. March 2, 1868.

DOCUMENT No. 27.

Water, Additional Appropriation for.

February 24, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 28.

Dorchester and Winthrop, Report of the Commissioners on Annexation of

to Boston. February 24, 1868.
DOCUMENT No. 29.

Health, Request for an additional Appropriation for. March 2, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 30.

Police, Amendment of Ordinances on. March 2, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 31.

Auditor's Exhibit, on March 4, 1868.

DOCUMENT No. 32.

Paving, Request for an additional Appropriation.

March 9, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 33.

Streets, Request for an additional Appropriation for Laying out and

Widening of March 9, 1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 34.

Engineering and Surveying, Request for an additional Appropriation for

the department of

March 9, 1868.

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INDEX.

DOCUMENT No. 35.

City Hospital, Report on Fees for Medical Treatment at.

March 12, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 36.

Auditor's Estimates for the financial year 1868-9.

February 26, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 37.

Schools, Report on Vocal and Physical Culture, and Military Drill. March
10, 1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 38.

Devonshire Street, Report on Laying out and Widening of, between Milk
and State streets. April 6, 1868.
DOCUMENT NO. 39.

City Hall, City Solicitor's Opinion as to the control of

March 23, 1868.

DOCUMENT NO. 40.

Schools, Estimates of the Appropriations asked for by the School Com

mittee. February 14, 1868.

DOC U M ENTS.

T II E

IN AUGURAL

ADDRESS

OF

NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF,
MAY OR

OF

B O ST ON,

To

T H E CITY CO U N C I L,

January 6, 1868.

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In Common Council, Jan. 6, 1868.

ORDERED: That His Honor the Mayor be requested to furnish

a copy of his address, that the same may be printed.
Sent up for concurrence.
CHAS. H. ALLEN, President.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 6, 1868.

Concurred.

G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

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GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY CouncIL :

We are here, at the commencement of a new

municipal year, to enter upon the duties for the

performance of which we have been severally elected
by our fellow-citizens; and we cannot be too sen
sible of the honor conferred upon us, nor too
grateful to our Heavenly Father for continuing, by
his kind providence to us, and to the community
over whose important interests we have been called
to watch, the full enjoyment of that civil and reli
gious liberty, which our fathers won by their valor
and patriotism, and for vouchsafing to us so emi
nently the inheritance of the great social and moral
privileges which they achieved for us as the richest
birthrights, and the greatest of all paternal bless
ings.
We have met under somewhat extraordinary cir
cumstances this day, to occupy these seats of trust.
Two distinct municipalities, that independently have

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existed side by side for more than two and a third

centuries, have, by the will of the legislature of our
ancient commonwealth, and by their own mutual
consent, become united, and have placed under one
common corporation their individual rights and des
tinies; and it is for us to inaugurate this union in a
manner, that will most conduce to the happiness,
comfort and prosperity of the united communities.
In 1822, nearly forty-six years ago, when Boston
adopted the charter by which it became a city, it
contained scarcely forty-five thousand inhabitants,
sparsely settled upon what was then known as the
peninsula lying north of the old Roxbury line,
and their support depended upon what commerce
and the fisheries could supply to a limited region of
neighboring country, in exchange
and scanty mechanical products.

for agricultural
Now, with its

natural growth, and in consequence of the augmen

tation of its bounds by legislative enactments, it has
increased in population about six-fold, to near a quarter
of a million of souls, and in extent of territory, by
annexation and reclaims from the water, more than

treble its original number of acres; and, with its

population and territory, have arisen new interests,

the foundations of wealth and prosperity.

From a

town, with small wants and few requirements, has

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arisen a large metropolis with many and diversified

interests; so that the small cares of the old town

officers have

become

multiplied

into the gravest

official responsibilities. In entering, therefore, upon

our municipal duties, it behooves us to keep in view
the weight with which the suffrages of our fellow
citizens have seen fit to burden us; and while we

shall rely upon each other for mutual support and

assistance in our labors, we must also seek for good

counsel and hearty co-operation from those whose

interests we have in charge. Let us never forget,
that in the performance of our duties, we are only
returning to our city a portion of that dest which
every citizen owes to the community of which he
forms a part.
We enter upon office at a time when our country,
weighed down by the heavy expenses of a costly war
from which no class of persons can claim exemption,
is necessarily oppressed with burdensome taxes, and
is in imminent danger of a great financial crisis.
Let us, therefore, resolve that our administration of

the affairs of the city shall be distinguished by a

marked determination to adhere to the most rigid
economy in all our business transactions; and, while
we carry out most sacredly the engagements which
our

redecessors have made, let us be careful not

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to enter into any new obligations that will require

large pecuniary appropriations.

Cases may, and most

assuredly will, happen, where judicious expenditures

will be demanded; let these occur as seldom as

possible, and let us manfully resist all attempts to

draw upon the treasury, except where obligations
compel, and necessities are emphatically apparent. .
Let a judicious economy be strictly observed in all
the departments of government in all matters.
As our city increases in population and business,
there will, of necessity, be many calls for general
improvements, which, if complied with by the govern
ment, will require large outlays of money. In view
of the great pecuniary burdens of our citizens and
the large and constantly increasing debt of the city,
we cannot, during the present year, too strongly
resist all such projects which involve expense that can
possibly be deferred without detriment to the public
welfare. Among the projects which must be man
fully met are those made obligatory in consequence

of the city of Roxbury becoming a part of our

domain: For water pipes must be laid in our newly
acquired territory where absolutely needed, the fire
alarm and police telegraphs must be extended to a
few points of communication, and certain avenues
must be opened, so as to form continuous streets

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MAY OR'S

Eleventh Ward

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to

the

avenues

of the

new acquisition. Perhaps, also, there may be occa

sions when the business interests of the city may
be greatly benefited by a judicious expenditure; if
so, it must not be forgotten that these take prece
dence of individual demands.

In our earnest endeavors to prevent unwarrantable

extravagance in large matters, we must not be drawn
into the common error of parsimony and meanness

in small things. The poor, disabled soldier, who has

faithfully served his country in the days of its extreme
danger, must not in his adversity be hindered by
unnecessary impediments from obtaining the humble
pittance which frugality can dole out to him; nor
must the widows and the fatherless children of the

defenders of our liberties be compelled, in

prolonging

their disheartened existence, to submit to vexatious

formalities, and niggardly, cold and hardened inatten

tion to their necessities. We must not forget that
the laborer is worthy of his hire, and that the humble
workman has rights, as well as the more affluent citi
zen; that he has need of rest and refreshment, and

that his mind is as capable of culture as that of the

more favored. A just discrimination between parsi
mony and frugality, as well as between extravagance
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and liberality, should never be lost sight of in managing

the affairs of a large muncipality like ours.
Will the citizens of Boston be content with our

stewardship, if we do not insist, on every occasion,

to promote the interests of our business community?
Shall we sit tamely in these seats, and, inattentive
to their needs, notice, day after day, their facilities
for trade and commerce neglected, their shipping
quitting our ports for more liberal emporiums, our
docks deserted, and the grass growing upon our
wharves? This state of things must not be. Every
inducement must be advanced to restore our city to
its ancient prestige and once honored position among
the great marts of the world. Boston is favorably
situated to be the great depot of the North and
West; it is easily, and at comparatively small cost,
accessible by rail or by water from all points; its
harbor is capable of being unsurpassed by any other
on the continent; its capitalists are numerous and
enterprising, and its inhabitants are industrious, ener
getic and capable. Then, why, by our efforts and
liberal acts, may we not again enjoy the good
will of the producers and consumers of the country,
and why may not our city, by liberal legislation, and
a decent regard for the comforts and privileges of all
concerned, once more become, as it has been, a great

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emporium of the country?

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It undoubtedly can ; and it

is our duty as members of its City Council to give the

aid of the government towards its accomplishment.

The annexation of the Highlands of Boston, the

large enterprises already undertaken, and the growth

of the city in population, have much augmented the

cares and responsibilities of municipal officers. The

Aldermen, in their capacity of County Commissioners
alone, have more arduous duties to perform, than are
required of similar officers in any of the other cities
of the Union. These official requirements are far
more exacting than individuals should bear, or it is
desirable for the public interest that they should be
burdened with, and the duration in office of an

elected member of the government is extremely uncer

tain.

Under these circumstances, would it not be

advisable that the most important of the onerous and

weighty duties of office be intrusted to bureaus, or
commissioners appointed for a term of years, like the
various boards of trustees and directors, who, acting
under the supervision of appropriate committees of
the City Council, would possess some degree of per
manency; and who, not being entirely subject to the
changes of political influences or control of deeply
calculating speculators, would be able to manage the
affairs intrusted to them with a more consistent and

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uniform policy, with a more positive power, and with

a great saving to the treasury?

For many reasons

equally urgent, and because strongly demanded by the

tax-payers upon whom our treasury relies, a similar
bureau of abatement and appeals might be appointed,
to which any person when thought to be overtaxed
could apply and obtain redress, without the necessity
of publicly submitting his case for the action of the
Board of Aldermen, and consuming, as is frequently
the case, much time in searching out the assistant
assessor who was instrumental in unwarrantable doom

ing. If these suggestions should be deemed worthy of

being carried out by the City Council, undoubtedly
much time would be saved for legitimate business,
and much vexation and unnecessary detention of the
members of both branches would be avoided. Unques

tionably, the uncertain and hasty estimates, which so

frequently deceive the City Council, and cause the
occurrence of so much distrust and dissatisfaction in

carrying out the excellent and much needed projects

of the government, would never be made, and a much
greater reliance could be placed in the reports, upon
which the action of the City Council is often based.
The universal practice of my predecessors in office
having become a custom, it devolves upon me to
invite your attention to a survey, very general indeed,

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of the condition of the various departments of the

government that have been intrusted to our care and

oversight.

But it must not be expected, however,

just entering as I do upon official duties new to me,

that on this occasion anything more than a brief
allusion will be made to some of these great trusts,
as they have been transmitted to us, reserving for
future and more appropriate occasions the privilege
of communicating to you, as enjoined by the city
charter, such information, and recommending such
measures, as may, in my judgment, tend to the
improvement of the finances of the city, as well as
of its police, health, security, cleanliness, comfort and
ornament. A more thorough knowledge of the work
ing of the several departments, than can be given
at this time, will be obtained from the annual reports,
which will hereafter be presented for your considera
tion by the proper officers.
FINANCES.

The financial condition of the city is a matter

of the deepest importance and interest to our fel
low-citizens, and is one which should never be lost

sight of by the city government.

Its present con

dition should be well understood, as we commence

our official career.

The following facts, in a con

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densed form, will suffice for the present occasion ;

but, for the convenience of reference, the full re

port of the Committee on the Reduction of the

City Debt will be appended to this address, after
the manner of my predecessors in office.
The outstanding funded and unfunded debt of the
city, of all kinds, December 31, 1867, as reported to
the City Council at its closing sessions by the Com
mittee on the Reduction of the City Debt, amounted
to $13,645,336.24; to which is to be added a loan,

passed by the City Council since that date, of $65,000;

also the debt of the city of Roxbury, which we have
assumed by the act of annexation, namely, $991,456,
making a total of $14,701,792.24.
If from this amount of $14,701,792.24, we deduct

$712,500, gold bearing bonds, which became due

January 1, 1868, and were drawn for by the Audi
tor of Accounts, and charged off on his books, and
which have nearly all been paid by the Treasurer,
we shall have the total funded and unfunded debt
of the

City

of Boston with its annexed territory of

Roxbury, on January 6, 1868, of $13,989,292.24.

There is in the treasury a Sinking Fund for the
redemption of this debt, in charge of the Com
mittee on the Reduction of the City Debt, which
amounts to $3,986,780.73.

Deducting this amount

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from the total outstanding debt, leaves the net debt,

$10,002,511.51.

During the present financial year $886,700.00 of

the city debt fell due, all of it payable in gold,
and nearly all bearing six per cent, interest. Pro
vision was made at the commencement of this finan

cial year, for the payment of this large amount of

debt which became due by taxing for the premium
to purchase the gold, and drawing on the Sinking

Fund for the amount required over that taxed for

said fund, viz: $400,000.

The only six per cent.

bonds, payable in gold, now outstanding, are those

held by the Trustees of the Public Library, amount
ing to $92,000. The Committee on the Reduc
tion of the City Debt have also purchased, during
the year, $60,500 bonds in anticipation of the time
they were payable.
No large amount of the debt of the city will fall
due until the financial year 187071, when there will

be $891,200 to be paid, and in 187273, $1,955,711.11.

The Sinking Fund, it is confidently believed, can be
relied upon to pay off these large amounts, without
recourse to renewals of these loans.

The credit of our city never stood higher in all

the money centres of the world, than it does at this

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present moment.

MAY OR'S

A D D RESS.

We have not been obliged to bor

row any money in the market since October 10, 1866,

as the Committee on the Reduction of the City Debt
have invested a portion of the Sinking Fund" in
the bonds of the city, as issued by the Treasurer,
and have made temporary loans to that officer when
required.
The credit of the city is sustained, in a great degree,
by the fact well known in financial circles that
the amount required annually, to defray the current
expenses of the government, and the interest and pre
mium on the debt, is raised by taxation, and that we
only borrow money for extraordinary and permanent
undertakings. It should be borne in mind, however,
when borrowing money, that every $1,000,000 increase
of the debt, adds to the amount of taxes each year
$60,000, the amount necessary to meet the interest
thereon; and that the amount now required to be
taxed annually to meet the interest and premium
account is over $1,000,000.

The balances of appropriations and the Reserved

Fund remaining on hand, will, we are assured by the
Auditor of Accounts, be sufficient to meet the ordinary
expenses of the government for the balance of this
financial year, terminating April 30, 1868, without

being compelled to borrow, for the purpose.

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DEPARTMENT.

The accompanying facts in relation to this depart

ment, which supplies means to the treasury

for

the general expenses of government, will be found

worthy of your attention.
LEGAL DECISIONs. During the past year two im
portant decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court were
given in
a point
munity;
of the

favor of the city. The first of these settled

of great interest to the mercantile com
and was to the effect, that, under the laws
commonwealth, members of a firm doing

business in Boston, and also in other States, are tax

able by the city for their property held out of the

State, although it may have been taxed by the State
in which it is employed. The second decision main
tained the right of the city to tax shares of the
national banks situated in Boston held by the resi
dents of the city.

An appeal from the assessors, by

citizens who hold stock of this character in banks out

of the State, has, within a few weeks, been decided

in favor of the assessors by the Board of Aldermen,

acting as county commissioners; the courts, however,
will probably be called upon to adjudicate this new
issue.
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ABATEMENT of TAxEs.

The taxes abated at this

time represent a valuation of $6,300,000, equal to

1.42 per cent of the whole valuation of the city; at
the corresponding date last year the abatement was
1.27 per cent.

A similar increase of abatement has

been noticed in some of our neighboring municipali

ties, and might fairly have been expected from the
depressed condition of business at this time.
NEw LAw.

Since the year 1860, the common

wealth, in selling its land west of the public garden,

has given the purchaser the option of taking a deed
of conveyance, or a bond for a deed; and in most
instances the bonds have been taken in preference to
the deeds.

The

land

thus held could not be taxed

by the city, as the fee was in the commonwealth.

Although the bonds were for the term of three years,
nevertheless, on various pretexts, the deeds of some
of the lots had not been taken when twice that time

had passed since the selling of the land. A great

inequality of taxation among the owners of lots, and
the loss of a large amount of property to the city
valuation, was the result of this. To remedy this evil,
the legislature has provided (chap. 101 of 1867) that
land sold in this manner shall be free from taxation

for the space of three years, but after that time shall
be taxable whether deeds are taken

or not.

Under

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this law the assessors have, during the year just past,
been able to assess upward of $700,000 upon real
estate that otherwise would have escaped taxation;
and they will, in the future, be able to tax this prop
erty upon a basis that will put all purchasers of the
commonwealth's land upon an equal footing.
RATE of TAXATION.

The rate of taxation for the

year 1867 was $15.50 on each $1,000, being an

increase over that of 1866 of $2.50 on each one
thousand dollars.

Of this rate $3.94 was on account

of the State, and $11.56 on account of the city and

county. In 1866 the rate for the State was $2.45,
and for the city $10.55. The rate of taxation in the
city of Roxbury, which has now become a part of
Boston, was for the year 1867 $19.00 on each one
thousand dollars; and in 1866 $16.00.

Of the rate

for the year just passed, $4.28 was for the State tax,
and $14.72 for city and county purposes.
VALUATION of BosToN AND RoxBURY.

The valuation

of the two cities for 1867 was as follows:

Boston,

Real estate,

$250,587,700

Personal estate, $194,358,400

Roxbury, Real estate,
Personal estate,

Total, $444,946,100

$18,265,400

$8,286,300

Total,

Total value, real and personal,

26,551,700

$471,197,800

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In 1866 the valuation of the two cities was :

Boston,

Real estate

$225,767,215

Personal estate, $189,595,130

Roxbury, Real estate,

Personal estate,

Total, $415,362,345

$17,769,000
$7,759,600

Total,

Total value, real and personal,

25,528,600
$440,890,945

In Boston the increase of valuation of 1866 over

1865 was at the rate of 11% per cent on real estate,

and 114 per cent. on personal estate; that of 1867 over
that of 1866 was 11 per cent on real estate, and 23 per
cent. on personal estate. The increase of valuation in
New York for the purpose of taxation of 1866 over
1865 was at the rate of 11% per cent. on real estate,
and 42 on personal estate; that of 1867 over that of
1866 was at the rate of 15 per cent on real estate,
and 7 per cent. on personal estate.

These figures

would seem to indicate that real estate, which rose

but slowly under the derangement of the currency to

its present high value, shows but little tendency to
recede; while personal property, which responded so
quickly to the issue of paper money in augmentation
of prices, recedes rapidly as the currency approaches
the specie basis, or as business becomes depressed.
The annexation of Roxbury has added to our
population about 30,000, and an area more than

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one-third larger than Boston proper, and two-thirds

the extent of the twelve wards that existed before

annexation.

The method of assessment, which has

heretofore existed substantially unaltered for many

years, was materially changed by the City Council

of the last year in their closing session. The city
had unquestionably outgrown the system under which
it had been acting. Each year made it more dif
ficult to bring the work to a close within the time
required by the ordinance. The Board of Assessors
and Assistants under the old town organization, and
for many years under the city charter, consisted of
twenty-seven members. By the addition of the Rox
bury Assessors, it would have consisted of about
fifty members. The Board had become too cum
bersome to successfully cope with a work of great
magnitude, which, from the nature of the case, must
be performed with expedition and within a limited
time. Without venturing an opinion upon the merits
of the new ordinance, it may be proper still to
inquire if the change accomplishes all that now is,
or soon will be, needed to make the administration

of the affairs of this important department as effi

cient and economical as possible.
In the year 1867, Boston and Roxbury combined
paid $1,807,850 of the five millions tax levied by

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the commonwealth.

We are assured by the Governor

of the commonwealth, in his annual message to the

legislature on the third instant, that it can hardly
be possible that the State expenditures of the cur
rent year will require a State tax exceeding two
millions of dollars. In the ratio of the last year,
the portion falling to Boston would, therefore, only
amount to $723,140.

PUBLIC

LANDS.

The public lands belonging to the city are under

the care and management of a joint standing com
mittee, composed of three Aldermen and five mem
bers of the Common Council, and in the special
charge of a Superintendent. During the year just
passed the sales have been as follows:
South of Dover Street

113,822 sq. feet for $97,713.31.

At South Boston .

76,762 sq. feet for $42,225.72.

The total sales during the year amounted to 190,584

feet for the sum of $139,939.03. The expenditures
of the department for the same time, including the
setting of edgestones and paving of sidewalks, have
been $9,495.25.

Most of the sales of land at the

south part of the city, have been upon South Bay,

and for mechanical purposes, a portion of this ter

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ritory having been set aside for such uses; and the
price per foot was largely in advance of that obtained
in previous years. The sales at South Boston have
been larger than during any previous year, and
better prices have also been obtained for the land.
The land at City Point has come into demand, and
it is predicted that not many years will pass before
the public lands situated there will be covered with
handsome dwellings.
The land in charge of the committee at the
present time is as follows;
South of Dover Street
South Boston
East Boston

Making a total of

830,646 square feet.

770,041

*@

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&

**

5,000

1,605,687

square feet.

The city has, also, at the south part of the neck,

and upon the Back Bay, six reserved lots, containing
135,087 square feet.
WATER WORKS.

The enterprise of supplying pure water for the ben

efit of its citizens is the most important one that the
city ever entered into, both as regards the universal
benefit derived therefrom, and the debt created thereby,
amounting to $7,114,709.14 on the first of May last,

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and which will be largely increased the present year;

as you will be called upon for a further appropria

tion of five hundred thousand dollars to complete the
Chestnut Hill Reservoir. This work, although managed
in an able manner, will far exceed the estimated cost ;

but when completed, the benefit resulting therefrom,

will fully compensate for the large outlay. During
the past year considerable progress has been made
towards the completion of this reservoir; and with
the same continued energy, another year will nearly
complete this vast work, which is in progress of
execution in a manner highly creditable to the city,
as well as to those who have it in charge.

The annexation of Roxbury will require that portion

of our city to be supplied with water at as early a day
as it can properly be done, and is absolutely demanded;
and you will be called upon for an appropriation to
defray the expense of laying the pipes, and the erection
of a distributing reservoir for this locality.
The income from this department has not been
sufficient to meet the interest on the cost of the works

and the running expenses; but, as the interest on the

cost of the works is now payable in gold, it is fair to
presume that on the return to specie payments, the
income will be ample for this purpose.
The total number of water takers, now entered at

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the office of the water registrar during the year, is

28,429, being an increase, since Jan. 1, 1867, of 745;
the estimated amount of income

from the sales of

water for the year 1867 was $500,000; the total

income received to date is $521,006.37; the estimated

income from the sales of water for the year 1868 is

$550,000.
POLICE.

This department is rightly considered as of the

utmost importance in managing the affairs of the city.
To arrest criminals, recover stolen property, and bring
offenders to justice, is only a small part of the duty
of a good and efficient officer. The prevention of
crime by the preservation of peace, and the protection
of property by constant vigilance, are among his first
duties. Through the Police Department the laws
should be enforced, and order enjoined. In order to
secure the accomplishment of these, the force should
correspond with the magnitude of the objects to be
attained and the work to be accomplished. To pre
serve order, officers should themselves be orderly.
Decency and decorum should always be observable,
and always is in a good patrolman.

Boston is for

tunate in her police arrangement, and has the reputa

tion of standing in this respect as high as any of the
cities in the union.
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The police force now consists of three hundred and

forty-four men, having been largely reduced from that
of the previous year. This has made the duty of the
patrolmen more onerous, although it has saved some
expense to the city.
On our accession to office, we find nine police dis
tricts with three hundred and forty-four men, or
-

one police officer to about five hundred and eighty

inhabitants. Roxbury, as it comes to us, has a force
of thirty men, or about one officer for one thousand
inhabitants, and a very large territory for each patrol
man to visit in the discharge of his duty. Other cities
have many more police officers, proportionally, than
does ours. The size of the Highlands is such, that
the territory should, for convenience, be divided into
two districts, perhaps by a line running through Shaw
mut Avenue, and the force should be enlarged to con
form with that of the old nine districts.

If this should

be done, it will be necessary to provide another station

house near the Dorchester line, for the accommodation

of the eastern district, the western being pretty well

provided for by the present station house in the base

ment of the city hall on Dudley Street. The surplus

appropriation of last year will probably be sufficient
to provide for the erection of a new station house, if
in your judgment a separate building is required for
the easterly district.

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During the year 1867, there have been 19,120

arrests, an increase in number of 1,165 over that of

the previous year.

The aggregate amount of im

prisonment has been 1,424.75 years; and the amount

of property reported as recovered, $124,020.
PUBLIC

HEALTH.

During the year that has just passed, no unusual

sickness has prevailed, the city having been most

remarkably spared the unwelcome visit from any of the
ordinary epidemics or malignant diseases in any degree
to cause alarm. The streets have been kept clean, and
the usual nuisances, which produce the common annoy
ances to the citizens, have been promptly abated when
made known to the department. The free baths, under
their admirable and judicious management, have proved,
as in the first year of their establishment, of incalcula
ble benefit; and have undoubtedly produced much good
influence in preserving health by securing cleanliness.
The baths were free for public use during the four
months preceding the 28th of last September, and in
that time were used 807,201 times. The experiment
of public bathing, as tried during the last two years,
has been eminently successful as a sanitary measure,
and has met the approval of all who have given
attention to the subject.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The public schools have ever been the pride of

Bostonians. From our earliest history our fathers
have felt a deep interest in their welfare. The first
record in our archives relating to the free schools
bears date as early as the year 1635, when Mr. Phile
mon Pormort was entreated to become schoolmaster
for the

teaching

and nurturing of the children.

Since

that time, the records abound in orders for the well

being of the schools, and nothing has been left

undone that could advance their standing or increase
their usefulness.

Tuition commences with the first

elements of instruction, carries the pupil through all

the stages of schooling, and finally leaves the boy fit
for the counting room or college, and the girl to be
a teacher. There are five high schools, twenty-one
grammar schools, and two hundred and fifty-nine
primary schools, making two hundred and eighty
three in all. These are managed by sixty-seven male,
and five hundred and sixty-three female, teachers.
The whole number of school-houses owned by the
city is about seventy-two, and many schools are kept
in hired apartments. During the past year there
were, of all grades of pupils, about 28,126. Two
large school-houses are now in progress of erection;

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and others undoubtedly would be urged as needed,

were the finances of the city, and the monetary pros
pects of the country, in a condition to warrant the
outlay of large sums of money. As much as these
buildings seem to be needed, it is hoped that the City
Council will pause before it launches forth again into any
new enterprises involving large expenditures of money.
In consequence of the annexation of the Highlands,
there have been added to our list of schools, one

high school for boys and girls, one grammar school

for boys, another for girls, and two for boys and
girls, and one other small school for both SeXeS.
There are about fifty primary schools in the newly

acquired territory.

The number of pupils attending

these schools is not far from five thousand.

Within

a short time the city government of Roxbury, almost

the last official act of that municipality, authorized
the building of another grammar school-house; and

it will be incumbent upon us to see that the engage

ments of that city, now that its corporate powers
have terminated, are fully carried out.
Owing to the ill consequences of the emulation
caused by the medal system in the grammar schools

for girls, the awarding of the city medals for girls

was discontinued last year, and diplomas of gradu
ation given to all the girls on their faithful com

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pletion of their school course.

no more

Franklin

medals

For the same reason

for the boys of the

grammar schools will be given out ; but, to indus

trious, well behaved and meritorious graduates, will
be awarded, in their stead, proper certificates. The
income

of the

Franklin

fund

for medals, which

yields only fifty dollars a year, will, however, under

the direction of the standing committees on the
Latin and the English High Schools, be awarded
to the meritorious scholars of their respective schools,
it having been determined by the school committee
that the medals

could not well be discontinued, and

that the influences would have very little effect upon

the maturer class of pupils attending these schools.
During the past year two schools for licensed
minors were established under the supervision of
the school committee.

These contain about one hun

dred and forty pupils, who are required to attend

school, at least two hours each day, during the
school year. These boys ply their various voca
tions during a portion of the remainder of the day,
such as blacking boots, selling newspapers, and
pursuing other callings in the streets. Much good
has already resulted from this provision of the city
government; and, undoubtedly, as the system of
teaching the boys of the street is more generally
enforced, more beneficial results will be apparent.

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PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The Public Library necessarily stands at the

head of our educational institutions.

It furnishes the

material whereby all classes of our community may

be entertained and instructed.

as well as his pupil.

learned, that

he

It teaches the master

No person is so wise or

cannot find

there books

which

will make him wiser and more learned; and none

so

ignorant,

that

he

cannot

obtain

there

the

elementary knowledge suited to his first beginnings.

The popular portion of its collections continues to
be largely used, and the reading room increases in
public favor.
From its foundation to

the

present time, the

Library has been greatly indebted for its support

to the liberality of the appropriations made by the
City Government.

It is proper to say, that, in my

judgment, this money has been well bestowed. The

value of such an institution is not to be measured

by any money standard.

It stands as a monument

of the civilization of Boston.

When the Library was opened in Mason Street,

in the year 1854, it contained 22,617 volumes. By
the last numeration, it had 135,981 volumes, being
an increase in fourteen years of 113,364 volumes.

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During the last year it circulated 208,963 volumes.

An institution which, since its foundation, has loaned

over 1,900,000 volumes, may well be said to have

more than fulfilled the reasonable expectations of its
friends. Having been officially connected with it
from the laying of its foundation stone to the present
time, it has been a recurring source of gratification
that it was placed in the midst of a community
which so readily appreciated its worth.
STREETS.

FoRT HILL.

Oliver Street has been widened and

graded during the past year, from Milk Street

to Broad Street; the whole expense of which, with
the cutting down of the street, is to be assessed
under the special act of 1865. Hamilton Street
was widened and graded by a Resolve passed Jan
uary 5, 1867; but nothing has been done to the
street by the city, on account of there being no
place as yet provided for the deposit of the earth;
and it is sufficiently apparent that the whole im
provement of cutting down the Hill has not been
carried forward on that account. The other portion
of the

improvement

besides Oliver Street, will have

to be done under the general betterment law;

by which the city can assess one half only of the

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benefit that will accrue from the improvement to

any abutting estate.

It is estimated that the whole

improvement will cost the city, after making the

assessments under the betterment law, about $500,000.

HANovER STREET.

A Report was submitted to the

Board of Aldermen, in

November

last, in reference

to the widening of this street. The project was con

sidered as of much importance by the committee,
who came to the conclusion that the street should

be widened throughout its whole length ; but while

they expressed themselves as unanimously in favor
of the proposed improvement, they recommended the
subject to the early attention of their successors.
FEDERAL STREET.

An order has passed the Board

of Aldermen for widening this street between the

foot of Summer Street and

First Street, in

South

Boston, to seventy feet; but it has not as yet passed

the Common Council.

TREMONT STREET. The proposition to widen this

street in its extent between Boylston Street and the
Boston and Albany Railroad Bridge to sixty feet, at
an estimated cost of half a million of dollars, including

the raising of the grade of a portion of the street,

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was delayed in consequence of the City Solicitor having

given the opinion that this street should not be
widened until after the property on the Church Street
district has been taken by the city; for the reason
that the property on that portion of the street, south
of Pleasant Street, had better first come into - the

possession of the city, under the Church Street act

approved by the Governor on the first day of June,
1867.

BROADwAY.

The Board of Aldermen of the past

year passed an order for the extension of Broadway

to Albany Street, at an estimated expense of $800,000.
In this the Common Council non-concurred with the

Board, and referred the subject to the present city

government.

These projects will, in their natural course, come

before you for action; and it behooves you to give
them your most patient attention, and unbiassed con
sideration.

PAVING.

The amount of work done by the department during

the past year has been unusually large, owing to the
necessity of replacing a large amount of worn-out
round-stone pavement with new and superior material;

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of repaving a large number of streets where the same

kind of pavement had become defective and unsafe for
travel; in consequence of requirements caused by the
growth of the city in South Boston, in the southerly
wards, and upon the Back Bay, and the acceptance
of streets upon the last-mentioned territory, which
required a considerable outlay of money; and also
owing to the necessity of keeping in thorough repair
and safe condition for travel, the streets in other por
tions of the city. It has always been a source of
just pride to the City Government, as well as to the

citizens at large, that the public highways of Boston

have been maintained in better condition than those

of any other large city of the Union; and it has

been necessary to keep up this high standard in order
to compensate to a certain extent for the many disad
vantages occasioned by our crooked, narrow, and
over-crowded thoroughfares, that the natural courses
of traffic and business should not be impeded.
Under the proper head of paving, the following
amount of work has been done, viz.:

45,000 feet of

edgestones have been set, and 27,571 yards of round

stone have been repaved; 10,440 yards of new round
stone, 9,918 yards of new blockstone, 19,750 yards of
sidewalk, and 2,100 yards of new crossings have been
laid.

A force of twenty men has also been employed

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during the summer months repairing defective places

in the streets.

Of important work performed, it will only be

necessary to particularize the paving with new small
granite-block pavement, Exchange Street and por
tions of Oak, Kingston, Washington and Commercial
streets; the repaving of portions of Commercial,
Congress, Second and Orange streets; the work done
on Brookline, Pembroke and Canton streets, west of
Tremont Street, and that on Warren Avenue and

Appleton and Clarendon streets; and the widening

and grading of Richmond Street between Hanover
and Salem streets.

In addition to the business coming particularly

under the head of paving, the department has also

carried on the following work for which special

appropriations were made, viz: the raising and grad
ing of Dedham Street; the extension of Albany
Street from Troy Street to the Dover Street Bridge;

the building of a new bridge over the tracks of the

Boston and Worcester Railroad at Albany Street, and

the grading of Oliver Street, Washington Square and

Belmont Street.

In fulfilment of an agreement made between the

city and the abutters on Dedham Street, between
Shawmut Avenue and Tremont Street, that street

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has been raised to the high grade; in the accom

plishment of which, the houses have been either torn
down, raised, or rebuilt by the owners, they receiving
a certain sum in compensation for damages, and the
streets, cellars and lots filled up by the city. The
cost of this work amounted to $20,712.

The extension of Albany Street, from Troy Street

to the Dover Street Bridge, authorized by the Board
of Aldermen, on the tenth of September, 1866, is
nearly completed. This work included the building
of a sea-wall, two hundred and seventy-one feet in

length, and the filling up and grading of the same

length of street eighty feet in width, and about six
teen feet in depth. The cost of the wall, which
was completed in July, amounted to $33,005, and

the cost of the filling and grading (nearly completed)

to $10,397. In July the Committee made a contract
for the erection of the stone abutments and retain

ing walls, containing about twenty-six hundred cubic

yards of stone work, for the Albany Street Bridge.
These abutments are completed, and Messrs. McKay
and Aldus, of East Boston, are now erecting upon
them a new wrought iron lattice bridge.

The abut

ments and bridge are of superior workmanship, and

will compare favorably with any work of the kind
erected in Boston and its vicinity.

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The grading of Oliver Street, Washington Square,

and Belmont Street, which was authorized by a spe
cial act of the Legislature passed in 1865, has been
prosecuted as rapidly as circumstances would allow.
The grading of the streets was completed on the
twenty-fourth of December, and the earth removed,
amounting to about 68,000 cubic yards, was used
principally for the extension of Albany Street, and
the filling in of the flats lying between Albany Street
and Harrison Avenue, Troy Street, and the Dover
Street Bridge. A strip of land lying on the southerly
side of the bridge, and owned by the city, has also
been raised from the same source. The cost of the
grading of Oliver Street, Washington Square, and
Belmont Street, has amounted to about $49,000.

The duties of the Superintendent of Streets, as

defined by the City Ordinances, are to superintend

the general state of the streets, to attend to the lay

ing out, widening, elevation, and repairs of the
same, etc. He acts under the general direction
and control of the Committee on Paving, and to this
Committee are referred all matters relating to the
names and numbers of streets.

There are in the

City of Boston five hundred and seven streets, and

four hundred and eighty-nine courts and places. In
addition to these, there are in the newly acquired

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property on the highlands, one hundred and seventy

seven streets and one hundred and one courts and

places.

Of this number, eighty streets, and forty

courts and places, bear the same names as those of

Boston proper. This duplication of names will cause
hereafter no inconsiderable annoyance and inconven
ience, and it is respectfully suggested that a careful
revision of the same be made, with an alteration,

perhaps, of a portion in each locality.

The changing

of the names of streets is a matter, however, not to

be acted upon hastily, nor without good and sufficient

reasons. In the older portions of the city the names
of the streets have, to a certain

extent, historical

interest, and cannot be changed without destroying

associations connected with the past. Of the streets
in existence in 1722, very few retain at the present
day their original names; and the memory of many
of the prominent benefactors of this anciept metrop
olis have been sacrificed by the inordinate desires of
unthoughtful and ungrateful persons.
SEWERS.

The only portion of the city which suffers from

defective drainage is that formerly lying on the borders
of the Back Bay, the larger part of which is known
as the Church Street District, and which has been

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under the consideration of successive City Govern

ments for some years. It is expected that under the

powers given by the Legislature, or by other means,
that measures can soon be taken to raise the grade
of that portion lying north of Tremont Street. When
this has been successfully performed, the grade should
be generally raised as far south as Dover Street.
The Commonwealth and the Boston Water Power

Company, who are the owners of the new territory

upon the Back Bay, have carried out expensive and
satisfactory works for the drainage of their respec
tive lands, as had been previously agreed upon
with a committee of the City Government.
The city of Roxbury, for the last two or three
years, has spent large sums annually for drainage
purposes, and probably much work of this character
will not be required, until after the introduction of
water, for that part of the city.
LAMP DEPARTMENT.

The Lamp Department of the city, is one of

great importance to the community, the lighting of

the streets being not only a convenience to the

public, but a great protection to persons and prop

erty. The fact that many of the large cities in
this country, cause their streets to be lighted every

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night during the year, has brought out many

unfavorable comments upon the system of this city,
and the present government have so far taken the
subject into consideration, as to cause the system of
lighting all night, to be adopted during the win
ter months, say from October 15th to April 15th.
This change in the system has added to the expense
of maintenance of the department some thirty thou
sand dollars, but has given universal satisfaction to
the public, so far as the Superintendent can learn.
The expenses of this department are very large, the
appropriation for the present financial year, ending
on the 30th of April next, amounting to two hundred
and fifty thousand five hundred dollars, an amount
which it is believed will be ample for the year.
The largest portion of this large sum is expended
for material consumed and for labor.

The estimate

for 1867 1868, being as follows: For gas,

$16,690.42; for fluid, $23,719.94; lighting and
care, $38,053.99; Total $223,464.35.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

During the past year the usual number of fires

and alarms have occurred in the city; and yet no
serious conflagration has taken place involving great
losses of property. This may be attributed to the
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promptness and efficiency of the officers and mem

bers of the department. The losses have been much

below the average.

The department exhibits strong

evidence of improvement during the past year, both

in its fire apparatus and also in its houses. The
men connected with it feel much pride in keeping
everything in good condition, and the emulation that
exists is healthy and commendable. The excellent
accommodations of the house on Mount Vernon Street,

and the new building on Salem Street, have excited

a strong desire on the part of the men connected

with some of the engines to have better accommo

dations, and more comfortable quarters for them

selves.

Especially to be condemned are the present

quarters of the steam-fire engine in Scollay's build

ing; its stable and apartments are contracted, un
comfortable and prejudicial to the health both of .
man and beast.

When

it

is considered that

this

company are noted for their promptness, and that

they have their apparatus in the most thickly built
part of the city, where the buildings are the most
costly, it would seem proper that their necessities
should be relieved at the earliest possible time that
funds can be spared for the purpose. The report

of the Chief Engineer will soon be placed before

you, and to the statements to be made therein, your

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attention is particularly called. The increase of our

territory, by the annexation of the late city of Rox
bury, will require your immediate attention, in making
at least some provisional arrangement by which the
department may be continued, until some proper

arrangement

can be matured.

FIRE

ALARM

TELEGRAPII.

This is regarded as one of the most useful depart

ments of the city. The system has been improved
during the past year by the renewal of wires, and the
addition of several signal boxes and bells.

Ours was

the first city in the world to adopt the Fire Alarm

Telegraph, and the original system has been largely
extended and improved; there are, however, still other
desirable changes to be made, suggested by our own
experience and that of other cities, which it is hoped
will have your careful consideration.

The Highlands

comprise the only portion of the city destitute of the

Fire Alarm Telegraph; and, consequently, will have,
at the earliest convenience, to be furnished with the
proper apparatus.
PUBLIC

BUILDINGS.

The usual number of buildings have been com

menced during the past year.

The work of the

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department has been about the same as in previous

years. The building requirements of a growing city,

like ours, are always numerous. A school-house in

Richmond Street, for primary school purposes, has
been completed during the past year.
fourteen rooms, and cost $60,000.

This contains
Its accommoda.

tions are very satisfactory. Contracts were made

also for the erection of a grammar school-house in
Ward 7, containing twelve rooms and a hall. This
will be ready for occupancy on the first of next
March, and will cost, including the necessary fur
niture, about $75,000.

Two estates contiguous to the Wells school-house

lot have been purchased, and contracts made for
the erection of a new school-house, which will
contain twelve rooms and a hall; and which will be

finished about the first of September, and will cost,

including land and furniture, about $106,000. Land
has been purchased on Salem Street, and contracts

made, for building a new house for Hose Company

No. 1. This will be ready for use about March
1st, and will cost $22,000. A building is in
progress in Ward 12, containing accommodations for

Engine No. 1, an armory for Co. E, 1st Regiment,

a schoolroom and a wardroom for Ward

12.

This

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will be ready on the first of April next, and will

cost,

including

land, about $38,000.

"A lot of land has been purchased on Paris

Street, East Boston, for a new grammar

school

house, to take the place of the Lyman school-house,

a portion of which will be occupied for a wardroom.
In 1865 a lot of land, situated on the corner of

Hawkins and Sudbury streets, was purchased at a

cost of $66,211.50, and, during the past year, con
tracts have been made for the erection thereon of a

building for a Central Charity Bureau and Temporary

Home for the Destitute." The building will be com
pleted about the first of October, and will cost,
including furniture, about $125,000.

A portion of

this amount has been contributed by citizens.

PUBLIC

INSTITUTIONS.

The city has, from time immemorial, been noted

for the excellent care it has taken of its poor, and
for its humanity towards those whose errors have
led them into crime. The public institutions at Deer
Islandthe Almshouse, the house of Industry, the
two Houses of Reformation, one for boys and the
other for girls have, under the able management of
their Boards of Directors, been conducted prosper
ously during the past year.

It is a source of deep

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regret, however, to those interested in the welfare of

their inmates, that the worthy poor are obliged to

be cared for under the same roof with the vicious

and dissolute.
The

House

of

Correction at South

Boston con

tinues to be a standard institution, and is now

earning two-thirds of its annual cost of maintenance.
The introduction of a new business, the manufacture
of shoes, will undoubtedly be of pecuniary benefit to

the institution, and do much toward making it self

sustaining.
As unpleasant as the subject may be, it is impos
sible to refrain from expressing an opinion, founded
on personal knowledge, that the Hospital for the
Insane, at South Boston, is far below the standard

of what should be expected of such an enlightened

community as ours. The building is inconvenient;
its inmates, who are not responsible for their actions,
are huddled together for want of separate apart
ments, the system of classification rendered impossi
ble, and the danger from fire imminent.

Indeed,

the construction of the internal arrangements of the

building is such, that, in case of fire, a most fearful
mortality would certainly be the result. Your care
ful attention is called to these facts; and it is your
duty to see what can be done to free the city from

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the imputation that would follow any such calamity,

which the excellent Superintendent and his assistants
would be unable to avert, and for which they should
not be held responsible. The condition of the times
will not warrant our entering into any costly enter
prise for the required relief, but our character as a
philanthropic people should never allow us to neglect
the worthy poor, bereft of reason.
OVERSEERS OF

THE

POOR.

Although much larger sums are disbursed oy

other departments of the government, there are none
which demand a more considerate attention than the

boards which administer the charities of the city.

The institutions at Deer Island and South Boston have

already been spoken of

By our system, the admin

istration of out door relief is in the charge of the

Overseers of the Poor.

" An important change, as you are aware, was made

in 1864. In the year 1862, it was found that the
expenditure had largely exceeded the appropriation for
1862-3, amounting to more than $90,000. The subject
was brought to the attention of your predecessors. The
next year the appropriation was reduced to $39,000.
In July 1864, pursuant to an Act passed in the pre
ceding April, a new board was organized, the opera

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tion of which had proved in a high degree satis

factory.
Under the present system, all applications for

relief are carefully investigated, and the information

obtained is preserved for reference.

No relief is

afforded without such investigation, and it is believed

that this caution tends both to discourage impostors,
and to secure to the deserving poor as large a
measure

of

relief

as

the

law allows.

From an

examination of a carefully prepared table of the

statistics of the action of the board since its re-organ
ization, (and I am not aware of any complaint that
the obligations which a liberal construction of the
powers of the board impose in the administration of
charity are neglected,) it appears that, notwithstanding
the increase in the cost of the necessaries of life,

the expenditures for this

purpose

are still much less

than they were previous to 1862.

The new board have recommended the adoption,
of a system by which private and public charity
may be combined, and made to co-operate, so that the
one may supplement the other without interference.
The

administration

of

the

latter

is

limited

and

controlled by law, and cases often arise which are

not thus provided for. But, if that class of cases
can be referred to other sources, it is hoped that,

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49

without passing beyond the limits of our legal powers

in the administration of funds collected by taxation, no

persons who ought on the broadest grounds of benev
olence to be assisted, will be unprovided for.
With a view to this purpose, it was proposed that
a building should be provided, in which overseers
of the poor, together with such charitable associations
as the City Council should designate, might be accom
modated, and act together by mutual consultation
and aid.

Private contributions to the amount of nearly $17,000,

have been made for this purpose; and by an order
passed on the twelfth of July last, the City Council
authorized the erection of a building to be used for
this purpose, as well as for the Temporary Home
heretofore established in Charles Street, which it was

thought advisable to unite with this Central Charity

Bureau.

Plans have been adopted, contracts made,

and the construction of the building commenced;

and before the present municipal year closes, it will
be completed.
The annexation

of Roxbury will increase the

business and expenditure of this department; and, in

connection with this change, it has been suggested
that it may be advisable to separate the Almshouse
properdesigned for the accommodation of the poor
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- in situation amd government, as it is already in other

respects, from the institution designed for the criminal
classes.

The reluctance of many, who would be far better

provided

for in the almshouse than in the wretched

dwellings which their narrow means allow them, to

accept the comforts it affords, is increased by the
unfounded impression that they are to be associated
with criminals, while this feeling is shared to some
extent by their friends, and those who assist them.

It

is worthy of consideration, whether it is not advisable

to prevent even the suspicion of such association,
and to do all in our power, without discouraging the
honorable pride which keeps many from becoming
applicants for public charity, to remove the fancied
stigma which interferes with the administration of

our system of charity, and may prevent many from

enjoying the relief it affords. Having no specific
recommendation to offer in reference to this subject,
it must suffice, for the present, that it has thus been
brought to your notice. It has already engaged the
attention of directors of public institutions, and of the
Overseers; and any recommendations from these boards

should receive your careful consideration.

The number of new cases examined in 1867 is

903, and that of new and old aided is 1,961.

During

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the year 1867, there has been expended for relief to

the first day of December, by cash, $11,569.13; for

fuel, $5,989.88; for groceries, $8,780; paid to other

cities and towns, $1,907.09; paid to Temporary Home,
$6,856.11; for burials, $1,404.42; for transportation,
$106.47.

The total amount of trust funds at the

close of the year amounted to $198,280.19; to which

may be added the amount expended on the Searston
Charter House, $29,332.46, making a total of $228,
612.65. The number of persons employed by the
overseers, are one secretary, two clerks, and three
visitors.
STATE AID.

Under the provisions of the acts of the Legisla

ture, approved April 23, 1866, and April 11, 1867,
the payments of State aid are still continued at the
relief office to disabled soldiers and sailors, and to
the families of those killed in battle, or who have
died of wounds, or disease contracted in the service.

The amount of money paid out since the office was

opened in 1861 is nearly fifteen hundred thousand

dollars. The number on the rolls, on the first of

January, 1868, of those entitled to receive State aid,
is 1,232. By the annexation of Roxbury will be
added about two hundred more, making in all about

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1,432. The amount of money required then, during

the present year, will be about $116,000, provided
no alteration is made in the State aid act.

CITY

IIOSPITAL.

This institution has extended its benefits to a

large number of the deserving poor of our city.
The number of patients in the Hospital on the first
of January, 1867, was 163, and there were admitted

during the year 1,534, making in all 1,697. During

the year, 1,407 were discharged, and 149 died, in

all, 1,556, leaving 141 remaining in the Hospital on

the first of January, 1868.

In addition to the above, 7,015 persons have been
treated as out-patients showing an increase in this
particular of more than one hundred per cent. over
the previous year. The whole number of persons
treated by the medical staff since the opening of the
Hospital in June, 1864, is 16,360.

The new building

recently

erected in

connection

with the Lodge, is designed for the treatment of

out-patients, and will add greatly to the convenience
of the Hospital; while the rooms, thus vacated in
the medical pavilion, will furnish accommodations
for the increased number of patients, that may be
expected to seek admission from the Highlands of

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Boston just annexed to the city. During the term

of the Medical School of Harvard College, lectures are
delivered at the Hospital twice in each week. These
have been fully attended by the students; and, in
connection with the clinical instruction given, have
proved to be valuable aids towards their advance
ment in medical and surgical knowledge.
CHURCH STREET TERRITORY.

A bill, prepared by Hon. B. R. Curtis, authorizing

the city to purchase or otherwise take the land and
buildings on the Church Street territory, so called,
was passed by the last legislature of the common
wealth Estimates of the cost of taking the property
were reported to the City Council, and a resolve was
passed, to the effect, that, in the opinion of the City
Council, the land and buildings should be taken
under the provisions of the bill, the manner of lay
ing it out to be determined hereafter. A description
of the property to be taken has been nearly com
pleted by the City Surveyor; and it is for the present
City Council to determine whether the orders neces

sary for the taking shall be adopted, or an amicable

arrangement made with the owners for raising the
territory in its present condition to grade.

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M A YOR'S

A D D R E S.S.

STATE LEGISLATION.

Under an order of the last City Council, applica

tion has been made to the legislature for an act to
authorize the city to purchase or otherwise take the

territory and buildings below grade, lying between

Washington Street and Tremont Street. Petitions
have also been presented to the legislature for the
passage of acts to authorize the city to manufacture
illuminating gas, and to give power to boards of
health to regulate the construction of tenement
houses. It certainly is very desirable that the city
authorities should possess these powers; but when
possessed, particular care should be had that they
are judiciously used, so that no class of persons nor
individuals should be oppressed, or put to unwarrant
able annoyance.
MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.

The annual report of the Trustees of Mount Hope

Cemetery, presented at the close of the last official
year, shows that this important interest is in good
condition.

Much care

of

late has been

bestowed

upon the grounds, and it may be regarded as one of

the most attractive cemeteries in the vicinity of
Boston.

The annual appropriations seem to have

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been discreetly expended.

55

With the annexation of

Roxbury to Boston, the proprietors of Forest Hill

Cemetery (belonging to that city), were induced to
ask of the present legislature an act of incorporation
as a private institution, Boston having already one
public cemetery. To this, Roxbury actively, and
Boston tacitly, has assented. This fact imposes
greater necessity upon our city for care in the man

agement of Mount Hope, as there will be a larger

demand for lots by those whose choice it will be
to be buried, at their decease, in this cemetery.
It has been noticed that it is now quite the custom

for charitable institutions to ask of the city a gratuitous

assignment of lots in the cemetery, for the burial of

their dead; and it is a question how far this favor can

be yielded without seriously trenching upon the space
which should be reserved for the growing, and now
largely augmented, needs of the city. It is the opinion
of many that it would be far better for the Trustees,
as in a recent case of application of this character,
to charge even a nominal sum for lots, rather than to
invite, by free tender, overtures from all the charities
of the city, some of which have large funds, for the

burial of their dead.

In this connection I desire to add, that an enlarge
ment of this cemetery must soon be made to accom

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modate the wants of the city.

An offer of land

adjoining the same, on the west, has already been

made by its owner.

By its purchase, the cemetery

would be nearly bounded by streets a most desirable

consummationwhile the possibility of the land in

question being divided into small house-lots, and sold
to settlers who must inevitably be dispossessed ere
many years, would be at once obviated. These sug
gestions are submitted for your careful consideration.
HARBOR.

One of the greatest interests of Boston is in the

preservation of its excellent harbor. The encroach

ments upon its channels, which have been going on

so rapidly during the present century, are in a fair
way of being stopped, through the agency of the
United States government, and that of our common
wealth.

Work upon the harbor was commenced by Major

General J. G. Foster in June last, an appropriation
of $300,000 having been obtained for the fiscal year,
terminating on the 30th of June next. The work
laid out by him consisted of building sea-walls for the

preservation of the North Head of Long Island, for

Gallop's Island, and for Point Allerton; the dredging
of Lovell's Island Spit, Great Brewster Spit, and Upper

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57

Middle Bar; and the removal of Tower and Corwin

Rocks. So far, no work has been done on any of .

the sea-walls at either Lovell's Island, Gallop's Island,
or Point Allerton, on account of the delay and diffi

culty in procuring legal possession of the land. The

title to the first-named point has not yet been secured;
in the case of the two last named, possession has,
after much delay, been secured, and contracts will be
made during the winter for the commencement of the
work early in the ensuing spring.
No work was done at the Upper Middle Bar in
consequence of the refusal of the contractor to comply
with the terms of his contract.

At only two points has any considerable progress

been made during the past working season, namely,
at the dredging of the southwest point of Lovell's
Island, where the contractor, Mr. A. Boschke,

pushed

forward the work very energetically; and at the rocks,

where Mr. George W. Townsend carried on the work
quite successfully, by entirely removing Tower Rock
and about one half of Corwin Rock, until the recent

severe weather compelled him to suspend operations

for the season.

At Deer Island, during the past two seasons, the

work upon the sea-walls has progressed vigorously,
under the direction of Maj.-Gen. H. W. Benham, and
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to the complete

MAYOR'S AD DRESS.

rebuilding,

as far as required, of the

walls protecting Middle Bluff and South Bluff of

that island. In place of the former dry stone wall,
a strong mortar wall with concrete backing, sixteen
to seventeen feet high, by eight feet in thickness, has
been substituted to the extent of five hundred and

forty feet at the middle bluff, and four

hundred

and forty feet, on the south bluff, making nearly

one thousand feet of wall rebuilt in the past two
years. And this, it is expected, will afford ample
security against any further drift of gravel or
bowlders, from

these the nearest and most

dan

gerous bluffs, which prolong the Deer Island spit, .

and reduce

the

the inner harbor.

width of the

main

entrance

into

The wall at North Bluff of this

island, about 1,740 feet long, upon which some

repairs

for 300 feet were made in 1865 and 1866,

by the late Col. Graham, will, it is expected, be

rebuilt next year, as far as the funds available
will permit.
At Lovell's Island, a contract has been made, and

the greater portion of the stone delivered, for the

facing of a wall, eight to ten feet high, and about
seven hundred and fifty feet long, required to pro
tect Southeast Bluff, the drift gravel from which
runs towards the Narrows of the main channel north

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59

of Fort Warren; and for the construction of this

wall and the work above referred to on Deer Island,
the sum of about $55,000 still remains available, and
some $36,000 additional have been asked for.

At Great Brewster Island, the main wall as originally

planned, (which was commenced by Gen. Benham in

1849) is now completed, for the protection of both the
heads or bluffs of that island, though the funds
did not quite suffice for the entire filling and the
paving in rear of the wall of the north head.
These sea-walls comprise about 2,740 linear feet of
wall, from eighteen to twenty feet in height, and
eight or nine feet wide, and appear to give a per

fect protection to these bluffs, and a security against

a further extension of Brewster Spit, very dangerous,
and now about one and a quarter miles long, running
directly upon the narrow channel at the eastward of
Fort Warren.

For the small amount of work needed

to complete the wall of the north head, and for a

short wall of two hundred and fifty feet to connect

the walls of the two bluffs, and also to prevent

the very possible rush of the sea between, and the
division

of the island in two, a further and final

sum of about $50,000 has been asked for, which

will finish and close the whole work on this island;

when, as it is believed, with the completion of the

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other walls previously referred to, all the most dan

gerous spits or shoals, making from any of the

islands towards the main channel (except perhaps
the spit of Gallop's Island) will be secured against
any future increase; and the safety of the channel
against further detriment be assured.
Under chapter 354 of the acts of the late session
of the legislature of the commonwealth, the State
Harbor Commissioners were

authorized

to

build

sea-wall to enclose the South Boston flats as far as

Slate Ledge.

Proposals for building the wall upon a

plan and location designated by an engineer appointed

by the Governor have been received; but as the cost
greatly exceeds the amount appropriated by the legis
lature ($200,000), no contract has yet been made.
The present legislature will probably be asked to

take such action as will enable the commissioners

to build a wall upon a modified line, so as to admit
of the construction of wharves and docks, payment
over the amount of the appropriation to be made by
the conveyance of flats.
Under chapter 93 of the resolves of 1867, a com
mittee was appointed from members of the two
branches of the legislature, and authorized to make
contracts for filling the flats enclosed by the sea-wall.
As the plan for the construction of the wall could

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not be carried out without further legislation, the

committee have not been able to make any contract

for the filling. The specifications on which they have

received proposals, provide that a portion at least of
the filling shall be made with material dredged from
the main

ship-channel

in front of the wall, to the

depth of twenty-three feet below low water.

This

scheme of compensation, for tide-water displaced, will

be satisfactory if the legislature pledges the State
to remedy any injuries which may hereafter result to
the harbor from the occupation of the flats.
It is the duty of the city government to use all
proper means to prevent the adoption of any plan
for filling up a portion of the harbor, which does not
include a comprehensive system of compensation for
any injuries which may accrue therefrom, without
entailing expense upon the city.
Growing out of the proposed occupation of the flats
are numerous schemes for uniting the various railroad
lines entering the city, so that freight for export can
be carried directly in cars to deep water on the South
Boston shore.

Any scheme which shall afford encouragement for

the transportation of freight from the West, especially
from the Eastern terminus of the Pacific Railroad,

should be heartily favored by the city government.

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ADDRESS.

EAST BOSTON FERRIES.

The accommodations for travel between East Boston

and the city proper are not so satisfactory as the

citizens desire and have a right to expect. A large
sum amounting to $49,000has been expended by
the city in repairing the slips and landings formerly
occupied by the People's Ferry Company, upon the
understanding that they were to be leased, under
certain conditions, for a nominal sum, to the East

Boston Ferry Company.

The repairs have been com

pleted, and the Ferry Company have expressed their

willingness to run boats between the slips whenever
the city will grant them a lease. Certain restrictions,
however, attaching to the landings on the East Boston
side, have, up to this time, prevented the city from
leasing them for ferry purposes. I am informed that
there is a fair prospect of obtaining the releases at
an early day.
The suggestion has also been made by gentlemen
of standing and influence among our mercantile com

munity, that, in view of the purchase of the Grand

Junction

property

Railroad as

by the Boston

terminus for western

and Worcester
and

northern

freight, and the organization of the Marginal Freight

Railway, and especially in view of recent great ad

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63

vancements in civil engineering, the facilities for the

transaction and growth of business and the general
accommodation of the public travel, will soon, if they
do not already, require the construction of a bridge,
or some other substantial and reliable means of com

munication, between the city proper and the large

ward of East Boston. It is a question involving
greater interests than we sometimes, perhaps, acknowl
edge to ourselves; and this whole matter is, in my
judgment, a subject well worthy of your most careful
and attentive consideration; and we may be assured
that any action in that behalf, which shall at the
same time satisfy the reasonable wants of the public,
and give the needed room for our expanding com
merce, will meet the cheerful support of the com
munity.
Your attention is urgently called to consider how

these reasonable desires of business and the public

can best be subserved, and to take some decisive

action whereby the most speedy and permanent relief

can be afforded.
ANNEXATION

OF

ROXBURY.

It may not be out of place, on this occasion of

consummating the union of the two old municipal
ities, to revert to a few commonplace facts. It
will be remembered, that the act of the legislature

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of the Commonwealth, by which the annexation of

the Highlands was brought before the legal voters
of Boston and Roxbury, was approved by the Gov
ernor on the first of June, 1867; that it was accepted
by the legal voters of the two cities by their decisive
action on the ninth of September last, the vote in Boston
standing 4,633 yeas against 1,059 nays, in Roxbury,
1,832 yeas against 592 nays. Although the union

commences this day, nevertheless, one week is al

lowed the City Treasurer of Roxbury, under direction
of the Mayor and Aldermen of that city, to hold their
offices over, in order to transfer the property of their
late city to our government.

The act of annexation

provides, by section eight, that the several police officers

and watchmen that may be in office in the city of
Roxbury, when this act shall take effect, shall there
after continue in the discharge of their respective
duties, in the same manner as if they were police
officers and watchmen of the city of Boston, until
others shall be appointed in their stead.

By an omission in preparing the act, no provision

exists in relation to the Fire Department; I shall,
therefore, at the earliest possible opportunity, present
to the Aldermen for confirmation, certain appoint
ments of special importance, connected with this
department.
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65

GENTLEMEN: Having, in a somewhat succinct and

summary manner, reviewed the present condition of
some of the most important departments and great
interests, over which we have been called to watch

during the coming year, let me ask you to pledge

with me your best endeavors to earnestly and faith

fully perform the duties of the several stations, upon

which, under the solemnity of oaths, we are now
entering. Let our resolves be firm, that no effort of
ours needful for promoting the good of our city, the
successful management of its prudential affairs, and
the well-being of its citizens, shall be spared. Let
us strive to carry on the municipal government of this
renowned metropolis with honor to ourselves and
advantage to our constituents, constantly remembering
our great obligations, and keeping in view our weighty
responsibilities. Let our intercourse with each other
be courteous and harmonious, and let us avoid any
hasty steps that may incite distrust of each other, and
mar our intercourse and comfort. On my part, I as
sure you, nothing shall be left undone to make your
labors easy, and render your official intercourse with
me pleasant and agreeable. Upon me, as far as shall
depend upon my humble abilities to perform, you may
confidently rely; and you may rest assured that my
most earnest desire will ever be, during the brief
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A D DRESS.

space of time our lots are cast together, to co-operate

with you in all things that may conduce to your indi
vidual happiness and the prosperity of our beloved
city.

A EP EP E N ID IX.

REPORT
ON

THE REDUCTION OF THE

CITY

DEBT.

CITY OF BOSTON.

In Common Council, Thursday, Jan. 2, 1868.

The Committee on the Reduction of the City Debt, for the
year 1867, have the honor to
RE PORT:

That the following exhibit, made up from the books of the

Treasurer and Auditor of Accounts, presents the indebtedness
of the City at the close of business, Dec. 31, 1867:
At the commencement of the present financial
year, May 1, 1867, we find that the consoli
dated funded debt on that date, as will be
seen by the Auditor of Accounts printed

report, No. 55, page 165, was

Since that time, loans have been negotiated on

$12,998,550 91

various orders of the City Council, to the

amount of

Making total funded debt of

770,000 00

$13,768,550 91

Deducting from this amount all the debt which

has become due and been paid this financial
year, including $60,500 purchased by the
Committee on the Reduction of the City
Debt, before maturity, viz.
We have left a funded debt, Dec. 31, 1867

234,700 00
$13,533,850 91

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$13,533,850 91

Amount brought forward

To which is to be added, for a loan authorized,

but not negotiated, and the amount advanced

on account of Oliver Street loans .

111,485 33

Making a total funded and unfunded debt, Dec.

$13,645,336 24

31, 1867, of .

This debt the Auditor of Accounts classifies as follows:

$7,611,709 14
4,128,127 10

Water debt (net cost of the works) .

City Debt, proper
War account * .

1,905,500 00
$13,645,336 24

$13,645,336 24
13,020,375 91

Total debt December 31, 1867 .

Total debt December 31, 1866.
Increase of the debt in 1867

$624,960 33

Which increase of debt is accounted for as follows:

Water Debt, Dec. 31, 1867
do.
Dec. 31, 1866

$7,611,709 14
6,992,975 11

Increase of Water Debt in 1867

City Debt, proper, Dec. 31, 67

$4,128,127 10

Dec. 31, '66

4,020,900 80

do.

Increase of City Debt proper in 1867

Total increase of the Water and City Debt,
proper, 1867
War Debt, Dec. 31, 1866,
do.
Dec. 31, 1867,

$618,734 03

107,226 30
$725,960 33

$2,006,500 00
1,905,500 00

Decrease of War Debt in 1867 by purchase of

loan certificates before maturity
Net increase of the debt as stated above .

101,000 00

$624,960 33

* Outstanding war loans. The real debt incurred by the Southern war is amount of
expenses over receipts on the same account, viz: $2,511,387.50.

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A PP E N DIX.

MEANS OF

PAYING OFF THE DEBT.

The books of the Treasurer and Auditor of Accounts show

that the means for paying the debt of the city consist of the
following items, all of which are by ordinance specially appro
priated for that object, viz:
Cash balance in the City Treasury May 1, 1867,
to the credit of the Committee on the Reduc

tion of the City Debt, and six per cent cur

rency bonds of the city of Boston, held by the
Treasurer, belonging to said committee, as
stated in the Auditor of Accounts printed
Report No. 55, page 149
Cash received since that date, being payments
made into the City Treasury on bonds and
mortgages on Public Lands .
-

$3,998,744 62

71,719 09

Cash received from sales and rents of Public

Lands not included in above item .

3,008 89

Cash received from the annual city tax for 1867,

being the amount appropriated by the City
Council for this object, as required by ordi
nance on Finance .

Deduct payments on debt since May 1, 1867

400,000 00
$4,473,472 60
234,700 00
$4,238,772 60

Add bonds and mortgages on Public Lands now

in the City Treasury, all of which are consid

ered good

460,508 13

Total means on hand for the redemption of the

debt December 31, 1867

$4,699,280 73
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THE

DEBT AND MEANS OF

PAYING IT OFF.

The consolidated debt of the city, funded and

wn funded,

December

31, 1866, amounted

to .
$13,020,375 91
Less the means on hand for
-

paying the same Dec. 31,

1866

3,368,526 00

Net debt December 31, 1866

$9,651,849 91

The consolidated debt of the city funded and

unfunded
to

December
-

31, 1867, amounted

. $13,645,336 24

Less the means on hand for pay

ing the same Dec. 31, 1867 .

4,699,280 73

Net debt December 31, 1867

8,946,055 51

Net decrease of the debt during 1867 by the in

crease of the means on hand for the redemp
tion of the same

$705,794 40

The preceding statement shows that although the gross debt

of the city during the year 1867 increased $624,960.33, the
means for its redemption increased $1,330,754.73 over the
amount on hand for that purpose at the close of 1866, and that
consequently there has been a net decrease of the debt by the
increase of the means for redeeming the same, of $705,794.40.
Respectfully submitted,
OTIS NORCROSS,
Mayor.
WESTON LEWIS,

President of the Common Council.

CHAS. R. TRAIN,

Chairman Com. on Finance on the part of the Common Council.

CONTENTS.
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ADDRESS

The Union of two ancient Municipalities .

Economical Administration recommended

General Improvements obligatory .

Parsimony and Meanness to be avoided
Care of the Soldier and Laborer

Bureaus recommended

Finances .

Outstanding Debt .
Sinking Fund
.
Provision for Payment of Debt .
Credit of the City
Ordinary Expenses provided for .
Assessors Department .
Legal Decisions
.

Abatement of Taxes
New Law

Valuation of Boston and Roxbury

Increase of Valuation

IPublic Lands

Water Works .

Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Demands of the Highlands

Income of Department .
Statistics
IPolice .

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Public Health .

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Force of Department and Requirements .

Statistics

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15

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10

Increased Population by Annexation

State Tax

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Rate of Taxation

Business of the City to be encouraged

REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS

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Public Schools

Statistics

Schools added by Annexation

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Discontinuance of City and Franklin Medals
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Statistics

Fort Hill .

Hanover Street

Streets Paved

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32

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35

36

Raising and Grading of Streets

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Grading of Streets
.
Number of Streets in Boston and in the Highlands
Duplication of Names of Streets
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Sewers

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House of Correction at South Boston

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Organization of New Board in 1864

Present System of Relief .
Central Charity Bureau .
Increase of Expenditure in consequence of Annexation .
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44

Hospital for the Insane at South Boston

Overseers of the Poor
.

Central Charity Bureau and Temporary Home

.

43

Land for new School-house in East Boston

Institutions at Deer Island

40

40

Lamp Department
Fire Department
.
Fire Alarm Telegraph
Public Buildings .
New School-houses, Engine-houses, etc.

Statistics

39

Drainage of Church Street District .

Drainage of Back Bay Territory .
Drainage of Roxbury.

Public Institutions

33
34

Extension of Albany Street

Albany Street Bridge .

Work Performed

Tremont Street

Federal Street

Broadway
Paving .

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31

Public Library
.

Two Schools for Licensed Minors established

Streets

28

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State Aid

City Hospital
Statistics

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New Building .
Church Street Territory .
State Legislation
Mount Hope Cemetery .
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Removal of Tower and Corwin Rocks .

Work at Great Brewster Island.

Sea-Wall at South Boston Flats

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Work by Maj.-Gen. H. W. Benham at Deer Island .

Work at Lovells Island

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Union of Railroads and Eastern Terminus of Pacific Railroad

East Boston Ferries

Better Accommodations required

Annexation of Roxbury
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Facts in Reference to .

Union of the Cities, 6 January, 1868

No Provision made in Relation to Fire Department

CONCLUSION .

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52

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Work by Maj.-Gen. J. G. Foster .

Work by Mr. Boschke at Lovell's Island .

Enlargement Necessary.
Harbor

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APPENDIX.

REPORT ON THE REDUCTION OF THE CITY DEBT .

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MUNICIPAL REGISTER,
I868.

MUNICIPAL REGISTER:

THE CITY CHARTER,

RULES AND ORDERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,

AND

A LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON,

FOR THE YEAR 1868.

conniTAAD**
&

os:

B O STON :
ALFRED MUDGE & SON, CITY PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET.
1868.

THE CITY CHARTER,

SECTION 1.

The inhabitants of the City of Bos

ton, for all the purposes for which towns and cities c.
are by law incorporated in this commonwealth, shall 1.
continue to be one body politic, in fact and in name,
under the style and denomination of the City of Bos
ton; and, as such, shall have, exercise, and enjoy all
the rights, immunities, powers, and privileges, and
shall be subject to all the duties and obligations now
incumbent upon and appertaining to said city, as a
municipal corporation.
SECT. 2.

The administration of all the fiscal,

prudential, and municipal concerns of said city, with c.o.

the conduct and government thereof, shall be vested 1.
in one principal officer, to be styled the Mayor, one
council of twelve persons, to be called the Board of
Aldermen, and one council of forty-eight persons, to
be called the Common Council, which boards, in

their joint capacity, shall be denominated the City

Council, and also in such other boards of officers as

are hereinafter specified.

[SECT. 3. It shall be the duty of the City Council,

and they are empowered during the year 1860, and p".

whenever thereafterwards they may deem it expe-'"

1821, 110, $2.

* By the annexation of Roxbury, this number is increased to sixty.

1850, 167, $1.

MUNICIPAL

1850, 167.

Amended
1865, 7.

REGISTER.

dient, not oftener than once in ten years, to cause a

new division of the city to be made into twelve
wards, in such manner as to include an equal num
ber of voters in each ward, as nearly as conveniently
may be, consistently with well-defined limits to each
ward; and, until such division be made, the bound

ary lines of the wards shall remain as now estab

lished."]
Annual
SECT. 4. The annual meeting of citizens, for the
meeting for
the election
election of municipal officers hereinafter mentioned,
of city offi
shall be held on the second Monday of December,
and the citizens of said city qualified to vote in city
affairs shall for the purpose of such election then
meet together within the wards in which they respec
1851, ch. 167.
tively
reside, at such hour and place as the Board of
1854, ch. 39.
Aldermen may by their warrant direct and appoint;
and the person receiving the highest number of votes
for any office shall be deemed and declared to be
elected to such office; and, whenever two or more
persons are to be elected to the same office, the
several persons, to the number required to be chosen,
having the highest number of votes, shall be declared
cers.

elected.
Certificate
of

election

to

be

fur

SECT. 5. Every person so chosen in any ward

shall, within forty-eight hours of his election, be fur

nished.

nished by the clerk with a certificate thereof, signed

by the warden, clerk, and a majority of the inspec
tors, which certificate shall be presumptive evidence
of the title of such person to the office therein
mentioned.
'By the annexation of Roxbury to Boston, the number of wards was
increased to fifteen. See 1867, 359, 7.

CITY

CHARTER.

SECT. 6. The municipal officers to be chosen m'

ent of mu
at the annual election shall enter upon the duties
of their respective offices on the first Monday of
January.

SECT. 7. The qualified voters of said city shall, "

at the annual meeting, choose by ballot one warden cers.
and one clerk and five inspectors of elections for
each ward, who shall be resident in said ward, and

who shall hold their offices for one year, and until
others shall be chosen and qualified in their stead.

SECT. 8. The ward officers mentioned in the pre-'

ceding section shall respectively make oath faithfully ios.
and impartially to discharge their several duties,
which oath may be administered by the clerk of such
ward to the warden, and by the latter to the clerk
and inspectors, or to all of said officers by any

justice of the peace for the county of Suffolk; and

a certificate thereof shall be entered in the record,

to be kept by the clerk of the ward.

Sect. 9. In case of the non-election of any ward'.

officer at the annual meeting, adjournments may be officers.
had for the purpose of effecting such election, in the
same manner as is hereinafter provided with regard
to the election of members of the Common Council.

SECT. 10. In case of the absence of any ward ward

A'or
offi
officer, at any ward meeting, such officer may be cers.
1821, 110, $3.

chosen pro tempore, by hand vote, and shall have allisi, ii,8.
the powers, and be subject to all the duties of the
regular officer at such meeting.
SECT. 11.

It shall be the duty of the warden

to preside at all ward meetings, with the powers den.

of moderators of town meetings.

In case of his

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absence, the clerk, and, in case of the absence of

the clerk, any inspector, shall preside, according to

seniority, until a warden shall be chosen as provided

in the preceding section.

''.

Sect. 12.

It shall be the duty of the clerk to

is 1,110,43, make a fair and true record, and to keep an exact

journal of all the acts and votes of citizens at the

ward meetings, and to deliver over such records and
journals, together with other documents and papers

held by him in his said capacity, to his successor in

office.

Sect. 13. It shall be the duty of the warden and

inspectors inspectors of each ward to receive, sort, and count,

" and of the warden to declare, all votes at any elec
tion within such ward.

SECT. 14. It shall be the duty of all ward officers,

W.' authorized to preside and act at elections of city
Duties of

, officers, to attend and perform their respective duties

at the times and places appointed for elections of any
officer, whether of the United States, State, city, or
wards, and to make and sign the regular returns of
the same.

: of

SECT. 15. The qualified voters of said city, shall,

issi,110,55, at the annual meeting, be called upon to give in
their votes for one able and discreet person, being
an inhabitant of the city, to be Mayor of said city
for the term of one year. All the ballots so given
in, in each ward, being sorted, counted, and declared,
shall be recorded at large by the clerk in open ward
meeting; and, in making such declaration and record,
the whole number of votes or ballots given in shall
ch. 7, $14.
be distinctly stated, together with the name of every
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CHARTER.

person voted for, and the number of votes given

for each person respectively, such numbers to be

expressed in words at length; and a transcript of such
record, certified and authenticated by the warden,
clerk, and a majority of the inspectors of elections
for each ward, shall forthwith be transmitted or de
livered by such ward clerk to the clerk of the city.
It shall be the duty of the city clerk forthwith to en
ter such returns, or a plain and intelligible abstract
of them, as they are successively received, upon the

journal of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen,

or some other book to be kept for that purpose.
SECT. 16.

The Board of Aldermen shall, as soon Aldermen

**

as conveniently may be, within three days of such to examine

election, meet together and examine all the said re- :

turns, and they shall cause the person who may have 1.
been elected Mayor to be notified in writing of his :*:
election; but, if it shall appear by said returns that
no person has been elected, or if the person elected
shall refuse to accept the office, the Board shall issue
their warrants for a new election, and the same pro
ceedings shall be had as are provided in the preced
ing section for the choice of a Mayor, and repeated
from time to time until a Mayor shall be chosen.
SECT. 17. Whenever, on examination by the ings
Proceed.
in case
Board of Aldermen of the returns of votes given for of no choice
Mayor at the meetings of the wards, holden for the
purpose of electing that officer, last preceding the
first Monday of January in each year, no person "P"
shall appear to be chosen, the Board of Aldermen, 1.
by whom such examination is made, shall make a
record of that fact, an attested copy of which record
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it shall be the duty of the city clerk to produce and

read, on the first Monday in January, in the presence
of the members returned to serve as Aldermen and

Common Councilmen; and the oaths prescribed by

law may be administered to the members elect. The
members of the Board of Aldermen shall thereupon
proceed to elect a Chairman, and the Common Coun
cil, a President, in their respective chambers; and be
ing respectively organized, they shall proceed to
business in the manner hereinafter provided, in case
of the absence of the Mayor: and the Board of
Aldermen shall forthwith issue their warrants for

meetings of the citizens of the respective wards, for

the choice of a Mayor, at such time and place as they
shall judge most convenient; and the same proceed
ing shall be had in all respects as are hereinbefore
directed, and shall be repeated from time to time, un
til a Mayor shall be duly chosen.
Proceedings
SECT. 18. Whenever it shall appear, by the regu
in case no
lar
returns of the elections of city officers, that a
Mayor is
chosen, or a
Mayor has not been chosen, or that a full Board of
full Board
of Alder
men is not
elected.

1845,217, $1.

Aldermen has not been elected, such of the Board of

Aldermen, whether they constitute a quorum or not,

as may have been chosen, shall issue their warrant,
in the usual form for the election of a Mayor, or
such members of the Board of Aldermen as may be
necessary; and the same proceedings shall be had
and repeated, until the election of a Mayor and Al
dermen shall be completed, and all vacancies shall
be filled in the said Board : and, in case neither a

Mayor nor any Alderman shall be elected at the

usual time for electing the same, and after the powers

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CHARTER.

of the former Mayor and Aldermen shall have ceased,

it shall be the duty of the President of the Common
Council to issue his warrant, in the same manner as

the Board of Aldermen would have done, if elected,

and the same proceedings shall be had and repeated,
until a Mayor or one or more Aldermen shall be
elected.

SECT. 19. The qualified voters of said city shall,

at the annual meeting, be called upon to give in 1821,110,36.
their votes for twelve persons, being inhabitants of
said city, to constitute the Board of Aldermen for the
ensuing year, and all the votes so given, being sorted,
counted, and declared by the warden and inspectors,
shall be recorded at large by the clerk in open ward
meeting; and, in making such declaration and record, : ".
the whole number of votes or ballots given in shall
be particularly stated, together with the name of
every person voted for, and the number of votes
given for each person; and a transcript of such re
cord, certified by the warden and clerk and a major
ity of the inspectors of each ward, shall forthwith be
transmitted to the city clerk, whereupon the same
proceedings shall be had to ascertain and determine
the persons chosen as Aldermen, as are hereinbefore
directed in regard to the choice of Mayor, and for a
new election in case of the whole number required
not being chosen at the first election. And each
Alderman so chosen shall be duly notified in writing

of his election, by the Mayor and Aldermen for the

time being.
SECT. 20. The qualified voters of each ward shall, :of
-

at the annual election, be called upon to give in council.

their votes for four able and discreet men, being in- 1821, 110, $7.
Inen.

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habitants of the ward, to be members of the Com

mon Council for the ensuing year; and all the bal
lots so given in, in each ward, being sorted, counted,
and declared, a public declaration of the result shall
be made by the warden in open ward meeting; and
a record of such proceedings shall be kept by the
clerk in his journal, stating particularly the whole
. number of ballots given in, the number necessary to
make a choice, the number actually given for each
person, the whole to be written in words at length.
ProceedSECT. 21. In case four persons are not chosen at
the first balloting in any ward, the meeting of such
ward shall be adjourned by the presiding officer, for
'" the purpose of filling such vacancies, to a period not
less than twenty-four nor more than seventy-two
hours distant from the hour when the polls were
opened at the first balloting, the time of adjournment
within such limits to be determined by the warden,
with the consent of a majority of the inspectors who
may be present when such adjournment is had ; and
such notice shall be given of the time of such adjourn
*

" ment, and the time the polls will be kept open, as
the warden may direct; and at such adjourned meet
ing a balloting shall be opened for a number of Com
mon Councilmen sufficient to complete the number
of four, which shall be conducted, and its results be
declared and recorded, in the same manner as before

prescribed for the first balloting.

"

SECt. 22. In case there shall still be vacancies in the

number of Common Councilmen in any ward, adjourn
ments of the meetings of the citizens thereof, for the
purpose of filling the same, shall continue to be had

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CHARTER.

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in the same manner, to periods not less than twenty

four nor more than seventy-two hours distant from
each other, at all of which, the balloting shall be con
ducted, and the result be declared and recorded in

the same manner as before prescribed, until the

number of four shall be duly chosen. And at all
such adjournments the polls shall be kept open the
same number of hours as are required by the original
Warrant.

SECT. 23. If, at the close of the last legally ad-same

sub
ject.
journed meeting of any ward as aforesaid, preceding
the first Monday in January, there shall still be va
cancies in the number of Common Councilmen for any
ward, no further adjournment shall be had; but a
record of the fact, and of the number of such vacan

cies, shall be made by the clerk of the ward in his

journal, signed therein by the warden, clerk, and a
majority of the inspectors, an attested copy of which
record shall forthwith be delivered by the clerk of the
ward to the city clerk, who shall lay the same before
the Common Council at their first meeting in January.
SECT. 24.

The Board of Aldermen, the Common Board of

Council, and the School Committee, shall have author-"

judge of

ity to decide upon all questions relative to the quali elections.

fications, elections, and returns of their respective""
members.

SECT. 25. Whenever it shall appear to the Board invacancies

city or
of Aldermen that there is a vacancy, by removal from ward
offices.
the city, or by death, resignation, or otherwise, in the 1845,217, $7.
Board of Aldermen, the Common Council, the School

Committee, or in any of the city and ward offices, it

* Wide Statute of May 30, 1857, respecting the mode of filling va
cancies in School Committee.

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shall be the duty of said board to issue their warrant

in due form to fill all such vacancies in each and all

of said boards and offices, at such time and place as:

they may deem advisable; and the same proceedings
shall be had, and adjournments, if necessary, within
the same limits as are herein prescribed for the an
nual meeting for the election of Common Council
men. But, in case of vacancies in the Common Coun
cil and School Committee, such warrant shall not be
issued until the Board of Aldermen receive official
information thereof.

Removal
of SECT. 26. All city and ward officers shall be held
city or ward
officers to discharge the duties of the offices to which they
" have been respectively elected, notwithstanding their

removal after their election out of their respective

wards into any other wards of the city. But they
shall not be so held after they have taken up their

permanent residence out of the city.

SECT. 27. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common

council.
Councilmen, on the first Monday in January, or before
1821, 110, $6.
issi, o, , entering on the duties of their offices, shall respec
tively be sworn, by taking the oath of allegiance and
oath of office prescribed in the Constitution of this
Commonwealth, and an oath to support the Constitu
tion of the United States. And such oaths may be
administered to the Mayor elect, by any of the jus
tices of the Supreme Judicial Court, or any judge of
any Court of record, commissioned to hold any such
Court within the said city, or by any justice of the
-

'"

peace for the county of Suffolk. And such oaths

shall be administered to the Aldermen and members

of the Common Council by the Mayor, being himself

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15

first sworn as aforesaid, or by either of the persons

authorized to administer said oath to the Mayor;
and a certificate of such oaths having been taken
shall be entered in the journal of the Mayor and
Aldermen and of the Common Council respectively,
by their respective clerks.
SECT. 28.

In case of the unavoidable absence, on Mayor

Absenceelect.
of

account of sickness or otherwise, of the Mayor elect, 1836, 7, $2.

on the first Monday in January, the city government
shall organize itself in the mode hereinafter provided
in cases wherein no person shall have been elected
Mayor at the meeting last preceding the first Monday
in January, and may proceed to business in the same
manner as if the Mayor were present.
SECT. 29. After the organization of the city gov- ,
ernment, and the qualification of a Mayor, and when permanent

a quorum of the Board of Aldermen shall be present,"

said board, the Mayor presiding, shall proceed to
choose a permanent chairman, who shall preside at
all meetings of the board and at conventions of the
two branches, in the absence of the Mayor; and, in
case of any vacancy in the office of Mayor for any
cause, he shall exercise all the powers and perform
all the duties of the office as long as such vacancy
shall continue.

But he shall continue to have a vote

in the board, and shall not have the veto power.

SECT. 30. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Common city clerk.
Council in convention, in the month of January, shall #".
choose a clerk for the term of one year, and until
another person is duly chosen and qualified in his
stead, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge
of the duties of his office, and shall be removable at

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the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen, the Mayor

thereto consenting. He shall be denominated the
City Clerk, and it shall be his duty to keep a journal
of the acts and proceedings of the Board of Alder
men, to sign all warrants issued by them, and to do
such other acts in his said capacity as may lawfully
and reasonably be required of him ; and to deliver
over all journals, books, papers, and documents in
trusted to him as such clerk to his successor in office,

immediately upon such successor being chosen and

qualified as aforesaid, or whenever he may be there
unto required by the Aldermen. The City Clerk
thus chosen and qualified shall continue to have all

the powers and perform all the duties now by law

belonging to him.
SECT. 31. In case of a vacancy in the office of
k City Clerk, from any cause, the same shall be filled
in the manner provided in the preceding section.

:"

A.

SECT. 32.

In case of the temporary absence of

city clerk the City Clerk, the Mayor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Board of Aldermen, may appoint
a City Clerk pro tempore.
'"
SECT. 33. The administration of police, together
duties
of
with the executive powers of the said corporation
issi, ii, generally, and all the powers formerly vested in
13.
200, the selectmen of the town of Boston, either by the
general laws of this commonwealth, by particular
laws relative to the powers and duties of said select
men, or by the usages, votes, or by-laws of said town,
''. and all the powers subsequently vested in the Mayor
1, #2, and Aldermen of said city as county commissioners
or otherwise, shall be, and hereby are, vested in the
ermen.

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Board of Aldermen, as hereby constituted, as fully : 110,

and amply as if the same were herein specially enu
merated. A majority of the members of the board
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi
ness. Their meetings shall be public, and the Mayor,
if present, shall preside, but without a vote.

SECT. 34. The persons so chosen and qualified as '.

members of the Common Council of the said city separate
shall sit and act together as a separate body, distinct no,
from that of the Board of Aldermen, except in those 11
cases in which the two bodies are to meet in conven

tion; and the said Council shall have power from

time to time to choose one of their own members to President.

preside over their deliberations and to preserve order

therein, and also to choose a clerk, who shall be under Clerk.

oath faithfully to discharge the duties of his office,

who shall hold such office during the pleasure of said
Council, and whose duty it shall be to attend said
Council, when the same is in session, to keep a jour
nal of its acts, votes, and proceedings, and to perform
such other services, in said capacity, as said Council
may require. All sittings of the Common Council sittings to

shall be public; and twenty-five members shall con-'

stitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

See 1867.
359.

All other powers heretofore by law

SECT. 35.

vested in the Town of Boston, or in the inhabitants'

1821, 110,

thereof, as a municipal corporation, or in the City .

Council of the City of Boston, shall be and hereby:

are continued to be vested in the Mayor, Aldermen,
and Common Council of the said city, to be exercised
by concurrent vote, each board as hereby constituted
having a negative upon the proceedings of the other,
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and the Mayor having a veto power as hereinafter

By-laws.

provided. More especially, they shall have power

to make all such needful and salutary by-laws or
ordinances, not inconsistent with the laws of this

Commonwealth, as towns by the laws of this Com

monwealth have power to make and establish, and
to annex penalties not exceeding fifty dollars for
the breach thereof; which by-laws and ordinances
shall take effect and be in force from and after the

time therein respectively limited, without the sanc

tion or confirmation of any Court or other authority
whatsoever.
Assessment
of taxes.

1821, 110,
$ 15, Stat.
1852, c. 301.
1832, 85.
Rev. Stat.
14, 34.

SECT. 36. The City Council shall also have power

from time to time to lay and assess taxes for all
purposes for which towns are by law required or
authorized to assess and grant money, and also for
all purposes for which county taxes may be levied and
assessed, so long as other towns in the county shall
not be liable to taxation for county purposes. But,
in the assessment and apportionment of all such
taxes upon the polls and estates of all persons liable
to contribute thereto, the same rules and regulations
shall be observed as are now established by the laws
of this Commonwealth, or may be hereafter enacted,
relative to the assessment and apportionment of town
taxes.

Collection
of taxes.

1821, 110,
15.

SECT. 37. The said City Council shall also have

power to provide for the assessment and collection of
such taxes; and to make appropriations of all public
moneys, and provide for the disbursement thereof,
and take suitable measures to insure a just and
prompt account thereof; and for these purposes may

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CHARTER.

either elect such assessors and assistant assessors as A"

to be cho

may be needful, or provide for the appointment or sen.

election of the same or any of them by the Mayor
and Aldermen, or by the citizens as in their judg
ment may be most conducive to the public good;
and may also require of all persons entrusted with '"
may be
the collection, custody, or disbursement of public required.
moneys such bonds with such conditions and such

sureties as the case may in their judgment require.

SECT. 38. The City Council may provide for the '.
cil may pro
appointment or election of all necessary officers for. . vide
for the
appoint
the good government of said city, not otherwise pro- ment
ofcity
officers.
vided for, and may prescribe their duties and fix their ,

compensation; and may choose a register of deeds'.

whenever the city shall be one county.

Deeds.

SECT. 39. The City Council shall have the care Care and
and superintendence of the public buildings, and the:

care, custody, and management of all property of "

the city, with power to lease or sell the same, except
the Common and Faneuil Hall. And the said City Power to
Council shall have power to purchase property, real :
or personal, in the name and for the use of the city,
whenever its interest or convenience may in their
judgment require it.
SECT. 40. All the power and authority now by :
law vested in the City Council or in the Board of isol, lio,
Mayor and Aldermen relative to the public health 1.

and the quarantine of vessels shall continue to be ""

vested in the City Council, to be carried into execu
tion by the appointment of one or more health com
missioners; or in such other manner as the health,

cleanliness, comfort, and order of the city may, in

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their judgment, require, subject to such alterations

as the Legislature may from time to time adopt. The

powers and duties above named may be exercised and
carried into effect by the City Council in any manner
which they may prescribe, or through the agency of
any persons to whom they may delegate the same,
notwithstanding a personal exercise of the same, col
lectively or individually, is prescribed by previous
legislation; and the City Council may constitute
either branch, or any committee of their number,
whether joint or separate, the Board of Health, for
all or for particular purposes.
surveyor,

SECT. 41.

The Board of Aldermen shall be sur

'" veyors of highways for said city.

:*
SECT. 42. The City Council shall in the month
: of May meet together in convention and elect a suit
is
R. s. 14,
$47.

able person to be the treasurer of said city, who shall

also be county treasurer; and who shall hold his
office until his successor is chosen and qualified in
his stead.

SECT. 43. No person shall be eligible to any

an ineligi. office, the salary of which is payable out of the City

"Treasury, who at the time of his appointment shall

''. be a member of either the Board of Aldermen or the

1851, 70.

Common Council; and neither the Mayor nor any

ante, 542. Alderman or member of the Common Council shall

at the same time hold any office of emolument under

the City Government.
:
[SECT. 44. In the month of October in each
general year, the City Government shall meet in convention
court. 1821,
2:.." and determine the number of representatives which
-

it may be expedient for the Corporation to send to

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21

CHARTER.

the General Court in the ensuing year, within the :

constitutional limits, and to publish such determina
tion, which shall be conclusive; and the number

thus determined shall be specified in the warrant

calling a meeting for the election of representatives.]

SECT. 45. The Mayor of the city, chosen and

tion of the

qualified as hereinbefore provided, shall be taken ,

and deemed to be the chief executive officer of said $12.

corporation; and he shall be compensated for his

services by a salary, to be fixed by the Board of
Aldermen and Common Council in convention assem

bled, payable at stated periods, which salary shall

not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars annually,
and he shall receive no other compensation or emol
ument whatever; and no regulations enlarging or
diminishing such compensation shall be made, to take
effect until the expiration of the year for which the
Mayor then in office shall have been elected, and
said salary, when fixed, shall continue until changed
by the City Council as aforesaid.

Sect. 46. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to be:

vigilant
and active atofall
causing
the laws isol,
no,
for the government
saidtimes
city in
to be
duly executed
12.
and put in force, to inspect the conduct of all sub
ordinate officers in the government thereof, and, as
far as may be in his power, to cause all negligence,
carelessness, and positive violation of duty to be
duly prosecuted and punished. He shall have power,
whenever in his judgment the good of said city may
require it, to summon meetings of the Board of
Aldermen and Common Council, or either of them,

although the meetings of said boards may stand

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adjourned to a more distant day, and shall cause suit

able notice in writing of such meetings to be given to
the respective members of said Boards. And he shall
from time to time communicate to both branches of

the City Council all such information, and recom

mend all such measures, as may tend to the improve
ment of the finances, the police, health, security,
cleanliness, comfort, and ornament of the said city.
Veto power
SECT. 47. Every ordinance, order, resolution, or
of the

vote to which the concurrence of the Board of Alder

Mayor.

men and of the Common Council may be necessary

(except on a question of convention of the two
branches), and every order of either branch involving
the expenditure of money, shall be presented to the
Mayor: if he approves thereof, he shall signify his
approbation by signing the same; but, if not, he shall
return the same with his objections to the branch in
which it originated, who shall enter the objections of
the Mayor at large on their records, and proceed to
reconsider said ordinance, order, resolution, or vote;
and, if after such reconsideration two-thirds of the
Board of Aldermen or Common Council, notwith

standing such objections, agree to pass the same, it

shall, together with the objections, be sent to the
other branch of the City Council (if it originally
required concurrent action), where it shall also be
reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of the
members present, it shall be in force; but in all cases
the vote shall be determined by yeas and nays; and
if such ordinance, order, resolution, or vote shall not

be returned by the Mayor within ten days after it

shall have been presented, the same shall be in force.

CITY CHARTER.

23

But the veto power of the Mayor shall not extend to

the election of officers required by any law or ordi
nance to be chosen by the City Council in convention
or by concurrent action, unless expressly so provided
therein.
Same sub

SECT. 48. In all cases where anything is or may ject.

be required or authorized by any law or ordinance
to be done by the Mayor and Aldermen, the Board
of Aldermen shall first act thereon; and any order
resolution, or vote of said Board shall be presented
to the Mayor for his approval, in the manner pro
vided in the preceding section.
SECT. 49. In all cases wherein appointments to :

office are directed to be made by the Mayor and

Aldermen, they shall be made by the Mayor, by and

with the advice and consent of the Aldermen, and : ,

such officers may be removed by the Mayor.

Power of
SECT, 50. In the case of the decease, inability, ' in

absence, or resignation of the Mayor, and whenever "

there is a vacancy in the office from any cause, and """
the same being declared, and a vote passed by the
Aldermen and Common Council respectively declar
ing such cause and the expediency of electing a
Mayor for the time being to supply the vacancy thus
occasioned, the Board of Aldermen shall issue their

warrants in due form for the election of a Mayor, and

the same procedings shall be had as are hereinbefore
provided for the choice of a Mayor.
SECT. 51. All boards and officers acting under
the authority of the said corporation, and entrusted :
with the expenditure of public money, shall be

accountable therefor to the City Council, in such .

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REGISTER.

Annual

'

manner as they may direct; and it shall be the duty

statement of the City Council to publish and distribute annually,

for the information of the citizens, a particular
statement of the receipts and expenditures of all
public moneys, and a particular statement of all
city property.

[Sect. 52. The qualified voters of each ward

shall at the annual meeting be called upon to give

$19. stat in their votes for one able and discreet person, being
" " an inhabitant of the ward, to be an overseer of the

4:' poor, and thereupon the same proceedings shall be

had as are before directed in the election of mem

bers of the Common Council.

And the persons

'" thus chosen shall together constitute the Board of

. Overseers for said city, and shall continue to have
all the powers and be subject to all the duties now
by law appertaining to the overseers of the poor of
the City of Boston, until the same shall be altered
or qualified by the Legislature.]

Sect. 53. The School Committee shall consist of

1833,128,91, the Mayor of the city, the President of the Common

" " Council, and of the persons hereinafter mentioned.
A majority of the persons duly elected shall consti
tute a quorum for the transaction of business; and
at all meetings of the Board, the Mayor, if present,
shall preside.
same sub- passage
SECT of
54.thisAt
election
afterward
the
ject.
act,thetheannual
qualified
votersnext
of each
-

shall be called upon to give in their ballots for six

inhabitants of the ward to be members of the School

Committee; and the two persons who receive the

highest number of votes, or, in case more than two

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25

CHARTER.

receive an equal number of votes, the two persons

who are senior by age, shall hold their office for
three years from the second Monday in January next
ensuing, and the next two persons who receive the

highest number of votes, or who are senior by age

in the contingency aforesaid, shall hold their office

for two years from said date, and the two other per
sons shall hold their office for one year from said
date; and, at every subsequent annual election, two
persons shall be cho en in each ward, to be mem
bers of the School Committee for the term of three
years.

SECT, 55. The persons so chosen as members of:

the School Committee shall meet and organize on :*
the second Monday of January, at such hour as the "
Mayor may appoint. They may choose a secretary secretary
and such subordinate officers as they may deem ex- :*

pedient, and shall define their duties and fix their "
respective salaries.

SECT 56. The said Committee shall have the care power and

and management of the public schools, and may :

elect all such instructors as they may deem proper, ,
and remove the same whenever they consider it ex- $".

pedient. And generally they shall have all the

powers, in relation to the care and management of
the public schools, which the selectmen of towns or
school committees are authorized by the laws of this
commonwealth to exercise.

SECT. 57.

Every male citizen of twenty-one tions

'*
of

years of age and upwards, excepting paupers and

persons under guardianship, who shall have resided :
., 1821,
-

* - -

within the commonwealth one year, and within the

4

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city six months next preceding any meeting of citi

zens, either in wards or in general meeting, for
See xxth
Amend.
Cons.

municipal purposes, and who shall have paid by

himself or his parent, master or guardian any State
or county tax, which, within two years next preced
ing such meeting, shall have been assessed upon him
in any town or district in this commonwealth, and
also every citizen who shall be by law exempted
from taxation, and who shall be in all other respects
qualified as above mentioned, shall have a right to
vote at such meeting; and no other person shall be
entitled to vote at such meeting.
Board of
SECT. 58. It shall be the duty of the Board of
Aldermen
to make
Aldermen, prior to every election of city officers,
lists of
voters prior or of any officer or officers under the Government
to every
election.

1821, 110,

$24. R. S. 3.

of the United States or of this commonwealth, to

make out lists of all the citizens of each ward qual

ified to vote in such election, in the manner in which

selectmen and assessors of towns are required to

make out similar lists of voters; and for that purpose
they shall have free access to the assessors' books
and lists, and shall be entitled to the aid and assist
ance of all assessors, assistant assessors, and other

officers of said city.

And it shall be the duty of the

Board of Aldermen to deliver such list of the voters

in each ward, so prepared and corrected, to the clerk

of said ward, to be used by the warden and inspect
ors thereof at such elections, and no person shall be
entitled to vote at such elections whose name is not
Inspectors
to allow no

borne on such list. And, to prevent all frauds and

who ename mistakes in such elections, it shall be the duty of the
inspectors in each ward, to take care that no person
one to vote

is not on
the list.

CITY

CHARTER.

27

shall vote at such election whose name is not so borne

on the list of voters, and to cause a mark to be

placed against the name of each voter on such

list at the time of giving in his vote. And the City

Council shall have authority to establish such rules
and regulations as to making out, publishing, and
using such lists of qualified voters as they shall deem
proper, not inconsistent with the constitution and
laws of the commonwealth.

SECT. 59.

All elections for Governor, Lieutenant-

Governor, Senators, Representatives, Representatives state om.

to Congress, and all other officers who are to be ''.

chosen and voted for by the people, shall be held R
. S.6, $9,

at meetings of the citizens qualified to vote in such:... $12

elections, in their respective wards, at the time R.s. 5. $11.
fixed by law for those elections respectively. And, :**

at such meetings, all the votes given in being col-"

lected, sorted, counted, and declared by the inspec
tors of elections in each ward, it shall be the duty
of the clerk of such ward to make a true record of

the same, specifying therein the whole number of ::

ballots given in, the name of each person voted for,
and the number of votes for each, expressed in words
at length. And a transcript of such record, certified
by the warden, clerk, and a majority of the inspec
tors of elections in such ward, shall forthwith be

transmitted or delivered by each ward clerk to the

clerk of the city. And it shall be the duty of the
city clerk forthwith to enter such returns, or a plain
and intelligible abstract of them, as they are suc
cessively received, in the journals of the proceed
ings of the Board of Aldermen, or in some other
-

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REGISTER.

book kept for that purpose. And it shall be the Examina:

duty of the Board of Aldermen to meet together :

within two days after every such election, and ex-"

amine and compare all the said returns, and there
upon to make out a certificate of the result of such "
election, to be signed by a majority of the Aldermen,
and also by the city clerk, which shall be transmit
ted, delivered, or returned in the same manner as

similar returns are by law directed to be made

by the selectmen of towns; and such certificates
and returns shall have the same force and effect, in

all respects, as like returns of similar elections

made by the selectmen of towns. At the election'"

of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Senators, it : for
overnor,

shall be the duty of the Board of Aldermen, to etc., to be

make and seal up separate lists of persons voted for :

as Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Senators of "

the commonwealth, with the number of votes for *****
each person, written in words at length against his
name; and to transmit said lists to the Secretary of
the commonwealth, or to the sheriff of the county.

The Board of Aldermen shall, within three days '.

next after the day of any election of Electors of ,
President and Vice-President of the United States, :

held by virtue of the laws of this commonwealth',

or of the United States, deliver or cause to be de- :
livered the list of votes therefor, sealed up, to the *",81.
sheriff of the county; and the said sheriff shall,
within four days after receiving said lists, transmit
the same to the office of the Secretary of the com
monwealth; or the said Aldermen may, and when
the office of sheriff is vacant they shall, them

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29

selves transmit the said lists to the said office, with

in seven days after the election; and all votes not

so transmitted shall be rejected. In all elections'

for Representatives to the General Court, in case :
the whole number proposed to be elected shall not :"
be chosen according to law by the votes legally re
turned, the Board of Aldermen shall forthwith issue

their warrant for a new election, agreeably to the

constitution and laws of this commonwealth, and

the same proceedings shall be had in all respects

as are hereinbefore directed; and in case of no proceed.
choice being made of Representatives to Congress
in either district of which the city of Boston com- :

poses a part, or in case of any vacancy happening'.

in said districts or either of them, the Governor R. S. ch. 4,

shall cause precepts for new elections to be directed

to the Board of Aldermen of said city as often as
occasion shall require; and such new elections shall
be held, and all proceedings thereon had, and returns
made, in conformity with the foregoing provisions.
SECT. 60. General meetings of the citizens, meeting
G'" of
qualified to vote in city affairs, may from time to the citizens.
time be held to consult upon the common good, to : 110,
give instructions to their Representatives, and to take
all lawful measures to obtain a redress of any griev
ances, according to the right secured to the people
by the constitution of this commonwealth. And
such meetings shall and may be duly warned by the
Board of Aldermen, upon the requisition of fifty
qualified voters of said city. The Mayor, if present,
shall preside, and the city clerk shall act as the clerk
of such meetings.

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REGISTER.

Warrants
for meet

ings to be
issued by
the board

SECT. 61. All warrants for the meetings of the

citizens for municipal purposes, to be had either in
general meetings or in wards, shall be issued by the

of alder
men.

1821, 110,
$26.

Board of Aldermen, and in such form, and shall be

served, executed, and returned at such time and in

such manner, as the City Council may by any by-law

or ordinance direct and appoint.
Power of

legislature
to alter the
charter.

1821, 110,

$30.
Repeal of
first char.
ter.

Proviso.

SECT. 62. Nothing in this act contained shall be

so construed as to restrain or prevent the Legislature
from amending or altering the same whenever they
shall deem it expedient.
SECT. 63. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed; provided, how
ever, that the repeal of the said acts shall not affect
any act done, or any right accruing or accrued or
established, or any suit or proceeding had or com
menced in any civil case, before the time when such
repeal shall take effect. And that no offence com
mitted, and no penalty or forfeiture incurred, under
the acts hereby repealed, and before the time when
such repeal shall take effect, shall be affected by the
repeal. And that no suit or prosecution pending
at the time of the said repeal for any offence com
mitted, or for the recovery of any penalty or forfeit
ure incurred, under the acts hereby repealed, shall
be affected by such repeal; and provided also, that
all persons, who at the time when the said repeal
shall take effect shall hold any office under the said
acts, shall continue to hold the same according to
the tenure thereof. And provided also, that all the
by-laws and ordinances of the city of Boston, which
shall be in force at the time when the said repeal

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CHARTER.

31

shall take effect, shall continue in force until the same

are repealed by the City Council. And all officers

elected under such by-laws and ordinances shall
continue in office according to the tenure thereof.
SECT. 64. No act which has been heretofore re-Repeal not

pealed shall be revived by the repeal of the acts .

mentioned in the preceding section.

Sect. 65. This act shall be void unless the in-'

habitants of the city of Boston, at a legal meeting to the citi.

called for that purpose, by a written vote determine"

to adopt the same; and the qualified voters of the
city shall be called upon to give in their votes upon
the acceptance of this act, at meetings in the various
wards, duly warned by the Mayor and Aldermen, to
be held on or before the second Monday of Novem
ber; and thereupon the same proceedings shall be
had respecting the sorting, counting, declaring, re
cording, and returns of said votes as are herein pro
vided at the election of Mayor; and the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen shall within three days meet
together and compare the returns of the ward offi
cers; and, if it appear that the citizens have voted
to adopt this act, the Mayor shall make proclama
tion of the fact, and thereupon the act shall take
effect for the purpose of electing municipal officers
at the next annual election; and for all other pur
poses it shall take effect on and after the first Mon
day of January next."
"Accepted November 13, 1854.

Yeas, 9,166; Nays, 990.

RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

B () A R D

OF

A L DER MEN .

SECTION 1. The Mayor, and in his absence the

Chairman of the Board, shall take the chair at the hour

to which the Board shall have adjourned, and shall call

the members to order, and, a quorum being present,
shall cause the minutes of the preceding regular meet
ing to be read; and, in the absence of the Mayor and
Chairman, the senior member present shall preside as
Chairman pro tempore.
SECT. 2. He shall preserve decorum and order; may
speak to points of order in preference to other members;
and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an
appeal to the Board, by motion regularly seconded; and
no other business shall be in order till the question on

the appeal shall have been decided.

SECT. 3.

He shall declare all votes; but, if any

member rises to doubt a vote, he shall cause a return of

the members voting in the affirmative and in the nega

tive, without debate on the question.
SECT. 4. He may read sitting; but shall rise to state
a motion, or put a question to the Board.
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SECT. 5. When the Mayor shall desire to vacate the

Chair, he shall call the Chairman of the Board to take
it, and in his absence the senior member present.
When the Chairman of the Board or the Chairman pro

tempore shall desire to vacate the Chair, he may call any

member to it, but such substitution shall not continue
beyond an adjournment.
SECT. 6. On all questions and motions whatsoever,
the Chair shall take the sense of the Board by yeas and
nays, provided any member shall so require. And every

Ordinance, Resolution or Order (except Orders of

Notice, papers from the Common Council, Orders of
Inquiry, and Orders relating to the Department of
Health), after being read, shall be laid on the table
before its consideration by the Board; and no such
Ordinance, Resolution or Order (except as above) shall
be considered at the same meeting at which it is offered,
except by special vote.
SECT. 7. The Chair shall propound all questions in
the order in which they are moved, unless the subse
quent motion shall be previous in its nature, except that
in the naming sums and fixing times the largest sum
and longest time shall be put first.
SECT. 8. After a motion is stated or read by the
Chair, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the
Board, and shall be disposed of by vote; but the mover
may withdraw it at any time before a decision or amend
ment.

SECT. 9.

When a question is under debate, the Chair

shall receive no motion but to adjourn, to lay on the

table, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend,

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RULES OF ALDERMEN.

or to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall

have precedence in the order in which they stand

arranged; and a motion to strike out the enacting clause

of an Ordinance shall be equivalent to a motion to post

pone indefinitely.
SECT. 10.

The Chair shall consider a motion to

adjourn as always in order, except on an immediate

repetition; and that motion, and the motion to lay on

the table or to take up from the table, shall be decided

without debate.

SECT. 11. When a vote has passed, it shall be in

order for any member to move a reconsideration there

of, at the same or the succeeding regular meeting, but

not afterward; and, when a motion for reconsideration
is decided, that vote shall not be reconsidered.

SECT. 12. Every member when about to speak shall

rise, and respectfully address the Chair; shall confine
himself to the question under debate, and avoid per
sonalities.

SECT. 13. No member speaking shall be interrupted

by another, but by rising to a call to order, or for
explanation.

SECT. 14. No member shall be permitted to vote, or

serve on any Committee, on any question where his

private right is immediately concerned, distinct from

the public interest.
SECT. 15. Every member, who shall be present
when a question is put where he is not excluded by
-

interest, shall give his vote, unless the Board for special
reasons, shall excuse him. Application to be so excused
on any question must be made before the Board is

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REGISTER.

divided, or before the calling of the yeas and nays; and

such application shall be accompanied by a brief state
ment of the reasons, and shall

be decided without

debate.

SECT. 16.

Every motion shall be reduced to writing,

if the Chair shall so direct.

SECT. 17. Any member may require the division of

a question, when the sense will admit of it. A motion
to strike out and insert, shall be deemed indivisible; but

a motion to strike out being lost, shall not preclude

amendment, or a motion to strike out and insert.

SECT. 18.

No motion or proposition of a subject

different from that under consideration, shall be admitted

under color of amendment.

SECT. 19. Motions and reports may be committed or

recommitted at the pleasure of the Board.
SECT. 20.

When a vote is doubted, the members for

and against the question, when called on by the Chair,

shall rise, and stand till they are counted.
SECT. 21. All questions relating to priority of busi
ness to be acted upon shall be decided without debate.
SECT. 22. When a motion is made to refer any sub

ject, and different committees are proposed, the question

shall be taken in the following order:
1.

To a Standing Committee of the Board.

2.

To a Select Committee of the Board.

3. To a Joint Standing Committee.

4.

To a Joint Select Committee.

SECT. 23. The following Standing Committees of

the Board, to consist of three members each, and the

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OF

ALDERMEN.

37

members of the Joint Standing Committees on the part

of this Board (named in the Joint Rules and Orders of

the City Council) shall be appointed by the Mayor in
consultation with the Chairman of the Board.

Committee on Armories and Military Affairs Asses

sors' DepartmentBridges Cemeteries, Common
and Public Squares County AccountsFaneuil Hall
(to be composed of the Committee on Public Buildings
on the part of this Board)Fire Department-Ferries
- Health Lamps, Bells, and Clocks Laying out
and Widening Streets Licenses Jail Market, and
Weights and Measures Paving and Repairs of Streets
- Police Sewers and DrainsSteam Engines and
Furnaces. All other Committees, unless otherwise pro
vided for, or specially directed by the Board shall be
appointed by the Chair.

SECT. 24. At every regular meeting of the Board,

the order of business shall be as follows: -

1. Communications from His Honor the Mayor.

2. Presentation of petitions, memorials and remon
Strances.

3. Papers from the Common Council.

4. Reports of City Officers.
5. Reports of Committees.
6. Motions, Orders and Resolutions.

And the above order of business shall not be departed

from, but by the votes of a majority of the members of
the Board present.
SECT. 25. Each Committee elected on the part of
this Board shall organize at its first meeting by the

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choice of a Chairman, and shall report the same to this

Board; and in all cases where the Chair appoints a
Committee, unless otherwise provided for, the member
first named shall be Chairman, and in his absence, the
member next in order who shall be present, shall be
Chairman pro tempore.
SECT. 26.

Committees of the Board to whom any

matter is specially referred, may be required to report

within four weeks, or ask for further time.

SECT. 27. Any Standing or Special Committee of

the Board of Aldermen may contract or expend from
the appropriations provided by the City Council to an
amount not exceeding five hundred dollars, unless other
wise provided in the Ordinances of the City, or by
express vote of the Board, or unless authority for such
contract or expenditure be first had and obtained from
the Mayor and Aldermen.
SECT. 28. No Committee shall draw any moneys
from the City Treasury for the purpose of paying the
expense of said Committee, or any portion of the same,
while absent from the City of Boston, unless authorized
by special vote of the Board.
SECT. 29. The foregoing Rules shall not be altered,
amended, suspended or repealed at any time, except by
the vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board

present at the time.

JOINT RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

CITY

CO U N C ITL .

SECTION 1. At the commencement of the Municipal

Year, the following Joint Standing Committees shall be
constituted, viz:
A Committee on Finance, to consist of seven members

of the Common Council, to be chosen by ballot; and the

Mayor, and the Chairman of the Board of Aldermen, ev
officiis.
A Committee on Accounts, to consist of three Alder
men, and five members of the Common Council, all to be

chosen by ballot.
And the following Committees shall be appointed, viz:
A Committee on Public Lands, to consist of three

Aldermen and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Public Buildings, to consist of three
Aldermen and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Public Instruction, to consist of three

Aldermen, and the President and four members of the
Common Council.

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A Committee on Institutions at South Boston and Deer

Island, to consist of three Aldermen and five members

of the Common Council.

A Committee on the Assessors' Department, to consist

of three Aldermen and five members of the Common
Council.

A Committee on the City Hospital, to consist of two

Aldermen and three members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Fuel, to consist of two Aldermen and

three members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Water, to consist of three Aldermen

and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on the Treasury Department, to consist

of two Aldermen and three members of the Common
Council.

A Committee on the City Engineer's Department, to

consist of two Aldermen and three members of the Com
mon Council.

A Committee on the Harbor, to consist of two Alder

men and three members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Printing, to consist of one Alderman

and two members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Public Library, to consist of three

Aldermen and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on the Overseers of the Poor and the

Temporary Home, to consist of two Aldermen and three
members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Ordinances, to consist of three Alder

men and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Fire Alarms, to consist of two Alder

men and three members of the Common Council.

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41

A Committee on Public Baths, to consist of three

Aldermen and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Claims, to consist of three Aldermen

and five members of the Common Council, who shall have

full power and authority to investigate all claims against

the city, and to take any measures for the defence of
such claims that they may deem expedient; and also,
under the advice of the Mayor, to adjust and settle all
claims not exceeding the sum of $500.
The members of the Board of Aldermen and of the

Common Council, who shall constitute the Joint Stand

ing Committees shall be chosen or appointed by their

respective Boards.

The Mayor, the President of the Common Council,

and the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, on the

part of the Common Council, shall, according to the ordi

nance, constitute the Committee on the Reduction of the

City Debt.
The member of the Board of Aldermen first named

on every Joint Committee, of which the Mayor is not a

member, shall be its Chairman; and, in case of his

resignation or inability, the other members of the same

Board in the order in which they are named, and after
them the member of the Common Council first in order,

shall call meetings of the Committee, and act as Chair

Imall.

SECT. 2. In every case of disagreement between the

two branches of the City Council, if either Board shall
request a conference, and appoint a Committee of Con
ference, and the other Board shall also appoint a Com
mittee to confer, such Committees shall, at a convenient
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hour, to be agreed upon by their Chairman, meet and

state to each other, verbally or in writing, as either shall
choose, the reasons of their respective Boards for and
against the matter in controversy, confer freely thereon,
and report to their respective branches. .
SECT. 3. When either Board shall not concur in any
action of the other, notice of such non-concurrence shall

be given by written message.

SECT. 4. Either Board may propose to the other, for
its concurrence, a time to which both Boards shall ad

journ.
SECT. 5. All By-Laws passed by the City Council
shall be termed Ordinances, and the enacting style
shall be: Be it ordained by the Aldermen and Common
Council of the City of Boston in City Council assem
bled.

SECT. 6.

In all votes, when either or both branches

of the City Council express, anything by way of com

mand, the form of expression shall be Ordered; and

whenever either or both branches express opinions, prin

ciples, facts or purposes the form shall be Resolved.
SECT. 7. In the present and every future financial
year, the specific appropriations for the several objects
enumerated in the general appropriation bill shall be
deemed and taken to be the maximum amount to be

expended, by the several Committees having the charge

thereof, for the entire financial year, and shall be
expended with a proper regard thereto; and, after the
annual order of appropriations shall have been passed,
no subsequent expenditures shall be authorized for any
object, unless provision for the same shall be made by

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CITY

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special transfer from some of the appropriations con

tained in such annual order, or by expressly creating
therefor a city debt, in either of which cases the order
shall not be passed unless two-thirds of the whole num
ber of each branch of the City Council shall vote in the
affirmative, by vote taken by yea and nay.
And any Joint Standing or Special Committees may
expend from the appropriations provided by the City
Council an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars.
SECT. 8. In all contracts or expenditures to be made
under the authority of the City Council, whenever the
estimates shall exceed the appropriations specially made
therefor, or whenever any Committee shall have ex
pended the sum specially appropriated for its use in the
order of appropriation for the year, and in either. case
shall require a further sum, it shall be the duty of such
Committee, having such matter in charge, to submit the
fact to the City Council for instructions, accompanied
with a detailed statement, in print, of the cause or
causes which have created the necessity for such appli
cation, and the object for which the same is needed.
And no contract shall be made or expenditure author
ized in either case, unless by a specific vote of the City
Council, first making the necessary provision for the
payment resulting therefrom ; and no debt shall be
* Committees not only have not the right to make expenditures for any

purpose beyond the amount which has been previously appropriated for it;
but they have not the right to expend the appropriation, or any part of it
even, unless that right is first conferred upon them by the body from which
they are appointed.
JOHN P. HEALY, City Solicitor.
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created, or transfer from one special appropriation to

another be made, until such report or statement shall
have been submitted to the City Council, by the Com
mittee requiring the same.
SECT. 9. Joint Standing Committees shall cause rec
ords to be kept of their proceedings in books provided
by the city for that purpose. The Committee from nei
ther branch of the City Council shall act by separate

consultations; and no report shall be received unless

agreed to in committee actually assembled.
SECT. 10. It shall be the duty of every Joint Com
mittee, to whom any subject may be specially referred,
to report thereon within four weeks, or to ask for fur
ther time.

SECT. 11. All reports and other papers submitted to

the City Council shall be written in a fair hand, and no
report or indorsement of any kind shall be made on the
reports, memorials or other papers referred to the Com
mittee of either branch. All reports shall be signed by the
writers thereof, unless otherwise directed by the Com
mittee; and the Clerk of Committees shall make copies
of any papers to be reported by Committees, at the re
quest of the respective Chairmen thereof.
SECT. 12. No Chairman of any Committee shall au
dit or approve any bill or account against the city for
any supplies or services which shall not have been or
dered or authorized by the Committee, nor shall he ap
prove for payment any bill or account, except by vote of
the Committee.

SECT. 13. No bill shall be approved by the Commit

tee on Accounts for refreshments or carriage hire fur

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nished to any member of the City Government, unless

said bills are approved by the Chairman of a Standing
or Special Committee of the City Council, or either
branch thereof, duly authorized by vote of such Commit
tee; in which cases, said bills shall be paid from the
appropriation to which they are incident: and the Com
mittee on Accounts shall not pass any bill, unless it is
approved, as provided in this and the preceding section.
SECT. 14. All bills for refreshments or carriage hire,
incurred more than three months previous to the date of
their presentation, shall go before the City Council for
approval.

RULES

AND

ORDERS

OF THE

C O M M ON

DUTIES

AND

POWERS

CO UN C III.

OF THE

PRESIDENT.

SECTION 1. The President shall take the chair pre

cisely at the hour to which the Council shall have
adjourned; shall call the members to order; and, on
the appearance of a quorum, he shall cause the minutes

of the preceding meeting to be read, and proceed to

business.

SECT. 2. He shall preserve decorum and order;

may speak to points of order in preference to other
members; and shall decide all questions of order, sub
ject to an appeal to the Council, by motion regularly
seconded, and no other business shall be in order till the

question on the appeal shall have been decided.

SECT. 3. He shall declare all votes; but, if any
member rises to doubt a vote, the President shall cause

a return of the members voting in the affirmative and in

the negative, without further debate on the question.
SECT. 4.

He shall rise to address the Council, or to

put a question; but may read sitting.

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COMMON

47

COUNCIL.

SECT. 5. In all cases the President may vote.

SECT. 6. When the Council shall determine to go
into a Committee of the Whole, the President shall

appoint the member who shall take the Chair. The

President may at any other time call any member to the
Chair, but said substitution shall not continue beyond
an adjournment.
SECT. 7. On all questions and motions whatsoever,

the President shall take the sense of the Council by

yeas and nays, provided one-fifth of the members pre
sent shall so require.
SECT. 8. The President shall propound all questions
in the order in which they are moved, unless the sub
sequent motion shall be previous in its nature, except
that, in the naming sums and fixing times, the largest
sum and longest time shall be put first.

SECT. 9. After a motion is stated or read by the

President, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the
Council, and shall be disposed of by vote; but the
mover may withdraw it at any time before a decision
or amendment.

SECT. 10. When a question is under debate, the

President shall receive no motion, but to adjourn, to
lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone
to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone
indefinitely, which several motions shall have prece
dence in the order in which they stand arranged; and

a motion to strike out the enacting clause of an Ordi

nance shall be equivalent to a motion to postpone in
definitely.
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adjourn as always in order, except upon an immediate

repetition; and that motion, and the motion to lay on
the table, or to take up from the table, or to take the
previous question, shall be decided without debate.
SECT. 12. He shall put the previous question in the
following form: Shall the main question be now put 2"
and all debate upon the main question shall be sus
pended until the previous question shall be decided.
After the adoption of the previous question, the sense
of the Council shall forthwith be taken upon amend
ments reported by a Committee, upon all pending
amendments, and then upon the main question.
SECT. 13. All incidental questions of order, arising
after a motion is made for the previous question, shall
be decided without debate, except on an appeal; and
on such an appeal, no member shall be allowed to speak
more than once without leave of the Council.

SECT. 14.

When two or more members happen to

rise at once, the President shall name the member who

is first to speak.
SECT. 15. All Committees shall be appointed and
announced by the President, unless otherwise provided
for, or especially directed by the Council.
RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND DECORUM of MEMBERs.

SECT. 16.

In the absence of the President the senior

member present shall call the Council to order, and

preside until a President pro tempore shall be chosen by
ballot; and, if an election is not effected on the first

trial, on a second ballot a plurality of votes shall elect.

SECT. 17. Every member, when about to speak,

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49

COUNCIL.

shall rise and respectfully address the President; shall

confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid
personalities; and shall sit down when he has finished.
No member shall speak or vote out of his place without
leave of the President.

SECT. 18. No member speaking shall be interrupted

by another, but by rising to call to order, or for expla
nation.

SECT. 19. When a vote has passed, it shall be in

order, for any member who voted in the majority, to
move a reconsideration thereof, at the same or the

succeeding meeting, but not afterwards; and, when a

motion for reconsideration is decided, that vote shall not
be reconsidered.

SECT. 20.

No member shall be obliged to be on

more than two Committees at the same time, nor Chair

man of more than one.

SECT. 21.

No member shall be permitted to stand

up to the interruption of another, while any member is

speaking; or to pass unnecessarily between the Presi
dent and the person speaking.
SECT. 22. When any member shall be guilty of a
breach of either of the Rules and Orders of the Council,
he may be required by the President to make satisfac
tion therefor; and, in such a case, he shall not be

allowed to vote or speak, except by way of excuse till

he has done so, unless otherwise ordered by the Council.
SECT. 23. No member shall be permitted to vote or

serve on any Committee, on any question where his

private right is immediately concerned, distinct from the
public interest.
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SECT. 24. Every member who shall be present when

a question is put, where he is not excluded by interest,
shall give his vote, unless the Council, for special

reasons, shall excuse him; application to be so excused

on any question, must be made before the Council is

divided, or before the calling of the yeas and nays, and

such application shall be accompanied by a brief state
ment of the reasons, and shall be decided without
debate.

SECT. 25.

Every motion shall be reduced to writing,

if the President shall so direct.

SECT. 26.

Any member may require the division of

a question, when the sense will admit of it.

A motion

to strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible;

but a motion to strike out, being lost, shall not preclude

amendment or a motion to strike out and insert.

SECT. 27.

No motion or proposition of a subject dif

ferent from that under consideration shall be admitted

under color of amendment.

SECT. 28. Motions and reports may be committed or

recommitted at the pleasure of the Council.
SECT. 29. At every regular meeting of the Council,
the order of business shall be as follows :

1. Papers from the Board of Aldermen.

2. Unfinished business of preceding meetings.
3. Communications and reports from City Officers,
Presentation of Petitions, Remonstrances, and Memo
rials.

4. Reports of Committees.
5.

Motions, Orders or Resolutions.

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SECT. 30.

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COMMON

COUNCIL.

51

When a vote is doubted, the members for

and against the question, when called on by the Presi

dent, shall rise and stand till they are counted.
SECT. 31. All questions relating to priority of busi
ness to be acted upon shall be decided without debate.
SECT. 32. When a motion is made to refer any sub
ject, and different Committees are proposed, the question
shall be taken in the following order:
A Standing Committee of the Council.
A Select Committee of the Council.

A Joint Standing Committee.

A Joint Select Committee.

SECT. 33.

The seats of the members of the Council

shall be numbered, and shall be determined, in the

presence of the Council, by drawing the names of

members, and the numbers of the seats, simultaneously;
and each member shall be entitled for the year to the
seat bearing the number so drawn against his name,
and shall not change it, except by permission of the
President.

SECT. 34. No member shall call another member by

his name in debate, but may allude to him by any
intelligible and respectful designation.
SECT. 35. If the reading of any paper is called for

and any member objects thereto, it shall be decided by

the Council.

SECT. 36.

No rule or order of the Council shall be

dispensed with, altered or repealed, unless two-thirds of

the members present consent thereto.

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PETITIONS, MEMORIALs, ETC.

SECT. 37. All papers addressed to the Council shall

be presented by the President, or a member in his place;
and shall be read by the President, Clerk, or such other
person as the President may request; and shall be taken
up in the order in which they are presented, except
when the Council shall otherwise determine.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES,

SECT. 38.

ETC.

The rules of proceeding in the Council

shall be observed in Committee of the Whole, so far as

they are applicable. A motion to rise, report progress,

and ask leave to sit again, shall be first in order, and
shall be decided without debate, and the previous ques
tion shall not be moved.

SECT. 39. A Standing Committee on Elections and .

Returns, and Standing Committees on Streets, Police,
Internal Health, Ferries, Fire Department, and Common
and Squares, shall be appointed at the commencement
of the municipal year, and shall consist of five members
each.

SECT. 40. No Committee shall sit during the sessions

of the Council without special leave.
SECT. 41. All Committees of the Council, chosen by
ballot, or consisting of one or more from each ward,
shall be notified of their first meeting by the Clerk, by
the direction of the President; they shall organize at
their first meeting, by the choice of a Chairman, and
shall report the same to the Council; and members, on
the part of the Council, of Joint Committees, chosen as
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53

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aforesaid, shall choose a Chairman at their first meeting,

and report to the Council in like manner.
In all cases where the President appoints a Commit
tee, unless otherwise provided for, the member first
named shall be Chairman, and in his absence, the mem
ber next in order who shall be present shall be Chair
man pro tempore.
SECT. 42.

All

shall consist of

Select Committees of

the Council

three members, unless

otherwise

ordered.

SECT. 43. No Report of any Committee shall be

entitled to be received, unless agreed to in Committee
assembled.

SECT. 44. No meeting of any Committee shall be

called, upon less notice than twenty-four hours.
SECT. 45. It shall be the duty of all Standing Com
mittees to keep a record of their doings in books pro
vided by the city for that purpose.
SECT. 46. Committees of the Council, to whom any
matter is specially referred, may be required to report
within four weeks, or ask for further time,
ORDINANCES, ORDERs, ETC.

SECT. 47. All Ordinances, Orders and Resolutions

shall have two several readings before they are finally
passed; and no Ordinance, Order or Resolution impos
ing penalties, or authorizing the expenditure of money,
whether the same may have been appropriated or
not, - and no Order or Resolution authorizing a loan
shall have more than one reading on the same day;
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prevent the passage of an order at any meeting of the

Council, to authorize the printing of any document

relating to the affairs of the city.

ELECTIONS, ETC.

SECT. 48.

In all elections by ballot on the part of

the Council, the number of blanks and ballots for inel

igible persons shall be reported, but shall not be

counted in the returns.

SECT. 49.

All salaried officers shall be voted for by

written ballots.

DUTIES OF CLERK, ETC.

SECT. 50. The Clerk shall keep minutes of the votes

and proceedings of the Council; enter thereon such
orders and resolutions as are adopted, by their title or
otherwise; shall notice Reports, Petitions, Memorials,
and other papers which are presented; and shall enter
all accepted Reports of Select Committees of the Coun
cil, at length, in a separate journal to be kept for that
purpose, and provided with an index; shall draw up
all messages to the Board of Aldermen, and send them

by the Messenger; and shall attend the meetings of

Committees of the Council, and make their records

when required.
SECT, 51.

The members of the Council shall not

leave their places on adjournment, until the President

shall declare the Council adjourned.

Q
PE, AN

A 1. D E R M E)
B0STON |

G O V E RN M E N T
of The

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

1868.

MAYOR,

NATHANIEL BRADSTREET SHURTLEFF,

2 BEACON STREET.

[Salary, $5,000.

Charter, 15, 45.]

A LD E R MEN .
GEORGE W. MESSINGER, Chairman.
BENJAMIN JAMES, Thomas St., corner Linden.
CHARLES TODD WOODMAN, 33 North Bennet Street.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MESSINGER, Tremont House.
JOSEPH FROST PAUL, 588 Tremont Street.
FRANCIS RICHARDS, 21 Marion Street.
ALBERT STEVENSPRATT, 195 Salem Street.
JARVIS DWIGHT BRAMAN, 38 Charles Street.
EDWARD AUGUSTUS WHITE, 226 Tremont Street.
NEWTON TALBOT, Adams House.
NATHANIEL SEAVER, 11 Henry Street.

SAMUEL CROCKER COBB, Highland, near Cedar Street.

MOSES FAIRBANKS, 23 Lynde Street.

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COMMON COUNCIL.

CHARLES HASTINGS ALLEN, President.

Ward 1.

79 Princeton Street.

William Woolley
George E. Young

26 White Street.

J. Byron Nason

19 Border Street.

Joshua Weston.

38 Saratoga Street.
Ward 2.

98 Prince Street. .

Michael Carney
Matthew Keaney

2 Sun Court Street.

. 141 Salem Street.

Thomas Dinsmore

5 North Bennet Place.

Edward Malone

Ward 3.

1 Lynde Street.
65 Poplar Street.

Charles R. Train

Michael F. Wells
Thomas L. Jenks

10 Allen Street.

Lyman A. Belknap

36 Allen Street.
Ward 4.

Alexander Wadsworth
Lewis Rice

53 Bowdoin Street.

American House.
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Edward E. Batchelder

American House.

Zimri B. Heywood

Marlboro Hotel.
Ward 5.

Michael J. Driscoll

William M. Flanders

22 Purchase Street.

9 Edinboro' Street.
United States Hotel.

Francis W. Jacobs

United States Hotel.

Sereno T. Thayer
Ward 6.

Benjamin F. Stevens .
William H. Emerson.

Francis A. Osborn
Horace G. Tucker

91 Pinckney Street.
. 131 Charles Street.

54 Pinckney Street.
10 Myrtle Street.

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C O M M! O N C C) U.N (
BOSTON, 1868

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Ward 7.

James J. Flynn.

32 Broadway.

Robert Bishop .

. 191 Third Street.

Michael G. Minon

. 135 Seventh Street.

John White

. 124 Albany Street.

Ward 8.
9 Warren Street.

George P. Darrow

. 137 Harrison Avenue.

Lucius W. Knight
William R. Bryden
Sidney Squires.

. 160 Tyler Street.

51 Kneeland Street.
Ward 9.

Jeremiah L. Newton .

48 Clarendon Street.

John W. Leighton

14 St. James Street.

Samuel Rice

4 Florence Street.

Ebenezer Nelson

39 Carver Street.
Ward 10.

Charles S. Butler

George P. Denny

. 141 West Canton Street.

31 Upton Street.

Horace T. Rockwell.

29 Dover Street.

Samuel B. Hopkins

.1284 Washington Street.

Ward 11.

Charles H. Allen

94 Worcester Street.
. 676 Tremont Street.

Ivory Bean
William G. Harris
Samuel T. Snow

35 Worcester Street.
. 672 Tremont Street.
Ward 12.

Hollis R. Gray .

. 318 Silver Street.

Henry W. Wilson
Albert J. Wright

. 380 Broadway.

William T. Wan Nostrand .

8

Dorchester, opp. Seventh.

56 G Street.

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Ward 13.
Thomas Dolan .

Benjamin Franklin

L. Foster Morse

Joseph T. Ryan

45 Adams Street, Roxbury.

.
.

36 Union Street,
69 Zeigler Street,

13 Eaton Street,

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Ward 14.

William Hobbs, Jr. .

Augustus Parker
.
Henry B. Phelps
.
Henry W. Pickering .

..

10 State Street.

. 47 Shawmut Av., Roxbury.

Grove Hall Avenue.

48 State Street.

Ward 15.

James M. Keith

Everett C. Kingsbury
J. Austin Rogers
Horace H. White

42 Court Street.

13 Sudbury Street, Roxbury.

Eliot Square,

Bellevue, opp. Austin St.

City Clerk.
SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, 220 Warren Avenue.

Salary, $4,000, and for Assistant Clerks, $4,600. [Chosen

by City Council, in Convention, in January. Charter, $30.]
Clerk of Common Council.
WASHINGTON P. GREGG, 18 Leverett Street.

Salary, $1,400, and for Assistant Clerk, $500.

Common Council, in January.

[Chosen by

Charter, 34.]

Clerk of Committees.
JAMES M. BUGBEE, 84 Pinckney Street.
Salary, $2,200. [Chosen by City Council. Ord. p. 421.]
Mayor's Clerk.
CHARLES E. DAVIS, JR., Fourth, near L Street.

Salary, $1,300.

[Appointed by the Mayor.]

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Messenger.
OLIVER H. SPURR, 497 Tremont, cor. Berkeley Street.
Salary, $1,600. [Chosen by City Council. Ord. p. 408.]
Assistant Messenger.
ALVAH. H. PETERS, 41 Howard Street.

Salary, $400. [Appointed by Messenger, and confirmed by

City Council. Ord. p. 408.]

C () MMITTEES.

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

[Mun. Reg. p. 37.]

ARMORIES

AND

MILITARY

AFFAIRS.

Aldermen Braman, Paul and White.

ASSESSORS

DEPARTMENT.

Aldermen Talbot, Fairbanks and Pratt.

BRIDGES.

Aldermen Seaver, Richards and James.

COUNTY ACCOUNTS.

Aldermen Pratt, Cobb and Talbot.

CEMETERIES.

Aldermen Pratt, Woodman and White.

COMMON AND PUBLIC SQUARES.

Aldermen James, Richards and Braman.

FANEUIL HALL.

Aldermen Richards, James and Seaver.

FERRIES.

Aldermen Seaver, Talbot and Pratt.

CITY GoverNMENT.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

Aldermen Richards, White and Seaver.

HEALTH.

Aldermen Messinger, Cobb and James.

JAIL.

Aldermen Talbot, Woodman and Braman.

LAMPS, BELLS AND CLOCKS.

Aldermen Braman, Seaver and Pratt.

LICENSES.

Aldermen White, Fairbanks and Messinger.

MARKET, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Aldermen Woodman, Pratt and Seaver.

PAVING, ETC.

Aldermen James, Paul and Cobb.

POLICE.

Aldermen Cobb, White and Seaver.

SEWERS.

Aldermen Paul, Talbot and Fairbanks.

STEAM-ENGINES.

Aldermen Fairbanks, Woodman and Paul.

STREETS.

Aldermen Talbot, Paul and White.

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JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

REDUCTION OF THE CITY DEBT.

[Ord. p. 198.]

The Mayor, President of the Common Council, and the Chair

man of the Committee on Finance on the part of the Com
mon Council.
ACCOUNTS.

[Ord.

p.

196.]

Aldermen.

Common Council.

Benjamin F. Stevens,

Benjamin James,
Edward A. White,

Albert J. Wright,
Henry W. Pickering,
Wm. M. Flanders,

Samuel C. Cobb.

Edward E. Batchelder.
ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT.

[Ord. Jan. 3, 1868.]

Aldermen.

Common Council.

Newton Talbot,

Michael Carney,
John W. Leighton,
Hollis R. Gray,
George P. Darrow,

Samuel C. Cobb,
Joseph F. Paul.

Samuel B. Hopkins.
BATHING.

[Mun. Reg. p. 41.]

Aldermen.

Jarvis D. Braman,
Moses Fairbanks,
Albert S. Pratt.

Common Council,
William Woolley,
Horace T. Rockwell,
Michael J. Driscoll,
Augustus Parker,
Wm. T. Van Nostrand.

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CLAIMS.

[Mun. Reg. p. 41.]

Aldermen.

Common Council.

Samuel C. Cobb,

Jeremiah L. Newton,

Edward A. White,

Alexander Wadsworth,
Michael Carney,

Newton Talbot.

Francis W. Jacobs,
Charles S. Butler.
ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT.

[Ord. p. 162.]

Aldermen.

Common Council,

Albert S. Pratt,

Henry W. Wilson,
Alexander Wadsworth,

Nath'l Seaver.

Edward Malone.

FINANCE.

[Ord.

p.

198.]
Common Council.

Charles R. Train,

The Mayor, ex officio.

The

Chairman

of

the

Board of Aldermen, ex
officio.

Francis A. Osborn,

J. Byron Nason,
Alexander Wadsworth,
George P. Denny,
Samuel T. Snow,
Horace H. White. ,

FIRE ALARMS.

[Ord. p. 225.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

Charles T. Woodman,

George P. Darrow,

Francis Richards.

Lyman A. Belknap,
John White.

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FUEL.

[Ord. p. 228.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

Moses Fairbanks,

Sereno T. Thayer,

Albert S. Pratt.

Henry W. Pickering,
Samuel Rice.

HARBOR.

[Ord. p. 277.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

Jarvis D. Braman,

Charles R. Train,

Samuel C. Cobb.

Henry W. Wilson,
George E. Young.
CITY HOSPITAL.

[Ord. p. 325.]

Common Council.

Aldermen.

George W. Messinger,

Thos. L. Jenks,
J. Austin Rogers,

Newton Talbot.

Thos. Dolan.

INSTITUTIONS AT SOUTH BOSTON AND DEER ISLAND.

[Mun. Reg. p. 40.]

Aldermen.

, Common Council.

George W. Messinger,

Wm. G. Harris,

Francis Richards,

William Woolley,

Samuel C. Cobb.

Matthew Keaney,
Wm. R. Bryden,
James M. Keith.

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GOVERNMENT.

ORDINANCES.

[Ord. p. 426.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

Joseph F.

Paul,
Moses Fairbanks,

Charles R. Train,
Francis A. Osborn,

Newton Talbot.

James M. Keith,

George P. Denny,
Francis W. Jacobs.
OVERSEERS OF POOR, AND TEMPORARY HOME.
[Mun. Reg. p. 40.]
Aldermen.

Common Council."

Edward A. White,

Benjamin Franklin,

Jarvis D. Braman.

Ebenezer Nelson,

Zimri B. Heywood.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

[Ord. p. 476.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

Francis Richards,

Benjamin James,
Nath'l Seaver.

Ivory Bean,
William H. Emerson,
Michael F. Wells,

John W. Leighton,
Lucius W. Knight.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
[Mun. Reg. p. 39.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

Edward A. White,
Nath'l Seaver,

President of Common

Albert S. Pratt.

Francis A. Osborn,
Samuel T. Snow,
Albert J. Wright,
Wm. Hobbs, Jr.

Council, ex officio.

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REGISTER.

PUBLIC LANDS.

[Ord. p. 480.]

Common Council.

Aldermen.

Benjamin James,
Charles T. Woodman,
Jarvis D. Braman.

Ivory Bean,
Michael F. Wells,
Sereno T. Thayer,

Henry B. Phelps,
Sidney Squires.
PRINTING.

[Ord. p. 473.]
Alderman.

Common Council.

Lewis Rice,

Newton Talbot.

Albert J. Wright.

PUBLIC LIBRARY.

[Ord. p. 396.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

Samuel C. Cobb,
Newton Talbot,

Jeremiah L. Newton,
Horace T. Rockwell,

Edward A. White.

Lyman A. Belknap,
Robert Bishop,
L. Foster Morse.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

[Ord. p. 201.]
Aldermen.

Common Council.

George W. Messinger,

Hollis R. Gray,

Saml. C. Cobb.

Horace H. White,

Robert Bishop.

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GOVERNMENT.

WATER.

[Ord. p. 794.]

Aldermen.

Common Council.

Joseph F. Paul,

Lewis Rice,
George E. Young,
Henry W. Wilson,

Newton Talbot,
Samuel C. Cobb.

Wm. H. Emerson,
Horace H. White,

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.

[Mun. Reg. p. 52.]
COMMON AND SQUARES.

James J. Flynn,

Augustus Parker,

Sidney Squires,

Francis W. Jacobs.

Wm. T. Van Nostrand,

ELECTIONS.

J. Byron Nason,
Zimri B. Heywood.

Francis A. Osborn,
Wm. Hobbs, Jr.,
James J. Flynn,
FERRIES.

Jeremiah L. Newton,
Lewis Rice,
Joshua Weston,

Thomas Dinsmore,
Joseph T. Ryan.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Geo. P. Darrow,
Horace G. Tucker,
Wm. M. Flanders,

Thomas Dinsmore,

E. C. Kingsbury.

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INTERNAL HEALTH.

Edward E. Batchelder,

Samuel B. Hopkins,
Joseph T. Ryan.

James J. Flynn,
Samuel Rice,
POLICE.

Sidney Squires,
Everett C. Kingsbury,
Michael G. Minon,

L. Foster Morse,
Edward Malone.

STREETS.

Benjamin F. Stevens,

James J. Flynn,
Augustus Parker.

William R. Bryden,
Michael Carney,

SOLDIERS

RELIEF

COMMITTEE.

[Ord. p. 666.]

GEORGE W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

Ward 1.
Alderman Seaver and Joshua Weston.
Ward 2.

Alderman Woodman and Matthew Keaney.

Ward 3.

Alderman Fairbanks and Thomas L. Jenks.

Ward 4.

Alderman Messinger and Lewis Rice.

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GOVERNMENT.

Ward 5.
Alderman Talbot and Michael J. Driscoll.
Ward 6.
Alderman Braman and Horace G. Tucker.
Ward 7.
Alderman Pratt and John White.
Ward 8.

Alderman White and Lucius W. Knight.

Ward 9.
Alderman Richards and Ebenezer Nelson.
Ward 10.
Alderman Paul and Charles S. Butler.
Ward 11.
Alderman Paul and William G. Harris.
Ward 12.
Alderman James and William T. Wan Nostrand.

Wards 13, 14 and 15.

Alderman Cobb and Thomas Dolan,

Henry B. Phelps, and J. Austin Rogers.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

[Chosen by the whole Committee.]

Aldermen.

Common Council.

Benjamin James,

Lewis Rice,

Jarvis D. Braman,

Lucius W. Knight,
William G. Harris,
Matthew Keaney,
Henry B. Phelps.

Joseph F. Paul.

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REGISTER.

Paymaster.
REUBEN PETERSON, JR.

Salary, $1,700. [Chosen by the whole Committee.]

Clerk.
HoRATIO N. CRANE.

Salary, $ 1,500.

[Chosen by the whole Committee.]

Assistant Clerk.
LUCIEN B. FIFIELD.

Salary, $100 per month.

[Appointed by Executive Committee.]

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ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT.
ASSESSORS.

[Chosen by concurrent vote in February or March.

January 3, 1868.]

Ord.

Thomas Hills,
Thomas J. Bancroft,
Benjamin Cushing,
George A. Simmons.
Horace Smith,
Salary, $2,500 each, per annum.
FIRST ASSISTANTS.

Elbridge E. Fletcher,
Benjamin F. Palmer,

Joseph L. Drew,
Joseph F. Huntress,

Abel B. Munroe,
George D. Ricker,
Artemas R. Holden,
John Brown,
Otis Rich,

James Dennie,

Edward F. Robinson,
George F. Williams,
Francis James,
Charles E. Grant,

Christopher A. Connor,
Joseph W. Dudley.
Salary, six dollars per day.
SECOND ASSISTANTS.

Ward 1 Daniel J. Sweeny,

John Noble,
Ward 2 James Healy,
John F. Flynn,

Ward
Ward
Ward
Ward

Ward 3 Theophilus Burr,

Ward

Ward 4 F. S. Carruth,
E. Stone Goodwin,
Ward 5 John A. Daly,
John M. Maguire,
Ward 6 Oliver P. Bowman,

Ward
Ward
Ward

7 Jeremiah Sullivan,
8 Cadis B. Boyce,
9Fred'k. A. Wilkins,
10Ed. A. Hunting,
11 Geo. W. Skinner,
12 E. B. Spinney,
13 Frank M. Howe,
14Wm. H. McIntosh,

Ward 15 S. P. Blake.

Salary, five dollars per day.

Benjamin Cushing, Secretary to Board of Assessors, and to

Board of Assistant Assessors.

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BRIDGES.
[Ord. p. 86.]

CHELSEA STREET BRIDGE. Edward T. Stowers, Superintendent

Salary, $300. [Chosen by concurrent vote.]
Dover STREET BRIDGE. Nathan Brown, Superintendent. Sal
ary, $900, and the use of house on bridge. [Chosen by
concurrent vote.]

FEDERAL STREET BRIDGE. Jacob Norris, Superintendent. Sal

ary, $1,500, and the use of the building on the bridge, and a
horse, at the city's expense, to open and close the draw.
[Chosen by concurrent vote.]
MERIDIAN STREET BRIDGE. Abner Knight, Superintendent.
Salary, $700. [Chosen by concurrent vote.]
MoUNT WASHINGTON AVENUE BRIDGE. George H. Davis,
Superintendent. Salary, $1,800. [Chosen by concurrent
vote.]

FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
TREASURER.

Frederic U. Tracy, City and County Treasurer and Collector.

Salary, $4,500, and $9,000 for permanent assistant clerks.
[Chosen by the City Council in convention, in May. City
Charter, $42.]
DEPUTY COLLECTORs.

Alexander Hopkins.
Eben F. Gay.

Thomas P. Wilson.
Isaac F. Nelson.

Augustus M. Rice.

Joseph Pierce.

Francis W. Bulfinch.

Richard J. Fennelly.

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DEPARTMENT.

[Appointed by Treasurer. Statutes 1821, ch. 110, 11, 13.

City Ordinances, p. 767.] They are also appointed Constables
by the Mayor and Aldermen.
AUDITOR.

Alfred T. Turner, City Auditor. Salary, $4,000, and $4,500 for

clerk hire. [Chosen by concurrent vote of the City Council,
in May. City Ordinances, p. 196.]
[The first day of each month is pay-day. Bills presented to the several
departments on or before the 15th of one month, are ready for payment at
this office on the first of the next month, if properly approved. The Audi
tor desires parties who have claims against the city, which have been duly
allowed, to be prompt in their calls to receive payment.]

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
[Ord. Jan. 31, 1868.]

Chief Engineer.
John S. Damrell, 60 Temple Street. Salary, $2,000, and the
use of a horse and vehicle.

Assistant Engineers. Salary, $450.

John S. Jacobs,
John W. Regan,
David Chamberlin,
Zenas E. Smith,
George Brown,
Joseph Dunbar,
William A. Green,
Elijah B. Hine,
Phineas D. Allen,
James Munroe,
John Culligan,
Rufus B. Farrar,
10

5 Snowhill Place,
56 South Street,
7 Tyler Street,
601 Tremont Street,

Dist. No. 8.

Silver, near D. Street,

83 Princeton Street,
5 Alden Street,
30 Grove Street,
28 Magazine Street,
9 Regent Street,
43 Shawmut Avenue,

No. 6.

No. 2.

NO. 3.

No. 5.

No. 1.

No. 4.

No. 7.

No. 10.

No. 9.

No. 11.

W. Cedar, cor. Cambridge St., No. 12.

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Henry W. Longley, Secretary, 61 Clarendon Street. Salary,

$1,000.

[Nominated by Board of Engineers, and chosen by concur

rent vote.]
STEAM FIRE ENGINES.

No. 1. Broadway, near Dorchester Street, South Boston.

Built by Boston Locomotive Works. Weight, 9,900 lbs. Cost,
$2,500.

No. 2. Fourth, near K Street, South Boston. Built by the

Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight,
6,500 lbs.

Cost, 2,750.

No. 3. Washington, near Dover Street. Built by Amoskeag

Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight, 7,030 lbs.
Cost, $4,250.

No. 4. Court Street. Built by Amoskeag Manufacturing

Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight 7,100 lbs. Cost, $4,250.
No. 5. Marion Street, East Boston. Built by Amoskeag
Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. H.
Cost, $4,250.

Weight 7,000 lbs.

No. 6. Wall Street. Built by Amoskeag Manufacturing

Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight, 10,045 lbs. Cost,
$3,500.

No. 7. Purchase Street. Built by Amoskeag Manufacturing

Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight. 9,760 lbs. Cost, $3,000.
No. 8. North Bennet Street. Built by Amoskeag Manufac
turing Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight, 9,978 lbs. Cost,
$3,000.

No. 9. Paris Street, East Boston. Built by Amoskeag

Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight, 9,740 lbs.
Cost, $3,000.

No. 10. River, foot of Mount Vernon Street. Built by

Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. H. The
weight of this engine, without any of its supplies, is 4,200 lbs.

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DEPARTMENT.

With everything ready to run out for service, including a supply

of fuel and of water in the boiler, its weight is about 5,000 lbs.
Cost, $2,750.

No. 11. Sumner Street, East Boston. Built by Amoskeag

Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N. H. Weight, 5,500 lbs.
Cost, $4,000.

No. 12. Corner Warren and Dudley Streets, Southen Dis

trict. Built by S. Button, Waterford, N. Y. Weight, 7,190 lbs.
Cost, $3.500.

No. 13. Cabot Street, South District. Built by Campbell

& Whittier. Weight, 7,500 lbs. Cost, $3,500.
No. 14. Center Street, South District. Built by J. M. Stone,
Weight, 7,742 lbs. Cost, $3,500.
The weight, as given above, is as the engines are drawn to fires,
including hose carriages, and three members of the Company
permanently employed.

HOOK AND LADDER COMPANIES.

No. 1.

Friend Street. John S. Stevens, Cotting Street,

Foreman.

No. 2. Paris Street, East Boston. Charles Simmons, 13

Liverpool Street, Foreman.
No. 3. Harrison Avenue. James F. Marston, 34 Shawmut
Avenue, Foreman.

No. 4.

Eustis Street, South District.

Adams Street, Foreman.

William Farry, 31

HORSE HOSE COMPANIES.

Hose No. 1. Salem Street.

Benj. C. Brownell, Foreman.

Hudson Street. Thomas Merritt,

Fruit Street. Geo. W. Clark,

Northampton Street.

44

44

Geo. L. Pike,

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REGISTER.

Shawmut Avenue.

Wm. Lovell, Foreman.

44

6. Meridian Street. Joseph Barnes,

s:

7.

Cabot Street, So. Dis. Thos. A. Scott,

8.
9.

Warren Street. Charles H. Prince,

B St. S. Boston. Thomas C. Byrnes,

10. Washington Village. Joseph Frye,

There are attached to the Department 14 enginemen of

Steam Engines, at $3.00 per day; 14 firemen, at $80 per
month; 28 drivers of apparatus, at $75 per month; 262
officers, axe and rakemen, hosemen, members, etc., at $200 per
annum; 28 foremen, at $2.25 per annum.

FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH.

[Ord. p. 225.]

Office, City Hall.

Superintendent, John F. Kennard. Salary, $2,000 per annum.
[Chosen by concurrent vote.] He has also the care and
charge of all the public Bells and Clocks.
Operators, Charles A. Stearns, James N. George, Cyrus A.
George, Granville S. Mendell, $4 per day.
Repairers, George S. Thom, Adam McAfee, Uzziel Putnam, $4
per day. Charles M. Chaplin, General Assistant, $2 per day.
A constant watch is kept at the office, City Hall, night and
day, by the operators. Each operator serves two alternate

terms, of three hours each, as principal, and the same as assist

ant operator; so that twelve hours' service at the office, out

of every twenty-four, is required from each operator. No

operator is permitted to sleep during his watch, unless expressly
, relieved by some one else, and by consent of the Superintendent.
Each operator is accountable to the Superintendent for
any mistakes that may occur at the office during his hours of
duty.

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An accurate account is kept of the time of giving each alarm,

and of the station from which it originates, and all other neces
sary information.
Alarms are transmitted to the Central Office, from the Signal

Stations or Boxes, by turning a crank in the Box. The police

officers, and one other person resident near each station, have
keys to the Boxes.

The ringing of the bells and the tapping of the Boxes, each
denotes the number of the Station from which the alarm origin

ated: thus, one blow, a pause, three blows, another pause,

and two blows (132) indicates that the alarm came from
Box. No. 132.

Alarms are usually given in less than a minute from the time
the crank is turned in any Box.

DIRECTIONS TO THOSE WHO HOLD SIGNAL KEYS.

1.
Box.

2.

If a fire is discovered in your vicinity, go to the nearest

-

Turn the crank twenty-five times, slowly and steadily.

Wait at the Box, and direct the firemen to the fire.

3. If you hear no reply at the Box, or on the bells, turn

again. If still no reply, go to another Box.
4. The Police, upon hearing the bells, will spring their rat
tles and call the number of the station.

CAUTIONS.

1. Be sure your Box is locked before leaving it.

2. Never open the Box, except in cases of fire.

3. Never let the key go out of your possession, unless called
for by the Superintendent.
There are 73 Signal Stations distributed and located in ac

cordance with the following plan:

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LIST OF NUMBERS AND LOCALITIES OF THE BOXES.

. Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

. Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

. Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

. Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
. Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

. Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

. Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
. Constitution Wharf.

. Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.
. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
. Corner of Commercial and Richmond Streets.
. East end of Faneuil Hall.
. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

. Brattle Square Church.

. Haymarket Square (Boston and Maine Depot).
. Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
. Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.

. North Russell Street (Church).

. Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
. Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.

. River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

. Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.
. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

. Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

. Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
. Beacon Street, opposite Somerset.

. Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

. Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

. Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

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. Federal Street, opposite Channing.

. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.
. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

. Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

. Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

.
.
.
.
.
.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (O. C. Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

. Corner Washington and Common Streets.

. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

. Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

. Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).
. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

. Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

. Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No 5).
. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

. Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

. Post Office (Roxbury).

SOUTH BOSTON.

121. Corner A and First Streets.

123.
124.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C. Street (Police Station No. 6).

125.

Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E. Streets.

127.

Corner Goddard and E Streets.

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Washington Willage (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.

Corner G. and Eighth Streets.

132.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).

Corner Fifth and I Streets (in J. B. Stearns' house).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

134.
135.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.

Fourth St. between K and L (Steamer House No. 2).

138.

House of Correction (Gate).

Corner P and Fourth Streets.

145.

EAST BOSTON.

152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

163. Corner Chelsea and Marion Streets.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.
174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

THE MERIDIAN BELLS. Forty-five bells, at their various

locations on churches and school-houses, and in engine-houses

and police stations, are struck from the Fire-alarm Office

precisely at noon every day. Care is taken to secure the utmost
accuracy in the time, for which purpose a chronometer is used,

and compared with the time of Cambridge Observatory as often

as necessary.

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HARBOR DEPARTMENT.
John T. Gardner, Harbor Master, Office Eastern Depot Wharf.

Salary, $1,500. [Chosen by concurrent vote annually, if

expedient. Ordinances, p. 273.] Franklin Winchester,
Assistant, to take charge of the Roxbury Canal.
UNITED STATES HARBOR COMMISSION.

At the suggestion of His Honor, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr.,

Mayor of the City, in 1859, the City Council ordered a scientific
survey of Boston Harbor to be made; and, in accordance with
the unanimous vote of the City Council, Gen. Joseph G. Totten,
of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, Prof. A. D. Bache, t of the
U. S. Coast Survey, and Commander Charles H. Davis, of the
U.S. Navy, were specially detailed by the U. S. Government
as a Commission to make the proposed survey of said harbor.
The results of these surveys will be found in City Doc. 97, for
1860; City Doc. 12, for 1861; City Doc. 62, for 1862; City
Doc. 35, for 1863; City Doc. 33, for 1864; City Doc. 28, for
1865; and City Doc. 50, for 1866.
STATE HARBOR COMMISSION.

By statutes of 1866, ch. 149, the Governor was authorized to

appoint before the first day of July, 1866, five competent per
sons, to hold their offices for terms of one, two, three, four and

five years respectively, from July 1, 1866, to have the general

care and supervision of all the harbors, tide-waters and flats in
the Commonwealth, (except the Back Bay lands), and to
prescribe Harbor lines, etc. This Commission was duly ap
pointed, and consists of the following persons:
*Upon the decease of Gen. Totten, in 1864, Gen. Richard Delafield of
the U. S. Corps of Engineers, was selected in his place.
+ Died in 1867.
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F. W. Lincoln, Jr., of Boston, for five years.

Josiah Quincy, of Boston, Chairman, four years.
Samuel E. Sewall, Melrose, three years.
William Mixter, Hardwick, two years.
Darwin E. Ware, Marblehead, one year.
J. C. Delano, of New Bedford, for two years.
Office, City Hall, School Street.

HEALTH.
EXTERNAL DEPARTMENT.

The Quarantine Grounds comprise those portions of Boston

Harbor lying between Deer Island and Gallop's Island; and
hospitals are located on both islands.

Samuel H. Durgin, Port Physician, resident at Deer Island.

Salary, $400. [Chosen by concurrent vote. City Ordi
nances, p. 315.] Edmund H. Stevens, Assistant, resident at
Gallop's Island. Nominated by Port Physician, and approved
by Board of Aldermen.
INTERNAL DEPARTMENT.

Ezra Forristall, Superintendent of Health.

Salary, $2,500.

[Chosen by concurrent vote.]

Daniel B. Curtis, Assistant Supt. Salary, $2,000. [Appointed
by Superintendent, and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen.
Ord. p. 307.]
William Read, City Physician. Salary, $2,000. [Chosen by
concurrent vote.

City Ordinances, p. 313.]

John Jeffries, Winslow Lewis, Henry G. Clark, Charles E. Buck

ingham, D. Humphreys Storer, Consulting Physicians. [Chosen
by concurrent vote. City Ordinances, p. 261.]
Nicholas A. Apollonio, City Registrar. Salary, $2,200, and
$1,500 for clerk hire.

City Council.

[Chosen by concurrent vote of the

City ordinances, p. 624.]

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HEALTH.

The City Registrar has the superintendence of the burial

grounds and funerals. He records the births, deaths, and
marriages, and grants certificates of all intentions of mar
riage.

Henry Faxon, Inspector of Milk. Salary, $1,200. [Appointed,

and salary fixed, by Mayor and Aldermen. City Ordinances,
p.409.]
MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.

[Ord. p. 412.]

This Cemetery, containing 84% acres, and situated in the

towns of West Roxbury and Dorchester, was purchased by the
city from the original proprietors, in 1857, for the sum of $35,
000; and is under the care and control of the following Board
of Trustees: [Dec. 30, 1864.]
Alderman.

Common Council.

Edward A. White, Chairman.

Henry W. Wilson.
William G. Harris.

At large.
Joseph P. Paine (1 year).

Solomon B. Stebbins (2 years).

The City Registrar is Clerk of this Board, ex officio. Super

intendent of the Cemetery, Samuel A. B. Bragg. Residence at
the Cemetery.

The price of lots and graves has been fixed as follows:

Full-sized lots
Half lots

Single graves in Cypress Vale

$125
75

An application to the Superintendent, Mr. Samuel A. B. Bragg,

(post-office address, Mattapan), will insure a prompt attention
to, and proper care of individual lots, at an annual charge of
five dollars.

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UNDERTAKERS.

[Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen, City Ordinances,

p. 310.]
190 Federal Street.
Caleb I. Pratt
Franklin Smith

251 Tremont Street.

Richard Dillon

15 Oliver Place.

John Peak

72 Green Street.

Constant T. Benson

82 Prince Street.

William Cooley

26 Elliot Street.

Lewis Jones

122 Court Street.

David Marden

365 Hanover Street.

John W. Pierce .

190 Federal Street.

Nahum P. Whitney
David Gugenheimer
Job T. Cole
William H. Brown

Benjamin F. Smith
Hiram Stearns

48 Poplar Street.
99 Warren Street.

111 Broadway.

11 Bennington Street.
251 Tremont Street.
3 Newburn Place.

Owen Faxon .

57 Dover Street.

Philip E. Field

93B Street.

John H. Peak

146 Friend Street.

Daniel O'Sullivan .

84 Havre Street.

William E. Brown .

11 Bennington Street.

James Haynes

2 Providence Street.

Jeremiah Tinkman .

20 Howard Street.

Robert S. G. Marden

365 Hanover Street.

James Cotter

91 South Street.

Daniel Ellard

180 Federal Street.

Hugh Taylor .

44 Temple Street.

Louis Adam

36 Oneida Street.

Wm. D. Rockwood .
Dennis Sullivan

Philip Kennedy

George W. Field .

157 Broadway.
87 Brighton Street.
5 Rochester Street.

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John C. Seaver .

John Heintz

PUBLIC

134 Washington Street,

3 Davis Street,
138 Tremont Street,
17 Washington Place,

John Haynes .
Martin Lynch .

Winslow Street, Roxbury.

Joseph S. Waterman .

William Manning

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CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.

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CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
[Ord. p. 369.]

The House of Industry and the Houses of Reformation, at

Deer Island, for Boys and Girls; the House of Correction for
the County of Suffolk; and the Boston Lunatic Hospital, at
South Boston, and the Almshouse, in Roxbury, are under the
care and government of a Board of Twelve Directors, one-half of
whom are chosen annually, by concurrent vote of the City
Council, in January or February.
This Board is composed of the following persons, and is en
titled
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Alderman.

Edward A. White.

Common Council.
Lewis Rice.

Wm. M. Flanders.

For one year.

Moses Kimball, President.
Sylvanus A. Denio.

Increase E. Noyes.

For two years.

J. Putnam Bradlee.

Francis C. Manning.
Henry A. Drake.

For three years.

George W. Parmenter.
Patrick Donahoe.
Nathl. McKay.

William Willett, Clerk of Directors. William H. Hodgkins

and Charles M. Hanson. Office Clerks.

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The steamer Henry Morrison, which is under the direction

of this Board, runs daily from the city to Deer Island; Elisha
Baker, Captain, who is appointed by the Board.
dock is at the Eastern Depot Wharf.

The steamer's

HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.

Thomas E. Payson, Superintendent; Salary, $1,200, and board

in the house. Samuel H. Durgin, Resident Physician; Salary,
$600, and board in the house. [Appointed by Directors, in
month of April or May.]
H. P. Peirce, Assistant Superintendent. [Appointed by the Supt.]
There is paid to the Board by the Trustees of the Mason Fund,
toward the support of a Chaplain, $470.
HOUSE OF REFORMATION.

Thomas E. Payson, Superintendent; Salary, $300 per annum.

[Appointed by Directors, in month of April or May.] This
Institution is for the employment and reformation of Juvenile
Offenders, both male and female.
HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT SOUTH BOSTON.

Charles Robbins, Master; Salary, $1,500, and board in house.

[Chosen by Directors, in April or May. Ordinances, p. 347.]
Deputy-Master, Guy C. Underwood; Salary, $1,400, and board
in house.

Clerk to Master, E. M. Stanford; Salary, $600, and board in

house.

Chaplain, Rev. Joseph H. Clinch; Salary, $1,300.

There are also 9 male Assistants, Salary from $300 to $800

each, and board; and 6 female Assistants, Salary from $250

to $350, and board.

[The Deputy-Master and other officers are appointed by the

Master.]

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CHARITABLE

INSTITUTIONS.

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BOSTON LUNATIC HOSPITAL.

Clement A. Walker, M. D., Superintendent and also Physician

to the above Institution and House of Correction.

$1,800, and board in the house.

Salary,

[Chosen by the Directors,

in the month of February.]

Theo. W. Fisher, M. D., Assistant

Superintendent. Salary,
$1,000, and board in the house. [Appointed by Superintend
ent.]

Rev. Joseph H. Clinch, Chaplain.

[Appointed by the Board.]

There are also attached to this Institution one male and one

female Supervisor, nine male attendants, and nine female

attendants.
CITY HOSPITAL.

THE CITY HOSPITAL is situated on Harrison Avenue, between

Springfield and Concord Streets, and was commenced in 1851;

and consists of two pavilions connected with a central structure.

This Hospital is intended for the use and comfort of poor
patients, to whom medical care will be provided at the expense
of the city; and it is also intended to provide accommodations

and medical treatment to others who do not wish to be regarded

as dependent on public charity.
The Hospital was suggested many years ago by Elisha Good
now, who, by his will, dated July 12, 1849, gave property to
the city, valued at $25,000, for establishment of a Free City
Hospital in Wards Eleven or Twelve.
Another benefactor to the Hospital was the late Lawrence

Nichols, who bequeathed to the city, for the use of the City
Hospital, the sum of $1000.
Applications for admission of patients must be made at the
Hospital on each day of the week, Sundays excepted, between
9 and 11 o'clock, A. M.

Whenever able, the patient should apply in person. When

not able to appear in person, application may be made by a

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friend, and the patient will be visited by one of the resident

graduates, or by some physician designated by the Trustees.
Persons accidentally wounded, or otherwise disabled or in

jured, shall be received at all hours.

On each day of the week, Sundays, excepted, from 2 to 3
o'clock, P. M., friends may be permitted to visit patients; though
no patient shall receive more than one visitor on the same
day.

No visitor shall be allowed to give any article of food or

drink to a patient, unless by permission of the nurse; and
any article sent to the patients shall be left with the Superin
tendent.

TRUSTEES.

[Elected by concurrent vote, in January.

Alderman.

Ord. Dec. 15, 1866.]

Councilmen.

Newton Talbot.

Samuel T. Snow.
Samuel Rice.

For one year.

For two years.

Theodore Metcalf.

Nathaniel C. Nash.

Jonas Ball.

Joel Richards.

For three years.

John T. Bradlee, President.

James Guild.

Superintendent, Lucius A. Cutler; residence and office in the

Hospital. Salary, $1,800, and board at the Hospital. [Chosen
by Trustees.]

Consulting Physicians and Surgeons.

S. D. Townsend, M. D.
Edward Reynolds, M. D.
Winslow Lewis, M. D.

John Jeffries, M. D.
Silas Durkee, M. D.

John Homans, M. D.

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Visiting Physicians.
Wm. W. Moreland, M. D.
J. N. Borland, M. D.
Fitch Ed. Oliver, M. D.
J. G. Blake, M. D.
J. Baxter Upham, M. D.
John P. Reynolds, M. D.
Visiting Surgeons.
C. E. Buckingham, M. D.
David W. Cheever, M. D.
D. McB. Thaxter, M. D.
W. H. Thorndike, M. D.
Charles D. Homans, M. D.
George Derby, M. D.
Admitting Physician, H. F. Damon, M.D.
Ophthalmic Surgeon, Henry W. Williams, M. D.
Pathologist, Charles W. Swan, M. D.
House Physicians.
R. H. Fitz,

W. E. Boardman.

House Surgeons.
|
G. F. Jelly.

George Gay,

L. D. Gunter.

Ophthalmic Externe, M. F. Gavin.

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.

[Statute 1864, Chapter 128.]

[One-third of the Board is chosen annually by the City Council.]

For one year.
James L. Little,

Martin Griffin,

Francis E. Parker,

Thomas Blasland.

For two years.

F. W. Lincoln, Jr., Chairman,
Joseph Buckley,
Loring Lothrop,
Charles R. McLean.
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For three years.

Thomas C. Amory,
Joseph T. Bailey,
George S. Hale,
Ira Allen.
John Pratt, Secretary.
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Otis Norcross, Treasurer.

The Board meet on the first Monday of every month at their

office, City Hall.
The Overseers of the Poor are likewise incorporated as a
Board of Trustees of John Boylston's and other charitable funds,
left for the assistance of persons of good character and advanced
age, who have been reduced by misfortune to indigence and
want.

The meetings of the Board of Trustees are held in April

and October.

LAMPS.

George H. Allen, Superintendent of Lamps. Salary, $2,000

per annum, and the use of a horse and vehicle. [Appointed by
the Mayor and Aldermen. City Ordinances, p. 360.]
Number of Gas Lamps in the City proper,
2,948
44

44

4s

&

East Boston,

350

South Boston,

439

Roxbury District,

567

44

Total,

4,304

An increase of 736 lamps during the year 1867, including those

located in the Roxbury district. There are in the City proper,
East Boston, South Boston, and Washington Willage, 1270
Fluid lamps, being a decrease of 136 during the year. The
number of fluid lamps located in the Roxbury district is 73,
making a total at present of 1343.

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
[Ord. p. 478.]

The Public Buildings of the city and county comprise the

City Hall, the Registry of Deeds, the Court house, Faneuil Hall
and Faneuil Hall Market House, the New Stone Jail and Dead
House, the Institutions at South Boston and Deer Island, the

Old State House, the Public Library, the City Hospital, the City
Building (so called), all the Grammar and Primary School
houses, and all the Engine, Hydrant, and Hook and Ladder
Houses in the city, including Roxbury, besides other buildings
used for public purposes.
James C. Tucker, Superintendent of Public Buildings. Residence,
4 Seaver Place. Salary, $2,200. [Chosen by concurrent
vote. Ord. p. 478.]
Henry Taylor, Superintendent of Faneuil Hall. Salary, $500.
[Appointed by Mayor and Aldermen. Ord. p. 163.]

PUBLIC LANDS.
[Ord. May 3, 1864.]

Robert W. Hall, Superintendent of Public Lands.

$1,800.

Salary,

[Chosen by concurrent vote.]

The Superintendent has the care and custody of all the Public
Lands belonging to the city, except the common, the lands
west of Charles Street, Deer Island, the lands connected with
the Public Institutions at South Boston, or any other lands
held for specific purposes.
Lyman Davenport Superintendent of the Common, Malls, and
Public Squares. [Appointed by Mayor and Aldermen,
Order of Feb. 4, 1867.]

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PUBLIC LIBRARY.

[Ord. July 11, 1865, and December 31, 1866.]

Instituted A. D. 1852.
TRUSTEES.

Common Council.

Alderman.
Jarvis D. Braman.

Albert J. Wright.
James M. Keith.

For two years.

For one year.

John P. Bigelow.

Edwin P. Whipple.

W. W. Greenough, President,

Samuel A. Green.

For three years.

George Putnam.

Superintendent. Justin Winsor.

Weston Lewis.

Salary, $3,000.

Assistant

Superintendent.Wm. E. Jillson. Salary, $2,500. Librarian.

Edward Capen.

Salary, 2,200.

[Elected by Trustees.]

Although the need of a public library had been for a consider

able time felt and acknowledged, and a small number of volumes

of a miscellaneous character had been sent to the City Hall with

a view to the future formation of such an institution, nothing
definite in relation thereto was done until the fifth of August

1850, when HoN. JoHN P. BIGELow, then Mayor of the city, con
tributed the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of
establishing the Public Library. This donation, being the first
money that was given for the object, was received joyfully and
funded by the City Council; and the Committee on the Library
were directed to proceed with as little delay as possible to
cary into effect the establishment of a free Public Library.
JoSHUA BATES, ESQ., of London, whose early life was passed
in Boston, having offered to this city the munificent sum of fifty
thousand dollars towards the purchase of books for the Public

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Library of the city, if the city would erect a suitable building

for that purpose, on the 24th of February, 1853, an order
was passed by the City Council, authorizing the Committee on
the Library, in conference with the Board of Trustees, to pur
chase a suitable site for the erection of a building which should

be fully adapted for the purpose of the Library, including Mr.

Bates's donation. Accordingly, said Committee purchased
23,380 feet of land on Boylston Street, opposite the Common,
upon which an elegant and commodious edifice has been erected,
at a cost to the city, for land and building, amounting to about
$365,000.

This building was finished and delivered into the custody of

the City Council, and by the City Council was transmitted to
the care of the Trustees of the Public Library, with appropriate
ceremonies, on January 1, 1858.
Besides the above mentioned donations in money, the sum of
ten thousand dollars was subsequently given by HON, JONATHAN
PHILLIPs, who, by his will, bequeathed an additional sum of
twenty thousand dollars for the maintenance of the Library.
Another sum of ten thousand dollars was bequeathed by the
late HoN. ABBOTT LAWRENCE.

All of these sums have been

funded by the City Council, and the annual proceeds are

expended for the purchase of books of permanent value.
The sum of one thousand dollars was given by the late SAMUEL
APPLETON, ESQ., and the same amount by MRS. SALLY I. K.

SHEPARD, for the purpose of procuring books for the immediate

use of the public.

Very valuable donations of books have also been made by the

late REV. THEODORE PARKER, the heirs of HON. NATHANIEL
BowDITCH, GEORGETICKNOR, and others.

The Library is open every day, with the exception of Sun

days and the legal holidays, for the delivery of books for home
use, from 10, A. M., to 8 o'clock, P. M.; and the Reading Rooms
connected therewith are opened from 6, A. M., to 10 o'clock,

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P. M.; both which privileges are enjoyed freely by all of suitable

ages who agree to conform to the regulations of the Public
Library.

MARKET.
[Ord. p. 168 and May 18, 1866.]

Charles B. Rice, Superintendent of Faneuil Hall Market. Salary

$2,000. [Appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen.]

Amos Dodge, Deputy Superintendent. Salary $1,200 per annum.
[Nominated by the Superintendent and approved by the
Mayor.]
Charles O. Fox, Weigher. Salary $35 per month.
ORDINANCE.

SECTION 1.

The limits of Faneuil Hall Market shall include

the lower floor, porches, and cellars of the building called Fan
euil Hall Market, the basement story and cellars under Faneuil
Hall, and the following described portions of the adjacent

streets, viz: so much of Commercial Street as lies westerly

of the sidewalk on the easterly side thereof, and between the
outer lines of the sidewalks on the northerly side of North
Market Street and the southerly side of South Market Street ex
tended eastwardly; all of North and South Market Streets except
the northerly sidewalk of the former, and the southerly sidewalk
of the latter; all that portion of Merchants Row included be
tween the outer lines of the aforesaid northerly and southerly
sidewalks extended westwardly across said Merchants Row and

all of Faneuil Hall Square, except the sidewalks on the northerly,

southerly, and westerly sides thereof, the above described
limits being delineated on a plan made by N. Henry Crafts, City
Engineer, dated March twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
*An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance in relation to Faneuil Hall Mar

ket, passed May 18, 1866.

Published in Journal and Traveller, June 6, 1866.

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SECT. 2.

DEPARTMENT.

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Section four of the Ordinance in relation to Faneuil

Hall Market, passed June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,

is hereby repealed.

POLICE DEPARTMENT.
[Ord. p. 468.]

This department is under the immediate direction of the

Mayor, by whom its officers and members are nominated, and

appointed, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen.

It is employed in the detection of criminals, and has the super
intendence of places of public amusement, carriages, wagons,
trucks, pawnbrokers, junk-shops, intelligence offices, etc.
Under the present organization, the Police are divided into
day and night police; the night police performing the duties
formerly devolving on watchmen.
John Kurtz, Chief of Police. Salary, $2,500. Edward H.
Savage, Deputy. Salary, $1,800.
George W. Holmes, Clerk of Police. Salary, $1,200.

George H. Mears, Assistant Clerk.

Rufus C. Marsh, Superintendent of Coaches, Carriages, etc.
Timothy R. Page, Superintendent of Trucks, Wagons, etc.
Ebenezer Shute, Superintendent of Pawn Brokers, etc.
The pay of the Captains of Police is $4.00 per day. Lieuten
ants, $3.50 per day; of Sergeants, $3.25 per day; of Detect
ives, $3.50; of Members of the Department, $3.00 per day.
There are eight Police Stations, the locations and officers of
which are as follows:
STATION No. 1.

Old Hancock School-house, Hanover Street.

Henry J. W. Myers, Captain.

Nathaniel Emerson, Alfred H. Porter, Lieutenants.

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STATION No. 2.

Court Square.
(Vacancy.)
Paul J. Winal. Joseph M. Coombs, Lieutenants.
STATION NO. 3.

Joy Street.
Asa Morrill, Captain.
Moses Briggs, Isaac Hines, Lieutenants.
STATION No. 4.

La Grange Street.
Samuel G. Adams, Captain.
Augustus Clark, Daniel W. Childs, Lieutenants.
STATION No. 5.
East Dedham Street.

Cyrus Small, Captain.

Lyford W. Graves, William Chadbourne, Lieutenants.
STATION No. 6.

Broadway, South Boston.

Henry T. Dyer, Captain.
George N. Morse, Mark Fernald, Lieutenants.
STATION No. 7.

Paris Street,

above Materick Square.

Romanzo H. Wilkins, Captain.

James Adams, Edwin J. Osgood, Lieutenants.
STATION NO. 8.

(Harbor Police), cor. Commercial and Salutation Sts.

William E. Hough, Captain.
Edwin R. Smyth, Elijah H. Goodwin, Lieutenants.

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CONSTABLES.

[Ord. p. 115.]

Appointed and Qualified.

Francis M. Adams,
Wm. C. Allen,
Arthur F. Anderson,
fRhineas Bates,
Morrill P. Berry,
William W. Blake,
Samuel Brackett,
*Francis W. Bulfinch,
|Asa O. Butman,

Derastus Clapp,
Lemuel Clark,

Joseph D. Coburn,
tChase Cole,

|Daniel B. Curtis,
James Curtis,

Elisha M. Davis,
Albert G. Dawes,
Albion P. Dearborn,
David M. R. Dow,
Alvin S. Drew,

William E. Easterbrook,
Caleb S. Emery,
+Geo. M. Felch,
*Richard J. Fennelly,
|Thomas Folger,
*Eben F. Gay,
William T. Gibbons,

Thomas Hall,

John C. Harrington,

George M. Atwood,
Zaccheus Holmes,
Merrill S. Holway,

*Alexander Hopkins,
|Samuel N. Howe,
John Huston,
Frederick P. Ingalls,

|Pliny D. Ladd,
John T. Lawton,
Thomas J. Loud,
William McCarthy,
William D. Martin,
+Edward F. Mecuen,
tSamuel McIntosh,
Chas. J. Merrill,
Jotham E. Monroe,
William Monroe,
John B. Neale,
*Isaac F. Nelson,

James O'Leary,
David Patterson,

Ephraim S. Phelps,
*Joseph Pierce,
*Augustus M. Rice,
Edwin Rice,

tEdward G. Richardson,
John W. Rose,

* Treasurer's Deputy Collectors.

# Truant Officers.
| Health Department.
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Burnham Royce,
Charles Smith,
Thomas M. Smith,
Asa Southworth,
James E. Spear,
Oliver H. Spurr,
Henry C. Stratton,
Henry Taylor,
Geo. W. Tuckerman,
tCharles E. Turner,
Wm. G. Tyler,

Samuel S. Vialle,
John C. Warren,
Johnson Warren,
|James B. Weeks,
William Whitwell,
John Williams,

Wright W. Williams,
John Wilson,
*Thomas P. Wilson,
|Isaac Worsley.

The following Constables attend the Ward Meetings of the

citizens on Election Days.
Ward.

Ward.

1 William Munroe.
2Alvan S. Drew.

9 D. M. R. Dow.
10 Wm. E. Easterbrook.

3 John Huston.

11 Wm. G. Tyler.

4-Jotham E. Munroe.

12 John T. Lawton.

5 John Williams.

13 Samuel McIntsoh.

6 William Whitwell,

14Morrill P. Berry.

7 Lemuel Clark.

15 Edward F. Mecuen.

8 Charles Smith.

PRINTING AND ADWERTISING.

Messrs. Alfred Mudge & Son, 34 School Street. City Printers.

Work done by contract. [City Ordinances, p. 473.]
The newspapers in which the City Ordinances, Advertisements,
etc., are published, comprise all the daily papers except the Herald.
[Selected by the City Council, usually in the month of April.]
* Treasurer's Deputy Collectors.
# Truant Officer.

| Health Department.

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SEWERS.
[Ord. p.658.]

William H. Bradley, Superintendent of Common Sewers. Salary,

$2,200.

[Chosen by concurrent vote.]

SOLICITOR.
[Ord. April 11, 1868.]

John P. Healy, City Solicitor.

Office 2 Pemberton Square.

Salary, $5,000. "[Chosen by concurrent vote.]

Assistant Solicitors, Clement H. Hill, Salary, $2,500. Charles
. . [Nominated by Mayor and
F. Kittredge, Salary, $
confirmed by Committee on Ordinances.]
Fisher Ames, Clerk. Salary $1,000. [Appdinted by City Soli
citor.]
STREETS.

Charles Harris, Superintendent of Streets. Salary, $3,000.

[Chosen by concurrent vote. City Ordinances, p. 707.]
The Board of Aldermen are Surveyors of Highways. [Charter
$41.]

N. Henry Crafts, City Engineer. Salary, $2,800.

concurrent vote.

[Chosen by

Ord. Dec. 8, 1866.]

Thomas W. Davis, City Surveyor. Salary, $2,500.

concurrent vote. Ord. Dec. 8, 1866.]

[Chosen by

WATER DEPARTMENT.
COCHITUATE WATER BOARD.

[Chosen by concurrent vote.

Alderman.

Benjamin James.

Ord. p. 794.]
Common Council.

Benj. F. Stevens.
Charles R. Train.

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For one year.

Nathaniel J. Bradlee, Pres.

For two years.

Joseph M. Wightman,

Alexander Wadsworth.

George Lewis.

Samuel N. Dyer, Clerk.

Ezekiel R. Jones, Superintendent Eastern Division of Water

Works, 221 Federal Street, Boston.
Albert Stanwood, Superintendent Western Division of Water
Works, Natick, Mass. [Appointed by Cochituate Water
Board.]
William F. Davis, Water Rgistrar. Salary, $2,500. Office
City Hall. Water rates are payable at this office.
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Sealers, John D. Cadogan, Wm. F. Reed. Salaries, $1,500 each

per annum. Daniel Hunt, Assistant. Salary, $600 per
annum. Office City Hall, Court Square. [The Sealers are
appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen in March or April,
and the Assistants are appointed by the Sealers, subject to
the approval of Board of Aldermen. Ord. pp. 817, 818.]

The following City Officers are paid by FEE, and are annually
appointed by the City Council. [Ord. pp, 330, 346.]
Inspector of Lime.Andrew Abbot.
Fence Viewers. Joshua B. Emerson, Wm. T. Hight, Moses
Gragg and John Dove. (Elected by ballot.)
Culler of Hoops and Staves. Lewis Beck, Benj. Abbot.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers. Gilbert J. Gallup, Maurice
B. Rowe, Charles A Snell, William D. Cook, William E. Hicks,

S. E. Partridge, James Ball, Arthur F. Anderson, Henry

Morse, Thomas M. Cotton, Samuel McIntosh, Edward F.
Mecuen, E. B. Rumrill, E. T. Hitchcock, Matthew R. Clark,

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101

James Culligan, E. M. Davis, Luke Vila, C. D. Bickford,

Isaac M. Mellen, Hawley Folsom, J. M. Swett.
Weighers, and Inspectors of Lighters and other Vessels. Edward
Hatch, Inspector in Chief, William F. Clark, John Kenny,
Peter Conroy. [Elected in March or April. Ordinances,
p. 48.]
The following are appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen:
Surveyor of Marble, Freestone, and Soapstone. Thomas J.
Bayley.
Weighers of Hay, &c.North Scales. Josiah Livermore.
-

South Scales. Maurice B. Rowe.

John M. Johnson.

South Boston Scales.

East Boston Scales. John W. Kimball.

Highlands. Andrew W. Newman. [Ordinances, p. 237.]

Measurers of Upper Leather. William Bragdon, William Pow
ers, George W. Bragdon.

[Ordinances, p. 321]

Measurers of Wood and Bark. Timothy Abbott, B. G. Pres

cott, William Keith, Josiah Livermore, Joseph Allen. [Or
dinances, p. 825.]

Measurer of Grain. George P. Ray. [Statutes, April 26,

1855, May 21, 1855.]
Inspectors and Weighers of Bundle Hay. Israel M. Barnes,
Samuel B. Livermore, Henry Emerson, Jasper H. Eaton, Wil
liam R. Inman, E. G. Dudley, William S. Holmes, Walter C.
Bryant. [Ordinances, p. 235.]

COUNTY OFFICERS.
SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS.

[Ord. p. 119.]

The duties of Judges of this Court are performed by the Justices

of the Superior Court, or some one of them. [Act 1859,

Chap. 196: Gen. Stat. chap. 114.]

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MUNICIPAL REGISTER,

District Attorney George P. Sanger, Salary, $3,000. [Chosen

in 1865, for three years from the first Wednesday of January,
1866. Gen. Stat. chap. 10, 2.]

Francis H. Underwood, Clerk. Salary, $2,000, and one-half of

the excess of fees above that sum. [Elected by the people in
1866 for five years.

Gen. Stat. chap. 10, $3.]

SHERIFF.

John M. Clark, Sheriff and Jailor. Salary, $2,500. Elected

by the people in 1865, for three
10, 5.]

years.

[Gen. Stat. chap.

Deputy Sheriffs.
Benjamin F. Bayley,

George W. Loud,
Wm. D. Martin,

Harum Merrill.

John B. Dearborn,
CORONERS.

Duncan M. Thaxter,
Charles Smith,
Edwin Rice,
Jacob Herrick,
William Andrews,
David Thayer,
Edward B. Moore,

A. P. Richardson,

Jasper H. York,
J. S. H. Fogg,
Sewell F. Parcher,
W. E. Underwood,
Hamlett Bates, Chelsea,

Edward Floyd, Winthrop.

MUNICIPAL COURT.

[Statutes of 1866, chap. 279.]

John W. Bacon, Chief Justice. Mellen Chamberlain, Francis W.

Hurd, Associate Justices. Salaries, $3,000 each.
by the Governor.]

[Appointed

Terms of the Court.

FoR CIVIL BUSINESS.Every Saturday at 9 A.M., for trial of
civil causes not exceeding $300.

COUNTY OFFICERS.

Wm. T. Connolly, Clerk.

103

[Elected in November, 1866, for five

years..]

FoR CRIMINAL BUSINESS.Every day in the week, (Sundays,

legal holidays, and Saturday afternoons excepted,) at 9, A. M.,
and, 3, P. M., for the trial of criminal causes.

John C. Leighton, Clerk. Salary, $2,500. [Elected in Nov.

1866, for five years.]
Jacob Homer, First Assistant Clerk. Salary, $2,000.
Otis W. Waterman, Second Assistant Clerk. Salary, $1,800.
Charles A. Barnard, Third Assistant Clerk. Salary, $1,500
[Gen. Stat. chap. 116, 4.]

MUNICIPAL COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT, BOSTON.

Peter S. Wheelock, Justice. Salary, $1,500 per annum.

Ira Allen and Solomon A. Bolster, Special Justices.
Alfred Williams, Clerk. Salary, $500 per annum.
The Court sits for the transaction of criminal business every
week day except the legal holidays, commencing at nine
o'clock, A. M.

For the return and entry of civil actions every Saturday at ten
o'clock, A. M.

For the trial of civil actions every Tuesday, at two o'clock, P. M.

COURT OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.

Office, Court Square.

Isaac Ames, Judge. Salary, $3,000.
William C. Brown, Register. Salary, $3,000.
Samuel L. Thorndike, Assistant Register. Salary, $1,500.
The Judge of Probate is appointed by the Executive. The
Register was elected by the people in 1863, for five years.
[Gen. Stat. chap. 10, 4.]

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REGISTER.

REGISTRY OF DEEDs, OFFICE COURT SQUARE.

James Rice, Register of Deeds. Elected by the people in 1864,

for three years. [Gen. Stat. chap. 10, $9.]
COURT HOUSE.

The Court House for Suffolk County is located in Court Square.

William Easterbrook, Keeper. [Appointed by Committee on
Public Buildings on part of the Board of Aldermen, and

salary is determined by them. City Records, vol. 43, page

167.] Samuel Canning, Assistant Keeper.
Stephen Curtis, Alexander Wilson, Keepers of the Lockups under
the Court House. [Detailed for this duty from the Police
Department, by the Chief of Police.]

SCHO O L

C O M M ITT E E

F OR

1868,

NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF, MAYOR, Ex Officio.

CHARLES H. ALLEN, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, Ex Officio.
TERM ExPIRES JAN. 1870.

TERM ExPIRES JAN. 1871.

1. - Albert Huse.
Thomas C. Marsh.

Richard Beeching.
Warren H. Cudworth.

Henry S. Wasburn.
Washington B. Trull.

2. George F. Haskins.

George D. Ricker.
John F. Flynn.

John Ryan.

3. - Orin T. Walker.
Zachariah Jellison.

Samuel H. Winkley.
William A. Rust.

John F. Jarvis.
John A. Stevens.

4.- John A. Lamson.

S. Arthur Bent.
Ezra Palmer.

Edward D. G. Palmer.
Orrin S. Sanders.

Patrick A. O'Connell.

John P. Ordway.

TERM ExPIRES JAN, 1869.

WARDs.

Adino B. Hall.

Dexter S. King.
5. Thomas C. Amory.
Patrick Riley.

George W. Close.

George F. Bigelow.

William H. Page.

Henry Burroughs, Jr.

Loring Lothrop.

J. Baxter Upham.

7. William A. Blenkinsop.
William W. Doherty.

Alvan Simonds.
W. H. Westcott.

Christopher A. Connor.

8.- Samuel A. Green.

John P. Reynolds.
Henry C. Hunt.

Frank E. Bundy.

John Parkman.
Charles Hutchins.

J. Coffin Jones Brown.

Charles C. Shackford.

Alden Speare.

Charles L. Flint.

Samuel G. Bowdlear.
William T. Brigham.

11. Wm. H. Learnard, Jr.

Stephen G. Deblois.

Richard H. Stearns.
William B. Merrill.

Robert C. Waterston.
George H. Nichols.

12. - Choate Burnham.

Joseph B. Stearns.

Edwin Briggs.
Liberty D. Packard.

Francis H. Underwood.

13. - William H. Hutchinson.

James Morse.

James E.

Allen Putnam.

Joseph A. Tucker.
George W. Adams.

14. - Joseph H. Streeter.

John Kneeland.
Ira Allen.

Moody Merrill.
George H. Monroe.

Cyrus C. Emery.

George M. Hobbs.
George Morrill.

6. Samuel K. Lothrop.
Linus M. Child.

Henry W. Harrington.
9. - Charles W. Storey.
Samuel E. Floyd.
10. - Edmund T. Eastman.

Lyman Mason.

John O. Means.

15. Joseph N. Brewer.

Benjamin H. Greene.

Marsh.

Charles K. Dillaway.

Calvin G. Page.
Richard Walsh.

Henry P. Shattuck.

JoHN D. PHILBRICK, Superintendent of Public Schools,

762 Washington Street.
BARNARD CAPEN, Secretary of the School Committee,
310 Broadway, South Boston.
GEORGE A. SMITH, Auditing Clerk, 15 Pleasant Street.
Offices at the Rooms of the School Committee, City Hall.
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ORGANIZATION
of The

BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

STANDING

COMMITTEES.

COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS.

Linus M. Child, 27 Tremont Row.

Choate Burnham, 284 Broadway.

J. Coffin Jones Brown, 337 Tremont Street.

Henry W. Harrington, 3 Corey Avenue.

George W. Close, 21 Sheafe Street.
Richard Walsh, 86 South Street.

William H. Hutchinson, 70 Washington St. Roxbury.

COMMITTEE ON RULES AND REGULATIONS.

William H. Learnard, Jr., 10 Marshall Sreet.

George F. Haskins, 2 North Square.

Edward D. G. Palmer, 3 Montgomery Place.
George H. Nichols, 52 Chester Park.
Adino B. Hall, 89 Salem Street.

George M. Hobbs, 14 Edinboro Street, Roxbury.

(Vacancy.)
COMMITTEE ON SALARIES.

Edmund T. Eastman, 75 Shawmut Avenue.

Alden Speare, 15 East Brookline Street.

Calvin G. Page, 69 Myrtle Street.
J. Coffin Jones Brown, 337 Tremont Street.

Ira Allen, 61 Cabot Street, Roxbury.

Henry S. Washburn, 125 Webster Street.
(Vacancy.)

BOARD OF

SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

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COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS.

Alvan Simonds, 713 Federal Street.

Patrick Riley, 10 Lincoln Street.

Thomas C. Amory, 5 Joy Street.
William B. Merrill, 108 Water Street.
Christopher A. Connor, 349 Fourth Street.
George Morrill, Centre Street, cor. Centre Place, Roxbury.
William H. Learnard, Jr., 10 Marshall Street.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT-BOOKS.

S. K. Lothrop, 12 Chestnut Street.

Henry Burroughs, Jr., 82 Mt. Vernon Street.
John F. Jarvis, 22 Leverett Street.
John A. Lamson, 1 Staniford Street.

Charles Hutchins, 34 Clarendon Street.

Moody Merrill, 10 Pemberton Square.
Thomas C. Marsh, 47 Chelsea Street.
COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.

Edwin Briggs, 67 Dorchester Street.

Zachariah Jellison, 18 Central Wharf.

Richard Beeching, 95 Princeton Street.

John A. Stevens, 15 Cambridge Street.
William H. Page, 48 Beach Street.
Samuel A. Green, 25 Kneeland Street.
COMMITTEE ON MUSIC.

J. Baxter Upham, 31 Chestnut Street.

John P. Ordway, 42 Bedford Street.
Francis H. Underwood, Fourth Street, between L and M
StreetS.

Robert C. Waterston, 71 Chester Square.

Warren H. Cudworth, 1 Meridian Street.

Benjamin H. Greene, 13 Porter Street, Roxbury.

Thomas C. Amory, 5 Joy Street.

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REGISTER.

COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.

Henry W. Harrington, 113 Washington Street.

Dexter S. King, 34 Bowdoin Street.
John Parkman, 8 Park Square.

Samuel G. Bowdlear, 22 Upton Street.

George W. Close, 21 Sheafe Street.
George F. Bigelow, 33 Essex Street.
Joseph A. Tucker, 13 Doane Street.

COMMITTEE ON WOCAL AND PHYSICAL CULTURE AND MILITARY DRILL.

Calvin G. Page, 69 Myrtle Street.

J. Baxter Upham, 31 Chestnut Street.
Samuel A. Green, 25 Kneeland Street.
Henry C. Hunt, 15 Ash Street.
Ezra Palmer, 1 Tremont Place.
Linus M. Child, 27 Tremont Row.

Cyrus C. Emery, 17 Clark Street, Roxbury.

LATIN AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL,

Bedford Street.
COMMITTEE.

Edward D. G. Palmer, Chairman, 3 Montgomery Place.

Edmund T. Eastman, Secretary, 75 Shawmut Avenue.
Henry S. Washburn, 125 Webster Street.
George F. Haskins, 2 North Square.
Samuel H. Winkley, 5 Chambers Street.
Thomas C. Amory, 5 Joy Street.
Calvin G. Page, 69 Myrtle Street.
William A. Blenkinsop, 35 Broadway.
Samuel A. Green, 25 Kneeland Street.
Charles C. Shackford, 59 Clarendon Street.

George H. Nichols, 52 Chester Park.

Francis H. Underwood, Fourth Street, between L and M streets.

Allen Putnam, 176 Eustis Street, Roxbury.

John O. Means, 31 Elm Street, Roxbury.
Charles K. Dillaway, Eliot Square, Roxbury.
TEACHERS.

Francis Gardner, Head Master.

William R. Dimmock, Master.

Augustine M. Gay, Master.

SUB-MASTERS.

Charles J. Capen.
Moses Merrill.

Joseph W. Chadwick.
William F. Davis.
Francis A. Harris.
Mons. P. Morand, Instructor in French.

Capt. Hobart Moore, Instructor in Military Drill.

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ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL.

Bedford Street.
COMMITTEE.

S. K. Lothrop, Chairman, 12 Chestnut Street.

George F. Bigelow, Secretary, 33 Essex Street.
Richard Beeching, 95 Princeton Street.
Adino B. Hall, 89 Salem Street.
Orin T. Walker, 20 Leverett Street.

Dexter S. King, 34 Bowdoin Street.

William W. Doherty, Niles Building, School Street.
Frank E. Bundy, 49 Harrison Avenue.
John Parkman, 8 Park Square.
Lyman Mason, 28 Court Street.
Robert C. Waterston, 71 Chester Square.
(Vacancy.)
James Morse, 19 Commercial Street.

John Kneeland, 31 Winthrop Street, Roxbury.

Joseph N. Brewer, 37 Centre Street, Roxbury.
TEACHERS.

Thomas Sherwin, Head Master.

Charles M. Cumston, Master.
Luther W. Anderson, Master.

Ephraim Hunt, Master.

SUB-MASTERS.

William Nichols, Jr.

Robert E. Babson.
Albert Hale.
Moses Woolson.

William N. Bartholomew, Teacher of Drawing.

Charles De Lagarliere, Teacher of French.
Capt. Hobart Moore, Teacher of Military Drill.

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GIRLS HIGH AND NORMAL SCHOOL.

Mason Street.
COMMITTEE.

Henry Burroughs, Jr., Chairman, 82 Mt. Vernon Street.

Henry C. Hunt, Secretary, 15 Ash Street.
Warren H. Cudworth, 1 Meridian Street.
George
D. Ricker, 166 Salem Street.
John F. Jarvis, 22 Leverett Street.
A.

Ezra Palmer, 1 Tremont Place.

Wm. H. Page, 48 Beach Street.

Alvan Simonds, 713 Federal Street.

Charles W. Storey, 8 Florence Street.

Alden Speare, 15 East Brookline Street.
Stephen G. Deblois, 80 Concord Street.
Edwin Briggs, 67 Dorchester Street.
James E. Marsh, 4 Guild Building, Roxbury.
George H. Monroe, Walnut, corner of Rockland Street, Roxbury.
George Morrill, Centre Street, corner of Centre Place, Roxbury.
*

TEACHERS.

William H. Seavey, Head Master.

Harriet E. Caryl, Head Assistant.

ASSISTANTS.

Maria A. Bacon.

Mary E. Scates.

Margaret A. Badger.
Helen W. Avery.

Adeline L. Sylvester.
Frances A. Poole.

Emma A. Temple.

Elizabeth C. Light.

Catharine Knapp.
William N.

Bartholomew,

Bessie T. Capen.
Teacher of Drawing.

Julius Eichberg, Teacher of Music.

E. C. F. Krauss, Teacher of German.

Prospre Morand, Teacher of French.

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REGISTER.

TRAINING DEPARTMENT.

Jane H. Stickney, Superintendent.

Sarah D. Duganne, Assistant.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Somerset Street.

Ellen R. Crosby.
C. Eliza Wason.

Adeline I. Baker.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Burroughs, Hunt and Palmer.

ROXBURY HIGH SCHOOL.

Renilworth Street.

COMMITTEE.

Moody Merrill, Chairman, 2 Warren Place, Roxbury.

George M. Hobbs, Secretary, Edinboro Street, Roxbury.
Joseph H. Streeter, 175 Washington Street, Roxbury.
Ira Allen, 61 Cabot Street, Roxbury.
Benjamin H. Greene, 13 Porter Street, Roxbury.
James E. Marsh, 4 Guild Building, Roxbury.
TEACHERS,

Samuel M. Weston, Master.

Mary F. Gragg, Assistant.

Maria L. Tincker, Assistant.

Sarah A. M. Cushing, Assistant.

Mlle De Maltchyce, Teacher of French.
Benjamin F. Nutting, Teacher of Drawing.
Moses T. Brown, Teacher of Elocution.

Henry W. Alexander, Teacher of Music.

VOCAL AND

PHYSICAL

DEPARTMENT OF VOCAL AND

CULTURE.

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PHYSICAL CULTURE

AND VOCAL MUSIC.

Lewis B. Monroe, Director of Vocal and Physical Culture.

A. E. Sloane, Assistant in Vocal and Physical Culture.
Joseph B. Sharland, Instructor in Vocal Music in the Grammar
Schools.

Luther W. Mason, Instructor in Vocal Music in the Primary

Schools.

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THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS,

ARRANGED

IN

AL PHABETICAL

ORDER.

ADAMS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Warren H. Cudworth, Chairman, 1 Meridian Street.

Henry S. Washburn, Secretary, 125 Webster Street.

Thomas C. Marsh, 47 Chelsea Street.
Albert Huse, 56 Princeton Street.

Richard Beeching, 95 Princeton Street.

Washington B. Trull, 70 Webster Street.

John F. Flynn, rear 60 Endicott Street.

ADAMS SCHOOL, BELMONT SQUARE.

Robert C. Metcalf, Master,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 18, 5th Story.
Frank F. Preble, Sub-Master,

Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 17, 5th Story.

Jane S. Tower, Master's Head-Assistant,

Louisa E. Harris, Head-Assistant,

C1. II., Div. 1, Room 8, 2d Story.
Lucy A. Wiggin, Head-Assistant,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.
Martha E. Webb, Head-Assistant,
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 18, 5th Story.

Assistants.

Sarah M. Boyd,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 9, 3d Story.
Juliette J. Pierce,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 10,3d Story.
Ellen L. Bingham,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 15, 4th
Story.
Almira G. Smith,
Cl. III., Div.2, Room 13,4th Story.

Mary M. Morse,
Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 11, 3d Story.
Sarah J. DArcy,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 5, 2d Story.
Ellen M. Robbins,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 6, 2d Story.
Lucy H. Cobb, Sewing Teacher.

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DISTRICTS.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Sumner Street.

Emily C. Morse,
Rosa L. Morse.
Sub-Commitee, Messrs. Washburn and Trull.
Adams School-House.

Esther L. Morse,
Clara Robbins.
Eliza A. Wiggin,
Sub-Committee, Messrs. Cudworth and Flynn.
Webster Street.

Susan D. Wilde,
Clara J. Doane.
Mary H. Allen,
Sub-Committee, Messrs. Cudworth and Flynn.

BIGELOW SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Edwin Briggs, Chairman, 67 Dorchester Street.

Liberty D. Packard, Secretary, Dorchester Street, corner of Broad
way.

Francis H. Underwood, Fourth Street, between L and M Streets.

Choate Burnham, 284 Broadway.
William A. Blenkinsop, 35 Broadway.
Alvan Simonds, 713 Federal Street.

Joseph B. Stearns, Fifth, near I Street.

Christopher A. Connor, 349 Fourth Street.
BIGELow SCHOOL, CORNER OF E AND FOURTH STREETS.

Henry C. Hardon, Master.

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 4th Story.
Thomas H. Barnes, Sub-Master.
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 9, Boys, 2d
Story.
Lucinda P. Works, 1st Head-Ass't.
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, Girls, 4th
Story.

Celinda Seaver, Head-Assistant.

Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 11, Boys, 1st
Story.
Sarah E. Fisher, Head-Assistant.
Cl. 1., Div. 2, Room 2, Boys, 4th
Story.
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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.

Assistants.
Lavina B. Pendleton.

Mary Nichols,
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 3, Girls, 3d
Story.
Martha E. Morse.

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 4, Girls, 3d

Story.
Ellen E. Morse,

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 5, Boys, 3d

Clara E. Farrington.
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 10, Boys, 2d
Story.
Julia Clapp.
Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 12, Girls, 1st
Story.
Henrietta L. Dwyer.
Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 13, Boys,
1st Story.

Story.
Clara F. Currier.

Cl. IV., Div. 1, Girls, Wait's

Building.

Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 7, Girls, 2d

D. Ellen Barnes.

Story.
Susan M. Wadsworth.

Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 6, Boys, 3d

Story.

Cl. IV., Div. 2, Girls, Wait's

Building.
Mary E. Frye.
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 14, Boys
1st Story.
-

Roxanna N. Blanchard.

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 8, Girls, 2d

Story.

Washington

Village Branch.

Fred. O. Ellis, Usher.

Cl. II., Div. 1, 3d Story.

Cl. II., Div. 2, 3d Story.

Assistants.
Harriet S. Howes,

Cl. III., Div. 1, 2d Story.

Emeline L. Tolman,

Mary L. Lufkin,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, 3d Story.
Mary L. Kinne,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, 3d Story.

Cl. III., Div. 2, 2d Story.

Henrietta W. Whiton, Sewing Teacher.
Christopher Jones, Janitor.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

IIAWES SCHOOL.

Broadway.
Abigail B. Kent.
Lucy E. T. Tinkham.

Ann J. Lyon.
Lucy C. Bartlett.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Packard, Connor and Simonds.

Harriet A. Clapp, Special Instruction. Sub-Committee, Messrs.
Underwood.

and

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DISTRICTS.

LYCEUM HALL.

Broadway.
Josephine B. Cherrington.

Sarah A. Graham.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Packard, Connor and Simonds.

TICKNOR SCHOOL,

Washington Village.
Margaret E. Sharp.

Clara G. Dickson.

Eliza F. Blacker.

Sarah B. Packard.

Margaret T. Pease.

Marion W. Rundlett.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Briggs, Blenkinsop and Stearns.

BOWDITCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

George F. Bigelow, Chairman, 33 Essex Street.

Frank E. Bundy, Secretary, 49 Harrison Avenue.

Thomas C. Amory, 5 Joy Street.

Patrick Riley, 10 Lincoln Street.
John P. Ordway, 42 Bedford Street.
William H. Page, 48 Beach Street.
John P. Reynolds, 170 Tremont Street.
Richard Walsh, 86 South Street.
Patrick A. OConnell, 21 Harrison Avenue.

William W. Doherty, 17 Niles Building, School Street.

BowdITCH scHOOL, SOUTH STREET.

Alfred Hewins, Master,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 4th Story.
-

Caroline L. G. Badger, Head-Assistant, Masters Room.

Frances R. Honey, Head-Assistant.
Cl. I., Div. 1, Hall, 4th Story.

Sarah E. Daley, Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 3, Room 11, 1st Story.
Susan H. Thaxter, Head-Assistant,
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 7, 2d Story.
-

Assistants.

Edith Adams,
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 2, 4th Story.
Sarah Fuller,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 3, 3d Story.

Ellen McKendry,

Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 4, 3d Story.

Georgiana M. L. Evert,

Cl. II., Div. 4, Room 5, 3d Story.

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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.

Caroline W. Marshall,
Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 6,3d Story.
Mary E. Nichols,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 10, 2d Story.
Ellen M. S. Treadwell,
Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 8, 2d Story.

Ann Nowell,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room13, 1st Story.
Anna B. Thompson,
Cl. IV., Div.2, Room 12, 1st Story.
Carolyn E. Jennison,
Cl. IV., Div.3, Room 14, 1st Story.

Mary M. T. Foley,
Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 9, 2d Story

Branch, in East Street.

Clarinda R. F. Treadwell, Head-Assistant, Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 4, 2d Story.

Assistants.

Margaret E. Sheehan,
Sarah A. Pope,
Cl. IV., Div. 7, Room 1, 3d Story.
Cl. IV., Div. 5, Room 3, 3d Story.
H. Isabella Hopkins,
Eliza M. L. Evert,
Cl. IV., Div. 8.
Cl. IV., Div. 6, Room 2, 3d Story.
Eliza A. Baxter, Sewing Teacher.
Henry Farmer, Janitor.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

High Street Place.

Octavia C. Heard. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bigelow.
Ruth H. Clapp, Sub-Committee, Mr. Page.
Hannah E. G. Gleason. Sub-Committee, Mr. O'Connell.
Maria J. Coburn. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bundy.
Angelia M. Newmarch. Sub-Committee, Mr. Amory.
Julia F. Gould. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ordway.

IEast Street.

Adeline Stockbridge. Sub-Committee, Mr. Amory.

Hannah A. Lawrence. Sub-Committee, Mr. Reynolds.
Sophronia N. Herrick. Sub-Committee, Mr. Walsh.
Marian A. Flynn. Sub-Committee, Mr. Riley.
Matilda Mitchell. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bigelow.

school DisrRICTs.

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BOWDOIN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

John A. Lamson, Chairman, 1 Staniford Street.

Calvin G. Page, Secretary, 69 Myrtle Street.

J. Baxter Upham, 31 Chestnut Street.
Ezra Palmer, 1 Tremont Place.
Orrin S. Sanders, 11 Bowdoin Street.
Adino B. Hall, 89 Salem Street.
Orin T. Walker, 20 Leverett Street.

S. K. Lothrop, 12 Chestnut Street.

John A. Stevens, 15 Cambridge Street.
S. Arthur Bent, 7, Barristers' Hall, Court Square.
Bowdon SCHOOL, MYRTLE STREET.

Daniel C. Brown, Master,

Mary Young, 2d Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 1, West Room, 3d

Story.
Sarah J. Mills, 1st Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 2, East Room, 3d Story.

Deborah Norton, 3d Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 3, East Room, 3d Story.

Cl. I., Div. 1, West Room, 3d

Story.
Assistants.

Emily G. Wetherbee,
Cl. II. Div 1, East Room,
Story.
Sophia B. Horr,
Cl. II. Div. 2, East Room,
Story.
Eliza A. Fay,
Cl. III. Div. 1, West Room,
Story.
Irene W. Wentworth,
C1. III. Div. 2, West Room,
Story.

2d

2d

2d
*

Martha A. Palmer,
Cl. III. Div. 3, West Room, 1st
Story.
Lucy C. Gould,
Cl. IV. Div. 1, West Room, 1st
Story.
Mary F. Grant,
Cl. IV. Div. 2, East Room, 1st
Story.
Cl. IV. Div. 3,
East Room, 1st Story.
-

2d

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Elossom Street.

Olive Ruggles. Sub-Committee, Mr. Walker.

Julia T. Jellison. Sub-Committee, Mr. Sanders.
Anna S. Balcom. Sub-Committee, Mr. Sanders.
Lydia A. Isbell. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stevens.

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Cor. of Anderson and Pinckney Streets.

Marianne Stephens. Sub-Committee, Mr. Lothrop.

Caroline F. Reed. Sub-Committee, Mr. Walker.
Lucy J. Calef. Sub-Committee, Mr. Page.
26 Charles Street.

Annie M. Heustis.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Lamson.

Joy Street.

Mary E. Ames.

Special Instruction.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Lamson.

BOYLSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

John P. Reynolds, Chairman, 170 Tremont Street.

George F. Bigelow, Secretary, 33 Essex Street.
Patrick Riley, 10 Lincoln Street.
John P. Ordway, 42 Bedford Street.
Thomas C. Amory, 5 Joy Street.
Frank E. Bundy, 49 Harrison Avenue.
Christopher A. Conner, 349 Fourth Street.
Patrick OConnell, 21 Harrison Avenue.

Henry P. Shattuck, 645 Washington Street.

Richard Walsh, 86 South Street.

BOYLSTON SCHOOL, WASHINGTON SQUARE.

John Jameson, Master,

Cl. I. Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.
Henry H. Kimball, Sub-Master,

C1, I. Div. 2, Room 7, 2d Story.

James E. Parker, Usher,

Cl. II. Div. 1, Room 3, 1st Story.

Mary A. Davis, Head-Assistant,

Cl. I. Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.

Assistants.

Mary L. Holland,
Cl. II. Div. 2, Room 11, 3d Story.
Josephine M. Hanna,
Cl. III. Div. 1, Room 10, 2d Story.

Jane M. Bullard,
Cl. III. Div. 2, Room 8, 2d Story.
Mary H. Cashman,
Cl. IV. Div. 1, Room 9, 2d Story.

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Emily S. Hutchins,
Cl. IV. Div. 2, Room 5, 1st Story.
Maria B. Clapp,
Cl. IV. Div. 3, Room 4, 1st Story.

Susan J. Turner,
Cl. IV. Div. 4, Room 6, 1st Story.
Bridget A. Foley,
Cl. IV. Div. 5, Room 1, basement.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
MACRINTOSH PRIMARY SCHOOL,

Lane Place.

Mary E. Sawyer.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Reynolds.

Margaret F. Tappan. Sub-Committee, Mr. Amory.

Adelia E. Edwards. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ordway.
Clara A. Clark. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bigelow.
Ellen L. Collins. Sub-Committee, Mr. O'Connell.
Julia M. Driscoll, Sub-Committee, Mr. Bundy.
MAY PRIMARY SCHOOL,

Washington Square.
Amelia E. N. Treadwell. Sub-Committee, Mr. Amory.
Mary L. G. Hanley. Sub-Committee, Mr. Riley.
Maria J. Mahoney. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bigelow.
Julia A. O'Hara. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ordway.
Anna M. Lecain. Sub-Committee, Mr. Shattuck.
Lydia B. Felt. Sub-Committee, Mr. Walsh.
Belcher Lane.

Harriette B. Cutler.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Connor.

BRIMMER SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

J. Coffin Jones Brown, Chairman, 337 Tremont Street.

P. A. OConnell, Secretary, 21 Harrison Avenue.
Henry W. Harrington, 3 Corey Avenue.
Charles W. Storey, 8 Florence Street.
Charles Hutchins, 34 Clarendon Street.
John Parkman, 8 Park Square.
Henry C. Hunt, 15 Ash Street.
Frank E. Bundy, 49 Harrison Avenue.
Henry P. Shattuck, 645 Washington Street.
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BRIMMER SCHOOL, COMMON STREET.

Joshua Bates, Master.
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 15, 4th Story.
William L. P. Boardman, Sub-Mas
ter.

Rebecca L. Duncan, Head-Assistant.

Master's Room.

Anna M. Penniman, Head-Assistant.

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 10, 3d Story.

Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 7, 2d Story.

E. Bentley Young, Usher.
Cl. I., Div. 3, Room 1, 1st Story

Assistants.
Kate C. Martin.

Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 9, 3d Story.

Mercy T. Snow.
Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 11, 3d Story.
Luthera W. Bird.

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.

Amanda Snow.

Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 8, 2d Story.

Anna P. James.

Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 3, 1st Story.

Harriet N. Lane.

Mercy A. Davie.
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 5, 2d Story.
Sarah J. March.

Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 14,4th Story.

Helen L. Bodge.
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 13,4th Story.
Annie E. English.
Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 2, 1st Story.
Susan P. Cunningham.
Cl. IV., Div. 5, Room 4, 1st Story.
George H. Lee, Janitor.

Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 6, 2d Story.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Newbern Place.
Catharine M. E. Richardson.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Hutchins.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Bundy.
Malvina R. Brigham. Sub-Committee, Mr. Parkman.
Dorcas B. Baldwin.

Indiana Place.

Lucy H. Symonds. Sub-Committee, Mr. Storey.

Eliza F. Moriarty.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Storey.

Massau Hall.

Helen M. Dexter.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Harrington.

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Warren Street.

Sarah R. Bowles. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hutchins.

Rebecca J. Weston. Sub-Committee, Mr. Parkman.
Mary C. Willard. Sub-Committee, Mr. Brown.
Sarah Farley. Sub-Committee, Mr. O'Connell.
Emma F. Burrill. Sub- Committee, Mr. Harrington.
Deborah K. Burgess. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hunt.
Eliza E. Foster. Sub-Committee, Mr. Shattuck.

CHAPMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Albert Huse, Chairman, 56 Princeton Street.

Richard Beeching, Secretary, 138 Princeton Street.

Warren H. Cudworth, 1 Meridian Street.

Thomas C. Marsh, 47 Chelsea Street.

Henry S. Washburn, 125 Webster Street.

Washington B. Trull, 3, Meridian Street.
John Ryan, 363 Hanover Street.
CHAPMAN SCHOOL, EUTAW STREET.

George R. Marble, Master, Cl. I.

Div. 1 and 2, Room 5, 3d Story.
Silas C. Stone, Sub-Master, Cl. I.
Div. 1 and 2, Room 10, 3d Story.
Lucy O. Fessenden, Head-Assistant,
Cl. I., Div. 1 and 2, Room 5, 3d
Story.
Philura Wright, Head-Assistant, Cl.
IV. Div. 1 and 2, Room 2, 1st
Story.

Maria D. Kimball, Head-Assistant,

Cl. IV., Div. 1 and 2, Room 7, 1st
Story.

Sarah F. Tenney, Head-Assistant,

Cl. I. and II., Div. 1 and 3, Room
4, 2d Story.

Assistants.

Emeline A. Briggs,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 1 and 3, Room
8, 2d Story. .

Sarah A. Henshaw,

Cl. II. and III., Div. 1 and 2,

Room 9, 2d Story.

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Jane F. Reid,
Adeline A. Spencer,
Cl. II. and III., Div. 1 and 2
Cl. III., Div. 2 and 3, Room 6,
Room 3, 2d Story.
1st Story.
Abby A. Cook,
Cl. III., Div. 2 and 3, Room 1,
1st Story.
Frances C. Close, Teacher of Sewing.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Lexington Street.
Harriet C. Bates.

Marietta Duncan.

Mary C. Hall.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Huse.

IPOrter Street.

Abby D. Beale.

M. Jane Peaslee.
Hulda H. Mitchell.

Sarah A. Pratt.

Caroline S. Litchfield.

Caroline A. Littlefield.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Beeching and Ryan.

Monmouth Street.
Hannah F. Crafts.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Huse.

COMINS AND FRANCIS STREET SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

George M. Hobbs, 14 Edinboro Street, Roxbury.

Geo. Morrill, Centre Street, cor. of Centre Place, Roxbury.
John Kneeland, 31 Winthrop Street, Roxbury.
Allen Putnam, 176 Eustis Street, Roxbury.
Charles K. Dillaway, 230 Washington Street, Roxbury.
Geo. H. Monroe, Walnut, cor. of Rockland Street, Roxbury.
Jos. N. Brewer, 37 Centre Street, Roxbury.
James Morse, Dudley Street, Roxbury.
Cyrus C. Emery, 17 Clark Street, Roxbury.

SCHOOL

DISTRICTS.

COMINS SCHOOL, GORE AVENUE, ROXBURY.

Daniel W. Jones, Principal, Div. 1, 2d Story.

Assistants.

Anne H. Shurtleff,
Div. 1, 2d Story.
Elizabeth W. Young,
Div. 2, 3d Story.
Eliza C. Fisher,
Div. 2, 3d Story,
Almira W. Chamberlin,
Div. 3, 1st Story.
Adeline May,
Div. 3, 3d Story.
Charlotte P. Williams,
Div. 4, 3d Story.
Florence E. Tilton,
Div. 4, 2d Story.

Sarah A. V. Fernald,
Div. 5, 2d Story.
Caroline K. Nickerson,
Div. 5, 3d Story.
Sarah R. Bonney,
Div. 6, 1st Story.
Dora O. Wait,
Div. 6, 1st Story.
Emily B. Eliot,
Div. 7, 1st Story.
E. Josephine Page,
Div. 7, Smith Street.

FRANCIS STREET SCHOOL,

Sophronia F. Norton, Principal.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
Avon Place.
Adeline L. Reed.

Abby E. Ford.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Emery.
Heath Street.

Jane B. LaWrence.

Edna C. Jewett.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Morrill.

Centre Street.
Henrietta M. Wood.

Mary Ann Morse.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Monroe.
Francis Street.

Elizabeth M. Hall.

Anna M. Eaton.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Putnam.

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Phillips Street.
Lydia E. Davis.

Sarah E. Haskins.

sub-Committee, Mr. Kneeland.

Kate M. Murphy.

Anna E. Clark.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Dillaway.

Caroline E. Bicknell.

Amelia F. Boston.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Hobbs.

Cottage Place.
Emma L. Culligan.

Josephine Maxflld.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Brewer.

Adeline Beal.

Elizabeth F. Johnson.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Morse.

Mill-dam.

Ellen Calkins. Sub-Committee, Mr. Emery.

DEARBORN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Moody Merrill, Chairman, 2 Warren Place, Roxbury.

William H. Hutchinson, Secretary, 48 Warren Street, Roxbury.
James Morse, Dudley Street, Roxbury.
Allen Putnam, 176 Eustis Street, Roxbury.
George W. Adams, 2 Reed's Court, Roxbury.
John O. Means, 31 Elm Street, Roxbury.
Benjamin H. Greene, 13 Porter Street, Roxbury.
Joseph A. Tucker, 29 Orchard Street, Roxbury.
Ira Allen, 61 Cabot Street, Roxbury.
DEARBORN SCHOOL, DEARBORN PLACE, ROxBURY.

William
Cl. I.,
L. Anna
Cl. I.,

H. Long, Master,
Div. 1, Room 1.
Dudley, Head-Assistant.
Div. 1, Room 1.

Philena W. Rounseville, Head-As

sistant, Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 3.
Harriet E. Burrell, Head-Assistant.
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 9.

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DISTRICTS.

Assistants.

Sarah S. Adams,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 5.
Mary A. Spinney,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 10.
Sarah H. Hosmer,

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 7.

Elizabeth A. Morse,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 11.
Frances L. Bredeen,

Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 6.

Henrietta M. Young,
Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 12.

Anne M. Backup,
Cl., IV., Div. 1, Room 8.
Margaret E. Davis,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 4.
Helen F. Crawford,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 13.
Mary C. Bartlett,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 2.
Elizabeth M. Wood,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 14.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

George Street, Roxbury.

Mary M. Sherwin, Cl. I.
Clara L. Davis, Cl. II.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Putnam.
Clara L. Hewes, Cl. III.
Emily M. Pevear, Cl. IV.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Tucker.
Flora J. Cutter, Cl. V.
Phebe H. Simpson, Cl. VI.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Greene.
Yeoman Street, Roxbury.
Susan F. Rowe, Cl. I.

Anna M. Balch, Cl. II.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Adams.
Ellen M. Oliver, Cl. III.
Elizabeth D. Ladd, Class. IV.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Allen.
Eustis Street, Roxbury.
Emma C. Wales, Cl. II.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Morse.
Mary L. Walker, Cl. III.
Clara H. Balch, Cl. IV.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Hutchinson.

Mary F. Neale, Cl. I.

Elm Street, Roxbury.

Anna E. Boynton, Cl. I.

Frances H. C. Bradley, Cl. II.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Means.
Winthrop Street, Roxbury.

Frances N. Brooks, Cl. I.

Eliza J. Goss, Cl. II.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Merrill.

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DWIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

William H. Learnard, Jr., Chairman, 61 Rutland Street.

Stephen G. Deblois, Secretary, 80 Concord Street.
Alden Speare, 15 East Brookline Street.

Robert C. Waterston, 71 Chester Square.

Edmund T. Eastman, 75 Shawmut Avenue.

Richard H. Stearns, 668 Tremont Street.
William B. Merrill, 145 Concord Street.
Charles C. Shackford, 59 Clarendon Street.

George H. Nichols, 52 Chester Park.

Lyman Mason, 20 Court Street.
DWIGHT SCHOOL, SPRINGFIELD STREET.

James A. Page, Master, Cl. I., Div.

1, Room 6, 3d Story.
Rodney G. Chase, Sub-Master, Cl.
I., Div. 2, Room 7, 2d Story.

Edward Southworth, Usher, Cl. II.,

Div. 1, Room 11, 1st Story.
Martha E. Pritchard, Head-Assist
ant, Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 6,3d Story.

Assistants.

Mary C. Browne, Cl. II., Div. 2,

Room 3, 3d Story.

Clara B. Gould, Cl. IV., Div. 1,

Room 9, 2d Story.

Julia M. Browne, Cl. III., Div. 1,

Sarah B. Abbott, Cl. IV., Div. 2,

Room 5, 3d Story.
Mary E. Trow, Cl. III., Div. 2,
Room 4, 3d Story.

Room 12, 1st Story.

Lydia A. Arnold, Cl. IV., Div. 3,
Room 13, 1st Story.

Eva M. Keller, Cl. III., Div. 3,

Amelia M. Hinckley, Cl. IV., Div.

Room 8, 2d Story.
Mary C. R. Towle, Cl. III., Div. 4,
Room 10, 2d Story.

4, Room 14, 1st Story.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

I'utland Street.

Augusta A. Davis. Sub-Committee, Mr. Waterston.

Martha B. Lucas. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stearns.
Sarah E. Crocker. Sub-Committee, Mr. Deblois.
Henrietta Draper. Sub-Committee, Mr. Nichols.
. Sub-Committee, Mr. Speare.
Jane P. Titcomb. Sub-Committee, Mr. Merrill.

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ELIOT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Edward D. G. Palmer, Chairman, 3 Montgomery Place.

George D. Ricker, Secretary, 166 Salem Street.
Adino B. Hall, 89 Salem Street.

George F. Haskins, 2 North Square.

John F. Flynn, Rear of 30 Endicott Street.
Orrin S. Sanders, 11 Bowdoin Street.
William A. Rust, 9 Allen Street.

John Ryan, 363 Hanover Street.

George W. Close, 21 Sheafe Street.
S. Arthur Bent, 7 Court Square.

ELIOT SCHOOL, NORTH BENNET STREET.

Samuel W. Mason, Master,

Cl. I. Div. 1, Room 13, 4th Story.
Walter H. Newell, Sub-Master,
Cl. I. Div. 2, Room 9, 3d Story.
Geo. K. Daniell, Jr., Usher,
Cl. II. Div. 1, Room 1, 1st Story.

Frances M. Bodge, Head-Assistant.

Cl. I. Div. 1, Room 13, 4th Story.
Adolin M. Steele, Head-Assistant,
Cl. II. Div. 2, Room 5, 2d Story.

Assistants.

M. Turner,
Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 10, 3d Story.
O. Augusta Welch,
Cl. II., Div. 4, Room 11, 3d Story.
Kate L. Dodge,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.
Georgianna Wilkinson,
Cl. III., Div.2, Room 14, 4th Story.
Clara Winning,
Cl. III., Div, 3, Room 8, 2d Story.
Elizabeth

Georgianna D. Russell,
Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 6, 2d Story.
Hannah M. Pembroke,

Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 7, 2d Story.

Emily F. Marshall,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 3, 1st Story.
Mary A. E. Sargent,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 2, 1st Story,
Lydia K. Potter,
Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 4, 1st Story.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

snelling Place.
Sarah A. WinSOr.

Clarissa Davis.

Sophia Shepard.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Flynn.
Cleone G. Tewksbury.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Sanders.

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Antonia Harvey. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ricker.

Harriet S. Boody.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Close.

22 Charter Street.

Eliza Brintnall. Sub-Committee, Mr. Close.

Eliza J. Cosgrave. Sub-Committee, Mr. Palmer.
Ida Munroe.

Juliette Davis.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Ryan.

Rear, 22 Charter Street.

Julia A. Cutts. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ricker.
Sarah Ripley. Sub-Committee, Mr. Palmer.
Josephine O. Paine. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bent.
North Bennet Street.

Frances E. Harrod. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hall.

Kate S. Sawyer. Sub-Committee, Mr. Rust.
Mary E. Barrett. Sub-Committee, Mr. Haskins.
Sarah F. Chipman. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hall.

EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Robert C. Waterston Chairman, 71 Chester Square.

Stephen G. Deblois, Secretary, 80 Concord Street.
Alden Speare, 15 East Brookline Street.
William H. Learnard, Jr., 61 Rutland Street.
Edmund T. Eastman, 75 Shawmut Avenue.
Richard H. Stearns, 668 Tremont Street.
William B. Merrill, 145 Concord Street.
John Parkman, 8 Park Square.

George H. Nichols, 52 Chester Park.

Lyman Mason, 20 Court Street.

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EVERETT scHool, wesT NORTHAMPTON STREET.

George B. Hyde, Master.
Cl. I. Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.
Margaret E. Johnson, Head-Assist
ant, Cl. I. Div. 1, Room 14, 4th
Story.
Anna B. Thompson, Head-Assistant.
Cl. I. Div. 2, Room 12, 3d Story.

Janet M. Bullard, Head Assistant.

Cl. I. Div. 3, Room 8, 2d Story.
Louisa Tucker, Head Assistant.
Cl. II. Div. 1, Room 4, 1st Story.

Assistants.

Abby C. Haslet,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 13, 4th Story.
Anna C. Ellis,
Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 10, 3d Story.
Emily L. Tolman,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 11, 3d Story.
Florence W. Stetson,
Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 1, 1st Story.
Mary A. Gavett,
Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 6, 2d Story.

Louise M. Alline,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 2, 1st Story.
Clara Nelson,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 9, 3d Story.
Mary F. Bunton,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 5, 2d Story.
Sarah W. Pollard,

Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 3, 1st Story.

Martha A. Sargent,
Teacher of Sewing.

Julia H. Kimball,

Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 7, 2d Story.

PRIMARY

SCHOOLS.

Concord Street.

Eliza C. Gould. Sub-Committee, Mr. Nichols.

Laura A. Farnsworth. Sub-Committee, Mr. Speare.
Mary A. Crocker. Sub-Committee, Mr. Merrill.
Anna R. Frost. Sub-Committee, Mr. Eastman.
Caroline S. Lamb. Sub-Committee, Mr. Learnard.
Lydia A. Sawyer. Sub-Committee, Mr. Parkman.
Ann J. Bolden. Sub-Committee, Mr. Waterston.
Hannah M. Coolidge. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stearns.
Emma Halstrick. Sub-Committee, Mr. Deblois.

Lydia F. Blanchard. Sub-Committee, Mr. Waterston.

FRANKLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

R. H. Stearns, Chairman, 668 Tremont Street.

Wm. T. Brigham, Secretary, 1279 Washington Street.

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Alden Speare, 15 East Brookline Street.

Wm. H. Learnard, Jr., 61 Rutland Street.
Edmund T. Eastman, 75 Shawmut Avenue.
Charles Hutchins, 34 Clarendon Street.
Charles L. Flint, 53 Union Park.

Henry C. Hunt, 15 Ash Street.

Samuel G. Bowdlear, 22 Upton Street.
Samuel E. Floyd, 19 Marion Street.
Lyman Mason, 20 Court Street.
FRANKLIN SCHOOL, RINGGOLD STREET.

Granville B. Putnam, Master.

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.
Amelia B. Hopkins, 1st Head Asst.
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.
Sarah P. Mitchell, Head-Assistant.
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.

Sarah A. Gale, Head-Assistant.

Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 8, 2d Story.
Catharine T. Simonds, Head-Asst.
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 4, 1st Story.

Assistants.

L. Isabel Barry,
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 13, 4th Story.

Abby D. Tucker,

Elizabeth J. Brown,

P. Catharine Bradford,

Cl. I., Div. 3, Room 11, 3d Story.

Mary S. Russell,
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.
Mary J. Leach,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 9, 3d Story.

Cl. III., Div.2, Room 5, 2d Story.

Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 6, 2d Story.
Caroline A. Mason,

Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 1, 1st Story.

Mary A. Mitchell,

Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 2, 1st Story.

Annie E. Parker,

Isabella M. Harmon,

Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 10, 3d Story.

Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 3, 1st Story.

Elizabeth D. Cutter,

Esther M. Nickerson,

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 7, 2d Story.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Genesee Street.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Hutchins.
Harriet M. Bolman. Sub-Committee, Mr. Eastman.
Anna T. Corliss. Sub-Committee, Mr. Floyd.
Susan H. Chaffee.

Groton Street.
Harriet M. Faxon.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Speare.

Georgianna E. Abbott. Sub-Committee, Mr. Flint.

Teacher of Sewing.

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DISTRICTS.

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Frances J. Crocker. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bowdlear.

Ellen M. Hughes. Sub-Committee, Mr. Brigham.
Lucy A. Cate. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hunt.
Caroline A. Miller. Sub-Committee, Mr. Learnard.

HANCOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Adino B. Hall, Chairman, 89 Salem Street.

George W. Close, Secretary, 21 Sheafe Street.

Edward D. G. Palmer, 3 Montgomery Place.
George F. Haskins, 2 North Square.
Dexter S. King, Winthrop House, Bowdoin Street.

John A. Lamson, 1 Staniford Street.

Orrin S. Sanders, 11 Bowdoin Street.
George D. Ricker, 166 Salem Street.
John F. Flynn, rear 60 Endicott Street.
John Ryan, 363 Hanover Street.
S. Arthur Bent, 7 Court Square.
HANCOCK SCHOOL, RICHMOND STREET,

McLaurin F. Cooke, Master.

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 15, 4th Story.
Mary C. Nichols, 1st Head-Assist
ant, Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 15, 4th
Story.
Alicia H. Gilley, Head-Assistant,
Cl. I., Div. 3, Room 13, 3d Story.
Emily F. Fessenden, Head-Assist

ant, Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 9, 2d

Story.
Martha F. Winning, Head-Assistant,
Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 5, 1st Story.
Marie L. Macomber, Head-Assistant,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, New Building,
Room 12, 3d Story.

Assistants.

Ellen C. Sawtelle, Cl. I., Div. 2,

Room 14, 4th Story.
Amy E. Bradford, Cl. I., Div. 4,
Room 12, 3d Story.
Helen M. Hitchings, Cl. II., Div. 1,

Room 11, 3d Story.

Josephine M. Robertson, Cl. II.,

Div. 2, Room 10, 3d Story.
Ellen A. Hunt,
Cl. II., Div. 4, Room 8, 2d Story.

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Mary Carleton,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 7, 2d Story.
Mary E. Skinner,
Cl III., Div. 2. Room 6, 2d Story.
Helen H. Cheney,
Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 4, 1st Story.
Emilie A. Siesbttel,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 3, 1st Story.
Henrietta L. Pierce,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 2, 1st Story.

Achsah Barnes,
Cl. IV., Div. 4, New Building,
Room 11, 3d Story.
Olive M. E. Rowe,
Cl. IV., Div. 5, New Building,
Room 10, 3d Story.
(Vacancy).
Cl. IV., Div. 6, New Building,
Room 9, 3d Story.

S. O. Somerby, Teacher of Sewing.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Richmond Street.

Marcella C. Halliday. Sub-Committee, Mr. Haskins.

Sarah E. White. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hall.
Augusta H. Barrett. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bent.
Mary J. Clark. Sub-Committee, Mr. Palmer.
Adeline S. Bodge. Sub-Committee, Mr. King.
Maria A. Gibbs. Sub-Committee, Mr. Haskins.
Harriet B. Wose. sub-Committee, Mr Sanders.
Sarah F. Ellis. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bent.
Mary S. Gale. Sub-Committee, Mr. King.
Lucy A. Pike. Sub-Committee, Mr. Flynn.

Hanover Street.

Grace M. Harkin. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ryan.

Emily A. Tewksbury, Sub-Committee, Mr. Lamson.
Sarah E. Ward, Sub-Committee, Mr. Ricker.

Sheafe Street.

Esther W. Mansfield. Sub-Committee, Mr. Close.

Eunice F. Linsley. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hall.
Martha F. Boody. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ryan.

Thacher Street.

Sarah J. Copp. Sub-Committee, Mr. Flynn.

M. Alice Mansfield.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Ricker.

Sarah L. Shepard. Sub-Committee, Mr. Close.

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LAWRENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Choate Burnham, Chairman, 284 Broadway.

Christopher A. Connor, Secretary, 349 Fourth Street.

W. H. Wescott, 115 Third Street.

Edwin Briggs, 67 Dorchester Street.

Francis H. Underwood, 758 Fourth Street.

William A. Blenkinsop, 35 Broadway.

Alvan Simonds, 713 Federal Street.

Liberty D. Packard, cor. of Broadway and Dorchester Street.

Joseph B. Stearns, Fifth, Near I Street.
William W. Doherty, 17 Niles Block.
(Vacancy.)
*

LAWRENCE SCHOOL, B STREET, COR. OF THIRD.

Larkin Dunton, Master,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 4th Story.
, Sub-Master,
Cl. I., Div 2, Room 3, 3d Story.
Clarence C. Buck, Usher,
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 11, 1st Story.

Alice Cooper, Master's Head-Asst,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1,4th Story.
Mehitable M. Nelson, Head-Asst,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 7, 2d Story.

Assistants.

Ellen A. Bragdon,
Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 2, 4th Story.
Martha S. Damon,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 5, 3d Story.
Frances A. Porter,

Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 6,3d Story.

Margaret Holmes,
Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 8, 2d Story.
Margaret A. Gleason,
Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 14, 1st Story.
Margaret A. Moody,
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 10, 2d Story.
Ada L. Cushman,
Cl. IV., Div.2, Room 13, 1st Story.

Catherine M. Lynch,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 9, 2d Story.
Emma P. Hall,
Cl. IV., Div. 4, Jenkins Block, 2d
Story.
Mary E. Stubbs,
Cl. IV., Div. 5, Room 4, 3d Story.
Filena Hurlbutt,
Cl. IV., Div. 6, Jenkins Block, 3d
Story.
Mary J. Fennelly,
Cl. IV., Div. 7, Room 12, 1st Story.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Silver Street.

Mary A. Montague. Sub-Committee, Mr. Connor.

Sarah S. Blake. Sub-Committee, Mr. Packard.

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Lucy M. Cragin. Sub-Committee, Mr. Doherty.

Anna M. Elwell. Sub-Committee, Mr. Briggs.
Mary F. Peeler. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stearns.
Lucinda Smith. Sub-Committee, Mr. Wescott.
Church, corner of B Street and Broadway.
Jane A. Malcom. Sub-Committee, Mr. Wescott.
Malvina S. Whipple. Sub-Committee, Mr. Briggs.
Vestry, corner of B Street and Broadway.
Abby C. Nickerson. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stearns.
Sarah M. Dawson. Sub-Committee, Mr. Doherty.

LINCOLN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Francis H. Underwood, Chairman, 758 Fourth Street.

Liberty D. Packard, Secretary, Dorchester Street, cor. of
Broadway.
Edwin Briggs, 67 Dorchester Street.
Choate Burnham, 284 Broadway.
Thomas C. Amory, 5 Joy Street.
Joseph B. Stearns, Fifth, near I Street.
W. H. Wescott, 115 Third Street.

(Vacancy.)
LINCOLN SCHOOL, BROADWAY, NEAR K STREET.

C. Goodwin Clark, Master,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.
Alonzo G. Ham, Sub-Master,
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 1st Story.

Harriet A. Rice, 1st Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.

Ariadne B. Jewell,2d Head-Assistant,

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 10, 3d Story.

Assistants.

Eliza H. . Merrill, Cl. II., Div. 2,

Room 13, 4th Story.

Susan Carty, Cl. IV., Div. 1 and 2,

Myra S. Butterfield, Cl. III., Div. 1,

Isabel M. Kelren.

Room 2, 1st Story.

Room 11, 3d Story.

Abby M. Holder, Cl. III., Div. 2

and 3, Room 6, 2d Story.
BOYS' CLASSES.

Mary E. Balch, Head-Assistant, Cl.

I., Div, 2, Room 9, 3d Story.

Margaret J. Stewart, Head-Assist

ant, Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 5, 2d
Story.

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Assistants.

Cynthia H. Sears, Cl. III., Div. 1,

Room 12, 3d Story.
Ellen L. Pendleton, Cl. III., Div. 2
and 3, Room 7, 2d Story.
Anna M. Brown, Cl. III., Div. 2
and 3, Room 8, 2d Story.

Mary S. Degen, Cl. IV., Div. 1 and

2, Room 4, 1st Story.
Ellen R. Wyman, Cl. IV., Div. 1
and 2, Room 3, 1st Story.
Elizabeth Bedlington,
Sewing Teacher.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

City Point.
Laura J. Gerry.

Catharine Burnham.

Elizabeth M. Easton.

Bertha W. Hintz.

Tiley A. Bolkcom.

S. Isabella Stevens.

Sub-CommitteeMessrs. Stearns, Underwood and Briggs.

Hawes Building, Broadway.
Mary P. Colburn.

Annie C. Gill.
Alice Danforth.

Sub-Committee-Messrs. Packard,

and Burnham.

Rear of Hawes Building.

Mary L. Howard.
Sarah E. Warney.
Sub-CommitteeMessrs. Packard,
and Burnham.

Martha C. Jenks.

Baptist Church, cor. of Fourth and L Streets.

Mary H. Faxon.

Special Instruction.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Underwood.

LYMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Henry S. Washburn, Chairman, 125 Webster Street.

Thos. C. Marsh, Secretary, 47 Chelsea Street.
Richard Beeching, 95 Princeton Street.
Albert Huse, 56 Princeton Street.

Washington B. Trull, 3 Meridian Street.

Warren H. Cudworth, 1 Meridian Street.
Geo. D. Ricker, 166 Salem Street.
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LYMAN SCHOOL, MERIDIAN STREET.

Hosea H. Lincoln, Master,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 3d Story.

Josiah G. Dearborn, Sub-Master,
Cl. II., Div. 1 and 2, Room 3,
2d Story.
Cordelia Lothrop, Master's Assistant,
Cl. II., Div. 1 and 2, Room 2,
3d Story.

Eliza F. Russell, Head-Assistant,

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 4, 2d Story.
Matilda A. Turner, Head-Assistant,

Cl. III., Div. 1 and 2, Room 5,

1st Story.

Assistants.

Amelia H. Pittman,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 3, 1st Story.
Mary P. E. Tewksbury,
Cl. III., Div. II., Primary School

Lucy J. Lothrop,
Cl. IV., Div. II., Primary School
House, Webster Street.
Ellen P. Nichols,

Cl. IV., Div. 2, Engine House,

House, Webster Street.

Harriet N. Webster,
Cl. IV., Div. I., Primary School
House, Webster Street.

Paris Street.

Frances C. Close, Teacher of Sewing.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
JParis Street.

Susan H. M. SWan.

Abby M. Allen.
Anna I. Duncan.
Harriet N. Tyler.
Elizabeth A. Turner.
Angeline M. Cudworth.
Sub-Committee, Messrs. Washburn and Ricker.
Bremen Street.

Mary E. Morse.

Special Instruction.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Cudworth.

MAYHEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Orrin S. Sanders, Chairman, 11 Bowdoin Street.

Zachariah Jellison, Secretary, 94 Shawmut Av.
Samuel H. Winkley, 5 Chambers Street.
Dexter S. King, 34 Bowdoin Street.
John A. Lamson, 1 Staniford Street.

William A. Rust, 9 Allen Street.

John A. Stevens, 15 Cambridge Street.

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DISTRICTS.

139

MAYHEW SGHOOL, HAWKINS STREET.

Samuel Swan, Master,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.
Quincy A. Dickerman, Sub-Master,
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 6, 2d Story.

L. Hall Grandgent, Usher,

C1. I., Div. 3, Room 1, 1st Story.
Emily A. Moulton, Head-Assistant,
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 12, 3d Story.

Assistants.

Elizabeth P. Hopkins,
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 2, 1st Story.
Adeline F. Cutter,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 5, 2d Story.
Sarah W. I. Copeland, Cl. III., Div.
1, Room 8, 2d Story.
Eliza R. Munroe, Cl. III., Div. 2,
Room 7, 2d Story.
Elizabeth L. West, Cl. III., Div. 3,
Room 10, 3d Story.

Judith A. Folger, Cl. IV., Div. 1,

Room 9, 3d Story.
, Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room
3, 1st Story.
Luciette A. Wentworth, Cl. IV.,
Div. 3, Room 4, 1st Story.
Elizabeth G. Hunt, Cl. IV., Div. 4,
Grant Place, Primary building,
Room 2.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Chardon Street.

Sarah E. Copeland. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stevens.

Maria L. Cummings. Sub-Committee, Mr. Lamson.
Emma C. Reed. Sub-Committee, Mr. Jellison.
Abby A. Scates. Special Instruction. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stevens.
Permelia Stevens. Special Instruction. Nub-Committee, Mr. Lawson.
Mo. 67 Merrimack Street.
Ruth E. ROWe.

Lois M. Rea.

sub-Committee, Mr. Winkley.

South Margin Street.
Sub-Committee, Mr. Winkley.

Old Hancock School-House, Hanover Street.

Delia F. Linsley. Sub-Committee, Mr. Lamson.
Harriet S. Lothrop. Sub-Committee, Mr. Jellison.
Harriet A. Farrow, Sub-Committee, Mr. King.

NORCROSS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Alvan

Simonds, Chairman,

713 Federal Street.

Christopher A. Connor, Secretary, 710 Federal Street.

William A. Blenkinsop, 35 Broadway.

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William H. Wescott, 115 Third Street.

Choate Burnham, 284 Broadway.

Edwin Briggs, 67 Dorchester Street.

William T. Brigham, 1279 Washington Street.

William W. Doherty, 17 Niles' Block.
(Vacancy.)
NoRCRoss scHool, FoR GIRLs, D STREET, CORNER OF FIFTH STREET.
Josiah A. Stearns, Master.
Martha A. Thompson, Master's As-

Caroline Blanchard, Head-Assistant,

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 10.

sistant, Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1.

Jane P. Thompson, Head-Assistant,
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 5.
Assistants.

Mary N. Moses, Cl. II., Div. 2,

Mary W. Conant, Cl. IV., Div. 1,

Room 2.

Room 8.

Elizabeth E. Iredale, Cl. II., Div. 3,

Frances L. Greene,
Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 9.

Room 3.

Sarah A. Gallagher, Cl. III., Div. 1,

Room 4.

Miranda A. Bolkcom, Cl. III., Div.

2, Room 6.

Elizabeth Bradfield,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 11.
Juliette Wyman,
Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 12.

Henrietta L. Jones, Cl. III., Div. 2,

Sarah J. Bliss, Teacher of Sewing.

Room 7.
PRIMARY

SCHOOLS

MATHER PRIMARY SCHOOL-HOUSE.

Broadway.
Laura A. Read.

Mary A. Mills.

Mary Kyle.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Doherty, Westcott and Brigham.

Mary H. Palmer.

Garafelia M. Morse.

Mary K Davis.
Sub-Committee, Messrs. Connor and Simonds.
Mary E. Fox.

Ann E. Newell, Special Instruction.

Sarah M. Brown.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Briggs, Blenkinsop and Burnham.

Sarah W. Cunningham, Special Instruction.
Sub-Committee, Messrs. Connor and Simonds.
Ophelia S. Newell, Special Instruction.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Doherty, Wescott and Brigham.

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PHILLIPS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Loring Lothrop, Chairman, Chambers Street Chapel.

William A. Rust, Secretary, 9 Allen Street.
J. Baxter Upham, 31 Chestnut Street.

S. K. Lothrop, 12 Chestnut Street.

John F. Jarvis, 22 Leverett Street.

Dexter S. King, 34 Bowdoin Street.

Henry Burroughs, Jr., 82 Mount Vernon Street.
Linus M. Child, 54 West Cedar Street.
Orin T. Walker, 20 Leverett Street.
PHILLIPs scHOOL, PHILLIPs STREET.

James Hovey, Master,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 13, 4th Story.
Amphion Gates, Sub-Master,
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 6, 2d Story.

Elias H. Marston, Usher,

Cl. I., Div. 3, Room 2, 1st Story.

Pleasantine Cushman, Master's Asst,
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14,4th Story.

Assistants.
Laura M. Porter,

Elvira M. Harrington,

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room9, 3d Story.

Lucy S. Nevins,
Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 10, 3d Story.

Anna E. Davis,

Hannah M. Sutton,

Ellen S. Pomeroy,

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 11, 3d Story.

Georgiana H. Moore,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 12, 3d Story.

Elizabeth R. Hodges,

Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 7, 2d Story.

Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 5, 2d Story.
Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 1, 1st Story.
Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room 8, 2d Story.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Anderson Street.

Eliza A. Corthell, Sub-Committee, Mr. Jarvis.

Sarah Ingalls, Sub-Committee, Mr. Child.
Emeline D. Fish.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Child.

Joy Street.

Harriet H. King. Special Instruction.

Sub-Committee, Mr. King.

Phillips Street.
Caroline P. Eastman.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Upham.

Sarah A. M. Turner. sub-Committee,

Sub-Committee, Mr.
Mr. Walker.
King.

Caroline A. Morrill.

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REGISTER.

Phillips School House.

Adelaide L. Jepson.

Special Instruction.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Lothrop.

PRESCOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

CoMMITTEE.

Thomas C. Marsh, Chairman, 47 Chelsea Street.

Washington B. Trull, Secretary, 3 Meridian Street.
Warren H. Cudworth, 1 Meridian Street.

Henry S. Washburn, 125 Webster Street.

Richard Beeching, 95 Princeton Street.
Albert Huse, 56 Princeton Street.
Orin T. Walker, 20 Leverett Street.

John F. Jarvis, 22 Leverett Street.

PRESCOTT SCHOOL, PRESCOTT STREET, EAST BOSTON.

James F. Blackinton, Master.

James W. Webster, Sub-Master,
Cl. I., Div. 1 and 2, Room 9, 3d
Story.
Roxellana Howard, Master's Assistant, Cl. I., Div. 1 and 2, Room 16,

Louisa S. Hotchkiss, Head-Assist

ant, Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 2, 1st
Story.
H. Elizabeth Deering, Head-Assist

ant, Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 10, 3d

Story.

3d Story.
Louisa M. Collyer, Head-Assistant,
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 15, 3d Story.
Assistants.

Sarah E. Batcheller, Cl. II., Div. 2,

Room 12, 1st Story.
Ellenette Pillsbury, Cl. III., Div. 1
and 2, Room 14. 2d Story.

Harriet N. Weed, Cl. III., Div. 1 and

2, Room 6, 2d Story.
Frances H. Turner, Cl. IV., Div. 1
and 2, Room 5, 2d Story.

Mary D. Day, Cl. IV., Div. 1 and 2,

Ellen F. James, Sewing Teacher.

Room 13, 2d Story.

Anna G. De Silva, Cl. IV., Div. 3
and 4, Room 8, 2d Story.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

JPrescott School-House.
Hannah L. Manson.

Margaret A. Bartlett.

Mary A. Ford.

Caroline Ditson.

Isabel McCrillis.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Marsh, Trull, Walker, and Jarvis.

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DISTRICTS.

Chapel, Bennington Street.

Adelaide M. Googins.
Lucy E. Ring.
Sub-Committee, Messrs. Marsh and Walker.
Rice Block, Saratoga Street.
Almaretta J. Critchett.

Mary E. Gray.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Beeching and Jarvis.

QUINCY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

William H. Page, Chairman, 48 Beach Street.

William T. Brigham, Secretary, 1279 Washington Street.
Henry C. Hunt, 15 Ash Street.
-

Samuel A. Green, 25 Kneeland Street.

Henry W., Harrington, 3 Corey Avenue.

Patrick Riley, 10 Lincoln Street.
John P. Reynolds, 170 Tremont Street.
W. H. Wescott, 115 Third Street.
John P. Ordway, 42 Bedford Street.
Samuel G. Bowdlear, 22 Upton Street.
H. P. Shattuck, 645 Washington Street.
QUINCY SCHOOL, TYLER STREET.

Chas. E. Valentine, Master.

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 13, 4th Story.
E. Frank Wood, Sub-Master.
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 9, 3d Story.
Henry C. Bullard, Usher.

Annie M. Lund, 1st Head-Assistant.

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 13, 4th Story.

Olive M. Page, 2d Head-Assistant.

Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 2, 1st Story.

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 5, 2d Story.

Assistants.
Jane B. Furber.

Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 14, 4th Story.

Louisa B. Monroe.

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 10, 3d Story.

Emily J. Tucker.
Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 12, 3d Story.
Mary E. Fogarty.
Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 11, 3d Story.
Delia A. Varney.
Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 6, 2d Story.

Maria C. Weeks.

Cl. IV., Div., 1, Room 8, 2d Story.

Ellen J. Frost.

Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 7, 2d Story.

Charlotte L. Wheelwright.
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 4, 1st Story.
Emily B. Peck.

Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 1, 1st Story.

Ellen G. O'Leary.
Cl. IV., Div. 5, Room 3, 1st Story.

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REGISTER.

SCHOOLS.

IEast Street.

Susan Frizzell. Sub-Committee, Mr. Riley.

Louisa Bowker. Sub-Committee, Mr. Harrington.
Mary L. Richards. Sub-Committee, Mr. Brigham.
Caroline D. Pollard. Sub-Committee, Mr. Page.
Lavonne E. Walbridge. Sub-Committee, Mr. Wescott.
Ellen E. Leach. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bowdlear.
Catharine R. Greenwood. Sub-Committee, Mr. Green.
Emily E. Maynard. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hunt.
Harriette A. Bettis. Sub-Committee, Mr. Shattuck.
Priscilla Johnson.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Reynolds.

Sarah E. Lewis. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ordway.

Elizabeth C. Frink. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ordway.

RICE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Charles L. Flint, Chairman, 53 Union Park.

William B. Merrill, Secretary, 145 Concord Street.

Zachariah Jellison, 94 Shawmut Avenue.

Alden Speare, 15 East Brookline Street.

J. Coffin Jones Brown, 337 Tremont Street.

Samuel E. Floyd, 11 Davis Street.

Henry C. Hunt, 15 Ash Street.
Charles Hutchins, 34 Clarendon Street.

Samuel G. Bowdlear, 22 Upton Street.

RICE SCHOOL, WASHINGTON STREET, NEAR DOVER.

Lucius A. Wheelock, Master, Cl. I.,

Div. 1., Room 1, 3d Story.

Harriet D. Hinckley, Cl. II., Div.

2, Room 2, 3d Story.

David A. Caldwell, Sub-Master, Cl.

Clara M. Simonds, Cl. III., Div. 2

I., Div. 2, Room 3, 2d Story.

Amos M. Leonard, Usher, Cl. II.,

Div. 1, Room 7, 1st Story.

Florena Gray, 1st Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 3d Story.

E. Maria Simonds, Head-Assistant,

Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 4, 2d Story.

Room 8, Basement.

Florence Marshall, Cl. III., Div. 3

Room 6, 1st Story.

Sarah Gavett, Cl. IV., Div. 1, Room

4, 2d Story.

Henrietta Jenkins, Cl. IV., Div. 2.

Room 2, 3d Story.

SCHOOL

Ella T. Gould, Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room

3, 2d Story.
Harriet W. Leatherbee, Cl. IV.,
Div. 4, Room 5, 1st Story.

DISTRICTS.

145

, Cl. IV., Div. 5, Room

9, Basement.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Suffolk Street.
Josephine G. Whipple. Sub-Committee, Mr. Merrill.
Georgiana A. Ballard. Sub-Committee, Mr. Floyd.
Francis M. Sylvester. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hunt.
Hannah E. Perry. Sub-Committee, Mr. Hutchins.
Maria Jenkins. Sub-Committee, Mr. Jellison.
Jane E. Haskell. Sub-Committee, Mr. Speare.
Way Street.
Mary Beal. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bowdlear.
Charlotte L. Young. Sub-Committee, Mr. Brown.
Anna L. Peirce. Sub-Committee, Mr. Jellison.

WASHINGTON AND DUDLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Ira Allen, Chairman, 61 Cabot Street, Roxbury.

George W. Adams, Secretary, 10 Read's Court.
James E. Marsh, 4 Guild's Building.
Benjamin H. Greene, 13 Porter Street.
George H. Monroe, Walnut, corner Rockland Street.
Cyrus C. Emery, 17 Clark Street.
Wm. H. Hutchinson, 70 Washington Street.
Joseph H. Streeter, 175 Washington Street.
John O. Means, 31 Elm Street.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL, wASHINGTON STREET.

Leverett M. Chase, Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 3d Story.

Assistants.

Anna M. Williams,

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 1, 3d Story.

Harriet E. Davenport,

Cl. I. and II., Div. 2, Room 2, 3d

Story.

Mary E. Johnson,

Cl. I. and II., Div. 3, Room 3, 2d

Story.
Maria S. Whitney,

Cl. 1. and II., Div. 4, Room 4, 2d

Story.

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Louisa J. Hovey,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 5, Room 5, 2d
Story.
Mira W. Pond,

Cl. I. and II., Div. 6, Room 6, 1st

Story.

Harriet A. Lewis,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 7, Room 7, 1st
Story.
Lydia H. Bowman,
Cl. I., Div. 8, in Gun-house, 1st
Story.

DUDLEY SCHOOL, BARTLETT STREET.

Sarah J. Baker, Principal, Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 1, 3d Story.

Assistants.

Julia P. Brooks,

Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 1, 3d Story.

Jane Leavitt,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 2, Room 2, 3d
Story.
Mary C. Whippey,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 3, Room 3, 2d
Story.

Helen J. Otis,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 4, Room 4, 2d
Story.
Eliza Brown,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 5, Room 5, 1st
Story.
Susan H. Blaisdell,
Cl. I. and II., Div. 7, in Gun-house.
Mary L. Gore,
Div. 6, Room 6, 1st Story.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Vernon Street.

Anna M. Stone,
Susannah Durant,

Catharine F. Mayall,
Abby S. Oliver.

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Streeter, Means and Hutchinson.

Sudbury Street.
Anna G. Fillebrown,
Cornelia J. Bills,
Mary E. Gardner,
Martha E. Page.
Sub-Committee, Messrs. Emery, Hutchinson and Adams.
Franklin Place.

Eunice Atwood,

Emma Parker.

Sarah J. Davis,

Sub-Committee, Messrs. Allen and March.

Edinboro' Street.

Emily L. Wilson,

Josephine Mansfield.
ub-Committee, Mr. Greene.
Munroe Street.

Martha Gerry,

Almira B. Russell.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Monroe.

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WELLS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

John F. Jarvis, Chairman, 22 Leverett Street.

Orin T. Walker, Secretary, 20 Leverett Street.
Loring Lothrop, Norfolk House.

S. H. Winkley, 5 Chambers Street.

Zachariah Jellison, 94 Shawmut Avenue.
William T. Rust, 9 Allen Street.
John A. Lamson, 1 Staniford Street.

John A. Stevens, 15 Cambridge Street.

S. Arthur Bent, 7 Court Square.
WELLS SCHOOL, CHAMBERS STREET CHAPEL.

Reuben Swan, Master,

Juliana Sparrell, Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 2.

Cl. I., Div. 1.

Mary S. Carter, Master's Head Asst.,

Cl. I., Div. 1.

Ella A. Baker, Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 3.

Assistants.

Elvira S. Smith,
Cl. II., Div. 1.

Mary T. Locke,
Cl. II., Div. 2.
Harriet A. Johnson,
Cl. III., Div. 1.

Elizabeth P. Winning,
Cl. IV., Div. 1.
Ellen M. Brown,
Cl. IV., Div. 2.
Matilda A. Gerry,
Cl. IV., Div. 3.

Mary M. Perry,
Cl. III., Div. 2.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

Poplar Street.
Lucy M. A. Redding. Sub-Committee, Mr. Winkley.
Maria W. Turner. Sub-Committee, Mr. Jellison.
Elizabeth W. Snow. Sub-Committee, Mr. Winkley.
Sarah C. Chevaillier. Sub-Committee, Mr. Lamson.
Elizabeth S. Foster. Sub-Committee, Mr. Jellison.
Mary S. Watts. Sub-Committee, Mr. Stevens.
Wall Street.

Adelaide A. Rea.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Walker.

Elizabeth D. McClure.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Bent.

Anna A. James. Sub-Committee, Mr. Walker.

Sarah A. Randall. Special Instruction. Sub-Committee, Mr. Rust.
Harriet O. Brown. Special Instruction. Sub-Committee, Mr. Rust.
Mary L. Bailey. Sub-Committee, Mr. Lothrop.

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WINTHROP SCHOOL DISTRICT.

COMMITTEE.

Ezra Palmer, Chairman, 1 Tremont Place.

Henry P. Shattuck, Secretary, 645 Washington Street.

William H. Page, 48 Beach Street.
Samuel A. Green, 25 Kneeland Street.

Charles W. Storey, 8 Florence Street.

J. Coffin Jones Brown, 337 Tremont Street.

John P. Reynolds, 170 Tremont Street.

Charles C. Shackford, 59 Clarendon Street.

George F. Bigelow, 33 Essex Street.

John P. Ordway, 42 Bedford Street.
Samuel E. Floyd, 11 Davis Street.
WINTHROP SCHOOL, TREMONT, NEAR ELIOT STREET.
Robert Swan, Master,
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.
Susan A. W. Loring, Head-Assistant,
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.
May Gertrude Ladd, Head-Ass't,
Cl. I., Div. 2, Room 13, 4th Story.

Julia A. Jellison, Head-Assistant,

Cl. I., Div. 3, Room 1, 1st Story.
Almira Seymour, Head-Assistant,
Cl. II., Div. 1, Room 5, 2d Story.
Maria L. S. Ogden, Head-Assistant,

Cl. II., Div. 2, Room 9, 3d Story.

Assistants.

Elizabeth B. Swan,
Cl. I., Div. 1, Room 14, 4th Story.

Emma K. Valentine,
Cl. III., Div. 4, Room 6, 2d Story.

Elizabeth S. Emmons,

Caroline Nolen,

Cl. II., Div. 2, Tyler St., 3d Story.

Hannah H. Hosmer,

Cl. II., Div. 3, Room 10, 3d Story.

Ellen M. Dennie,

Cl. II., Div 4, Room 12, 3d Story.

Mary E. Davis,
Cl. III., Div. 1, Room 11, 3d Story.
Helen B. Walker,

Cl. III., Div. 2, Room 8, 2d Story.

Mary J. Danforth,
Cl. III., Div. 3, Room 7, 2d Story.

Cl. IV., Div. 1, Tyler St., 3d Story.

Maria L. Barney,

Cl. IV., Div. 2, Room 4, 1st Story.

Mary E. Holt,
Cl. IV., Div. 3, Room 3, 1st Story.
Rebecca R. Joslin,
Cl. IV., Div. 4, Room 2, 1st Story.
Hannah A. Rolfe, Teacher of Sewing.

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DISTRICTS.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
IHarrison Avenue.

Rebecca R. Thayer. Sub-Committee, Mr. Palmer.

Mary B. Brown. Sub-Committee, Mr. Ordway.
Tyler Street.
Frances Torrey.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Page.

Abby M. Mills. Sub-Committee, Mr. Brown.

Harrison Avenue.

Mary A. B. Gore. Sub-Committee, Mr. Reynolds.

Ella M. Seaverns. Sub-Committee, Mr. Shattuck.
Hudson Street.

Mary T. Farnham.

Sub-Committee, Mr. Palmer.

Tyler Street.

Henrietta Madigan. Sub-Committee, Mr. Floyd.

Abby J. Glover. Sub-Committee, Mr. Green.
Hudson Street.

Emma I. Baker. Sub-Committee, Mr. Shackford.

Mary F. Light. Sub-Committee, Mr. Bigelow.
Elizabeth A. Riley. Sub-Committee, Mr. Storey.

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TRUANT

OFFICERS.

The City is divided into eight Truant Districts, to which the

officers are assigned as follows:

OFFICERS.

DISTRICTS.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS BELONGING.

Chase Cole.

North.

Eliot, Hancock.

Charles E. Turner.

East Boston.

Adams, Chapman, Lyman, Prescott.

Geo. M. Felch.

Central.

Bowdoin, Boylston, Mayhew, Phil

lips, Wells.

E. G. Richardson.

Southern.

Brimmer, Bowditch, Quincy, Win

throp.

Phineas Bates.

South Boston.

Bigelow, Lawrence, Lincoln, Nor

CrOSS.

A. M. Leavitt.

South.

Samuel McIntosh.

Roxbury,

Dwight, Everett, Franklin, Rice.

East

Dearborn and Dudley, and Wash

ington, East of Shawmut Avenue.

Roxbury, West

Comins, Francis Street, and Dud

ley and Washington, West of

District.
Edward F.Mecuen.

District.

Shawmut Avenue.

Each officer has order boxes at certain convenient places in

his district, where teachers may send notes when they desire
to report cases of truancy to him.
These boxes are located as follows:

O R D ER

B O X E S.

North.

Hancock School-house.

Police Station No. 1, Hanover Street.

East Boston.

Adams, Chapman and Prescott School-houses.

Police Station No. 7, Meridian Street.

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OFFICERS.

Central.
Boylston and Mayhew School-houses.
Police Station No. 3, Joy Street.

Southern.

Brimmer and Quincy School-houses.

Police Station No. 4, La Grange Street.
south Boston.

Bigelow and Lincoln School-houses.

Police Station No. 6, Broadway, near C Street.
south.

Dwight and Rice School-houses.

Police Station No. 5, East Dedham Street.

Roxbury East.
Dearborn School-house.

Roxbury West.

Franklin Place, Washington and Comins School-houses.

The Truant Officers meet every Monday morning, at 103

o'clock, at the Truant Court Room,

in the Court

House.

Also, at 12 o'clock, on the first Monday of each month, at

the Room of the Superintendent of Schools.

WARD

OF FIC E R S.
1 86 8.

WARD No. 1.

Warden, Charles W. McClellan. Clerk, George H. Brackett.

Inspectors, Coleman Cook, Chas. E. Pearson, John M. Brooks,
Moses W. Daggett, W. H. Mosher.
WARD NO. 2.

Warden, James O. Fallon. Clerk, William J. Porter.

Inspectors, George Doherty, Thomas Boles, Patrick Doherty,
James Lee, Patrick Norton.
WARD NO. 3.

Warden, Thomas J. Gargan. Clerk, Cyrus H. Bates.

Inspectors, Wm. T. Leggett, Thomas B. Wells, Patrick Kier
nan, George W. Foster, Jr., George E. Littlefield.
WARD NO. 4.

Warden, Joseph L. Ross. Clerk, S. Frank Crockett.

Inspectors, Richard W. Sears, Frederick H. Adams, Charles A.
Whiting, Orrin S. Currier, Warren G. Fellows.
WARD NO. 5.

Warden, Francis Green. Clerk, Dennis J. Gorman.

Inspectors, Patrick Hayes, Barry Sullivan, Wm. F. Watson,
James Carney, John D. Mahar.

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WARD No. 6.

Warden, G. T. W. Braman. Clerk, Clark Gifford.

Inspectors, Rufus B. Farrar, Chas. L. Fuller, John A. Grimes,
Charles H. Davies, Henry W. Johnson.
WARD No. 7.

Warden, M. J. Downey. Clerk, Wm. G. Bird.

Inspectors, James Flynn, Michael Corcoran, Jeremiah O'Dono
van, Cornelius Driscoll, Daniel T. Sullivan.
WARD NO. 8.

Warden, Eben R. Frost. Clerk, John H. Comer.

Inspectors, James F. Sayer, George Perley, George G. Elder,
Asa Lowe, Charles J. Hayden.
WARD NO. 9.

Warden, Laban L. Gardner. Clerk, William H. Tyler.

Inspectors, William M. Wise, Charles K. Darling, Charles H.
Prince, Daniel G. Spier, Calvin R. Page.
WARD NO. 10.

Warden, Jonathan A. Lane.

Clerk, Irving O. Whiting.

Inspectors, Henry F. Coe, Wm. C. Page, Edward F. Leland,

Giles M. Pease, Edward A. Hunting. .
WARD No. 11.

Warden, William F. Nichols. Clerk, Otis H. Pierce.

Inspectors, Sterne Morse, Levi C. Barney, Isaac D. Blodgett,
Elisha James, Ebed L. Ripley, George H. Drew.
WARD No. 12.

Warden, U. L. Pettingill.

Clerk, J. R. Grose.

Inspectors, Francis James, Joseph Frye, Winslow Nickerson,

Melvin Adams, James E. Miller.
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WARD No. 13.

Warden, William H. Allen. Clerk, Francis M. Howe.

Inspectors, Henry A. Jones, Bartholomew Dolan, Geo. F.
Seaver, R. G. Southack, Charles H. Mitchell.
WARD No. 14.

Warden, Francis Freeman.

Clerk, Herbert Wiswall.

Inspectors, Giles H. Rich, E. D. Downes, S. H. Hunneman, Jr.

Daniel Wheeler, Anthony B. Shaw.
WARD No. 15.

Warden, James W. Ruth. Clerk, Geo. M. Hobbs.

Inspectors, Wm. W. Mayall, Geo. W. Decatur, J. H. Curley,
Henry Reinhardt, Michael H. Murray.

WARDS.

No. 1. All that part of the city called East Boston, and
all the Islands in the harbor.

No. 2. Beginning at the water at Warren Bridge; thence

by the centre of the Avenue leading from Warren Bridge to
Causeway Street; thence by the centre of Causeway Street to
Haverhill Street; thence through the centre of Haverhill

Street to Haymarket Square; thence across Haymarket Square

to the centre of Blackstone Street; thence by the centre of
Blackstone Street to Clinton Street; thence by the centre of
Clinton Street, and by a line in the same direction with Clinton

Street to the water; thence by the water to the point of

beginning.

No. 3. Beginning at the water at the easterly end of

Cambridge Bridge; thence by the centre of Cambridge Street
to Staniford Street; thence by the centre of Staniford Street to

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Green Street; thence by the centre of Green Street to Leverett

Street; thence by the centre of Leverett Street to Causeway
Street; thence by the centre of Causeway Street to a line on
the northerly side of the Fitchburg depot to the water, and
thence by the water to the point of beginning.
No. 4.Beginning at the water at the end of Clinton Street;
thence by the centre of Clinton Street to Blackstone Street;
thence by the centre of Blackstone Street to Haymarket
Square; thence across Haymarket Square to Haverhill Street;
thence by the centre of Haverhill Street to Causeway Street;
thence by the centre of Causeway Street to Leverett Street;
thence by the centre of Leverett Street to Green Street; .
thence by the centre of Green Street to Staniford Street;
thence by the centre of Staniford Street to Cambridge Street;
thence by the centre of Cambridge Street to Temple Street;
thence by the centre of Temple Street and Mount Vernon Street
to Park Street; thence by the centre of Park Street to Tre
mont Street; thence by the centre of Tremont Street to Win
ter Street; thence by the centre of Winter Street to Washing
ton Street; thence by the centre of Washington Street to Milk
Street; thence by the centre of Milk Street to India Street;
thence across India Street by a straight line to the water on the

south side of Central Wharf; thence by the water to the point

of beginning.

No. 5. Beginning at the water on the south side of Cen

tral Wharf, thence across India Street by a straight line to Milk
Street; thence by the centre of Milk Street to Washington
Street; thence by the centre of Washington Street to Winter
Street; thence by the centre of Winter Street to Tremont
Street; thence by the centre of Tremont Street to Boylston
Street; thence by the centre of Boylston Street to Washington
Street; thence by the centre of Washington Street to Beach
Street; thence by the centre of Beach Street to Federal Street;
thence by the centre of Federal Street to Mount Washington

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Avenue; thence by the northerly side of Mount Washington

Avenue to the water, thence by the water to the point of
beginning.
No. 6. Beginning at the water, at the easterly end of
Cambridge Bridge, thence by the centre of Cambridge Street
to Temple Street; thence by the centre of Temple and Mount
Vernon Streets to Park Street; thence by the centre of Park
Street to Tremont Street; thence by the centre of Tremont
Street to Boylston Street; thence by the centre of Boylston

Street to Arlington Street; thence by the centre of Arlington

Street to Commonwealth Avenue; thence by the centre of Com
monwealth Avenue to the boundary line between Boston and
Roxbury; thence by said boundary line in a northerly direction
to the water; thence by the water to the point of beginning.
No. 7.Beginning at the northerly side of Mount Washing
ton Avenue; thence by the northerly side of Mount Washington
Avenue to the centre of Federal Street; thence by the centre of
Federal Street to Beach Street; thence by the centre of Beach

Street to Albany Street; thence by the centre of Albany Street

to Curve Street; thence by the centre of Curve Street to Harri
son Avenue; thence by the centre of Harrison Avenue to Dover
Street; thence by the southerly side of Dover Street Bridge to
the water line of South Boston (so called); thence by water
line to the Old Colony and Newport Railroad track at the

crossing in Dorchester Avenue; thence by the track of the Old

Colony and Newport Railroad to E Street; thence by the centre
of E Street to the water, and thence, by the water line, includ
ing the property known as Boston Wharf, to the point of begin
ning.

8.Beginning

at the centre of Boylston Street at its

junction with Carver Street, thence by the centre of Boylston
Street to Washington Street; thence by the centre of Washing
ton Street to Beach Street; thence by the centre of Beach Street
to Albany Street; thence by the centre of Albany. Street to
No.

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Curve Street; thence by the centre of Curve Street to Harrison

Avenue; thence by the centre of Harrison Avenue to Indiana

Street; thence by the centre of Indiana Street to Washington

Street; thence by the centre of Washington Street to Pleasant
Street; thence by the centre of Pleasant Street to Carver

Street; thence by the centre of Carver Street to the point of

beginning.

No. 9.Beginning at the centre of Carver Street at its

junction with Boylston Street, thence by the centre of Carver
Street to Pleasant Street; thence by the centre of Pleasant

Street to Washington Street; thence by the centre of Washing

ton Street to Indiana Street; thence by the centre of Indiana
Street to Harrison Avenue; thence by the centre of Harrison
Avenue to Florence Street; thence by the centre of Florence
Street, crossing Washington Street, to Chapman Street; thence
by the centre of Chapman Street to Tremont Street; thence by
the centre of Tremont Street, crossing Berkeley Street, to
Warren Avenue; thence by the centre of Warren Avenue, cross
ing Columbus Avenue, to Newton Street; thence by the centre
of Newton Street to the track of the Boston and Providence

Railroad; thence by the track of the Boston and Providence

Railroad to the boundary line between Boston and Roxbury;

thence by the boundary line between Boston and Roxbury to its
junction with Commonwealth Avenue; thence by the centre of
Commonwealth Avenue to Arlington Street; thence by the cen
tre of Arlington Street to Boylston Street; and thence by the
centre of Boylston Street to the point of beginning.
No. 10.Beginning at the junction of Florence Street with

Harrison Avenue; thence by the centre of Florence Street,

crossing Washington Street, to Chapman Street; thence by the
centre of Chapman Street to Tremont Street; thence by the
centre of Tremont Street, crossing Berkeley Street, to Warren
avenue; thence by the centre of Warren Avenue to Brookline

Street; thence by the centre of Brookline Street, crossing

Albany Street in a direct line to the water; thence by the water

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REGISTER.

line to the northerly side of Dover Street Bridge; thence by the

centre of Harrison Avenue to the point of beginning.
No. 11.Beginning at the boundary line between Boston
and Roxbury on the Boston and Providence Railroad; thence by
the centre of the track of the Boston and Providence Railroad

to Newton Street; thence by the centre of Newton Street, cross

ing Columbus Avenue, to Warren Avenue; thence by the centre
of Warren Avenue to Brookline Street; thence by the centre of

Brookline Street, crossing Albany Street in a direct line to the

water; thence by the water to the boundary line between Boston
and Roxbury; thence by said boundary line to the point of
beginning.

No. 12. All that section of the city now known as South
Boston, lying south of the centre of E Street and south and
southwest of the track of the Old Colony and Newport Railroad
from its crossing at Dorchester Avenue.

No. 13. Beginning at the centre of Washington Street at

the line heretofore existing between Boston and Roxbury;
thence by the centre of said street to Guild Row; thence by the
centre of Guild Row to Dudley Street; thence by the centre of

Dudley Street to Eustis [now Dudley] Street; thence by the

centre of Eustis [now Dudley] Street to the boundary line
between Roxbury and Dorchester; thence on said boundary
line to the boundary line heretofore existing between Boston

and Roxbury; thence on said boundary line between Boston

and Roxbury to the point of beginning.
No. 14. Beginning at the centre of Washington Street at
the boundary line heretofore existing between Boston and Rox

bury; thence by the centre of said street to Guild Row; thence

by the centre of Guild Row to Dudley Street; thence by the
centre of Dudley Street to Eustis [now Dudley] Street; thence
by the centre of Eustis [now Dudley] Street to the boundary
line between Roxbury and Dorchester; thence on said boundary

line to the boundary line between West Roxbury and Roxbury;

thence on said boundary line between West Roxbury and Rox

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159

ROOMS.

bury to the centre of Shawmut Avenue, at the point where it

crosses said line; thence by the centre of Shawmut Avenue to
Bartlett Street; thence by the centre of Bartlett Street to Dud

ley Street; thence by the centre of Dudley Street to Putnam

Street; thence by the centre of Putnam Street to Shailer Avenue,
so called; thence by the centre of Shailer Avenue, so called, to
Cabot Street; thence by the centre of Cabot Street to Culvert
Street; thence by the centre of Culvert Street to Tremont

Street; thence by the centre of Tremont Street, to the boundary

line heretofore existing between Boston and Roxbury; thence

by said boundary line between Boston and Roxbury to the

point of beginning.
-

No. 15. Beginning at the centre of Tremont Street, at the

boundary line heretofore existing between Boston and Roxbury;

thence by the centre of Tremont Street to Culvert Street;
thence by the centre of Culvert Street to Cabot Street; thence

by the centre of Cabot Street to Shailer Avenue, so called;

thence by the centre of Shailer Avenue, so called, to Putnam
Street; thence by the centre of Putnam Street to Dudley Street;
thence by the centre of Dudley Street to Bartlett Street; thence

by the centre of Bartlett Street to Shawmut Avenue; thence by

the centre of Shawmut Avenue to the boundary line between
West Roxbury and Roxbury; thence on said line between
West Roxbury and Roxbury to the boundary line between
Brookline and Roxbury; thence on said boundary line between
Brookline and Roxbury to the boundary line heretofore
existing between Boston and Roxbury; thence on said boundary
line between Boston and Roxbury to the point of beginning.

WARD ROOMS.

Lyman School House, Meridian Street.

2
3

Ward Room, North Bennet Street.

Methodist Church, North Russell Street.

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Faneuil Hall.

Harrison Avenue, near Essex Street.

Phillips School-house, Anderson Street.
Mather School-house, Broadway.
School-room, Warren Street.
Westry of Church, on Church Street.
10 Rice School-house, Washington Street.
11 School-house, Concord Street.
12 Dorchester Street, near Broadway.
13
14

Hook and Ladder House, Eustis Street.

Old Gun-house, Putnam Street.

15

Engine-house, Centre Street.

CITY DEBT AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.

1858 Jan'y 1, $3,421,038 66 | 1861 Jan'y 1, $3,149,199 77

1859

3,007,097 72 | 1862

1860

3,504,558 65
1863 exclusive of Water Debt and War Loans,
1864

&

44

1865

44

44

4&

1866

44

40

44

1867

44

44

44

(Boston,)
(Roxbury,)

1868

Total,

3,003,099 77
2,158,093
3,134,035
3,331,182
3,572,920
4,020,900

45
80
94
38
80

4,128,127,10
991,456,00
5,119,583,10

POPULATION AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.

1810 .
.
.
33,787 | 1855
1820
.
.
. . 43,298 | 1860
1830 .
.
.
61,392 | 1864
1840
.
.
. 85,000 | 1865

1845 .
1850

. . .
-

114,366

1866

. 138,788

1868

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.
.

.
-

160,508
177,002
182,000
192,324

200,000
.

240,000

APPOINTMENT OF WARIOUS CITY OFFICERS.

161

MODES AND TIMES OF APPOINTMENT OF THE VARI

OUS CITY OFFICERS.

By virtue of an Ordinance which passed the City Council of

Boston, June 14, 1863, all City Officers required by the City

Ordinances to be elected or appointed by the concurrent vote of

the City Council, or to be appointed by the Mayor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen, excepting
those officers the time of whose election or appointment is other
wise prescribed by the statutes of the Commonwealth; also
excepting the Treasurer, Auditor and Assessors, shall be elected

or appointed, as the case may be, on the first Monday of February

in each year. or within sixty days thereafter, and shall enter on the

duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of April

following.
The officers comprised in the above exceptions are elected at
the times and in the modes following:

Trustees of Public Library Concurrent

Vote

January.

Trustees of City Hospital Concurrent

Vote .
. January or February.

Directors for Public Institutions Con

Current Vote

. January or February.
February.

Trustees of Mount Hope Cemetery

Assessors and Assistant Assessors Con

current Vote

. February or March.

Sealers of Weights and Measures and

Charcoal Baskets Mayor and Alder

Inen

March or April.

Weighers and Inspectors of Lighters

Concurrent vote

March or April.

Measurers of Leather Mayor and Al

dermen

City Crier Mayor and Aldermen

April.

May.

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City and County Treasurer In Con

vention

Auditor of Accounts Concurrent vote

Joint Special Committee to examine

Bonds of City Officers

Constables Mayor and Aldermen

May.
May.
June.

September.

ORATOR'S OF BOSTON.
APPOINTED BY THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.

On the Anniversary of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770.

1771 James Lowell, A. M.

1778 Jonathan Williams Austin.

1772 Gen. Joseph Warren.

1779 Hon. William Tudor.

1773 Benjamin Church, M. D.

1780 Hon. Jonathan Mason.

1774 Hon. John Hancock.

1781 Hon. Thomas Dawes,

1775 Gen. Joseph Warren.

1782 Hon. Geo. Richards Minot.

1776 Rev. Peter Thacher.

1783 Thomas Welsh, M. D.

1777 Benjamin Hichborn.

On the Anniversary of the National Independence, July 4, 1776.
1783 John Warren, M. D.

1799 Hon. John Lowell.

1784 Benjamin Hichborn.

1800 Hon. Joseph Hall.

1785 John Gardiner.

1801 Charles Paine.

1786 Jonathan Loring Austin.

1802 Rev. William Emerson.

1787 Hon. Thomas Dawes.

1803 Hon. William Sullivan.

1788 Hon. Harrison Gray Otis,

1804 Thomas Danforth, M. D.

1789 Samuel Stillman, D. D.

1805 Warren Dutton.

1790 Edward Gray.

1806 Francis Dana Channing.

1791 Thomas Crafts.

1807 Hon. Peter O. Thacher.

1792 Joseph Blake.

1793 Hon. John Q. Adams.
1794 Hon. John Phillips.

1808 Andrew Ritchie, Jr.

1809 William Tudor, Jr.

1795 Hon. George Blake.

1811 Hon. James Savage.

1796 John Lothrop, Jr.

1812 Benjamin Pollard.

1797 John Callender.

1798 Hon. Josiah Quincy.

1814 Benjamin Whitwell.

1810 Alexander Townsend.

1813 Hon. E. St. Loe Livermore.

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OF

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1815 Hon. Lemuel Shaw.

1842 Hon. Horace Mann.

1816

1843 Hon. Chas. F. Adams.

1817
1818

George Sullivan.
Prof. E. Tyrrell Channing.
Hon. F. Calley Gray.

1844
1845

Hon. Peleg W. Chandler.

Hon. Charles Sumner.

1819 Hon. Franklin Dexter.

1846 Fletcher Webster.

1820
1821

Hon. Theodore Lyman, Jr.

Hon. C. Greely Loring.

1847

1822

Hon. John Chipman Gray.

1849

Hon. T. Greaves Cary.

1848 Hon. Joel Giles.

Wm. Whitwell Greenough.

Edwin Percy Whipple.

1823 Charles Pelham Curtis.

1850

1824 Francis Bassett.

1851 Hon. C. Theodore Russell.

1825
1826

Charles Sprague.
Hon. Josiah Quincy.

1852
1853

Rev. Thomas Starr King.

Timothy Bigelow.

1827 William Powell Mason.

1854 Rev. Andrew L. Stone.

1828 Bradford Sumner.

1855 Rev. Alonzo A. Miner.

1829 Hon. J. Trecothick Austin.

1856

1830 Hon. Alex. H. Everett.

1857

1831

1858 John Somers Holmes.

Hon. E. Griffin Parker.

Rev. W. Rounsville Alger.

1833

Hon. J. Gorham Palfrey.

Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr.
E. Goldsborough Prescott.

1834

Richard Sullivan Fay.

1861

1835

Hon. G. Stillman Hillard.

1862 Hon. Geo. Ticknor Curtis.

1836

Henry Willis Kinsman.

Hon. Jonathan Chapman.

1863

1832

1837

1859

Hon. Theophilus Parsons.

O. Wendell Holmes, M.D.

1864 Hon. Thomas Russell.

1838 Rev. Hubbard Winslow.

1865

1839 Ivers James Austin.

1866

1840 Thomas Power.

1867

1841

George Sumner.

1860 Hon. Edward Everett.

Rev. Jacob M. Manning.

Rev. S. K. Lothrop, D. D.
Rev. Geo. H. Hepworth.

George Ticknor Curtis.

N. B. All the above orations have been printed at the request

of the City Council, with the exception of those delivered by .

Benjamin Pollard, Francis Dana Channing, and Thomas Starr
King. The oration of Rev. Mr. Alger was printed by order of
the City Council in 1864.

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SELECTMEN.

Terms of Service of the Members of the Board of Selectmen.of the

Town of Boston, from 1799 to 1821 inclusive.

Charles Bulfinch, 1799 to 1817.*

Joseph Austin, 1813 to 1819.

David Tilden, 1799 to 1808.

Robert Williams, 1813 to 1816.

Edmund Hart, 1815.

Russell Sturgis, 1799 to 1803.

Joseph Howard, 1799 to 1803.
Ebenezer Hancock,1799 to 1800.
William Porter, 1799 to 1811.

Wm. Sherburne, 1789 to 1803.

Joseph May, 1799.
Samuel Cobb, 1799.
John Tileston, 1800 to 1806.

Ebenezer Oliver, 1800 to 1819.

Jonathan Hunnewell, 1802 to

George G. Lee, 1816.

Turner Phillips, 1816 to 1819.

Henry Bass, 1817 to 1819.

Samuel Dorr, 1817 to 1819.

Enoch Silsby, 1817 to 1819.

Henry Farnham, 1818.
Lemuel Shaw, 1819.
Benjamin Austin, 1820.
Daniel Baxter, 1820, 1821.

John May, 1804 to 1812.

Jonathan Loring, 1820, 1821.

Benjamin T. Wells, 1820.

Francis Wright, 1804 to 1812.

Jonathan Chapman,1804 to1808.
John Bray, 1806 to 1816.

Eliphalet Williams, 1820, 1821.

George Brinley, 1820.

1819.

Samuel Billings, 1820, 1821.

Jeremiah Fitch, 1820, 1821.

Abraham Babcock, 1820, 1821.
David W. Child, 1821.

Joseph Kettle, 1807 to 1808.

Nathan Webb, 1809 to 1814.
Joseph Foster, 1809 to 1815.
Benjamin Weld, 1809 to 1815.

Robert Fennely, 1821.

Joseph Lovering, 1812 to 1819.

Samuel A Wells, 1821.

* Vote of thanks given for 22 years of service, in 19 of which he filled the office of Chair
man of the Board.

C A. T A L O G U E
OF THE

. GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON,

IN CHRONoLogICAL ORDER OF THEIR SERVICE,
FROM ITS

INSTITUTION, MAY 1, 1822, To JANUARY 1, 1868.

WITH

AN

IN DE X.

CITY GOVERNMENT.

MAYORS.

Names and Terms of Service of the several Mayors of the CITY OF

BoSTON, from 1822 to the present time.
NAME.

1 *John Phillips,

Place and Date of Birth.

Died.

. . . . . . Boston . . . . Nov. 26, 1770 May

2 *Josiah Quincy . . . . . .

or'".

29, 1823

1822 . . . 1

1, 1864

182328 . . 6

8, 1765 | Oct. 28, 1848

182931. .. 3

. . . . Feb.

4, 1772

July

3 *Harrison Gray Otis . . . .

. . . . Oct.

4 *Charles Wells

. . . . Dec. 30, 1786 June 3, 1866 | 183233. .. 1

. . . . Feb. 19, 1792 July 17, 1849 | 1834-35. . 2

. . . . . .

5 *Theodore Lyman, Jr., .

st

6 *Samuel T. Armstrong . . . Dorchester . . Apr. 29, 1784 March 26, 1850 | 1836 . . . 1
7 *Samuel A. Eliot . . . . . Boston . . . . Mar. 5, 1798 || Jan.
8 *Jonathan Chapman . . . .

29, 1862 | 183739. .3

. . . . Jan. 23, 1807 May 25, 1848

1840-42. .. 3

9 *Martin Brimmer . . . . . Roxbury . . . June 8, 1793 April 25, 1847 | 184344. .. 2

10 *Thomas A. Davis . . . . Brookline . . Dec. 11, 1798 || Nov. 22, 1845

1845 . . . 1

11

Josiah Quincy, Jr. . . . . Boston . . . . Jan. 17, 1802 . . . . . . . . .

184648. .3

12

John P. Bigelow . . . . . Groton . . . . Aug. 25, 1797 . . . . . . . .

1849-51 . .3

13 *Benjamin Seaver . . . . . Roxbury . . . Apr. 12, 1795 | Feb. 14, 1856

1852-53. .. 2

14

Jerome V. C. Smith . . . Conway, N.H., July 20, 1800 | . . . . . . . .

185455 . .2

15

Alexander H. Rice . . . . Newton

. . . Aug. 30, 1818 . . . . . . . .

1856-57 . .2

16
17

Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. Boston . . . . Feb. 27, 1817 | . . . . . . . .

Joseph M. Wightman . .
st
. . . . Oct. 19, 1812 | . . . . . . . .

1861-62 . . 2

185860. .. 3

18

Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr.

. . . . Feb. 27, 1817 | . . . . . . . .

1863-66 . . 4

19

Otis Norcross . . . . . .

ts

. . . . Nov. 2, 1811 | . . . . . . . .

1867 . . . 1

20

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff .

. . . . June 29, 1810 | . . . . . . . .

1868

The asterisk denotes the deceased.

The election of Mayor for 1845 was more warmly contested

than in any former year. There were not less than eight sev

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REGISTER.

eral ballotings by the citizens. At the eighth trial, on the

twenty-first of February, Thomas A. Davis was elected.
In the mean time, from January to February 27, 1845, Wil
liam Parker, one of the aldermen, having been elected Chair
man of the Board of Aldermen, performed the duties of Mayor.
On the sixth of October, Thomas A. Davis, being in declin
ing health, resigned the office of Mayor, which resignation,
however, was not accepted by the City Council; and on the
twenty-second of November he died, being the first Mayor who
has died in office since the organization of the City Government
in 1822.

On the eleventh of December, Josiah Quincy, Jr., was elected

Mayor by the City Council for the unexpired term of 1845.
Benson Leavitt, one of the Board of Aldermen, acted as
Chairman of the Board in the interval between the death of

Mr. Davis and the election of Mr. Quincy.

In 1851, Benjamin Seaver, having already been elected an
Alderman of the City for 1852, was afterwards chosen Mayor
for said year.

At the commencement of the ensuing municipal year, 1852,

he resigned as an Alderman, and accepted the office of Mayor.

The election of Mayor for 1854 was continued through three

ballotings, from December 12, 1853, to January 9, 1854. In

the mean time, the duties of Mayor were performed by Benja
min L. Allen, Chairman of the Board of Aldermen.

ALDERMEN.

Nathaniel P. Russell, Daniel Baxter, Joseph H. Dorr, re

elected; and Thomas B. Wales, and Redford Webster, elected

1825, declined.
George Blake, re-elected for 1826, declined.
John Stevens, elected for 1832, died prior to the organization.
James Savage, elected for 1834, declined.

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GOVERNMENT.

In 1845 William Parker resigned.

In 1848 George E. Head resigned, and was afterwards chosen

one of the Principal Assessors.
In 1853 Lyman Perry, Esq., who had been duly elected an
Alderman, died before his qualification.
In 1856 Levi B. Merriam, Esq., died while in office.
In 1858 Rufus B. Bradford resigned, and was afterwards
appointed Measurer of Grain.

In 1859 Timothy A. Sumner, Esq., resigned on account of ill

ness, and soon afterwards died.

At the municipal election in 1852, nine Aldermen had a

majority of ballots; but in accordance with the statute, the
eight who had the highest number of votes were declared
elected.

The Municipal Government for 1855 was the first one that
was organized under the new or revised City Charter, which

provided for the annual election of twelve Aldermen.

For reports of contested seats in the Board of Aldermen, see
City Document No. 7, for 1861, and City Document No. 16, for
1862.
COMMON COUNCIL.

William Bowes Bradford, Ward 3, elected 1822, did not

qualify himself, declining to be sworn, there being then no pro
vision for affirmation, except for Quakers.
Lucius Manlius Sargent, Ward 6, elected for 1827, declined.
Henry D. Gray and Isaac Harris, Ward 1; Eleazer Howard,
Ward 2, and Joseph H. Thayer, Ward 9, elected for 1828; also,
Holmes Hinckley, Ward 11, for 1845, declined prior to the or
ganization.
Samuel Thaxter, Ward 6, elected for 1830, declined.
William Foster, Ward 6, elected for 1831, declined.
John Boles, Ward 3, re-elected for 1838, declined.

The Junior of George Morey, omitted 1829.

19

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Asa Adams, Ward 3, took the intermediate name of Perry,

1830.

The Junior of Joshua Seaver, Ward 6, omitted 1833.

The Junior of Henry Fowle, Ward 2, omitted 1837.

The Junior of Francis Brinley, Ward 10, omitted 1838.
The Junior of Ezra Lincoln, omitted 1851.
The Junior of William B. Fowle, omitted in 1865.
Ezra Forristall, Ward 6, resigned in May, 1853, and was
elected Superintendent of Health.

Daniel J. Coburn, Ward 5, resigned in April, 1855, and was

thereafter appointed Chief of Police.
Edward F. Robinson resigned in May, 1861, and was elected
a Principal Assessor.
Charles J. McCarthy, Ward 7, resigned in March, 1862, and
was appointed Paymaster of Relief Funds to Families of Sol
diers in the United States service from Boston.

There have been eleven successfully contested elections.

The first, February, 22, 1830, vacated the seat of a member

from Ward 6, on the ground that closing the poll before the
hour at which the voters were notified it would be closed, was a
violation of the rights of the voters.
The second, May 7, 1835, vacated the seats of the members

of Ward 3, who were returned as having been elected at an

adjourned meeting, December 11, 1834, on the ground of irreg

ular proceeding, to render the whole number of votes certain by

taking the highest number of votes for candidates on each oppos
ing ticket; adjournment of the meeting by the sole authority of
the Warden, and other irregularities, at the annual election,
December 8.

The third case, March 7, 1830, vacated the seats of three

members of Ward 12, on the ground that a number of illegal
voters, sufficient to affect the choice, voted at the polls.

The fourth, February 9, 1843, vacated the seats of three

members from Ward 1, returned as elected at the adjourned

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171

meeting, December 14, on the ground that four votes for non
resident candidates, (after having been first thrown out by the
ward officers) were counted at the annual election, December
12, thereby preventing the choice of two other candidates, who,

by excluding the said four votes, were by the decision of the

Council declared elected, leaving one vacancy.
The fifth, February 27, 1851, vacated the seats of two mem
bers from Ward 3, on the ground that they were chosen at an
adjourned meeting, which was illegally held. At the subsequent
trial the same members were again returned to the Common
Council.

The sixth, January 20, 1853, vacated the seats of three

members of Ward 3, on the ground that they were chosen at
an adjourned meeting which was illegally held.
The seventh, in accordance with the Report of the Committee
on Elections, vacated the seats of three members from Ward 11,

on the ground that the Mayor and Aldermen had no right to

issue warrants for election of members of the Common Council,

after the annual election, and before the organization of the

Government elect.

But inasmuch as the elections in question

were conducted bona fide and no other informality was apparent,

and as this custom of supplementary elections had been in
vogue for twenty years, the members thus elected were by the
votes of the Common Council declared entitled to their seats.

The eighth, March 19, 1863, in accordance with the Report

of the Committee on Elections, vacated the seat of a member
from Ward 3, on the ground that at the time of his election he
was not an inhabitant of that ward.

Before a decision was

reached on this point the member in question resigned.

The ninth, April 9, 1863, vacated the seats of the entire dele
gation from Ward 10, on the ground that more votes were

returned than there were persons who voted in that ward at the
* This fact was admitted, though not stated in the Report of the Committee.

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municipal election, occasioned by mistake, probably, in the

counting of the ballots, the variation being so great as to
affect the election of the whole delegation. At the subsequent
trial the same members were again returned to the Common
Council.

The tenth, January 24, 1867, vacated the seat of a member

from Ward 3, who was chosen at an adjourned meeting (held on
account of a tie vote at the regular meeting, Dec. 10, 1866), on

the ground that the Polls, at said adjourned meeting, were not
kept open the same number of hours as were required by the
original warrant.

At a subsequent election the same member

was returned to the Common Council. [See City Doc. 12, for
1867.]
The eleventh, January 16, 1868, vacated the seat of a mem
ber returned for Ward 10, because by the count of the origi
nal ballots cast in said Ward it appeared that another person
was chosen.

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GOVERNMENT.

1822.
MAYOR.

* JOHN PHILLIPS.
ALDERMEN.

*Samuel Billings,
*Ephraim Eliot,
*Jacob Hall,

*Joseph Head,
*Nathaniel Pope Russell,
*Joseph Jenkins,
*Bryant Parrott Tilden.
*Joseph Lovering,
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

COMMON COUNCIL,

Ward 1.

Ward 5.

*Thaddeus Page,
*Charles Wells,

*Thomas Kendall,

Ward 9.
*Jonathan Davis,
*Hawkes Lincoln,

*Horatio Gates Ware,

*William Prescott, President,

*Simon Wilkinson.

*Isaac Winslow.
Ward 6.

*John Wells.
Ward 10.
*Andrew Drake,

*William Barry,

Ward 2.

*Martin Bates,
Benjamin Lamson,
*Henry Orne,
*Joseph Stodder.
Ward 3.
*Theodore Dexter,
*Joshua Emmons,
*Samuel Jones.

(See Notes.)
Ward 4.
*Joseph Cooledge,

George Washington Coffin,

*Samuel Appleton,
*Thomas Motley,
*Jesse Shaw,

*Daniel Lewis Gibbens,

*David Collson Mosely,

*Williain Sullivan.

*Isaac Stevens.

Ward 7.
*Jonathan

*George Watson Brimmer,

Ward 11.

*Patrick Tracy Jackson,

*Augustus Peabody,
*Enoch Silsby.
Ward 8.
*David Watts Bradlee,

*Asa Bullard,

*Barzillai Holmes,
*Winslow Lewis.
Ward 12.

*Samuel Perkins

*Peter Chardon Brooks,

*Cyrus Alger,
*John French,

*Robert Gould shaw,

*James Perkins,
*Benjamin Russell.

*John Howe,
Moses Williams,

Joel Thayer.

*THoMAs CLARK, Clerk.

1823.
MAYOR.

*JosIAH QUINCY. .
ALDERMEN.

*Daniel Baxter,

*Joseph Hawley Dorr,

*Caleb Eddy,

*George Odiorne,

*Ashur Benjamin,
*Enoch Patterson,

*Stephen Hooper,

*David Weld Child,

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

COMMON COUNCIL,

Ward 1.
*Thaddeus Page,

*Simon Wilkinson,
*John Elliot,

*Joseph Wheeler.
Ward 2.

Ward 5.

*Thomas Kendall,
*Isaac Winslow,
*Elias Haskell,
*John Sullivan Perkins.

d gs,

Ward 9.
*Jonathan Davis,
*Hawkes Lincoln,

*John Wells, President,

*Lewis Tappan.
Ward 10.
*Aaron Baldwin,
*David Francis, .

*Martin Bates,
Benjamin Lamson,

Joseph
h Stacy
*Joel
Prouty,

*Joseph Stodder,

*John Stevens,

*Francis Johonnot Oliver,

*John Parker Boyd.

*William Wright.

*Thomas Beale Wales.

Ward 11.
*Asa Bullard,

Ward 3.

*Theodore Dexter,
*Samuel Jones,
*John Richardson Adan,

*John Damarisque Dyer.

*c:
oseph Cooledge
*Samuel Perkins,
*Robert Gould Shaw,
*Henry Farnum,

J.Ward 7.

*Jonathan Amory,
*Enoch Silsby,
*Samuel Swett,
*Charles Pelham Curtis.
Ward 8.

*Benjamin Russell,
James Savage,
*Eliphalet Williams.
Samuel King Williams.
*THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.

*Charles Howard,
*Josiah Stedman,
*Joseph Willett,
Ward 12.

*Samuel Bradlee,
*Noah Brooks,
*Francis Jackson,

Charles Sprague. .

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1824.
MAYOR.

*JOSIAH QUINCY,
ALDERMEN,

*Daniel Baxter,

*Ashur Benjamin,
*Enoch Patterson,
*Caleb Eddy,

*George Odiorne,
*David Weld Child,

*Joseph Hawley Dorr,

*Stephen Hooper, (died Sep

tember,

*Cyrus Alger, (From

No

vember.)

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

COMMON COUNCIL,

Ward 5.
*Elias Haskell,

Ward 1.
*John Elliot,
*Joseph Wheeler,
*Michael Tombs,
Ward 2.

Ward 9.
*Jonathan Davis,
*Eliphalet Porter Hartshorn, *Hawkes Lincoln,
*George Washington Otis,
John Ballard,
*Winslow Wright.
John Chipman Gray.
Ward 10.

*William Little, Jr.,

ose
*Joel

*William Barry,

tac
*s:#"

astings
g8,

*Oliver Reed,

*Joseph Stone,

*William Wright,

*Thaddeus Page.
Ward 3.

*Thomas Wiley.
Ward 7.

*John Richardson Adan,

*John Damarisque Dyer,

*Charles Pelham Curtis,

*Edward Page,

*William Goddard,
*Elijah Morse,

*William Sprague.

*Isaac Parker.

Ward 4.

*Joseph Cooledge,
*Robert Gould Shaw,
*Jeremiah Fitch,
, William Rounsville Pierc
Washburn,
-

Ward 8.
*Benjamin Russell,
*Eliphalet Williams,

Samuel King Williams,

*Benjamin Willis.

*Thomas Beale Wales,

James
*Phineas Upham,

*Francis Johonnot Oliver,

President.
Ward 11.
*Josiah Stedman,
Samuel Frothingham,
*Giles Lodge,
Charles Sprague.
Ward 12.
*Samuel Bradlee,

*Francis Jackson,
*Isaac Thom,
*Charles Bemis.

*THoMA's CLARK, Clerk.

1825.

Mayor

*JOSLAH QUINCY.
ALDERMEN,

*Daniel Carney,
*John Bellows,
*Josiah Marshall,

*John Damarisque Dyer,

*Henry Jackson Oliver,

*Thomas Welsh, Jr.,

*George Blake,

*John Bryant.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.
*William Barry,
*John Elliot,

*Robert Fennelly,
*Lewis Lerow.
Ward 2.
*Oliver Reed,
*Scammel Penniman,

*Benjamin Clark,
*John Fenno.
Ward 3.
*John Richardson Adan.
*Thomas Wells,
*Abraham William Fuller,
*Amos Farnsworth.
Ward 4.
*Joseph Cooledge,
William Rounsville Pierce
Washburn,
*George Hallet,
*Theodore Dexter.

COMMON COUNCIL,
Ward 5.

*John Sullivan Perkins,

Ward 9.

John Chipman Gray,

*Ezra Dyer,
*Charles Tracy,
*William Simonds.
Ward 6.

*Franklin Dexter,
*Jeremiah Smith Boies,
*Levi Meriam,
Ward 10.

Joseph # Hastings,
*Thomas Wiley,

*Francis Johonnot Oliver,

*Isaac Waters,
*Samuel Thaxter.
Ward 7.

James Savage,
*Jonathan Simonds,

*Charles Pelham Curtis,

*William Goddard,
*Elijah Morse,
*Isaac Parker.
JWard 8.

*Eliphalet Williams.
*Benjamin Willis,
Jeffrey Richardson,
*Josiah Bradlee.

President.

John Parker Rice.

Ward 11.

Samuel Frothingham,
*Giles Lodge,

*George Morey, Jr.,

*Joshua Vose.
Ward 12.

*John Stevens,
*Adam Bent,
*Oliver Fisher,

*Ephram Groves Ware.

*Thomas CLARR, Clerk.

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GOVERNMENT.

1826.
MAYOR,

*JOSLAEI QUINCY.
ALDERMEM,
*John Bellows,

*Thomas Welsh, Jr.,

*Henry Jackson Oliver,

*Josiah Marshall,

*John Foster Loring,

*Daniel Carney,

*Francis Jackson,
*Edw. Hutchinson Robbins.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

COMMON COUNCIL,

Ward 5.

Ward 1.

*William Barry,

*Ezra Dyer,

*Lewis Lerow,
*Lemuel P. Grosvenor,
*Samuel Aspinwall.
Ward 2.

*Charles Tracy,
*Jonathan Thaxter,
*William Parker.
Ward 6.
Joseph Stacy Hastings,

*Scammel Penniman,
*Benjamin Clark,

Ward 9.

John Chipman Gray,

*Jeremiah Smith Boies,
*Levi Meriam,
Charles Torrey. Ward 10.
*Aaron Baldwin,
John Parker Rice,
*Solomon Piper,
*Charles Barnard.
Ward 11.
*Giles Lodge,

*Thomas Wiley,

*John Fenno,

*Isaac Waters,
*Samuel Thaxter.
Ward 7.
Ward 3.
*John Richardson Adan, Pres. *Augustus Peabody,
*Charles Pelham Curtis,
*William Sprague,
*Isaac Parker,
*Amos Farnsworth,
*Asa Adams.
Edward Brooks.
Ward 8.
Ward 4.
Francis Bassett,
*George Hallet,
*William Howe
Joseph Helger Thayer,
*John Warren James,
*Joseph Hawley Dorr,
*John Baker.
*Joseph Eveleth.
*Nathaniel Faxon.

*George Morey, Jr.,

*Joshua Vose,
*Thomas Brewer.

Ward 12.

*John Stevens,
*Adam Bent,
*Oliver Fisher,

*Henry Hatch.

*THoMA's CLARK, Clerk,

1827.
MAYOR.

*JOSIAH QUINCY,
ALDERMEN,

*Cyrus Alger,

*John Foster Loring,

*John Bellows,

*Jeremiah Smith Boies,

*Robert Fennelly,

*Thomas Welsh, Jr.,

*Thomas B. Wales,
James Savage.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

COMMON CouncIL,

*Jonathan Thaxter,

*Simon Wilkinson,

*William Parker,

*John Elliot,
*Samuel Aspinwall.
Ward 2.
*Benjamin Clark,
*Scammel Penniman,
*John Warren James,
*John Floyd Truman.
Ward 3.
*John Richardson Adan, Pres.
*John Damarisque Dyer,
*Asa Adams,
*Thomas Gould.
JWard 4.
William Rounsville Pierce

Washburn,
*George Hallt,
*William Howe,

Ward 9.
John
Gray,
*Levi Meriam,

Ward 5.

Ward 1.
*William Barry,

$'.

*Gamaliel Bradford

Lewis Glover Pray,

*George Lane.

John Prescott Bigelow.

Ward 10.

Ward 6.

*Isaac Waters,

*Jonathan Simonds,

*Samuel Thaxter,

*George Brinley,
William Parker,
Charles Sprague.
Ward 11.
*Giles Lodge,

*Jonathan Loring,
*Joseph Warren Lewis.
Ward 7.

*Samuel Dorr,
Samuel Dexter Ward,
*John Arno Bacon,

*George Morey, Jr.,

-

*Thomas Walley Phillips.

Ward 8.

*David Watts Bradlee,

*Joshua Vose,
Josiah Vose.
Ward 12,
*Adam Bent,

*Benjamin Russell,

*William Wright

Williams,
*Joshua Sears.

*William Little, Jr.,

*Joseph Eveleth.
*THOMAS CLARK, Clerk,

*George Gay.

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1828.
MAYor,

*JOSLAH QUINCY,
ALDERMEN,

*John Foster Loring,

*Thomas Kendall,

*Robert Fennelly,
James Savage,

*James Hall,
*Phineas Upham,

*John Pickering,
*Samuel Turell Armstrong.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CoMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 1.

*Samuel Aspinwall,
*Ninian Clark Betton,

*George Washington Otis,

*William Parker,

*Horace Fox,

*Lewis Glover Pray,

*Eleazer Pratt.

*George Lane.
Ward 6.
*Isaac Waters,

Ward 2.

*John Warren James,

Frederick Gould,

*Francis Johonnot Oliver,

*Henry Fowle, Jr.,

*Ebenezer Appleton,
*Geo. Washington Johnson.
*David Moody.
Ward 3.
Ward 7.
*John Richardson Adan, Pres. *John Arno Bacon,
*John D. Dyer, (res. April,) *John Belknap,
*Thomas Gould,
*Geo. W. Adams,(from May,)
*Levi Roberts Lincoln,
*Thos.Wren Ward,(res.July,)
*Jas. L. P. Orrok, (from May.) Waldo Flint, (res. Feb.)
*Benj. T. Pickman, (fr. Aug.)
Ward 4.
Ward 8.
*Joseph Eveleth,
*Benjamin Russell,
Quincy Tufts,
*Eliphalet Williams,
*Andrew Cunningham, Jr.,
*James Means.
Samuel King Williams,

Ward 9.

John Chipman #
John Prescott Bigelow,
*Norman Seaver,
*Daniel Lewis Gibbens.
Ward 10.

*Jonathan Simonds,
William Parker,
*Robt. Treat Paine, (fr. May,)
*John Lowell, Jr.,

*Geo. Bethune, (res. April.)

Ward 11.

*Otis Everett,
*Otis Turner,
*Perez Gill,
*Payson Perrin.
Ward 12.

Alpheus Cary,
Walter Cornell
*Joseph Neale Howe,

*Benjamin Stevens,

Thomas Lamb.

*THoMAs CLARK, Clerk.

1829.
MAYOR,
*HARRISON GRAY OTIS.
ALDERMEN,
*James Hall,
*Samuel Turell Armstrong,
*Benjamin Russell,

*Henry Jackson Oliver,

*John Foster Loring,

*Thomas Kendall,

*Winslow Lewis,
*Charles Wells,

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

*Ninian Clark Betton,

*Jonathan Thaxter,

*Eleazer Pratt,
*John Wells,

*William Parker,
*George Lane,

*Christopher Gore.

*Joseph Eveleth,

Ward 2.

*John Warren James,

Henry Sewall Kent,
*Samuel Ellis,

*Thos. Reed (died February),

*Daniel Ballard (fr. March).
JWard 3.
*Thomas Gould,
*Levi Roberts Lincoln,
Joseph Bradley,

*Amos Bradley Parker.

Ward 4.
Quincy Tufts,

*Andrew Cunningham,
*John Rayner,

Samuel Davenport Torrey.

Ward 6.
*Isaac Waters,

*Samuel Austin, Jr.,

Jared Lincoln,
*Samuel Goodhue.

Ward 7.

Ward 9.

John Prescott Bigelow,

*Jacob Amee,

*Levi Brigham,
*Daniel Lewis Gibbens,
Ward 10.

*Jonathan Simonds,
*John Lowell, Jr.,
*Samuel Leonard Abbott,
*Charles Casey Starbuck.
Ward 11.

*Geo. W. Adams (died May), *Otis Everett,

*Benjamin Toppan Pickman, *Otis Turner,
*Thomas Wetmore,
*Perez Gill,
*Walter Frost,
*Payson Perrin.
*Isaac Danforth (from May),
Ward 12.
Ward 8.
*Oliver Fisher,
*Eliphalet Williams, Pres,
Walter Cornell,
Samuel King Williams,
*Aaron Willard, Jr.,
*Isaac Parker Townsend.
*Thomas Minns,
James Brackett Richardson,

*THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.

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1830.
MAYOR,
*HARRISON GRAY OTIS.

*Henry Jackson Oliver,

*John Foster Loring,
*Samuel Turell Armstrong,

ALDERMEN,
*Benjamin Russell,
*Winslow Lewis,
*Charles Wells,

*John
McCleary,
MosesBurbeck
Williams.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

COMMON councIL,
Ward 1.

Ward 9.

Ward 5.

John Prescott Bigelow,

*Ninian Clark Betton,

*Winslow Wright,

*Eleazer Pratt,
*Christopher Gore,
Simon Wiggin Robinson.
Ward 2.

*Joseph Eveleth

*John Warren James,

*Isaac Waters,

*John Parker Rice,

*Samuel Ellis,
*Daniel Ballard,
*John B. Wells.
Ward 3.
*Thomas Gould,

*Samuel Austin, Jr.,

*John Lowell, Jr.,

*Samuel Leonard Abbott

Levi Boynton

#askell,

Charles Leighton.

*Jacob Amee,
*Levi Brigham,
*Ed. Goldsborough Prescott
Ward 10.

Ward 6.

*Levi Roberts Lincoln,

*Larra Crane,
*Michael Lovell.
Ward 4.
Tufts,
*John Rayner,
Samuel Davenport Torrey,

$:

Washington Parker Gragg.

Jared Lincoln,
*Levi Bliss.
Joshua Seaver,
*Benjamin Parker, (seat vaca
Ward 11.
ted in February.
*Otis Everett,
Ward 7.
*Perez Gill,
Pickman, Pres, *Jabez Ellis,

*Thomas Wetmore,

Joseph Hay.

*Isaac Danforth,

Elias Hasket Derby.

Ward 8.
*Thomas Minns,

Ward 12.

*Henry Hatch,
*Aaron Willard, Jr.

*Thomas Melville Vinson

James Brackett Richardson, *James Wright,

*James Reynolds Newell,
*Leach Harris.

*THOMAS CLARK, Clerk,

1831.

Mayor,
*HARRISON GRAY OTIS.
ALDERMEN,

*Henry Jackson Oliver,

*John Burbeck McCleary,

*John Binney,

*Samuel Turell Armstrong,

*Benjamin Russell,

*Henry Farnum,
*Adam Bent,

*Richard Devens Harris.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

Simon Wiggin Robinson,

John

Brigden Tremere,

Charles French,
Frederick Gould.
Ward 2.
*John Warren James,
*Daniel Ballard,
*Ephraim Milton,
*Daniel Dickenson,
Ward 3.
*Larra Crane,
*James Clark,
*Asa Swallow,
*Samuel Chessman,
Ward 4.

*Joseph Eveleth,
*John Rayner,

Washington Parker Gragg,

*Joshua Barker Flint,

CoMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

*Winslow Wright,
*William Parker,
Levi Boynton Haskell,
Charles Leighton.

s',6.

Ward 9.

John Prescott Bigelow,

*Jacob Amee,
*Ed. Goldsborough Prescott,
*Ed. Hutchinson Robbins.
Ward 10.

Joseph
h
Stacy Hastin g8,
*Isaac
Waters,

*Samuel Leonard Abbott,

*Ensign Sargent,
Stephen Titcomb.

*Ebenezer Bailey,

*Levi Bliss,

Ward 7.

Josiah Pierce.
Ward 11.

*Benj. Toppan Pickman, Pres *Otis Everett,

*Thomas Wetmore,
*Perez Gill,
*Levi Bartlett,
*Jabez Ellis,
*Abbot Lawrence,
Joseph Hay.
Ward 8,
Ward 12.
*Thomas Minns,
*Henry Hatch,
James Brackett Richardson, *Aaron Willard, Jr.
*Thomas Melville Vinson,
Reynolds Newell,
*Leach Harris.
*John Stevens,
*THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.

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REGISTER.

1832.

Mayor,
*CHARLES WELLS.

*Henry Jackson Oliver,

*Benjamin Russell,

*John Burbeck McCleary,

*Henry Farnum,

ALDERMEN,
| *John Binney,

*James Bowdoin

*Richard D. Harris, (res. *John Stevens. (died,)

February,)
*William Tileston, (from
*Jabez Ellis,

February.)

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

Simon Wiggin Robinson,

COMMON CouncIL,
Ward 5.
*Eliphalet Porter Hartshorn.

Ward 9.

John Prescott Bigelow, Pres.

Charles French,
John Centre,
*Bill Richardson.
Ward 2.

*William Parker,
Levi Boynton Haskell,
Charles Leighton.
Jyard 6.

*Jacob Amee,
*Ed. Goldsborough Prescott
*Ed. Hutchinson Robbins.
Ward 10.

*John Warren James,

*Joseph Stacy Hastings,

*Ebenezer Bailey,

*Ephraim Milton,
*Daniel Dickenson,
John Brigden Tremere.
Ward 3.
*Larra Crane,
*James Clark,
*Asa Swallow,
*Samuel Chessman.
Ward 4.
*George Hallet
*Joseph Eveleth,
*John Rayner,
*Joshua Barker Flint.

*Isaac Waters,
*Jonathan Porter,
*Grenville Temple Winthrop.

Josiah Pierce,
Francis Brinley, Jr.,
John Collamore, Jr..

Ward 7.

Ward 11.

*Isaac Parker,
*Thomas Wetmore,
*Levi Bartlett,
*Henry Rice.
JWard 8.
*Thomas Minns,

Joseph Hay,
*John Lillie Phillips,

*Richard Hildreth,

*Thomas Hunting,
Ebenezer Hayward,

*James Brown,
*John Lewis Dimmock.

*Gilman Prichard,
*Henry Willis Kinsman.
Ward 12.

*Henry Hatch,
Joseph Harris, Jr.

*THOMAS CLARK, Clerk.

1833.

Mayor,
*CHARLES WELLS.
ALDERMEN,

*Henry Farnum,
*John Binney,
*Jabez Ellis,

*William Tileston,
*Thomas Wetmore,
*Samuel Fales,

Joseph Warren Revere,

*Benjamin Fiske,

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

Simon Wiggin Robinson,

*Bill Richardson,
*Enoch Howes Snelling,
*Thomas Hart Thompson.
Ward 2.

*John Warren James,

*John B. Wells,
*Henry Andrews
*George Priest Thomas.
Ward 3.
*Larra Crane,
*James Clark,
*Samuel Chessman,
*Philip Adams.
Ward 4.

*Robert Gould Shaw,

*Joseph Eveleth,
Edward Blake,
*Silas Pierce Tarbell.

COMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

*Eliphalet Porter Hartshorn,

Charles Leighton,
*Abel Phelps,
*Perez Loring.
Ward 6.

*Joseph Stacy Hastings,

J/grd 9.

John Prescott Bigelow. Pres

*Jacob Amee,

*Ed. Goldsborough Prescott,

*OliverWm.Bourne Peabody
Ward 10.
Josiah Pierce,

*Isaac Waters,
*Daniel Messenger,
*Grenville Temple Winthrop, *Israel Martin,
*Luther Parks.
*Thomas Richards Dascomb.
IPard 11.
Ward 7.

*Levi Bartlett,
*Henry Rice,

William Tappan Eustis,

Josiah Quincy, Jr.
Jpard 8.

*Eliphalet Williams,
*Silas Bullard,
*Francis Osborn Watts,
*Abner Bourne.

RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

Robert Treat Paine,

*John Doggett,

Samuel Gilbert, J.,

*Ruel Baker.

Ward 12.

*Thomas Hunting,
Joseph Harris, Jr.,
*James Blake,
*Josiah Dunham.

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1834.
MAYOR,

*THEODORE LYMAN, JR.

ALDERMEN,
Charles
*Josiah Dunham,
*Nathan Gurney,

*Jabez Ellis,
*Thomas Wetmore,
*Samuel Fales,

*Samuel Atkins Eliot,

*Samuel Greele.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.
*Michael Roulstone,

Ward 1.

Enoch Howes Snelling,

Henry D. Gray,

Ward 9.

*Ed. Goldsborough Prescott,

Nath'l Fellows Cunningham, *QliverWm. Bourne Peabody
*Calvin Washburn,
*Benjamin Apthorp Gould,
*Enoch Hobart.
Isaac McLellan, Jr.

*Robert Keith,

*Henry Jackson Oliver.

Ward 2.

Ward 6.
*Jesse Shaw,

*John Warren James,

John Brigden Tremere,

George Washington Smith,

*Joseph Melcher Leavitt.
Ward 3.

*John Snelling,
*Simon Green Shipley,
*Joshua Sears,

George Washington Bazin.

Ward 7.

*Levi Bartlett,

William Tappan Eustis,

Josiah Quincy, Jr., President
Ward 8.

*Ammi Cutter,

*William Reed.
Ward 11.

Robert Treat Paine,

*Ruel Baker,

*Henry Rice,

*Samuel Chessman.
Ward 4.

Ward 10.

*Daniel Messenger,
*Joseph Stacy Hastings,
*Israel Martin,
*Grenville TempleWinthrop, *Thomas Richards Dascomb,

*Eliphalet Williams,

Elias Bond Thayer,

Philip Marrett.
Ward 12.
*Thomas Hunting,

Joseph Harris, Jr.,

*James Blake,
*Henry Sargent,
*Josiah Lee Currell Amee.
George Worthington Lewis. *Edward Cruft, Jr.
RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

*Ezra Trull,
*Asa Lewis,

James Brackett Richardson,

1835.
MAYOR,

*THEODORE LYMAN, JR.

ALDERMEN,
*Winslow Lewis

Charles Leighton,

*john Burbeck McCleary,

*Thomas Wetmore,

*Josiah Dunham,

*Samuel Atkins Eliot,

*Samuel Greele.

*Nathan Gurney,
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

COMMON COUNCIL,

Ward 5.
Hen

D . Gray, 1.

.# Keith,
Isaac Harris,

*Caleb Gould Loring.

Ward 2.

*John Warren James,

*Stephen William Olney,

Lewis Josselyn,
Thomas Hollis.
Ward 3,
*John Snelling,

*Simon Green Shipley,

*William Turner Spear,
George Washington Smith.
Ward 4.
*Moses Grant,
George William Gordan,
Henry Lincoln,

*Benajah Brigham.

Ward 9.

*Calvin Washburn,

*Daniel Lewis Gibbens,

*Benjamin Apthorp Gould,
*AbrahamWatersBlanchard, *Zebedee Cook, Jr.,
John Cochran Park.

*Enoch Hobart,

Ward 6.

*Jesse Shaw,

*James Harris.
Ward 10.

*Solomon Piper,

Stephen Titcomb,

*Israel Martin,

*Jonathan Chapman,

*Richard Sullivan Fay,

*Amos Wood.

*Jedediah Tuttle.
Ward 11.
*Ruel Baker,

Ward 7.

William Tappan Eustis,

Josiah Quincy, Jr. President,
*Horatio Masa

Wiiiis,

*James Means.

Ward 8.

Elias Bond Thayer,

Philip Marrett,
*John Thompson.
Ward 12.

*Eliphalet Williams,
*Thomas Hunting,
*Edward Cruft, Jr.,
William Bradlee Dorr,
*Ebenezer Bailey,
*John Greene, Jr.
*Horace Dupee.
*John Bliss Stebbins.
RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

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REGISTER.

1836.
MAYOR.

*Winslow Lewis.

* SAMUEL TURELL ARMSTRONG.

ALDERMEN,
*Nathan Gurney,
*Thomas Hunting,
*Samuel Greele.

*John Burbeck McCleary.

*Josiah Dunham,

*Samuel Quincy.

*Joseph Henshaw Hayward,

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.
CoMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 1.

Ward 9.

*Abraham Waters Blanchard, *Daniel Lewis Gibbens,

John Cochran Park,
*Benjamin Apthorp Gould,
Geo. Washington Edmands, *James Harris,
Ebenezer Ellis.
*Thomas Coffin Amory.

*Enoch Howes Snelling,

*Joseph Bassett,
Gilbert Nurse,

William Eaton,
Ward 2.

Lewis Josselyn,
*Thatcher Rich Raymond,
Nathan Carruth,
*Thomas Moulton.
Ward 3,
John Boles,

Ward 6.
*Isaac Waters,

Ward 10.
*Solomon Piper,

*Jonathan Chapman,

*Israel Martin, (res. March,)

*Amos Wood,
Henry Upham.

*Jedediah Tuttle,
*Elbridge Gerry Austin,
Benj. Yeaton, (from April.)
Ward 11.

Ward 7.

William Tappan Eustis,

Benjamin Kimball,

JosiahQuincy, Jr., President,

Henry Edwards

Jason Dyer Battles,

*Asa Barker Snow.

James Thomas

Ward 4.

Hobart.

Philip Marrett,
John Thompson,

*Benjamin Marshall Nevers.

Ward 8.

*Moses Grant,

Elias Bond Thayer,

Ward 12.

*Eliphalet Williams,

George William Gordon,

Henry Lincoln,

Alpheus Stetson,
*Stephen Child,

*Horace Dupee,

*William Greene Eaton,

*Aaron Breed.

*Benajah Brigham.

*George Savage,
Solon Jenkins.

RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

1837.
MAYOR,
*SAMUEL ATKINS ELIOT,
ALDERMEN,

*Henry Farnum,
*Thomas Wetmore,
*Nathan Gurney.

*Joseph Henshaw Hayward,

*Thomas Hunting,

*John B. Wells,
Thomas Richardson.

*Samuel Quincy,

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk,

Ward 1.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 9.

*Benjamin Apthorp Gould,

Ebenezer Ellis,
Edmund Trowbridge Has *James Harris,
tings
*Thomas Coffin Amory,
*Erastus Thompson, (d. Aug)
Charles Brooks.
*Philip Greely, Jr.,
*Thomas Hudson,
*Eleazer Pratt,
Isaac Harris,

Samuel Locke Cutter.

Ward 2.

Lewis Josselyn,
*Thacher Rich Raymond,
Nathan Carruth,
*Thomas Moulton,
Ward 3,

John Boles,
Jason

'' Battles,

Francis Brown.
Ward 6.

'
''
eorge
Washington B
Bazin
.#'

Ward 10.
*Solomon Piper,
*Jedediah Tuttle,
*

*Elbridge Gerry Austin,

Benjamin Yeaton.

Henry Edwards.

Ward 11.

Ward 7.

Philip Marrett, President,

*Levi Bartlett,
James Thomas Hobart
Thomas Buckminster

Curtis

*Asa Barker Snow,

William Orne Haskell.
Ward 4.

*Simon Davis Leavens,

Ward 8.

*Moses Grant,
George William Gordon,
Joseph Thornton Adams,
*Lemuel Putnam Grosvenor,

*Eliphalet Williams,
*Horace Dupee,
*William Green Eaton,
*Aaron Breed.

RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

*Lemuel Shattuck,
Calvin Bullard,
*Thomas Wose.

s:

*George Savage 12.

Solon

Jenkins,

Josiah Dunham, Jr.,

John Thomas Dingley,

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1838.
MAYoR,

*SAMUEL ATKINS ELIOT,

ALDERMEN,
*Joseph Henshaw Hayward, Isaac Harris,
*Martin Brimmer,
*Thomas Hunting,
Thomas Richardson,

*Henry Farnum,
*Thomas Wetmore,

*Nathan Gurney,

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.
Francis Brown,

Ward 1.
*Eleazer Pratt,
*Thomas Hudson,
*Benjamin Dodd,

Nathaniel Hammond,
*James McAllaster,

Bradley Newcomb Cumings. *Theophilus Burr.

Ward 2.
*Daniel Ballard,

Ward 6.

*Jonathan Chapman,

Lewis Josselvn

*Ezra Lincoln,

*Thatcher Rich Raymond,

Henry Edwards,
Newell Aldrich Thompson.

*Thomas Moulton.
Ward 3.

Ward 7.
*Isaac Parker,
Henry Rice,

*Asa Barker Snow,

Ward 9.
*James Harris,

*Thomas Coffin Amory,

Charles Brooks,
*John Brooks Russell.
Ward 10.

*Elbridge Gerry Austin;

Benjamin Yeaton,
Jonathan Preston,
Stephen Shelton.
Ward 11.
Philip Marrett, President,

*Lemuel Shattuck,
Thomas Buckminster Curtis, Calvin Bullard,

Rowland Ellis,
William Eaton,
Charles Arnold.
Ward 4.
*Moses Grant,

*Simon Davis Leavens.

*Eliphalet Williams,
Benj. Parker Richardson,

*Thomas Vose.
Ward 12.
Jeremy Drake,
Nehemiah Pitman

John Brooks Parker,

*Thomas Jefferson Shelton.

*Warren White.

Ward 8.

George William Gordon,

*Lemuel Putnam Grosvenor,
*James Morris Whiton.

Samuel Wheeler,

RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

1839.
MAYOR,

*SAMUEL ATKINS ELIOT,

ALDERMEN,

*Joseph
*ThomasHenshaw
Hunting,Hayward
yward,

*Henry Farnum,
*Thomas Wetmore,
*Nathan Gurney,

Ward 1.
*John B. Wells,
*Benjamin Dodd,

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Nathaniel Hammond,

Zebina Lee Raymond,

*James McAllaster,
*William Vinal Kent,

William Dillaway.

*Ephraim Larkin Snow.

Ward 6.

Ward 2.

*Thomas Moulton,
Richard Brackett
*Samuel Emmes.

Ward 3.
*John Snelling,

Ward 9.

*Thomas Coffin Amory,

Charles Brooks,
" Jonathan Preston,

Stephen Shelton.
Ward 10.

*Jonathan Chapman,

*Gideon French Thayer,

*Ezra Lincoln,

*Ruel Baker,

*Freeborn Fairfield Raymond, Newell Aldrich Thompson,

Horace Williams.
Ward 7.
*Isaac Parker,

*Simon Green Shipley,

Philip Marrett, President.

*Jacob Stearns,
Ezekiel Bates.
Ward 4.
*Moses Grant,

Ezra C

Hutchins,

Edward Blake.
Ward 8.
*Eliphalet Williams,
Geo. Wm. Gordon (res. May,) John Brooks Parker,
*Thomas Jefferson Shelton,
*Charles Wilkins,
*William Walker Parrott.
*James Haughton,

Alfred A. Wellington, (May.)

RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk,
f

Isaac Harris,
*James Harris.

Thomas Richardson,
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Winslow Lewis, Jr.,

*Lemuel Shattuck.
Ward 11.
*Warren White,
Samuel Wheeler,

*Elisha Copeland, Jr.,

*John Stevens.

Ward 12.

*Josiah Lee Currell Amee,

*Nicholas Noyes,
George Page,
Horatio Nelson Crane.

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1840.
MAYOR,
*JONATHAN CHAPMAN,
ALDERMEN,
*James Clark,
*Charles Wilkins,
Abraham Thompson Lowe,

*Nathaniel Pope Russell,

*Nathan Gurney,
*Thomas Hunting,

William Turell Andrews,

Charles Amory.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

coMMON council,
JWard 5.
*Philip Greely, Jr.,
Nathaniel Hammond,
*William Vinal Kent,
George Washington Otis, Jr.

Ward 1.

Zebina Lee Raymond,

Henry Leeds,

William Russell Lovejoy,

Peter Dunbar.

Ward 2.
Richard Brackett,

Ward 9.

*Thomas Coffin Amory,

Charles Brooks,
Jonathan Preston,
Stephen Shelton.
Ward 10.

JWard 6.

*Ruel Baker,
*Freeborn Fairfield Raymond, Newell Aldrich Thompson, *Lemuel Shattuck,
George William Phillips,
*John Hubbard Wilkins,
*Samuel Emmes,
Erastus Wilson Sanborn.
Ward 3.
*John Snelling,

*Ezra Lincoln,

Elijah Williams, Jr.

JYard 7.

*Isaac Parker,

*Simon Green Shipley,

*Jacob Stearns,

Phillip Marrett, President,

Ezra Child Hutchins,

*Dexter Follett.
Ward 4.
*Moses Grant,
James Haughton,

Edward Blake.

*Holmes Hinkley,
*George Savage,

John Thomas Dingley.

Ward 12.

JWard 8.

*Eliphalet Williams,

Benj. Parker Richardson,

Alfred Augustus Wellington, *Thomas Jefferson Shelton.
Lucius Doolittle.

Daniel Kimball.
Ward 11.
*John Stevens

*William Walker Parrott.

*Josiah Lee Currell Amee,

George Page,

Horatio Nelson Crane,

Eben Jackson.

RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

1841.

Mayor,
*JONATHAN CHAPMAN.
ALDERMEN,

*Thomas Wetmore,
*Thomas Hunting,

*James Clark,

*Charles Wilkins,
Abraham Thompson Lowe,
William Turell Andrews,

Charles Amory,
Benson Leavitt.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.
Isaac Harris,

*Benjamin Dodd,
William Dillaway,

*Henry Northey Hooper.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Geo. Washington Otis, Jr.,

*Pelham Bonncy,
*Freeman Stowe,
*Edward Parker Meriam.

Ward 9.

*Thomas Coffin Amory,

Jonathan Preston,
Stephen Shelton,

*Moses Whitney, Jr.

Ward 10.
*Ezra Lincoln,
[April,) *Ruel Baker,
*Lemuel
Shattuck,
Newell
Thompson,
A.
(res.
*Freeborn Fairfield Raymond,
Daniel Kimball,
*John Hubbard Wilkins,
*Samuel Emmes,
Enoch Train,
Luther Blodgett,
Erastus Wilson Sanborn.
*Jas. Neale Howe, Jr., (from
Ward 11
Ward 3.
July,)
John Gardner Nazro,
*John Snelling,
Pard 7.
*Richard Urann,
*Simon Green Shipley,
*Edward Shirley Erving,
Ezra Child Hutchins,
*Jacob Stearns,
Ward 2.
Richard Brackett,

JWard 6

*Benajah Brigham.

Edward Blake, President,

John Plummer Healy,

Ward 4.
*Moses Grant,

Theophilus Rogers Marvin.

J/tral 8.
Joseph Thornton Adams,
*Eliphalet
Williams,
*James Haughton,
Alfred Augustus Wellington. Benj. Parker Richardson,

*Thomas Jefferson Shelton,

*William Walker Parrott.

RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk,

John Gray Roberts.

JWard 12.
Samuel Leeds,

William Henry Howard,

Seriah Stevens,
*William Burton Harding.

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1842.
MAYOR,
*JONATHAN CHAPMAN.
ALDERMEN,
*Larra Crane,
William Parker,

*Thomas Wetmore,

*James Longley,
*Richard Urann.
Abraham Thompson Lowe, *Joseph Tilden,
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

*Nathan Gurney,

COMMON COUNCIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 1.

*Enoch Howes Snelling,

Norton Newcomb,
*Cyrus Buttrick,
Perkins Boynton.

Ward 9.

*Pelham Bonney,

*Thomas Coffin Amory,

George Wheelwright,
*Henry

*Moses Whitney, Jr.,

Charles Edward Cook,
*John Rice Bradlee.
Ward 10.
Luther Blodgett,

''

Samuel Ripley Townsend.

Ward 2.

Ward 6.
*Ezra Lincoln,
*John Hubbard Wilkins,
Enoch Train,

*Samuel Emmes,
Aaron Adams,
*Joseph Cullen Ayer

Abner Williams Pollard.

William Hayden,
Jonathan Ellis,
Henry Worthington Dutton.
Ward 11.

*Joseph Neale Howe, Jr.

Ward 3.

JWard 7.

*John Snelling,

William Tappan Eustis,

John Thomas Dingley,

*Simon Green Shipley,

*Jacob Stearns,

Edward

John Plummer Healy,

William Dall,
Asaph Parmelee,

Theophilus Rogers Marvin.

Robert Cowdin.

Enoch Hemenway Wakefield.

Ward 4.

#' President,

Ward 8.
Benj. Parker Richardson,
*William Augustus Weeks,
*Josiah Moore Jones,

*Moses Grant,

Francis B. Crowninshield,
William Brown Spooner,
*Noah Sturtevant.

Ward 12.
Jeremy Drake,

Willis Howes,
*John Tillson,
Caleb Thurston.

*Benjamin Burchstead.
RICHARD G. WAITT, Clerk.

1843.
MAYOR,

- *MARTIN BRIMMER.
ALDERMEN,
Thomas Wetmore,
*James Longley,
Josiah Stedman,
Abraham Thompson Lowe, *Richard Urann,
Jonathan Preston.
William Parker,
*Simon Wilkinson,
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk,

coMMON councIL,
Ward 1.
Isaac Harris,
Josh.B. Fowle (seat vac. Feb.)
*J.G.L. Libbey(seat vac. Feb.)
Daniel Bartlett, Jr.. (Feb.)
Wm. Henry Learnard, (Feb.)
J.Ward 2.
Aaron Adams,
*Joseph Cullen Ayer,

Abner Williams Pollard,

Henry Davis.

Ward 4.

Francis B. Crowninshield,
*Noah Sturtevant,
*Geo. Washington Crockett,
Thos. Buckminster Curtis.

*John Rice Bradlee

*James Fowle.

Clement Willis.
Ward 10.

Ward 6.
*John Hubbard Wilkins,

Luther Blodgett,
William Hayden,
Jonathan Ellis,
Henry Worthington Dutton.

Neale Howe, Jr.,

!'
*Kimball
Gibson,

Ward 7.
Edward Blake, President,

Ward 3.

James Harvey Dudley.

Ward 9.

Charles Edward Cook,

Andrew Townsend Hall,

'''

*Henry
*Willard Nason Fisher,

Peleg Whitman Chandler.

*John Snelling,
Enoch Hemenway Wakefield,
James Whiting,

Ward 5.

George Wheelwright,

Ward 11.

*Edward Shirley Erving,

Theophilus Rogers Marvin,

Robert Cowdin,

John Slade, Jr.,

*Isaac

George Tyler Bigelow.

*Greenleaf Connor Sanborn.

Ward 12.
Jeremy Drake,
Eben Jackson,
*John Tillson,
*Romanus Emerson.

JWard 8.

Benj. Parker Richardson,

*William Augustus Weeks,
Josiah Moore Jones,

*Benjamin Burchstead.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

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1844.
MAYOR,

*MARTIN BRIMMER.
ALDERMEN,
Jonathan Preston,
*James Longley,
*Thomas Wetmore,
*Simon Wilkinson.
Simon Wiggin Robinson,
Abraham Thompson Lowe,
Henry Bromfield Rogers,
*Larra Crane,
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 1.

Isaac Harris,
William Henry Learnard,

George Wheelwright,
*Willard Nason Fisher,

*Job Turner,
John P. Ober.
Ward 2.

*Loring Norcross.
Ward 6.

*Joseph Cullen Ayer,

Abner Williams Pollard,

Peleg W. Chandler, Pres.

*Kimball Gibson,

Charles Boardman,

Henry Davis,
*Timothy C. Kendall.
Ward 3.
*John Snelling,
James Whiting

James Harvey

Ward 9.
Charles Edward Cook,
Andrew Townsend Hall,
Clement Willis,
*Charles H. Brown.
Jpard 10.

William Hayden,
Jonathan Ellis,

John Gardner,

Henry WQrthington Dutton,

Otis Clapp.

Horace Williams.

Ward 7.
*Simon Davis Leavens,
*Gideon French Thayer,

Ward 11.

*Edward Shirley Erving,

*Isaac Cary,

budley,

Oliver Dyer.
Ward 4.
Francis Boardman Crownin
shield,
*Geo. Washington Crockett,
Thomas Buckminster Curtis,
Samuel W. Hall.

*B. B. Appleton (died

*Greenleaf Connor Sanborn,
*John Brooks Parker (May), *William Pope.
*Joseph Bradlee.
Ward 8.

Ward 12.
Jeremy Drake,
Asa Brown,

Benj. Parker Richardson,

*Henry W. Fletcher,

*Samuel Topliff,
George Whittemore,

Isaac Jones.

*Samuel Harris.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

1845.
MAYOR,

*THOMAS A. DAVIS, (died November.)

JOSIAH QUINCY, J.R., (from December 11.)

ALDERMEN,
*John Hathaway
Benson Leavitt,
Cullen Ayer,
Samuel Shurtir Perkins, *Joseph
William Parker, (resigned,)
Lyman Reed,
*Simon Green Shipley,
*William Pope,
*Jas. S. Savage, (from Mar.)
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CoMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 1.

Charles Boardman,

*Henry Northey Hooper,

JTard 6.

Peleg W. Chandler, Pres.

*Kimball Gibson,

Benjamin Wood, 2d,

*John Turner.
Ward 3.
*Asa Swallow,
James Whiting,
Artemas Ward,
Cyrus Cummings.

*Sargent S. Littlehale.

Henry Worthington Dutton,

Horace Williams,

George Stillman Hillard,

James Dennison.

*Gideon French Thayer,

John Brooks Parker,

Ward 4.

Samuel W. Hall,
Samuel Abbott Lawrence,

*Charles H. Brown.
Ward 10.
William Hayden,

Otis Clapp,
Ward 7.
*Simon Davis Leavens,

Thomas Buckminster Curtis,

Ward 9.

Charles Edward Cook,

Andrew Townsend Hall,
Clement Willis,

*Loring Norcross,
*Benjamin Seaver,
George R. Sampson.

*Cyrus Buttrick,
Perkins Boynton,
Samuel P. Oliver.
Ward 2.
James Munroe,
William R. Carnes,

*Joseph Bradlee.
Ward 8.
*Samuel Topliff,

Ward 11.

*Greenleaf Connor Sanborn,

*John Green, Jr.,
George Davis,
Calvin W. Haven.
Ward 12.

Samuel C. Demerest,
*Thomas Jones,
Samuel W. Sloan,
Daniel Denny.
Theophilus Stover.
WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.
George Whittemore,
James Hayward,

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1846.
MAYOR,

JOSIAH QUINCY, JR.

ALDERMEN,
*John Hathaway
Frederick Gould,
*Charles Allyn Wells,

William Parker,

Jonathan Preston,
*William Pope.

*Thomas Jones,
*George Edward Head.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CoMMON couNCIL,
Ward 9.

Ward 5.

Ward 1.

Clement Willis,
*Wiliam Whitney,

Charles Boardman,
*Loring Norcross,
*Benjamin Scaver,
George R. Sampson.

William Eaton,
John P. Ober,
Samuel P. Oliver,
Samuel C. Nottage.

Walter Bryent,
Henry Cushing.

Ward 6.

J7ard 2.

Jyard 10.

Otis Clapp
George S. illard, President,
Thomas Haviland,
Charles Henry Parker.
JWard 7.
*Simon Davis Leavens,
*Gideon French Thayer,
John Gardner,
Nathaniel W. Coffin.
Ward 8.
*Samuel Topliff,
George Whittemore, *James Hayward,
Daniel Denny.

Benjamin Wood, 2d,

*John Turner,
*Noah Harrod,
*George Carlisle.
Ward 3.

*John Snelling,
James Whiting,
George Cofran,
Jeremiah Ross.
Ward 4.

Samuel W. Hall,
William Tappan Eustis,
*Abel Phelps,

*Thomas B. Pope.

Henry Worthington Dutton,

Horace Williams.

James Dodd,
John L. Emmons.
Ward 11.

*Edward Shirley Erving,

*John Green, Jr.,
*Stephen Tucker
*George W. Frothingham.
Ward 12.
Solon Jenkins,
William Eaton,
Seth Adams,
*John W. Crafts,

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk,

1847.
MAYor,

JOSLADI QUINCY, JR.

ALDERMEN,

*Thomas Wetmore,
William Parker,
*John Hathaway,

*John Hubbard Wilkins,

*Thomas Jones,
Billings Briggs.
*George Edward Head,
*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.
John P. Ober,
Samuel P. Oliver,

Samuel C. Nottage,
*Noah Lincoln,

Ward 2.
*John Turner,
*Noah Harrod,
*George Carlisle,
*William Wildes.
Ward 3.

Frederick Gould,

coMMoN councIL,
Ward 5.

*Benjamin Seaver, President

rom July 1st,
Eliphalet Jones,

William D. Coolidge,
*George W. Abbott.
Ward 6.

Ward 10.

*George W. Felt.
Ward 4.
William Brown Spooner,
Samuel W. Hall

Wm. whitwell Greenough,

Darwin E. Jewett,

Henry Worthington Dutton

George R. Sampson,

George S. Hillard, Presi

dent to July 1st,
Thomas Haviland,

*Ezra Lincoln, Jr.,

Samuel Wales, Jr.

Charles Henry Parker,

*Richard B. Carter.

irley
*''''"ng
*John Green, Jr.,
war

James Whiting,
James Boynton,
Edwin C. Bailey,

*:

Wal
alter Bryent 9,
Henry W. Cushing,
William Blake,
*Tisdale Drake.

Ward 7.

Theophilus Rogers Marvin,

*Gideon French Thayer,
William G. Brooks,
*Samuel Eliot Guild.
Ward 8.
*Samuel Topliff,

*Stephen Tucker,

*George W. Frothingham.
Ward 12.

William Eaton,
Jabez Coney,
-

George Whittemore,
Francis Gardner

Willard A. Harrington,
WASHINGTON P, GREGG, Clerk,

Samuel S. Perkins,
Alvan Simonds,

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1848.

Mayor,
JOSIAH QUINCY, JR.
ALDERMEN,
Frederick Gould,

Henry Bromfield Rogers,

*William Pope,

Billings Briggs,
John Plummer Ober,

*Geo. Edw. Head, (res. Apr.)

*Moses Grant, (from April.)

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

*John Hathaway,

*John Hubbard Wilkins,

coMMON councIL,
Ward 1.

Ward 9.
Walter Bryent,

J.Pard 5.

*Daniel Bartlett, Jr.,

*Philip Greely, Jr.,

Noah Lincoln, Jr.,

Henry W. Cushing,

Francis Brown,

John H. Bowker, (resigned,)

Abel B. Munroe,

William D. Coolidge,

William Blake,
*Tisdale Drake.

*George W. Abbott.
Ward 6.
Thomas Haviland,

William Palfrey.

Ward 10. .

George R. Sampson,
Samuel Wales, Jr.,
Freeborn Fairfield Raymond, Charles Henry Parker,
*Solomon Hopkins,
Henry Davis *
*Richard B. Carter.
Jesse
Maynard.
*W Wildes,
John Phelps Putnam.
George D. B. Blanchard.
Ward 11.
Ward 7.
Ward 3.
Theophilus Rogers Marvin *Edward Shirley Erving,
*John
Green,
Jr.,
James Boynton,
*Gideon French Thayer,
*Stephen Tucker
George Cofran,
William G. Brooks,
*George
W.
Frothingham.
J. Putnam Bradlee.
Edwin C. Bailey,
*Thomas Critchet.
Ward 12.
Ward 8.
Ward 4.
Samuel S. Perkins,
*Samuel Topliff,
Francis
Gardner
Samuel W. Hall,
Alvan Simonds,
Ward 2.

Benjamin James,
Wm. Whitwell Greenough, Willard A. Harrington,
Nathaniel Brewer.
Joseph Smith.
Darwin E. Jewett,
*Benjamin Seaver, President.
WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

1849.
MAYOR,
JOHN PRESCOTT BIGELOW.
ALDERMEN,

Henry Bromfield Rogers,

*William Pope,
samuel Shurtleff Perkins,

*John Hubbard Wilkins,

| *Moses Grant,

Billings Briggs,
John
Ober,

Samuel Hall.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.
Abel B. Monroe,

William Palfrey,
Isaiah Faxon,
William Parkman.
Ward 2.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.
Francis Brown
Frederick

Crosby,

Robert Marsh.

Ward 4.

Richard B. Callender,
Calvin W. Clark.
JWard 10.

Ward 6.

*Edward Hennessey.
Ward 7.

George R. Sampson,
George Woodman,
Moses Kimball,

Reuben Lovejoy.
Ward 11.

Theophilus Rogers Marvin, *Manlius S. Clarke,

William G. Brooks,
George Wm. McLellan,
J. Putnam Bradlee,
*Albert T. Minot,
Daniel N. Haskell.
Ward 8.

wm: Whitwell Greenough. *Samuel Topliff,

*Benjamin Seaver, President, Francis Gardner,
*John Atkins,
Willard A. Harrington,
Nathaniel Seaver.

''

Benjamin Beal,

Freeborn Fairfield Raymond, *Richard B. Carter,

John Phelps Putnam,
Charles Brown,
George D. B. Blanchard,

Julius A. Palmer,

Francis

John M. Wright.

Henry Davis,

*Emery Goss.
Ward 3.
George Cofran.
Thomas Critchet,

Ward 9.

*Tisdale Drake,

Nathaniel Brewer.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

Francis Richards.
Ward 12.

Josiah Dunham, Jr.,

Benjamin James,
Joseph Smith,
Samuel D. Crane.

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187

GOVERNMENT.

1850.
MAYOR,

JOHN PRESCOTT BIGELOW.

ALDERMEN,

Henry Bromfield Rogers,

Samuel Shurtleff Perkins,
Billings Briggs,

*Moses Grant,

Henry Manning Holbrook,

Samuel Hall,
*Solomon Piper,

James Perkins.

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

coMMON couNCIL,
Ward 5.
Benjamin Beal,
John M. Wright,
Abraham G. Wyman,
Avery Plumer, Jr.

Ward 1.

Abel B. Munroe,
Isaiah Faxon,

William Parkman,
John Cushing.
Ward 2.

Ward 9.

Francis Brinley, President,

Calvin W. Clark,
James W. Sever,

Joseph W. Merriam,
Ward 10.

Ward 6.

Freeborn F. Raymond,
Henry Davis,
George D. B. Blanchard,
*Emery Goss.

George Woodman,

John P. Putnam,
Charles Brown,
*Edward Hennessey,
Ebenezer Dale.
Ward 7.

Ward 3.

Julius A. Palmer,

William G. Brooks,

Robert Marsh,
Solomon Parker,
Charles Emerson.
Ward 4.

J. Putnam Bradlee,
Daniel N. Haskell,
*Samuel A. Appleton.
Ward 8.

Henry Lincoln,
Nathaniel Seaver,
Henry J. Gardner,
William C. Ford.

Moses Kimball,

George William McLellan,

*Manlius S. Clarke,
*Albert T. Minot,
Francis Richards.
Ward 12.

Willard A. Harrington,
Nathaniel Brewer,

Josiah Dunham, Jr.,

Jabez Coney

David Chapin,
John B. Dexter, Jr.

Joseph Smith,
Samuel D. Crane.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

1851.

Mayor,
JOHN PRESCOTT BIGELOW.

Henry Bromfield Rogers,

Billings Briggs,
*Moses Grant,

Ward 1,
John Cushing,
*James G. Hovey,
Joel M. Holden,
Charles H. Stearns.
Ward 2.

Cyrus Washburn,
*James B. Allen,
William H. Calrow,
Richard Shackford,
Ward 3.
Solomon Carter
*Hiram Bosworth,
Thomas Sprague,
Andrew Abbott,
Ward 4,
*Asa Swallow,

ALDERMEN,

Holbrook,

Calvin Whiting Clark,

*SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk,
coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 9.

Benjamin Beal,

Newell A. Thompson,
*Edward S. Erving,
Francis Richards,

Avery Plumer, Jr.,

Abraham G. Wyman,
*Ezekiel Kendall.

Peter C. Jones.
Ward 10,

Ward 6,

Henry Lincoln,
John P. Putnam,
Charles Brown,

*Ezra Lincoln,
Aaron H. Bean,
Otis Kimball

i:dward Reed.

Ebenezer Dale.

Ward 11.

Francis Brinley, President,

James W. Sever,
David Chapin,
John B. Dexter, Jr.

Bradley N. Cumings,
*Albert T. Mino

Andrew J. Loud,
Theodore P. Hale,
Ward 12.

Ward 8.

John M. Wright,

Henry J. Gardner,

Daniel N. Haskell,

James Lawrence,

Oliver B. Dorrance,

Harvey Jewell.

Moses Kimball
Benjamin Smith.

Abel B. Munroe,

Ward 7.

Francis C. Manning.

Reuben Lovejoy,
Aaron H. Bean.
Ward 11.

Josiah Dunham, Jr.,

Joseph Smith,
Samuel D. Crane,
*Zibeon Southard.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk,

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REGISTER.

1852.
MAYOR,

*BENJAMIN SEAVER.
* ALDERMEN,

John Plummer Ober,

Benjamin James,
Sampson Reed,

Jacob Sleeper,
*Lyman Perry,
*Benjamin Leach Allen,

Thomas Phillips Rich,

*Isaac Cary.

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, JR., City Clerk.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.

Ward 1.

Ward 9.

Newell A. Thompson,

Abraham G. Wyman,

*Elijah Stearns,

*Ezekiel Kendall,
Harvey Jewell,

Benjamin Fessenden,
Edward A. Vose,
*George Wilson.
Ward 2.
Cyrus Washburn,
*James B. Allen,

Joseph D. Roberts.
Ward 6.

Henry Lincoln,

William H. Calrow,

Paul Adams,
William Thomas,

Andrew Burnham.

Frederick H. Stimpson.

Ward 3.
Thomas Sprague,
Andrew Abbott,
Samuel A. Bradbury,
Dexter Roby.
Ward 4.
*Asa Swallow,

*Edward S. Erving,
Peter C. Jones,
*John Odin, Jr.,
Ward 10.
*Ezra Lincoln,
Aaron H. Bean,
Otis Kimball,
John F. Bannister.
Ward 11.
Theodore P. Hale,
Horace A. Breed,
Aaron Hobart,

Ward 7
David Chapin,
*Samuel Nicolson,

*Edward H. Eldridge,
Farnham Plummer.

*David Hamblen.

Ward 12.
Zibeon Southard,
John Proctor,

Ward 8.

John M. Wright,

Henry J. Gardner, President, Daniel N. Haskell,

George N. Noyes,
Amos Cutler,
James Lawrence,
John J. Rayner.
George W. Warren.
Samuel R. Spinney.
WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.
1853.
MAYOR,
*BENJAMIN SEAVER.
ALDERMEN,

Thomas Phillips Rich,

Benjamin James,
Sampson Reed,

*Isaac

Sleeper,

Benjamin Franklin White,

W#

Oliver Frost.

James Whiting,

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, J.R., City Clerk,

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.
*Pelham Bonney,

Ward 1.
*Cyrus Buttrick,

Joseph D. Roberts,

*Elijah Stearns,

*Israel C. Rice,
Matt.iew Binney.
Ward 6.
Paul Adams,

Charles T. Woodman,
Charles A. Turner.
Ward 2.
Andrew Burnham,

Ward 9.

Peter C. Jones,
*Thacher Beal,
Joseph L. Drew,
Jonas . French.
Ward 10.
-

*John F. Bannister,
Robert Cowdin,

Danil D. Kelly,

Ezra Forristall, (res. May,)

Francis B. Winter,

Benjamin F. Russell.

Henry F. Durant,

Joel Richards.
Ward 11.
Horace A. Breed,

Henry D. Gardiner,

Wm.Washburn,(from May.)

S Ward 3.

Ward 7.

Thomas Sprague,
Dexter Roby,
Mical Tubbs,
Charles Dupee.
}7ard 4.

Henry J. Gardner, President,

*Samuel Nicolson,
Farnham Plummer,

Alexander Hamilton Rice,

Samuel Hatch,
*William Burrage.
Ward 8.

Gardner P. Drury,(res. Feb.

John A. Cummings,)fr.Feb.

John J. Rayner,

George W. Warren,

William F. Goodwin,

Charles Demond,

Martin L. Hall.

Samuel J. M. Homer,

John H. Thorndike,
Calvin P. Hinds.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk,

Stephen Tilton, Jr.,

Ward 12.

Charles C. Conley,
Joshua Jenkins,
*William S. Thacher,
*James F. Whittelmore

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1854.
MAYoR,
JEROME VAN CROWNINSHIELD SMITH.
ALDERMEN,

*Benjamin Leach Allen,

Oliver Frost, (res. May.)
John Thomas Dingley,

Ward 1.

Charles T. Woodman,
*Timothy C. Kendall,
William P. Howard,

George Frederick Williams,

George Odiorne,
William Washburn,
Abel B. Munroe, (from May.)
*Tisdale Drake,
8AMUEL F. McCLEARY, JR., City Clerk.
Josiah Dunham, Jr.,

comMon councIL,
Ward 5.
*Pelham

W. Chipman,
Levi Boles,

John Davis.
Ward 2.

Daniel Warren.

Daniel D. Kelly,

George S. Jones,

Morrill Cole,

Watson G. Mayo,
JEbenezer Atkins.
Ward 3.

Ward 6.
*J. Amory Davis,
Hiram Simmons,
Ebenezer Johnson.
Ward 7.

Charles Dupee,

Farnham Plummer,

Mical Tubbs,
Caleb S. Johnson,

Samuel Hatch,
Artemas Stone,
David Whiton.

Benjamin F. Mahan.
Ward 4.
Martin L. Hall,
William F. Goodwin,

George W. Messinger,
John M. Clark.

Ward 9.
*John Odin
Joseph L. brew,
*Thacher Beal,
J. W. T. Stodder.
Ward 10.
Robert Cowdin,
*David Bryant,
Hezekiah Prince,
John R. Mullin.
Ward 11.
Stephen Tilton, Jr.,
Alexander H. Rice, Pres,

John W. F. Hobbs,

Ward 8.

George W. Warren,
Charles Demond,
Calvin P. Hinds,
Charles O. Rogers.

*Charles Mayo.
Ward 12.
Charles C. Conley,

*James F. Whittemore,
Joshua Jenkins

Edward H. Brainard.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

1855.
MAYor,
JEROME VAN CROWNINSHIELD SMITH.
ALDERMEN,
Josiah Dunham, Jr.
Joseph Lawrence Drew,
Charles Woodberry,
Wm. Washburi, Chairman, Charles Todd Woodman,
Albion Keith Parris Joy,
Robert Cowdin,
John Morehead Clark, (res. Benjamin Franklin Cooke,
June,)
*Samuel Topliff,
Geo. Washington Messinger,
Salma ilger Gould,
Thomas Sprague,
(from June.)

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, JR., City Clerk.

coMMON councIL,
Ward 1.

William P. Howard,
William Marble,
Samuel P. Whitman,
Geo. D. Ricker.

Ward 2.

Bradbury G. Prescott,
Austin Gove,
Amos A. Dunnels,
Edward F. Porter.
Ward 3.

Samuel Jepson,
Jonathan B. Severance,
William H. Lounsbury,

Georw':
eorge W.

man

Joseph
resident,
*Joseph A. Pond,
Wi am G. Harris.
Ward 6.

Ward 9.
Jonas H. French,

John W.T. Stodder,

Charles Nowell,
*William B. Merrill.
Ward 10.

George S. Jones,
George W. Learnard,
Benjamin F. Stevens,

*William A. Bell,

Alvin Vinal.
Ward 7.

*Charles S. Burgess.
Ward 11.

Farnham Plummer,
Samuel Hatch,

*Charles Mayo,
John W. F. Hobbs,

Hezekiah Prince,
Samuel W. Ropes,

Folward W. Hinks.
Ward 4.

Artemas Stone,
Hales W. Suter.
Ward 8.

Eben Tarbell,
Jairus A. Frost.
Ward 12.

Robert I. Burbank,

Charles O. Rogers,

Edward H. Brainard,
George S. Dexter,

Charles B. Farley,

Lorenzo S. Cragin,
Jerome W. Tyler.

Joseph Buckley,
P. Gilbert,
*Frederick L. Wasl,burn.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, C7ork.

Daniel Hall,
*Jedediah P. Bean,
*

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1856.
MAYOR,

ALEXANDER HAMILTON RICE.

ALDERMEN,

Otis Rich,
John Thomas Dingley,
Farnham Plummer,
James Cheever,
Eben Jackson,
Geo. Washington Torrey,
Robert
Codman,
*Pelham Bonney, Chairman.
Osmyn Brewster,
*Timothy Converse Kendall,
*Levi Benjamin Merriam,
Joseph Milner Wightman,
(died April.)
(from April.)
William Howard Calrow,
SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CoMMON CouncIL,
Ward 5.
*Joseph A. Pond,
Reuben Reed,
Barnet F. Warner,

Ward 1.
Oliver Frost,

William Parkman,
William A. Krueger,
Henry L. Dalton.

*Daniel J. Coburn, (res. Apr.)

Joseph Story, (from April.)

Ward 2.
Amos A. Dunnels,
Edward F. Porter,
Bradbury G. Prescott,
*William S. Albertson.
Ward 3.
James M. Stevens,
Lucius A. Bigelow,

Ward 6.

James W. Russell,
John Peak.
Ward 4.

Nahum M. Morrison,
L. Miles Standish.
Ward 10.
Joel Richards,

John R. Mullin,

Ezra Farnsworth,
John G. Webster,
Davis B. Roberts.
Ward 7.
Samuel Hatch,
Hales W. Suter,

Robert Slade

Daniel Cragin.
Ward 8.

*Frederick L. Washburn,

Jerome W. Tyler,
Jacob A. Dresser,

*Thacher Beal,

Ebenezer Johnson,

Rufus B. Bradford,

Robert I. Burbank,

Ward 9.

Jonas H. French,

Nathaniel C. Nash.
Ward 11.
Francis J. Parker,

William F. Richardson,
Frederick F. Thayer,
Julian O. Mason.
Ward 12.
Ezra Harlow
Freeman M.

losselyn, Jr.

Lewis C. Whiton,
Sylvester P. Gilbert,
Sumner Crosby.
David F. McGilvray.
WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.
Joseph Buckley,

Oliver Stevens, President.

1857.
MAYor,
ALEXANDER HAMILTON RICE.
ALDERMEN,

Benjamin James,

Osmyn Brewster,

Oliver Frost,

Otis Rich,
Joseph Milner Wightman,
Solomon Carter,

Samuel Hatch,
Silas Peirce,

James Nute
John Thomas Dingley,
*Timothy Allen Sumner.
*Pelham Bonney, #hairman,
SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

William Parkman,

coMMON couNCIL,
Ward 5.
*Joseph A. Pond,

Henry L. Dalton,

William G. Harris,

William A. Krueger,

Barnet F. Warner,
George A. Shaw.
Ward 6.

John B. Wedger.
Ward 2.
William C. Ford,
Nehemiah Gibson,
Benjamin F. Palmer,
Benjamin Pond.
Ward 3.
Charles Emerson,

Ebenezer Johnson,
Davis B. Roberts,
John S. Damrell,

George W. Tuxbury.
Ward 7.

Ward 9.

Newell A. Thompson,
William B. Merrill,
Nahum M. Morrison,
Sidney A. Stetson.
Ward 10.

Joseph Smith,
*David Bryant,
John B. Mullin,
John Tyler.
'

Ward 11.

Rufus B. Bradford,

Frederick F. Thayer

James M. Stevens,

John H. Barry,

William Fox Richardson,

James J. Cobb,

Henry E. Bayley,

Samuel Talbot, Jr.

George S. Hale.
Ward 8.

Josiah B. Richardson,
Samuel W. Waldron, Jr.

Ward 4.

Jacob A. Dresser,

Oliver Stevens, President,

Francis E. Faxon,
George N. Nichols.

*Frederick L. Washburn,
David F. McGilvray,
James H. Beal,
Benjamin French.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

Ward 12.

Freeman M. Josselyn, Jr.,

Lewis C. Whiton,
Davis W. Bailey,
Henry Mason.

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1858.
MAYor,

FREDERICWALKER LINCOLN, JR.

ALDERMEN,

Benjamin James,
Osmyn Brewster,
Otis Rich,

Joseph Milner Wightman,

Chairman,

Samuel Hatch (from Feb.)

Silas Peirce,
James Nute (res. March),

Rufus B. Bradford(res. Feb.)

Samuel Dexter Crane,

Charles Emerson,

Jesse Holbrook,

George Dennie,

George Augustus Curtis,

Ebenezer Atkins (fr. April.)

saw UEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk,
coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.
*Pelham Bonney,
Joseph L. Bates,
Jairus Beal,
Lucius Slade.
Ward 6.

Ward 1.

William Parkman,
John B. Wedger,
John W. Bartlett,
Albert Betteley.
Ward 2,

William C. Ford,

*Tisdale Drake,
George W. Tuxbury,
Joseph L. Henshaw,

Nehemiah Gibson,

Benjamin F. Palmer,
Benjamin Pond.
Ward 3.
Charles Dupee,
James J. Cobb,
Horace Poland,
John C. Tucker.
Ward 4.
Francis E. Faxon,
Francis D. Stedman,

Thomas M. Howard,
Edward F. Robinson.
Ward 10.

Charles S. Burgess,
John R. Mullin,

John Tyler,
John A. Warren.
Ward 11.

# e,
#.

Sam'1W.Waldron, Jr., Pres,

Edward F. Hall,
William S. McGowan,

Henry W. Haynes.

Calvin A. Richards.
Ward 12.

. Bayle

Ward 8.
James H. Beal,

Benjamin French,
*Elijah Drew,
Timothy R. Page.

William C. Williamson.

L. Miles Standish,

Prescott Barker.
Ward 7.
en

Alexander Wadsworth,

Ward 9.

Newell A. Thompson,

Benjamin B. Brown,
George P. French,
Henry B. Janes,
Chauncy Page.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

1859.
MAYor,

FREDERIC WALKER LINCOLN, JR.

ALDERMEN,
George Dennie,

Silas Peirce, Chairman,

*Timothy Allen Sumner (res.
April),
Samuel Dexter Crane,
Charles Emerson,

George Augustus Curtis,

Jesse Holbrook,
Ebenezer Atkins,
Clement Willis,

William Welden Allen,

Joseph Tilden Bailey,

Thomas Coffin Amory, Jr.,

Otis Clapp (from April).

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CoMMoN councIL,
Ward 1.
William Parkman,
John W. Bartlett,
Samuel B. Krogman,

Ward 5.

Joseph L. Bates,
Jairus Beal,
Lucius Slade,

*Cornelius Doherty.

Theophilus Burr, Jr.,

Ward 2.
Wiliam C. Ford,

JWard 6.
*Tisdale Drake,

Daniel D. Kelly,
Gilbert E. Pierce,
Joseph Robbins.

John G. Webster,
*John H. Robinson,
Philip H. Sears.

Ward 3,
Horace Poland,
John C. Tucker,

*Henry E. Bayley,

Ward 7.
Jabez Frederick,

William C. Burgess,
*Thomas Mooney.

*Charles J. McCarthy,
*James Riley.

Ward 4.
Josiah Putnam Bradlee, Pres.
Francis E. Faxon,
Francis D. Stedman,
William C. Williamson.

Ward 8.
Timothy R. Page,
John S. Tyler,
Jonas Fitch,
John L. Batchelder.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

Ward 9.

I: Miles Standish,
William Carpenter,
Horace Jenkins,
Levi L. Willcutt.
Ward 10.

Robert Cowdin,
Charles S. Burgess,
Justin Jones,
Ansel Lothrop.
Ward 11.

William Fox Richardson,

Calvin A. Richards,
William W. Clapp, Jr.,
Joseph F. Paul.
Ward 12.

Samuel R. Spinney,
Henry B. Janes,
Osborn Howes,

Joel Baker, Jr.

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MUNICIPAL REGISTER.

1860.
MAYOR,

FREDERICWALKER LINCOLN, JR.

ALDERMEN,
Ebenezer Atkins,
Clement Willis,

Jonathan Preston,
Silas Peirce,

Samuel Dexter Crane,

Jesse Holbrook,

Otis Clapp, Chairman,

Francis Edwin Faxon,

Harrison Otis Briggs,

Joseph Tilden Bailey
*James Laighton Hanson.
Thos. Coffin Amory, Jr.,
SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.
CoMMON councIL,

Ward 1.

Ward 5.

*Cornelius Doherty,

Jairus Beal,

Theophilus Burr, Jr.,

John Dacey,

*Thomas A. Matthews,

Lyman S. Hapgood,
N. C. A. Preble.

Albert P. Morrison.
Ward 2.
Gilbert E. Pierce,
Joseph Robbins,
Daniel Goodwin,
George T. Sampson.
Ward 3.
John C. Tucker,
William C. Burgess,
*John Allison,

Ward 6.

Joseph L. Henshaw,
Prescott Barker,

Benjamin G. Boardman,
G. Howland Shaw.
Ward 7.
Jabez Frederick,
*Charles J. McCarthy,
*James Riley,
John Leahy.
Ward 8.
John S. Tyler,
Jonas Fitch,
John L. Batchelder,
Joseph H. Bradley.
WAshingtoN P. GREGG, Clerk.

J. Milton Roberts.

Ward 4.
J. Putnam Bradlee, Pres.
Francis D. Stedman,

Alexander Wadsworth,
William E. Webster.

Ward 9.
Francis Richards,
Sidney A. Stetson,
William Carpenter,
Horace Jenkins.
Ward 10.
Robert Cowdin,
Justin Jones,
Ansel Lothrop,
Samuel A. B. Bragg.

william's

amF.W.
Clapp,
Joseph
Paul,
p, Jr
Jr.,

George P. Sanger,
William B. Fowle, Jr.
JWard 12.

Joseph W. Howard,
Henry Souther,
George W. Sprague,

Benjamin Pope,

186 1.
MAYOR,

JOSEPH MILNER WIGHTMAN. .

ALDERMEN,

Jonathan Preston

Thomas Coffin Amory, Jr.,

Philip' Rich,
Silas Peirce, Chairman,
Samuel Hatch,

*James Laighton Hanson,

Samuel Rogers Spinney,
Nehemiah Gibson,

G. Washington Parmenter,
Moses Clark,
John Francis Pray,

Elisha Tyson Wilson.

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.
COMMON COUNCIL,

Ward 5.

Ward 1.
John Dacey,
Andrew Ainsworth,

Ward 9.

John W. Leighton, (res. Oct.)

Theophilus Burr, Jr.,

Lyman S. Hapgood,
Daniel Carr, Jr.,

Francis Richards,
John C. J. Brown,
William A. Clark,

Cornelius Murphy,

John S. Pear.

Francis H. Ward.
Ward 10.
Robert Cowdin,
Justin Jones,
John Borrowscale,

Horace Dodd, (from Nov.)

Ward 2.
Nathaniel Seaver,
George T. Sampson,
Albert Bowker,

Ward 6.

Joseph L. Henshaw,
Prescott Barker,

Benjamin G. Boardman,
Daniel Davies.

Stephen N. Stockwell.
Ward 3.
John C. Tucker,
J. Milton Roberts,

*Charles J. McCarthy,
*James

Sylvanus A. Denio,

''

John Rogers, (res.

Philip O'Donnell, (f'm ay).
Ward 4.
Seldon Crockett,
Elias E. Davison,
Benjamin F. Edmands,

Joseph F. Huntress.

Ward 7.

Jabez Frederick,

#'

Henry W. Foley.
JWard 8.

R. Page,
Joseph H. Bradley, Pres,
Morris C. Fitch,
Frederick Grant.

Ward 11.

Nathaniel Brewer,
Edward F. Robinson, (res.
May,)

Joshua D. Ball,
*John C. Fallon,
Calvin A.Richards(f'm May).
Ward 12.

Sumner Crosby,

#
eorge
W. Sprague
ioilis R. Gray."

Daniel H. Whitney.
WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk,

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1862.
MAYOR,
JOSEPH MILNER WIGHTMAN.
ALDERMEN,

Thos. P. Rich, Chairman,

Joseph Lyman Henshaw,
G. Washington Parmenter,
Joseph Frost Paul,
Thomas Coffin Amory, Jr.,
John Francis Pray,
Calvin Allen Richards,
*James Laighton Hanson,
Elisha Tyson Wilson,
Otis Norcross.
Samuel Rogers Spinney,
Francis Richards,
SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.
comMon councIL,
Ward 5.
John S. Pear,

Ward 1.

John W. Leighton,
Cornelius Murphy,
Dennis Bonner,
Matthew Keany.

Ward 9.
William Carpenter,
Franklin H. Sprague,
Samuel G. Bowdlear,
William H. Ireland.
Ward 10.
Joel Richards,

Joseph A. Brown,
Linus M. Child,
Michael F. Wells.

Ward 2.

Albert Bowker,
Richard Beeching,
George Hinman,

Ward 6.

Daniel Davies,
William E. Bicknell,

Augustus Reed.
Ward 3.

George P. Clapp,
George O. Shattuck.
J.Ward 7.

John C Tucker,
Philip ODonnell,

Jabez Frederick,
*Charles J. McCarthy,

Bernard Cullen,

(Resigned March.)
*James Riley,

John Glancy.

Henry W. Foley,

Ward 4.

Edward Ryan,
(From March.)
Ward 8.

Seldon Crockett,
Elias E. Davidson,
Benjamin F. Edmands,
Daniel H. Whitney.

Joseph Buckley,
John S. Tyler,

Loring B. Barnes,
Cyrus Hicks,
orace B. Fisher.
Ward 11.

William B. Fowle, Jr.,

Joshua D. Ball,
*John C. Fallon,
Lucius A. Cutler.
Ward 12.
Sumner Crosby,
George W. Sprague,

*Henry A. Drake,
Stanley Gore.

Morris C. Fitch,
Winsor Hatch, 2d.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

1863.
MAYor.

FREDERIC WALKER LINCOLN, JR.

ALDERMEN,

T. C. Amory, Jr., Chairman,

Bilas Peirce,
Samuel Rogers Spinney,

Joseph Lyman Henshaw,

Joseph Frost Paul,

Robert Marsh,
Otis Norcross,
Lemuel Miles Standish,
Sylvanus Allen Denio,
John Steele Tyler,
Hiram Ambrose Stevens.
oses Clark,
SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.
coMMON councIL,

Ward 1.

Joseph A. Brown,

Dennis Bonner,
John W. Leighton,
Patrick McLaughlin.
JWard 2.

Joseph Allen,
Joseph Richardson.

Richard Beeching,
George Hinman,
Augustus Reed,
Charles R. McLean.
Ward 3.

John C. Tucker,
Bernard Cullen,
John Glancy,

Philip O'Donnell.
Ward 4.

Alexander Wadsworth,
John M. Fiske,
Granville Mears,
William W. Warren,

Ward 9.

Ward 5.

Matthew Keany,

William Carpenter,
Franklin H. Sprague,
Gilbert C. Brown,
John C. Haynes.

Michael F. Wells,

Ward 6.
Daniel Davies,

Ward 10.
John Borrowscale,
Loring B. Barnes.
Horace B. Fisher,
Patrick F. Logan.
Ward 11.
Lucius A. Cutler,
Nathaniel Adams,
William Cumston,

William E. Bicknell,
David H. Coolidge,
Charles Woodbury.
Ward 7.
Jabez Frederick,
Edward Ryan,
John P. Ordway,
Daniel J. Sweeney.
Ward 8.
Joseph Buckley,

George S. Hale, President,

Nathan Morse.

Ward 12.
George W. Sprague.
*Henry A. Drake,

Morris C. Fitch,
J. Tisdale Bradlee.

WASHINGToN P. GREGG, Clerk.

Wm. Gallagher,
Lewis J. Bird.

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194

1864.
MAYOR,

FREDERIC WALKER LINCOLN, JR.

ALDERMEN,

Geo. Washington Messinger,

Otis Norcross, Chairman,
Lemuel Miles Standish,
Sylvanus Allen Denio,

Wm. Warland Clapp, Jr.,

Robert Marsh,
Hiram Ambrose Stevens,
Geo. Washington Warren,
Nathaniel Cushing Nash,

Geo. Washington Sprague,

Daniel Davics,

*Charles Francis Dana.

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

CoMMON councIL,
Jyard 5.

Matthew Keany,

Michael F. Wells,

Jabez F. Hewes,
Albert S. Pratt,
John Turner.
Ward 2.
Augustus Reed,
Charles R. McLean,
William W. Elliott,
Nathaniel McKay.
Ward 3.
John Glancy,

Joseph Allen,

JWard 9.
William Carpenter,
James Fitch,
Gilbert C. Brown,

Robert Buntin
Thomas Gaield.

* John C. Haynes.

JWard 6.
William E. Bicknell,
David H. Coolidge,
Charles Woodbury,

Ward 10.
Joshua P. Preston,
Cadis B. Boyce,
Solomon B. Stebbins,

Patrick T. Jackson.

George P. Darrow.

Alexander Wadsworth,

George S. Hale, President,

John M. Fiske,
Granville Mears,
William W. Warren.

J. Tisdale Bradlee,
Samuel H. Loring,

Ward 11.
Nathaniel Adams,
William Cumston,
Moses W. Richardson,
Charles W. Livermore.
Jyard 12.
William Gallagher,
Thomas Gogin,
Horace Smith,

Thomas F. l'ichardson.

Moses Colman.

Ward 7.

*Charles J. McCarthy,

Edwin M. Putnam,

John P. Ordway,

Lewis Rice,
P. H. Farren.
Ward 4.

Daniel J. Sweeney,
William Mooney.
Ward 8.

WASHINGToN P. GREGG, Clerk.

1865.
MAYOR.

FREDERICWALKER LINCOLN, JR.

ALDERMEN,
Daniel Davies,
John Steele Tyler,
G. W. Messinger, Chairman,
*Charles Francis Dana,
Nathaniel Cushing Nash,
Lemuel Miles Standish,
William Warland Clapp, Jr., Edward Francis Porter,
Robert Marsh,
Thomas Gaflield.
Geo. Washington Sprague.
Sylvanus Allen Denio,
SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

CoMMON councIL,
Ward 5

J.Ward 9.

Jabez F. Hewes,

Joseph Story,

Nahum H. Morrison,

John Turner,

Joseph Allen,

Jonas Fitch,
John C. Haynes,
Gilbert C. Brown.
Ward 10.

Patrick McLaughlin,

N. W. Farley,

John Miller.
Ward 2.

Augustine G. Stimson.
Ward 6.

Charles R. McLean,
William W. Elliott,
Nathaniel McKay,

Weston Lewis,
Jarvis D. Braman,

Solomon B. Stebbins,
Joshua P. Preston,

Benjamin F. Stevens,

Cadis B. Boyce,
George P. Darrow.
Ward 11.

Andrew Hall.
Ward 3.

Francis W. Palfrey.

William C. Burgess,
Nicholas J. Bean,

James J. Flynn,
John P. Ordway,

W. B. Fowle, Jr., President,

Allen Riley,

William Mooney,
William D. Park.
Ward 8.

Moses W. Richardson,

John F. Flynn.
Ward 4.

Alexander Wadsworth,
William W. Warren,
Granville Mears,
Joel Gray.

Ward 7.

Nathaniel Adams,
Charles W. Livermore.
J/ard 12.

Sumner Crosby,

Clement Willis
Samuel H.

i.oring,

Job T. Souther,

Walbridge A. Field,
Horace L. Bowker.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

Benjamin Dean,
Freeborn Adams, Jr.

CITY

195

GOVERNMENT.

1866.
MAYOR.

FREDERIC WALKER LINCOLN, JR.

Benjamin James,
Geo. Washington Messinger,
Chairman,

Samuel Dexter Crane,

John Steele Tyler,

ALDERMEN,
Nathaniel Cushing Nash,
Daniel Davies,
Edward Francis Porter,
Thomas Gaffield,

Jonas Fitch,

Charles Wesley Slack,

Gilbert Wait

Noah Mayo, Jr.

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CoMMON councIL,
JWard 5.
Clement Willis,
James J. Flynn.

Ward 1.

Albert Bowker,
William J. Ellis,
Francis J. Munroe,

Walbridge A. Field,

Ward 9.

Nahum M. Morrison,
John C. Haynes,
George Nowell,
Jeremiah L. Newton.
Ward 10.

Moses B. Tower.
Ward 2.
John Miller,

William D. Park.

John F. Flynn,
Dennis Cawley, Jr.,

Weston Lewis,
Jarvis D. Braman,

Murdock Matheson.
Ward 3.

Alfonso Bowman.

Joseph Story, President,

Christopher A. Connor,

Matthias Rich,

Augustine G. Stimson,

Thomas Leavitt,

Jonas Ball,

Noah W. Farley,

Hugh A. Madden,
Michael Carney.

Hubbard W. Tilton,
Henry D. Hyde.

Ward 6.

Benj. F. Stevens,

Moses W. Richardson,
IDaniel G. Grafton,

Samuel W. Hodges,
Charles Caverly, Jr.

JWard 7.

Elam W. Hale.
JP'ard 4.

Ward 11.

Ward 8.

Alexander Wadsworth,
Granville Mears,
Lewis laice,

George P. Darrow,
Israel S. Trafton,
Edward A. White,

Increase E. Noyes.

William S. Hills.

Ward 12.

George P. French,
Benjamin Dean,

Solomon S. Gray,
Henry E. Bradlee.

WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

1867.
MAYOR.

OTIS NORCROSS.

Benjamin James,
Geo. Washington Messinger,
Thomas Gaffield,

Jonas Fitch,

ALDERMEN,
Charles Wesley Slack,
William Cumston,
Charles Rankin McLean,
Albert Stevens Pratt,

Jarvis Dwight Braman,

Edward Augustus White,
Walter Edward Hawes,
Newton Talbot.

SAMUEL F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

Ward 1.

Andrew Hall,
Nathaniel McKay,
William Woolley,
George E. Young.
Ward 2.
John C. Tucker,

Dennis Crawley, Jr.,

Murdock Matheson,

coMMON councIL,
Ward 5.
Walbridge A. Field,
Daniel J. Sweeney,
H. Burr Crandall,
Oliver C. Livermore.

JWard 6.
Benjamin F. Stevens,
Alfonso Bowman,
William H. Emerson,

Michael Carney.
JWard 3.

Warren L. Tower.

Michael F. Wells,

Christopher A. Connor,

John F. Jarvis,
Edward R. Merritt,
Charles lt. Train.

Michael Carney,

Ward 4.

Lewis Rice,
Increase E. Noyes,

Edward E. Batchelder,
Francis A. Osborn.

JWard 7.

Henry C. Lougee,
George Baxter, Jr.
Ward 8.
William S. Hills,
Sewall B. Bond,
Lucius W. Knight,

Ward 9.

Nahum M. Morrison,
George Nowell,
Jeremiah L. Newton,
Frederick A. Wilkins.
Ward 10.

Samuel W. Hodges,
Daniel G. Grafton

Charles Caverly, Jr.,

Albert F. Upton.
Ward 11.

Weston Lewis,
Henry D. Hyde,
Charles H. Allen,
Ivory Bean.
IWard 12.
George P. French,
Thomas Gogin,

Henry W. Wilson,
IIoward A. Doe.
William R. Bryden.
WASHINGTON P. GREGG, Clerk.

IND EX.

ALDER MEN.

[The Figures indicate the number of years of service.]

Denio, Sylvanus A.

A.

Alger, Cyrus . . . .
Allen, Benjamin L. .
Allen, William W. .

Amory, Charles . . .
Amory, Thomas C., Jr.
Andrews, William T. .

Jackson, Francis.
James, Benjamin.

Joy, Albion K. P.

Eddy, Caleb . . .

Baxter, Daniel . .
Bellows, John . .

Eliot, Ephraim . . .
Eliot, Samuel A. . .
Ellis, Jabez . . . .

Benjamin, Asher.

Emerson, Charles .

Bent, Adam . . .

Billings, Samuel.
Binney, John . .

Fairbanks, Moses

Blake, George . .

Faxon, Francis E.
Robert.
e n

Brimmer, Martin . .
-

Mayo, Noah, Jr. .

McCleary, John B.
McLean, Charles R.
Meriam, Levi B. .

Frost, Oliver . . .

Briggs, Harrison O.

iryant, John.

Gaffield, Thomas.
Gibson, Nehemiah
Gould, Frederick.
Gould, Salma E.
Grant, Moses . .
Greele, Samuel . .

C
Calrow, William H.
Carney, Daniel . . .
Carter, Solomon.
Cary, Isaac. . . .
Cheever, James .
Child, David W.

*--

Gurney, Nathan .
H

Hall, Jacob . .
Hall, James . .
Hall, Samuel . .
Hanson, James
Harris, Isaac . .

Clapp, Otis . . .
William W., J
Clark, Calvin W. .
Clark, James . . . .
Clark, John M. .
Clark, Moses . . .
Cobb, Samuel C.
Codman, Robert.
Cooke, Benjamin F
Cowdin, Robert .
Crane, Larra . . .
Crane, Samuel D. .
Cumston, William .

Harris, James . . .
Harris, Richard D.
Hatch, Samuel . . .

Head, Joseph . . .

Henshaw, Joseph L.
Holbrook, Henry M
Holbrook, Jesse . .

IDana, Charles F. . . .
Davies, Daniel.
-

Hawes, Walter E. .
Hayward, Joseph H
Head, George E. .

Curtis, George A. .

.
.
.
L.
. .

#: John .

Messinger, George W.
Munroe, Abel B . . . .
N

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Leighton, Charles
Lewis, Winslow .
Longley, James .
Loring, john F. .

Marsh, Robert . . .
Marshall, Josiah . .

Fiske, Benjamin.
Fitch, Jonas . . .

Braman, Jarvis D.
Brewster, Osmyn .
Briggs, Billings . .

Leavitt, Benson .

Fennelly,

Bowdoin, James . .

Bradford, Rufus B.S

Lovering, Joseph
Lowe, Abraham T.

Fales, Samuel . .
Farnum, Henry .

Boies, Jeremiah S.
Bonney, Pelham . .

K
Kendall, Thomas . . . .

Kendall, Timothy C. .
Kimball, Moses . . . .

Bailey, Joseph T. .

Jenkins, Joseph .
Jones, Thomas . .

Dunham, Josiah, Jr.

Dyer, John D . . .

Armstrong, Samuel T. .
Atkins, Ebenezer . . .
Ayer, J. Cullen . . . .

Jackson, Eben . .

Dennie, George .
Dingley, John T.
Dorr, Joseph H .
Drake, Tisdale . .
Drew, Joseph L.
Dunham, Josiah.

Hooper, Stephen . . .

Hunting, Thomas . .

Nash, Nathaniel C. . .
Norcross, Otis . . . . .
Nute, James . . . . . .
O
Ober, John P. . . . .
Odiorne, George . . . .
Odiorne, George (1854).
Oliver, Henry J . . . .
P

Parker, William . . . .
Parmenter, George W.
Patterson, Enoch . . .

Paul, Joseph F. . . .
Peirce, Silas . . . .
Perkins, James . . .
Perkins, Samuel S.
Perry, lyman
Pickering, John . .
Piper, Solomon . . .
Plummer, Farnham
-

Pope, William . . .
Porter, Edward F.

.
.
.
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W.

Shipley Simon G. .
Slack, Charles W. .
| Sleeper, Jacob . . .
Smith, Benjamin
Q
Spinney, Samuel R.
Quincy, Samuel . . . . . 2 Sprague, George W.
Sprague,
Thomas .
R
Standish Lemuel M.
Reed, Lyman . . . .
Stedman, Josiah . .
Reed, Sampson . . .
Stevens, Hiram A. .
Revere, Joseph W. .
Stevens, John. See note.
Rich, Otis . . . . .
Sumner, Timothy A.
Rich, Thomas P. .
T
Richards, Calvin A. .
Richards, Francis . .
Talbot, Newton . .
Richardson, Thomas
Tilden, Bryant P. .
Robbins, Edward H. .
Tilden, Joseph . .
Robinson, Simon W.
Tileston, William .
Rogers, Henry B. . .
* Topliff,
Samuel . .
Russell, Benjamin, .
Torrey, George W.
Russell, Nathaniel P.
Tyler, John S. . . .

Pratt, Albert S. .
Pray, John F. . .
Preston, Jonathan . . . .

Wait, Gilbert . . . .
Wales, Thomas B. . .
Warren, George W. .
Washburn, William .

Webster, Redford. Se

Wells, John B. . . .
Welsh, Thomas, Jr.
Wetmore, Thomas.
White, Benjamin F.
White, Edward A. .
Whiting, James . .

Wightman, Joseph M.
Wilkins, John H.
Wilkinson, Simon
Williams, George
Williams, Moses .

||

Wilson, Elisha T. . .
Woodberry, Charles.

Upham, Phineas . .

Uraun,

Richard .

CO M M O N

. .
. .
F.
. .

Willis Clement . . . .

Seaver, Nathaniel . . . .

Wilkins, Charles ...".

Savage, James . . . . . .
Savage, James S. . .

n:ote

Wells, Charles . . .
Wells, Charles A. .

Woodman, Charles T.

C O U N C I L.

[The references are to Wards.]

A.

Bailey, Ebenezer . . . 8, 10

Abbot, Andrew . .
Abbott, George W.
Abbott, Samuel L. .
Adams Aaron . . .
Adams, Asa . . . .

Adams, Freeborn, J
Adams, George W.

Adams, Jose

Adams, Nathaniel .
Adams, Paul . . . .

Adams, Philip . . .

3
5
0.
2
3
12
7
4
11
6
3
12
3
1
2
12
11
2
5
3
0.
12
7
9
2
7
6
6
7
3
l
2

.. 1

Adams, Seth . . . .
Adan, John R. . . .

Ainsworth, Andrew.
Albertson, William S.
Alger, Cyrus . . .
Allen, Charles H.
Allen, James B.

Allen, Joseph .
Allison John . .
Amee, Jacob . .
Amee, J. L. C. .
Amory, Jonathan .
Amory, Thomas C. .
Andrews, Henry . .

Appleton, Benjamin B.
Appleton, Ebenezer.

Appleton, Samuel . .
Appleton, Samuel A.
Arnold, Charles . . .
Samuel . .
Atkins, Ebenezer . .
Atkins, John . . . . . . 4

Austin, Elbridge G. . . 7, '

Austin, Samuel, Jr. . . .
Ayer, Joseph C. . . . . . 2

Bailey, Edwin C. . . . . . .3
Baker, Joel, Jr. .
Baker, John.

Bell, William A. . . .
Bemis, Charles . . . .

. 12
8

Bent, Adam . . . . .

Baker, Ruel . . . . . 10, 11

Betteley, Albert . . .
Betton, Ninian C. . .
Bicknell, William E.
Bigelow, George T.
Bigelow, John P..
Bigelow, Lucius A.

Baldwin, Aaron . . . .
Ball, Jonas . . . . . .
Ball, Joshua D. . . . .
Ballard, Daniel . . . .
Ballard, John .
Banister, John F. . . .
Barker, Prescott . . . .
Barnard, Charles . . .
Barnes, Loring B. . . .
Barry, John H.
Barry, William . . . .
Bartlett, Daniel, Jr. . .
Bartlett, John W. .
Bartlett, Levi . . . . .
Bassett, Francis . . . .
Bassett, Joseph . . . .
Batchelder, Edward E. .
Batchelder, John L.

. 10
. 11
. 11
. 2
-

. 10
. 6
. 10
. 10
-

. 1
. 1
-

.
.
.
.

7
8
1
4

Bates, Ezekiel . . . . . . .3
Bates, Joseph L. .
5
Bates, Martin . . . . . . 2
Battles, Jason D. .
3

Baxter, George, Jr. . . . 7

Bayley, Henry E. . . . . 7
Bazin, George W. . . . . 6
Beal, Benjamin
Beal, Jairus . .
Beal, James H. .
Beal, Thacher .

. . . . . 5
.
5
. . . . . 8
. . . . . 9
*

Bean, Aaron H. . . . . . 10
Bean, Ivory . . . . . . . 11
Bean, Jedediah P. . . . . 12
Bean, Nicholas J. . . . . 3

B
Beeching, Richard . . . . 2
Bacon, John A. . . . . . 7 Belknap, John . . . . . . 7
Bailey, David W. . . . . 12 Belknap, Lyman A. . . . 8

Bethune, George . . .

#'

Matthew .

1
Bird, Lewis J. . . .
Bishop, Robert . . .
Blake, Edward . . . . .
Blake, James . . . . . 1
Blake, William . . . . .
Blanchard, Abraham W.
Blanchard, George D. B.
Bliss, Levi . . . . . . .
Blodgett, Luther . . . .
Boardman, Benjamin G.

Boardman, Charles
Boies, Jeremiah S.
Boles, John .
Boles, Levi . . . .
Bond, Sewall B. .
Bonner, Dennis .
-

.
-

.
.
.

Bonney, Pelham . .
Borrowscale, John.
Bosworth, Hiram .
Bourne, Abner . . .

Bowdlear, Samuel G.
Bowker, Albert . . .

Bowker, Horace L. . .
Bowman, Alfonzo.
Bowker, John H. . . .

Boyce, Cadis B. . .
Boyd, John P. . .
Boynton, James . .
Boynton, Perkins .
Brackett, Richard .

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Bradbury, Samuel A. . . 3
Bradford, Gamaliel. . . . . 9

Bradford, Rufus B . . . . 7
Bradford, W. B. See note.
8
Bradlee, David W.
i.-1
Bradlee, Henry E. .
Bradlee, John R. .
Bradlee, Joseph . .
Bradlee, Josial. . .

Bradlee, Josiah P. .

Bradlee, J. Tisdale.
Bradlee, Samuel . .

Bradley, Joseph . .
Bradley, Joseph H.
Bragg, S. A. B. . .
Brainard Edward H.
Braman, Jarvis D.

Breed, Aaron H. . .
Breed, Horace . . .
Brewer, Nathaniel . .
Brewer, Thomas . .
Brigham, Benajah.
Brigham, Levi . . .
Brimmer. George W.
Brinley, Francis, Jr.
Brinley, George . .

Chapin, David. . . . . . 7,
Chapman, Jonathan
Chessman, Samuel.
Child, Linus M. . .
Child, Stephen . . .
Chipman, George W.
Clapp, George P. . . .
Clapp, Otis . . . . . .
Clapp, William W., Jr.
Clark, Benjamin . . .
Clark, Calvin W. . . .
Clark, James . . . . .
Clark, John M. . . . .
Clark, William A. . .
Clarke, Manlius S. . . .
Coburn, Daniel J. . .
Cobb, James J. . . . .

111|
*1

Brooks, Peter C. . .

Brooks, William G.
Brown, Asa . . . .
Brown, Benjamin B.
Brown, Charles .
Brown, Charles H.
Brown, Francis .
Brown, Gilbert C.

Brown, Joseph A.
1

Bryant, David . .

Bryant, Walter . .
Bryden, William R

Buckley, Joseph
Bullard, Asa. .

Bullard, Calvin
Bullard, Silas .
Bunten, Robert . .

Burbank, Robert I.
Burchstead, Benjamin.
1

Burgess, Charles S. .

. . . . 2
. . . . 1
. . . . 1
-

... 10

. . . . 12
. . . . 11

Doherty, Cornelius . . . . .1

Dorr, Samuel . . . . . . 7

Crosby, Frederick . .
1

Crosby, Sumner . .
Crowninshield, F. B
Cruft, Edward, Jr.
Cullen, Bernard . .
Cumings, B. N. . . .
Cummings, Cyrus .

Dorr, William B . . . . . 12
Dorrance, Oliver B . . . . 8
Drake, Andrew . . . . . 10
Drake, Henry A. . . . . . 12

Drake, Jeremy . . . . . . 12
Drake, Tisdale . . . . . 6, 9
Dresser, Jacob A. .
Drew, Elijah . . .
Drew, Joseph L. .
Driscoll, Michael J

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

4
8
9
5

Dudley, James H . . . . . .3
Dunbar, Peter . . . . . . 1

Dunham, Josiah . . .
Dunham, Josiah, Jr. .
Dunnels, Amos A. . .
Dupee, Charles . . .
Dupee, Horace . . . .
Durant, Henry F. . .
Dutton, Henry W . .

.
.
.
.
.
.
.

. 12
. 12
. 2
. 3
. 8
. 6
. 10

Dyer, Ezra . . . . . . . . 5

Dyer, John D. . . . . . 3
Dyer, Oliver . . . . . . . 3
R.

Cunningham, A. Jr.
Curtis, Thomas B. . .
Cushing, Henry W.
Cushing, John . . .

Cutler, Amos . . .
Cutler, Lucius A. . .
Cutter, Ammi . .

Eaton, William . . . . 1, 3
Eaton, William . . . . . 12
Eaton, William G. . . . . 8
Edmands, Benjamin F. . 4
Edmands, George W. . .
Edwards, Henry . . . .6*

Eldrdege, Edward H. .
Elliot, John . . . .

- *-

Cutter, Samuel L.

Elliott, William W.
Ellis, Ebenezer . . .

Ellis, Jabez . . .
Dacey, John . . . . . . . 1 Ellis, Jonathan .
Ellis,
Rowland.
Dale, Ebenezer . . . . . . 6
Dall, William . . . . . . 11 Ellis, Samuel . .
Dalton Henry L.
1 Ellis, William J .
Ijamrell, John's. . . . . 5, 6 Emerson, Charles .
Danforth, Isaac . . . . . 7 Emerson, Romanus

Carruth, Nathan . .

Carter, Richard B. .
Carter, Solomon . .

Cary, Alpheus . . .

Chandler, Peleg W. .

Dinsmore, Thomas
Dodd, Benjamin .
Dodd, Horace . .
Dodd, James.
Doe, Howard A. .
Doggett, John . .

Coolidge, William D.
Copeland, Elisha, Jr
Cornell, Walter . .
Cowdin, Robert . . . . 1
Crafts, John W. .
Cragin, Daniel . .
Cragin, Lorenzo S.
Crandall, H. Burr
1
| Crane, Horatio N.
Crane, Larra . . . . .
1
Crane, Samuel D . . .
Critchett, Thomas . .
Crockett, George W. .
Crockett, Seldon . . .

Cunningham, N. F. .
Curtis, Charles P. .

Center, John . . . .

Dingley, John T. . . 11, 12

Dolan, Thomas . . . . . 13
Doolittle, Lucius . . . . . 4

Burr, Theophilus, Jr.

Cawley, Dennis, Jr.

Dorr, Joseph H . . . . . 8

Cumston, William .

* - -

Dexter, Theodore . . . ... 3

Dickinson, Daniel . . .
Dillaway, William .
Dimmock, John L. . . . .

Coolidge, David H.
Coolidge, Joseph . .

Burnham, Andrew . .
Burr, Theophilus . .
1

. . .

Cummings, John A.

Buttrick, Cyrus . . . .

Denny, Daniel.
Denny, George P.
Derby, Elias H. .

Cook, Zebedee, Jr. .

Burgess, William C. .

Burrage, William . . .
Butler, Charles S. . .

Dexter, John B., Jr. . .7

1

Brown, James . .
Brown, John C. J.

Davis, Jonathan .
Davison, Elias E.
Dean, Benjamin .
Demerest, Samuel C.
Demond, Charles . .
Denio, Sylvanus A.
Denison, James .

Dexter, Franklin .
Dexter, George S

Coffin, Nathaniel W. .
Cofran, George . . . .
Cole, Morrill . . . . .
Collamore, John Jr. .
Colman, Moses . . . .
Coney, Jabez . . . . .
Conley, Charles C. .
Connor, Christopher A.

Cook, Charles E. .

Brooks, Edward . .
Brooks, Noah . . .

Cary, Isaac . . . . .
Caverly, Charles Jr.

Coffin, George W. . .

Brooks, Charles . .

C
Callender, Richard.
Calrow, William H.
Carlisle, George . .
Carnes, William R.
Carney, Michael . .
Carney, Michael . .
Carpenter, William.
Carr, Daniel, Jr. . .

Davis, John . . .

Darrow, George P. .
Dascomb, Thomas R. .
Davies, Daniel . . . .
Davis, George . . . .

. 8,
. .
. .
. .

10
10
6
11

Emerson, William H.

Emmes, Samuel . .
1
Emmons, John L. .
Emmons, Joshua. .
Davis, Henry . . . . . . 2 Erving, Edward S. . . 11, 9
Davis, J. Amory . . . . . 6 Eustis, William T. . . . 4, 7

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Eveleth, Joseph . . . . . 4, 5
Everett, Otis . . . . . . .11
11

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-5---.-3

Felt, George W. .
Fennelly, Robert.
Fenno, John . . .
Fessenden, Benjamin

Field, Walbridge A.
Fisher, Horace B.
Fisher, Oliver . .
Fisher, Willard N.
Fiske, John M. . .

Fitch, Jonas . . .
Fitch, Morris C. .
Flanders, William M.
Fletcher, Henry W.
Flint, Joshua B. .
Flint, Waldo . . .
Flynn, James J. .

Flynn, John F. . .
Foley, Henry W.

l
Gray, Solomon S.
Greely, Philip, Jr.
Green, John Jr. . .
1 l
Greenough, Wm. W.
Gregg, Washington P.
Grosvenor, L. P. . . .

Hale, Elam W. .
Hale, George S. .
Hale, Theodore P.

Hyman

Hutchins. Ezra C. .

S.

Harris, Leach . .
Harris, Samuel . .
Harris, William G.
Harro * Noah
Hartshorn, E. P. .
Haskell, Daniel N.
Haskell, Elias . .
Haskell, Levi B. .
Haskell, William O.
-

--

Frost, Walter . . .
Frothingham, G. W.
Frothingham, Samuel

Fuller, Abraham W. .
G

9.- - |1

|
1

Hastings, Edmund T.
Hastings, Joseph S. .
Hatch, Henry . . . .
Hatch, Windsor, 2d
Haughton, James
Haven, Calvin W.
Haviland, Thomas
Hay, Joseph . . .

Hicks, Cyrus. . . .
Hildreth, Richard .

Hinds, Calvin P..

Hinks, Edward W.

J
Jackson, Eben . . .
Jackson, Francis . .
Jackson, Patrick T.
Jacobs, Francis W.
James, Benjamin

#
*

1.

James, John W.
Janes, Henry B.
Jarvis, John F.

:
12
- - - - -s- - -

Jewett, Darwin E.
1

Johnson, Caleb S.
Johnson, Ebenezer.
Johnson, George W.
Jones, Eliphalet
Jones, George S.
Jones, Isaac . .
Jones, Josiah M.
Jones, Justin .

Jones, Peter C. .
Jones, Samuel .

Josselyn, F. M., Jr.

Josselyn, Lewis .

Jones, Thomas .

.
#

Keany, Matthew.

Hewes, Jabez F. . .
Heywood Zimri B. .
Hillard, George S. .
Hills, William S. .
Hinkley, Holmes.

Ireland, William H.

Jenks, Thomas L.
Jepson, Samuel .
Jewell, Harvey .

- - - - - - -7

Hayward, James. .
Healy, John P. . . .
Hennessey, Edward
Henshaw, Joseph L.
1

Hunting, Thomas
Huntress, Joseph F.

Jenkins, Solon.

Hatch, Samuel . . .

Haynes, John C. . .
Hayward, Ebenezer

: |:

Jenkins, Joshua

Haynes, Henry W. .

Jenkins, Horace

Hayden, William

Gardner, Henry J. .

1.

Howard, Joseph W.

|
1

Harris, Joseph, Jr..

Hovey, James G. .
Howard, Charles . .
Howard, Eleazer. See note.

Hapgood,

Homer, Samuel J. M.
Hooper, Henry N. .
Hopkins, Samuel B.
Hopkins, Solomon .

Hyde, Henry D. . .

Harding, Wm. B.
Harlow, Ezra . .
Harrington, W. A.
Harris, Isaac . . .
Harris, James . .

e
- -

Holden, Joel M. . .
Hollis, Thomas . .
Holmes, Barzillai .

'i

Hall, Andrew .
Hall, Andrew T.
Hall, Daniel . .
Hall, Edward F.
Hall, Martin L. .
Hall, Samuel W.

Hobart, Enoch . .
Hobart, James T.
Hobbs, John W. F.
Hobbs, William, Jr.
Hodges, Samuel W.

Howard, Thomas M.
Howard, William H.
Howard, William P.
Howe, John . . . .
Howe, Joseph N. . .
Howe, Joseph N., Jr.
Howe, William . . .
Howes, Osborn .
Howes, Willis . .
Hudson, Thomas.

'i

Guild, Samuel E. . .

Hamblen, David
Hammond, Nathaniel

Frost, jairus A.".

Frost, Oliver . . .

Goodwin, William F.

Gray, Joel . . .
Gray, John C. . .

French, George P.

Gardner, John . . .
Gay, George . . . .
Gibbens, Daniel L. .
Gibson, Kimball . .
Gibson, Nehemiah .
Gilbert, Samuel, Jr.
Gilbert, Sylvester P.
Gill, Perez . . . .
Glancy, John . .
Goddard, William
Gogin, Thomas .
Goodhue, Samuel
Goodwin, Daniel.

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Hallett, George

Follett, Dexter . .
Ford, William C.
Forristall, Ezra .
Foster, William. Seen
Fowle, Henry, Jr. . .
Fowle, James . . . .
Fowle, Joshua B. . .
Fowle, William B., Jr.
Fox, Horace . . . . .
Francis, David . . .
Franklin Benjamin .
Frederick, Jabez . .
French, Benjamin
French, Charles .

Gallagher, William
Gardiner, Henry D.
Gardner, Francis . .

Gould, Benjamin A.
Gould, Frederick . .
Gould, Thomas . .
Gove, Austin . .
Grafton, Daniel G.
Grant, Frederick
Grant, Moses .

Fitch, Jeremiah .

Gaffield, Thomas . .

Hobart Aaron . .

Gray, Hollis R.

Raxon, Nathaniel
Fay, Richard S. .

|1

Hinman, George.
1.

Gray, Henry D.

Faxon, Isaiah ...

French, John . .
French, Jonas H.

i-

Gore, Stanley . . .
Goss, Emery. . . .

Fallon, John C. .
Farley, Charles B.
Farley, Noah W. .
Farnsworth, Amos
Farnsworth, Ezra
Farnum, Henry .
Farren, Patrick H.
Faxon, Francis E.

Gordon, George W.
Gore, Christopher .

Keith, James M. .
Keith, Robert . .
Kelly, Daniel D. .
Kendall, Ezekiel.
Kendall, Thomas
Kendall, Timothy C.
Kent, Henry S. . .
Kent, William V. .
Kimball, Benjamin.
Kimball, Daniel . .

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Kimball, Moses . . .
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9:verett C.
ngs
C.

. .
Knight, fucius W. . .
Krogman, Samuel B. .

McLaughlin, Patrick .
McLean, Charles R. . .

McLellan, George W. .
McLellan, Isaac, Jr. . .
Means, James . . . . .

Lamb, Thomas . . . .

Lamson, Benjamin . .
Lane, George. . . . .

Lawrence, Abbott . .
Lawrence, James . . .
Lawrence, S. Abbott.

Leahy, John . . . . .
Learnard, George W.
Learnard, William H.
Leavens, Simon D. .
Leavitt, Joseph M. .
-

Leighton, Charles. .

Leighton, John W. .
Lerow, Lewis
*

Lewis, Asa

Lewis, George W. .
Lewis, Joseph W. .
Lewis, Weston . . .
Lewis, Winslow. . .
Lewis, Winslow, Jr.
Libby, J. G. L. . . .
Lincoln, Ezra. . .
Lincoln, Ezra, Jr.

Meriam, Levi . . . . .

Parker, Amos B. .
Parker, Augustus

Merrill, William B. . .

Parker, Benjamin
Parker, Charles H.

Lincoln, Hawkes.

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Lincoln, Jared . .

Lincoln, Levi R. .

Parkman, William .
Parks, Luther . .

Little, William, Jr. .

Littlehale, Sargent S
Livermore, Charles W.
Livermore, Oliver C. .

Paul, Joseph F. . .
Peabody, :

Peabody, O. W. B. .
Peak, John . . .
.
Pear, John S. . . .
Penniman, Scammell
Perkins, James . . . .
Perkins, John S. . .
Perkins, Samuel . .
Perkins, Samuel S. .

Morse, L. Foster.
Morse, Nathan . .
Motley, Thomas .
Moulton. Thomas . .

Mullin, John R. . .

I|11:

Munroe, Abel B. . .
Munroe, Francis J. .

Nazro, John G. . . .

Nelson, Ebenezer . .
Nevers, Benjamin M.

Perrin, Payson . . .
Phelps, Abel . . . .

Phelps, Henry B.;..

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: :
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Phillips, George W.
Phillips, John L. . .
Phillips, Thomas W.
Pickering, Henry W.
Pickman, Benjamin T.

Nash, Nathaniel C. .
Nason, J. Byron . .

Lodge, Giles . . .

Parrott, William W. .

Logan, Patrick F.
Loring, Caleb G. .
Loring, Jonathan .

Parmelee, Asaph . . .

Munroe, James . . .
Murphy, Cornelius.

Lincoln, Noah, Jr.

Parker, William . .

Moseley, David C.

Lincoln, Henry . . . . 6:

11

Parker, Francis J.
Parker, Isaac. . .
Parker, John B. . . . .
Parker, William . .

Miller, John . . .
Milton, Ephraim .
Minns, Thomas . .
Minon, Michael G.
Minot, Albert T. .

Morrison, Nahum M.

1.

Palfrey, Francis W. . . . 6
Palfrey, William . . .
Palmer, Benjamin F.

Merriam, Joseph W. .

Morse, Elijah . . .

Palmer, Julius A. .
Park, John C. . . .
Park, William D. . . .

Moody, David. . .
Mooney, Thomas.
Mooney, William.
Morey, George, Jr.
Morrison, Albert P. .

Meriam, Edward P...

Mears, Granville . . .

Merritt, Edward R. . .

Leeds, Samuel . . .

Page, George . . . . . . . 12
Page, Thaddeus.
1,2
Page, Timothy R. . . . . 8
Paine, R.T. . . . . . 10, 11

Messinger, Daniel . . .
Messinger, George W.

Leavitt. Thomas . .
-

Page, Edward . . . . . . 4
1

McKay, Nathaniel . .

Page, Chauncy . . . . . . 12

McGowan, William S.

Krueger, William A. .

Henry.

McAllaster, James .

McCarthy, Charles J.
McGilvray, David F.

'H' W. .

Leeds,

Mayo, Watson G. .

Pierce, Gilbert E. .

Pierce, Josiah . . .

Piper, Solomon . . .

. 11

Plumer, Avery, Jr. .

"

Loring, Perez . . .

Newcomb, Norton .

Loring, Samuel H.
Lothrop, Ansel . .

Newell, Joseph R. .

Loud, Andrew J.
Lougee,
C.
Lounsbury, Wm. H.

Nichols, George N.

Newton, Jeremiah L.

Lovejoy, Reuben . .

# William R.
Lovell. Michael . . .

I owell, John, Jr. .

1.

M
Madden, Hugh A. .

Mahan, Benjamin F.

Marrett, Philip . . .
Marsh, Robert
Martin, Israel . . . .
Marvin, Theophilus R.
-

Mason, Julian O. . . .

A.

aynard, Jesse. . . .

Noyes, George N.
Noyes, Increase E.
Noyes, Nicholas .
Nurse, Gilbert . .

Porter, Jonathan
Pratt, Eleazer Pratt, Albert S.

Preble, N. C. A. .

Prescott, Bradbury G.
Prescott, Edward G.
Prescott, William .
Preston, Jonathan . . . 9, 10

6 1.

Olney, Stephen W. .

Preston, Joshua P. .
Prince, Hezekiah . .
Pritchard, Gilman .
Proctor, John . . .

Ordway, John P. . .

Prouty, Joel . . . . . . . 6

Oliver, Samuel P.

Orne, Henry . . . .
Orrock, James L. P.
Osborn, Francis A. .

# Lewis G.

Ober, John P. . .
Odin, John, Jr. .
O'Donnell, Philip.
Oliver, Henry J. .

Matheson, Murdock . .

Mayo, Charles . . . .

Nowell, George .

Oliver, Francis J.

Mason, Henry . . . .

Pond, Benjamin. .
Pond, Joseph A. .
Pope, Benjamin. .
Pope, Thomas B .
Pope, William . .
Porter, Edward F.

Nicolson, Samuel . .
Norcross, Loring . .
No
, Samuel C.
Nowell, Charles . .

Malone, Edward . .
Mann, Nehemiah P. .
iManning, Francis C.
Marble, William . .
-

lympton, Henry.
Poland, Horace . .
Pollard, Abner W.

Otis, George W. . .
Otis, George W., Jr.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

. 10
. 10
. 11
. 12

Putnam, Edwin M. . . . . .3

Putnam, John P. . . . . . 6
Q
Quincy, Josiah, Jr. . . . . 4

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INDEX.

Raymond, Freeborn F. .
Raymond, Thatcher R. .
Raymond, Zebina L. . .
Rayner, John'". . .
Rayner, John J. . .
Reed, Augustus .
1

Reed, Oliver . .
Reed, Reuben .

Tarbell, Eben . . .
Tarbell, Silas P. .

Shaw, Jesse . . . . . . . 6
Shaw, Robert G . . . . . 4
Shelton, Stephen . . . . 9, 10

Shelton, Thomas J . . . . 8

Reed, Thomas

Reed, William
Rice, Alexander H

Rice, Henry . . .
-

Tappan, Lewis . . .

Shaw, G. Howland . . . . 6

Reed, Edward .

Rice, 'o.

Shackford, Richard . . . 2
Shattuck, George O. . . 6
Shattuck, Lemuel . . 10, 11
Shaw, George "A . . . . . 5

Rice, John P. . .

Rice, Lewis . . . . . . . l
Rice, Samuel . . . . . . .
Rich, Matthias . . . . . . 11

Shipley, Simon G. .
Silsby, Enoch . . .
Simmons, Hiram . .
Simonds, Alvin . .
Simonds, Jonathan .
Simonds, William .
Slade, John, Jr. . .
Slade, Lucius . . .
Slade, Robert . . .
Sloan, Samuel W.

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

. .3
. 7
. 6
. 12
. 10
. 5
. 7
. ~5
. 10
. 12

Richards, Calvin A. . . . 11

Smith, George W. . . . 2, 3

Richards, Francis. . . . 10, 9

Richards, Joel
10
Richardson, Benjamin P. .. 8
Richardson, Bill . . .
8
Richardson, James B.
Richardson, Jeffrey. .

Smith, Horace . .
Smith. Joseph . .
Snelling, Enoch H
Snelling, John . .
Snow, Asa B . . .

Richardson, Josiah B . . .11

Richardson, Moses W. 10, 11
Richardson, Thomas F. .. 8
Richardson, William F. . 11
Ricker, George D. . . . .
Riley, Allen . . . . .

# James .

. .
. .
. .
. .
. .

. . 12
10, 12
. . 1
. . 3
. . 3

Spooner, William B . . . 4

Sprague, Charles - 10,

Sprague, Franklin H.

Sprague, George W.
Sprague, Thomas .
Sprague, William .
11111

Robinson, Simon W.

Roby, Dexter . . . .
Rockwell, Horace T.

Rogers, Charles O. .
Rogers, J. Austin.
Rogers, John . . .
Ropes, Samuel W .
Ross, Jeremiah . .
Roulstone, Michael
Russell, Benjamin.
Russell, Benjamin F

11
12
12
12

Spear, William T. . . . .3
Spinney, Samuel R. . . . . 12

Robbins, Edward H. .
Robbins, Joseph . . .
Roberts, Davis B. . .
Roberts, J. Milton.
Roberts, John G. . .
Robinson, Edward F. 9
Robinson, John H. .

.
.
.
.

Squires, Sidney. . .
Standish, L.
les. .
Starbuck, Charles C.
Stearns, Charles H.
Stearns, Elijah . . .
Stearns, Jacob . . .
Stebbins, John B. .
Stebbins, Solomon B.

Stedman, Francis D.
Stedman, Josiah . . .

Ryan, Edward . . .
Ryan, Joseph T. .

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

. . 6, 12
. . . 11
. . . 4
. . . 12

Sanborn, Greenleaf C. . 11

Sanger, George P . . . . . 11
Sargent, Ensign . . . . . 6

Sargent, Henry . . . . . 8
Sargent, Lucius M. See note.

Savage, George . . . . 11, 12

Savage, James . . . . . 8, 10
Sears, Joshua . . . . . . 3, 8
Sears, Philip H.
6
Seaver, Benjamin . . .
5

Seaver, Joshua, Jr. . . . 6

Seaver, Nathaniel . . . . 2, 4
Seaver, Norman . . . . . 9
Seaver, James W. . . . . 7. 9
Severance, Jonathan B, ... 3

Thompson, Erasmus . . .
Thompson, John . . . . . l
Thompson, N. A. . . . . 6,
Thompson, Thomas H. .
Thorndike, John H.
-

Thurston, Caleb . .
Tillson, John . . . .

|:

Tilton, Hubbard_W
Tilton, Stephen, Jr.

Titcomb, Stephen

Tower, Warren L.
Townsend, Isaac P. .
Townsend, Samuel R.

Trafton, Israel S. . .
Train, Charles R. . . .
Train, Enoch . . . . .
Tremere, John B. . . . *
Trull, Ezra . . .
Truman, John F. . . .
Tubbs, Mical . . . . . . . :3.
Tucker, Horace G. . . .
Tucker, John C. . . .
l
Tucker, Stephen . .
Tufts, Quincy . . .
Turner,
Turner,
Turner.
Turner,

Job . . . .
John
John
Otis.

Tuttle, Jedediah . .
Tuxbury, George W.
Tyler, John . . . .
Tyler, John S. . .

Tyler, Jerome W .

Stimson, Augustine G. 3, 5

Stockwell, Stephen N.

Urann, Richard .

Stodder, Joseph . . . .
Stodder, J. W. T. . .
Stone, Artemas . . . .
Stone, Joseph . . . . .
Story, Joseph . . . . . .
1
Stover, Theophilus.
Stowe, Freeman . .
Sturtevant. Noah . .
Sullivan, William .
Suter, Hales W. . .
Swallow, Asa . . .
: :
Sweeney, Daniel J
Sweet, Samuel . . . . .

Talbot, Samuel, Jr. . . . 3

Upham, Henry . .
Upham, Phineas.
Upton, Albert F.

Stimpson, Frederick H. .. 6

Sampson, George R. . 10, 5

Sampson, George T. . . 2
Sanborn, Erastus W. . . .3

Thomas, William . . . .

Turner, Charles A.
4
1
2

Stevens, James M . . . . .3
John .
John .
Oliver .
Seriah

Thom, Isaac . . . . .

|!1

Stevens, Benjamin . . . . 12
Stevens, Benjamin F. . . 6
Stevens, Isaac . . . . . . 10
Stevens,
Stevens,
Stevens,
Stevens,

|
1.

Tracy, Charles . . . .

Stetson, Alpheus . . .
Stetson, Sidney A. . . . . . 9

Russell, James W.
Russell, John B. .

Thomas, George F. .

Topliff, Samuel .
Torrey, Charles .
Torrey, Samuel D.
Tower, Moses B . .

. . . .

Roberts, Joseph D.

Thayer, Joseph H .
Thayer, Sereno T.

Snow, Samuel T.
Southard, Zibeon
Souther, Henry .
Souther, Job T. .

.
.
.
.

|
7.

Thayer, Joel . . . .

Snow, Ephraim L. . . . .5
.
.
.
.

||

Thaxter, Jonathan .
Thaxter, Samuel . .

Thayer, Elias B . .
Thayer, Frederic F.
Thayer, Gideon F. .

Tombs, Michael .

.
.
.
.

11

Thatcher, William S

Van Nostrand, Wm.T.

Vinal, Alvin . . . . . .
Vinson, Thomas M . . .
Vose, Edward A. . . . .
Vose, Joshua . . . . .
Vose, Josiah . . . . . .
Vose, Thomas . . . . .

. 12
. 6
. 12
. .1
. 11
. 11
. 11

W
Wadsworth, Alexander .. 4
Wakefield, Enoch H . . . 3
Waldron, Samuel W., Jr. 11

Wales, Samuel . . . . . . 10
Wales, Thomas B. . . . 10
Ward, Artemas . . . . . .3

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t

Ward, Francis H. .
Ward, Samuel D. .
Ward, Thomas W.
Ware, Ephraim G. .

.
.
.
.

Wheeler, Joseph . . . . ... 1

Wheeler, Samuel . . . 11, 12
Wheelwright, George . . 5
1

White, Edward A. . . . . 8

Ware, Horatio G. . . .

White, Horace H . . . . . 15

Warner, Barnet P. .
1

White, John . . .
White, Warren . .
Whiting, James .
Whitman, Samuel

Warren, Daniel . . .

Warren, George W.
Warren, John A. . . .
Warren, William W.
Washburn, Calvin . .
Washburn, Cyrus. . .
Washburn, Frederic L
Washburn, W. R. P.

. . . . 7
. . 11, 12
. . . .
P.

Williams, Horace .
Williams, Moses . .
Williams, Samuel K.
Williamson, William
Willis, Benjamin . .
Willis, Clement . .
Willis, Horatio M. .

. . 6,
. . 1
. .
C.
. 5,

Wilson, George . .
Wilson, Henry W. .

Winslow, Isaac . .
Winter, Francis B. .

Whitney, Daniel H. .
Whitney, Moses, Jr.
Whitney, William . .

Winthrop, G. T. . .

Whiton, David . . .

Wood, Amos . . . .
Wood, Benjamin, 2d.

Whiton, James M.

woodbury, Charles

Waters, Isaac . . . .
Watts, Francis O . .

Whiton. Lewis C. .

Whittemore, George.

Woodman, Charles T.

Webster, John G. . .
Webster, William E.
Wedger, John B. . .
Weeks, William A. .

Whittemore, James F
Wildes, William . . .

Woodman, George.
Woolley, William .

Wiley, Thomas . . .

Wright, Albert J. .
Wright, James . .

Welles, John . . . . .

Wilkins, Charles . . .
Wilkins, Frederick A

Wellington, Alfred A.
Wells, Charles . . . . .

Wilkins, John H. . .

Weston, Joshua . .

Wilkinson, Simon . .
Willard, Aaron, Jr. .
Wilcutt, Levi L. . . .
Willett, Joseph . .
Williams, Elijah, Jr.

Wetmore, Thomas.

Williams, Eliphalet

Wells, John B
Wells, Michael F. . .

Wells, Thomas . . .

11

5 |:

Wright, John M. .
Wright, William .
6, 1
#
Wright, Winslow
Wyman, Abraham G. . . 5

Yeaton, Benjamin . . . . 10
Young, George E. . . . . 1

C O N TENTS.

Committees, how appointed . . . .

A.

of the whole . . . . .

Aldermen, Rules and Orders. . . . . . . 83

business order of . . . . . . . . 37
names and residences . . . . . . 55

powers and duties . . . . . . . . 16

vacancies in . . . . . . . . . . . 10
election of . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
no choice of . . . . . . . . . . 10

Standing, how appointed .

when not to sit

. . . .

amounts to expend . .
Clerk of.
Chairman of . . . . .

Notice of Meetings
when to report . . . .
of Board of Aldermen
Claims. . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Committee on . . . . .
.38, 62
51 Chairman of Committees . . .
of Board of Aldermcn

Standing Committees of . . . . 37, 60

:"
"'.

chosen by ballot. . .
Chairman of, pro tem.

or . . . . . . . . . . 42
"

Appropriations, to .

transfers of . . . . . . . .
Amendment of Rules and Orders
Accounts, Committee on . . . .

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.

.
.
.
.

60

County, Committee on . .
City Charter . . . . . . . . . . . .
Armories, Committee . . . . . . . . . . 60
how altered . . .
Assessors Department, Committee on ...
Assessors, and how

chosen, etc

60

City Debt, amount of . .

. . . 19, 71

Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Auditor of Accounts . . . . . . . . . . 73
Advertising, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
B
18
42
54

By-Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
titles to

Ballot, election by . .

vote to increase .
Committee on . .

City Officers, times of choice

City Council, powers of . . .
organization . . . . . .
ineligible to other offices
rules of . . . . . . .
resent members . . .
ormer members . . .

Buildings, Public,
mmittee on . . . . . . . . . . 65 City Hospital, trustees . . . .

Physician . . . . . . . . .
Superintendent of . . . . . . . . 91 City
Common Council . . . . . . .
Burials (see Cemeteries).
Committees of . . . .
Bridges, Committee on . . . . . . . . . 60
Superintendents of . . . . . . . 72
Bells and locks, Committee on . . . . . 61
Ballast, Ins ectors of
101
-

Bark, etc., Measurers of .

Boats, etc., Weighers of .
Bundle Hay, Inspectors
Business, order of . . .
Births, regi
of . . . .
Bills, approv

. .
. .
of .
. .

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

organization of . .
how chosen . . .
rules of . . . . .
vacancies in . .
President.
Clerk of . . . . .

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

. . 101
. . 101
. . .
... 101
Committee on . .
. 37, 50 Cemeteries,
Coroners. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . 82
of . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Conferences .

* *

. . . . . . . . . .
Boylston Fund, trustees . . . . . . . . .. 89 City Clerk
Vacancy . . . . . . . .
Bathing Committee . . . . . . . . . 41, 62
absence . . . . . . . .
C
County Accounts, Committee on
Carriage hire bills for . - - - - - - - 45
flicers
Cochituate Water Board . . . . . . . . 9 Common, etc., Committee on .
Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Superintendent of . . .
expenses of . . . . . . . . . .43, 45 Constables. . . . . . . . . .
not to act separately . . . . . . . 44 Clocks, etc., Committee on . .
joint records and reports of . . . 44 Court irouse, Keeper of . . . .
time allowed for reporting . . . 44 Courts, Officers of . . . . . . .
powers and duties . . . . . . 48, 52 Cullers of Hoops, etc. . . . .
Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Charitable Institutions . . . .
Joint Standin
.40, 61 Consulting Physicians . . . . .
Committees, Common Council . . . . . . 52 Chief of Police . . . . . . . .
number of members . . . . . 36,53 Correction, House of . . . . .

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CONTENTS.

Joint Rules and Orders . .

Jont Standing Committees.

Debt, City

Increase of . .

43

how composed . .
records to be kept.
Chairman of . . .

Committee on .

Deaths, Registry of . .

21, 101

Deeds, Register of . . .

reports of . . . .
Jailer . . . . . . . . . .

I)ivision of questions .

36, 48

Justices, Municipal Court

Decorum of members . .
Doubted votes . . . .
Disagreement of two Boards

L
-

District Attorney . . . . . .

41
101

Licenses, Committee on . .

Lands, Public, Committee on

Superintendent of .
Lamps, Number of, etc. . .

Excuses for not voting

Elections by ballot . .

Lunatic Hospital . . . .

Committee on . .
Superintendent of.

by the people .
67

Committee on . .

Lighters, Weighers of . . .

Engines, officers, and members

Lime, Ins

Engineer, City . . . . . . . .

Leather, Measurers of . . .
Library, Public,

Committee on . . .

Engineers, Fire . . . . . .

ctor of . . . .

Committee on . . .
Trustees . .
Librarian . .

Finance, Committee on . .
Faneuil Hall, Committee on
Superintendent of .

Superintendent

Lock-ups, Keeper of
M

Fire Department
Committee on . . .
Officers of . . . . .

Motions to be in writing
withdrawn

Fire Alarm, Superintendent, etc.

. . . . . .

Members, rights and duties of .

Stations . . . .

78

Committee
Ferries, Committee .

not to stand up .

not to be interrupted .

not to be on more than tw

Fence Viewers . . .
Field Drivers . . . .

mittees . .

not to be named . . .

Further time to report

all to vote . . . . .

Funeral Undertakers .
Fuel Committee . . . .

two or more rising

interested . . . . .
seats of . . .

Mayor and Aldermen

Mayor, absence of...

General Meetings . . .
Government, City . . .

no choice of .
election of . .

Grain, Measurer of . .
H

decease of . .

Harbor of Boston, Committee on

Master . . .
Commissions . . . .
House of Correction
Reformation

vacancy . . .

duties of . .
compensation
veto powers.

Clerk for . .

terms of service.
Memorials, etc. . . . . .

Industry, etc.
Hospital, Lunatic . .

Market, Committee on . .
e
d Dep
Superintendent and
-

City . . . .
Committee on .
Trustees

Visitors, rules for

courts . . . . . . .

Superintendent . .
Surgeons, etc. .
Health Department . .

Messenger to City Council .

Assistant . . . . .
Meetings of citizens . . . .
Marriages, etc., registry of

Committee . .
Board of . . .

t
Measurers of Wood, Bark, etc.
Marble, Surveyor of .
Milk, Inspector of . .

Superintendent of .

Hay Weighers . . . . . .
Hay, Inspectors of . . . .
# Surveyors of . . .
Hoops an

limits . . . . . . .

Municipal year . . . . . .

: : ':

Staves, Cullers of . .

Hacks, &c., Superintendent of . .

Mount Hope Cemetery

N

Newspapers, City . .
Non-concurrence

. .

Industry, House of . . . . .
Instruction, Public, Committee on .
Institutions, Public . .
Committee on .
Directors . . .
Officers . . . . .
J

Jail, Committee on . .

.
85

Oaths of office . . .
Order of business . .

Orders, titles of . . .
85

to have two reaings

Ordinances, titles of .
Committee on .
Overseers of the Poor.
Committee on .

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CONTENTS.

Officers, election of, time, etc . . . . . . 161 | Sewers,

Orators of Boston . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Committee on . . . . . . . . . . 61

Qrganization of City Council . . . . . . 13

Superintendent of . . . . . . . . 99
Salaried Officers, how chosen . . . . . . #
Solicitor,
: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; #
Clerk
99
*
e.

Police Department . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Committee on . . . . . . . . . . 61
Stations . . . . . .
Probate Court . . . . . . .
Paving, etc., Committee on
City .

*:

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.
.

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.

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.
.
.

.
95
. . . 103
. . . 61
. . .

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... 100
. 160

46

of . . . . . . . . .

*::: . .

. . . . #
Clerk". . . . . . . . . . . . 70

: : ; ; ;On; ;- ;* ;* ;*
Superintendent of

Streets and Ways, Committee

Steam Engines.

Priority of business . . . . . . . . . . 37, 50

Pound Keepers.
:Population of the City.
President of the Council,
rights and duties of.

#
61
99

Surveyor,
City
. . . . . . . . . . . .. 20,
. 99
99
Surveyors of
Highways

Staves, etc.,
Sheriffs,
etc Cullers
. . . . of,
. .etc
. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .

to call to order . . . . . . . . . 4. superior Court, officers . . . . . . . . . 101

Previ

tions,'...' ... . . . . . . 47, ' | Schools,

Sealers of Weights and Measures . . . . 100

Public Buildings, Supt. of . . . . . . . . 91

Committee on . . . . . . . . . . 65

Public Library, Committee on . . . . . . 66

# ion, Committee on .

. . :

65

:
::::::: .# #
Superintendent . . . . . . . . . 105
T

ublic Lancis,

: . . . . .3, #
: ; ; ; ; ; ;";
P
o': ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; #
Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, #
72
"
# Trea":
Superintendent of . . . . . . . . 91
Committee on . . . . . . . . . . 66
of .

ommittee on . . . . . . . . . . 6

Printing, etc., Committee on . . . . . 66,98 ||Titles to etc . . . . . . . . . ;

Q

. . . . . .
: '" ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Questions

Trucks, &c., Supt. of . . . . . . . . . . 95

. . Two-thirds vote . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Common Council . . . . . . . . 46 | Veto Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Joint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 ||Water Department . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Reports agreed to by Committee . . . . . 44

time allowed

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Committee on . . . . . . . . . .

Registrar

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Reconsideration . . . . . . . . . . .34, 49

Superintendents . . . . . . . . 100
Ward Officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Reformation, House of .
Registrar. City . . . . .
Water . . . . .
Registry of Births, etc . .

duties of . . . . . .
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Ward Rooms . . . . . . . .
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members of . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warrants for meetings . . . . . . . . . .30
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meetings, how called . . . . . . 53 | Weights and Measures,

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Wagons and Trucks, Supt. of . . . . . . 95

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FOURTH

ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE

TRUSTEES OF THE CITY HOSPITAL,

BOST ON;

WITII

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, RULES OF ADMISSIONS

AND DISCHARGES, ETC.

B O STON:

ALFRED MUDGE & SON, CITY PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET.

1868.

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES.

CITY HospitAL,
BosToN, Jan. 1, 1868.
TO THE CITY COUNCIL:

In compliance with the ordinance establishing the Board of

Trustees of the City Hospital, the following is respectfully
submitted as their Fourth Annual Report, it being for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1867.
The number of patients admitted to the Hospital is considera
bly in excess of last year, while those treated as out-patients
have largely increased in each department.
The business for the year has been as follows:
-

Patients in Hospital, Jan. 1, 1867

163

Admitted

Surgical

687

Medical

690

83

Ophthalmic
Small-pox .

74

1,534
1,697

Discharged
Died .

Remaining .

1,410
146

1,556

141

Largest number of patients in Hospital at any one time .

Smallest number of patients in Hospital at any one time .
Daily average number of patients in Hospital .

Surgical Out-patients

Medical

64

Ophthalmic

2,823
2,274
1,918

7,015

Total

194
100
135

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Number of Visits of Out-patients:

Surgical .

Ophthalmic

Medical

Total

4,108
4,550
17,745
26,403
-

The accompanying report of the Superintendent gives a

detailed statement of cases treated, and also a careful account
of the expenditures of the year.
The increase of patients together with the cost of water by
meter, and the large orders by the Professional Staff for extra
diet, owing to the extremely debilitated state of many under
their charge, has caused the expenses, notwithstanding the re
duced price of fuel and a portion of the supplies, to exceed the
cost of maintaining the Hospital the previous year. The table
giving the average cost in detail of articles purchased will
show that due care has been exercised in that respect, and the
internal management has been conducted by the Superintendent
with the greatest economy, consistent with the welfare and
comfort of the inmates.

The estimated expense of the Hospital for the next financial

year is as follows:
Supplies.

Salaries and Labor.

Fuel

Furniture

|-

Buildings and Grounds .

Medical Supplies .

$42,250 00

18,500
10,000
1,000
7,250
6,000

00
00
00
00
00

$85,000 00

Estimated income from Pay-patients

$6,000 00

In making their estimate, the Trustees, after looking care

fully at the expenses of the last year, and exercising their best

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judgment regarding the market prices likely to rule during the

coming scason, have made allowance for such increase of
patients as, after conference with the local authorities, they
think may reasonably be expected to seek the benefits of the
Hospital from Roxbury, whose residents, by the Act of Annexa
tion, will so soon have claims upon our Public Institutions.
They have been moderate in computing this number, thinking
it wiser, if their estimate shall be exceeded in fact, that a fur
ther appropriation shall then be asked of the City Government
than that an amount should now be called for that might be

in excess of the real needs of the Hospital.

The estimated amount for buildings and grounds is larger
than heretofore, and requires some explanation. It includes,
in addition to the ordinary yearly expenses, the cost of a new
steam-boiler for heating; the substitution of brass pipes, for the
hot water, in place of those of lead now in use, and alterations
in the ice-house. During the extreme cold weather of the
present winter, it has been found that the three boilers were
taxed to their utmost to warm the various wards, and if at such
a time one of them should by any accident become temporarily
useless, great suffering and perhaps loss of life would ensue.
Such an accident has already occurred, but it was during the
summer when repairs could easily be made without trouble to
the inmates. When the Hospital was erected, the foundation
was laid for a fourth boiler in anticipation of its necessity; and
the Trustees are decidedly of the opinion that it would be
unsafe to attempt to run another winter without this addition to
the means of heating the buildings. A considerable item of
annual expense has been the plumbing made necessary by leaks
and breakages occurring in the lead hot water pipes, the cost
for the past year being over five hundred dollars; a small
amount of brass pipe has been in use two years without any
repairs being needed, and as the expense of such pipes entire
for the hot water, will probably not equal the plumbers' bills

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paid for the last two years, the Trustees consider that the
change would be an economy of expenditure, besides relieving
the Hospital from the inconvenience and damage so often expe
rienced under the present arrangement.
The ice-house, as now constructed, is so much affected by the
outside atmosphere, that an unnecessary quantity of ice is thereby
consumed, and it is proposed to lower the floor so as to admit
the introduction of lining cases filled with a non-conducting
material. No expenditure is proposed that would not, it is
thought, commend itself to the City Government as of essential
need for the interests of the Hospital, and dictated by a true
spirit of economy.
In the third report of the Board, an appropriation of $6,000
was asked for special repairs, and with the money thus obtained,
the ceilings have been cleansed and whitened, and the Hospital
painted inside and out, including the iron fence on Harrison
Avenue.

The painting has been thoroughly done, and the build

ings in this respect are in better condition than when new.

In June 1867, the City Council appropriated $16,000 for the
erection of a building for out-patients in connection with the

Porter's Lodge, and in July, the foundations of the Lodge being

found in such condition that it was deemed unsafe to build, in

connection therewith, an appropriation of $1,200 was made to

take down and rebuild the same; the total amount being
$17,200.

The building is now nearly completed, and will be ready for

occupancy in a few weeks; in addition to the accommodation of

out-patients, it will prove convenient for coroners' inquests,

funerals, etc.

It will be seen by the statistics heretofore given, that the out

patients' department has assumed very large proportions, and is
constantly on the increase; this does not add materially to the
cost of maintaining the Hospital, as the services of the physicians

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and surgeons are gratuitous, and medicines are not furnished by

the city, except in cases of actual need.
An incalculable benefit is thus conferred by the medical
faculty upon the suffering poor of our city, and many thus pro
vided for would otherwise be admitted to the Hospital, thereby
considerably increasing the expense; in fact it can readily be
seen that this department is where the greatest number are
assisted at the least cost, and it was due to the gentlemen hav
ing charge of these patients that they should have the increased
conveniences provided by the new building. Clinical instruc
tion has been given to the students of the Harvard Medical
School, and lectures delivered at the Hospital twice in each
week during the school terms, which have been largely attended,
the number of tickets issued this winter being two hundred and
thirty.
Early in the year, Dr. Chas. E. Buckingham resigned his posi
tion as Visiting Surgeon, on account of ill health, and Dr. George
Derby was chosen to fill the vacancy.
In November, a second vacancy occurred in the same depart
ment by the resignation of Dr. Algernon Coolidge, and the

Trustees are happy to state that the health of Dr. Buckingham

having improved, they were able to avail themselves of his ser
vices, and he has resumed his post as Visiting Surgeon.
Dr. Derby being elected as Visiting Surgeon, occasioned a
vacancy in the position of Admitting Physician, which was filled
by the choice of Dr. H. F. Damon.

In July, the number of surgical out-patients having increased

so much that the Visiting Surgeons could not, in addition to their
regular duties at the Hospital, give the time requisite for their
care, the Board created the office of Surgeon to Out-patients, and
elected to the position Dr. Francis C. Ropes.
By reference to the statement of Bequests, it will be seen that
the claim for damages for land taken by the New York Central

Railroad, being a portion of the bequest of Mr. Elisha Good

now, situated upon Third Street, South Boston, has been settled

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HOSPITAL.

and the remainder of the lot sold, thereby adding to the interest
bearing fund $4,633.1%.
The appeal of the Trustees, in their last report, for donations
to establish a fund, the income to be applied to the purchase of
clothing for needy patients, has recently met with a generous
response, in the gift of Two Thousand Dollars for this object,
by Hon. Otis Norcross, whose connection with the management
of the Hospital gave him a knowledge of the great benefit that
could thus be conferred upon the poor and unfortunate. It is
to be hoped that others may follow the example of Mr. Norcross,
and thus aid a truly practical charity.
The circulating library is becoming reduced by wear and tear,
and donations of useful and entertaining books are solicited.
The medical library has been increased somewhat during the
year by gift and by purchase, and now numbers about four
hundred and fifty volumes.
There seems to be some misapprehension on the part of many
citizens regarding the class of persons for whom the Hospital
was intended, and the Trustees are often solicited to admit those

who are in such condition as to be beyond hope of cure, and

from lack of means, being paupers in the strict sense of the
term, seek admission for the purpose of securing a comfortable
home until death shall relieve them from their troubles; and it
is said by those who are interested in their behalf, that there is

no reason for debarring them from this privilege, as the institu

tion is a Free Hospital, and the expenses thereof are borne by
the tax-payers of the city. If this view of the case were correct,
a few days would suffice to fill the wards to their utmost

capacity, and vacancies would be caused by death only; but the

trustees believe that neither the law, nor the intent of the

originators, contemplated any such course.

The act of the

Legislature of 1858 reads as follows:

The city is hereby authorized to erect and maintain a hos

pital for the reception of persons who by misfortune or poverty
may require relief during temporary sickness.

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The ordinance of the city says:

The City Hospital is established for the reception of those

only who require temporary relief during sickness. The Trus
tees may however admit other persons to the institution tempo

rarily, when necessity requires; but such persons shall be

removed to other appropriate public institutions as soon as their
condition will permit. The intent of the government in estab
lishing the Hospital was stated in a report of a Committee to

whom was referred that portion of Mayor Rice's address in

1857, relating to a Free City Hospital, as follows:
It is, however, proper to state that the term City Hospital
would probably better express the character and design of the
proposed institution than Free Hospital, since it appears
from the address of the Mayor, and from the general evidence
in favor of this establishment, that, while its benefits are
intended to be free to those persons of temperate and industrious
habits who by sickness or accident require that care and atten
tion for which they are unable to pay, yet, where there is the
ability, there is no reason why a just and proper amount should
not be received to aid in meeting the expenses of the Hospital,
and we have no doubt that many of the patients or their friends
would prefer to pay something in proportion to their means,
to prevent the feeling that they were the objects of public
charity. There is no class in the community in which this
sentiment or desire of independence is so strong, as among
that class for whose special benefit this Hospital is intended;
and it is one which, as the great barrier to pauperism, cannot
be too highly commended and encouraged.
Hence we would not have this a Hospital for the reception
of the degraded victims of vice and intemperance, or a home
for the hopeless pauper; but we would have it regarded as an
asylum for the industrious and honest mechanic and laborer,

who, by sudden injury or disease, is temporarily prevented

from laboring for the support of himself and family, and who,
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by proper care and medical treatment, may have his sufferings

alleviated, and be sooner restored to his health and his family,
and enabled to resume his labor.

We would have it a home to which the respectable domestic

may be sent, when struck down by sickness; whose attic chambers
cannot be made comfortable, and who cannot receive the requi

site attendance, however well disposed may be the family in

which she resides. We would open its doors to the stranger
overtaken by disease, when absent from friends and home, and
to all others among the various classes of society who in sick
ness require that comfort and medical advice which their means
and homes cannot afford.

A Committee, appointed to consider the subject in 1860, used

precisely the same language to describe the character of the
organization they thought it desirable to establish. It is there
fore plainly to be seen, that the city did not have authority to
erect or maintain a Free Hospital in the broad sense of the
term, and that they had no intent so to do, but that they did

establish a City Hospital for the care and relief, during tem
porary sickness, of those of its residents, who, until afflicted by
disease or accident, were, and on restoration to health, would
again become self-supporting: and further, that if able, such
persons were to pay for their treatment in proportion to their
means; no large amount of income can however be expected
from this source, as in most cases when inability to labor comes,
wages cease, and the little pittance saved from former earnings

is required for the support of the family of the sufferer while

deprived of his aid.

Again, the income of the Goodnow Fund, the principal of

which is now $21,133.25, could not be applied under his
will to the support of a hospital free to all, as that document
distinctly states: And by such hospital I mean an institution
similar to the Massachusetts General Hospital, suitably endowed
and properly managed, and not such public hospital as may be

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HOSPITAL.

established or maintained in connection with the City Almshouse

or House of Correction, or other municipal establishments, or for

the care and relief of paupers supported by the city.

The Trustees have gone thus at length into this subject that
citizens may understand the objects of the Hospital, and to cor
rect an erroneous opinion that seems to exist to a considerable
extent in the community.

In concluding their report, the Board desire to bear testimony

to the faithful and devoted efforts of the Physicians and Sur

geons, as well as the Superintendent, in all that relates to the

welfare and comfort of the inmates, and the success and standing
of the Hospital.
JOHN T. BRADLEE,
NEWTON TALBOT,

WALBRIDGE A. FIELD,
CHARLES H. ALLEN,
NATHL. C. NASH,
JOEL RICHARDS,
THEODORE METCALF,
JONAS BALL,

DAVID H. COOLIDGE,
Trustees.

SUPERINTENDENT's

REPORT.

"

CITY HospiTAL, Dec. 31, 1867.

GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:

I respectfully submit to you herewith a summary of the

general operations of the Boston City Hospital for the year
1867, together with an account of the current expenses and

statistics for the year, it being my Fourth Annual Report.

The institution has been opened since June 1, 1864.

The

following table will give the annual and total number of patients
admitted.

1864. 1865.

* isot,

Total.

Patients Admitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

475

| 1,066 | 1,432

Patients visited by Admitting Physician . . . . . . . . 459 | 1,081 | 1,278

1,534 || 4,507

1,338

4,156

2,847

Patients admitted by Admitting Physician . . . . . .

231

696

961

959

Patients admitted by Superintendent . . . . . . . . .

115

128

126

247

616

Accidents admitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

129

242

345

328

1,044

Number of out-patients treated . . . . . . . . . . . .

371

1,143

3,324 || 7,015

us

The number of out-patients who come daily to the Hospital

for advice and medicine, in the several departments, are as
follows:

Ophthalmic, under the charge of Dr. Williams, 1,918

Surgical,
Ropes,
2,823
Medical,

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Swan,

Assisted by

Gavin,

2,274

Total,

7,015

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HOSPITAL.

FIXTURES AND FURNITURE.

The amount given in my last Report, bearing date

Dec. 31, 1866, included all the fixtures and fur
niture to that date

$50,057 72

There has been expended during the past

year for fixtures and improvements. $2,914 32

For new furniture, additional .

For surgical instruments

For books for Medical Library

450 62
47 60

610 00

For cart, harness, and market wagon

730 66

4,753 20
Total cost of furniture and fixtures to Jan. 1868

$54,810 92

DISBURSEMENTS FROM JAN. 1, 1867, To JAN. 1, 1868.

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Quantity.

ARTICLES.

Beef. ......

- -

- - - -

- - - - - - - -

- - -

- -

Average.

Cost.

$5,796 47

39,232 lbs.

143c per lb.

Mutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10,463

1,145 01

Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2,194

238 82

10ic

Veal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - -

1,180

141 83

12c

Fowls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,601

. 1,310 60

270

35 40

Lara

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

Eggs.......

- - - - - - - -

23; c
13c

13, c

- -

1,023

- -

6,777;

2,000 78

29;c

- - - - - - -

- -

3,3213 doz.

1,029 60

31c

- -

138 60

Vegetables and Fruit...........................

1,260 04

Bread . . . . . . . . .

- -

- - - - - -

- - -

Fish .........

- -

- - - - -

- -

- - - - - - -

Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Butter.....

- -

11c

3,078 65

897 96

- - - - - - - -

- - * -

- - -

3,634 41

6}c per qt.

678 00

$1653; per bbl.

Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . 2523-20th tons.

1,345 15

$5333 per ton.

Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,166,168 galls.

1,849 84

3c per 100 galls.

Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Flour.........................

Amount carried forward . . . .

55,353 qts.

doz.

41 bbls.

s21,5si

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HOSPITAL.

Quantity.

Average.

Cost.

Amount brought forward....................

$24,581 16

- - - - - - - - -

6,544 37

Liquors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,449 20

Groceries ..............

- - - - - - - - - - -

Ale and Porter ............... [...

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

860 50

Medical Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3,663 40

Surgical Instruments...........................

450 62

Repairing Surgical Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gas............. :. . . . . . . . . . . . .

60 28

. .. ...... .. .....

1,468 13

Salaries and Labor.............................

17,071 14

Compress and

Bandages... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

684 77

Incidental Expenses........ . . . . . . . . . . .........

123 75

1.222 tons, gross.

8,142 00

$6 66 per ton.

383 58

$6 123 per cord.

Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

- - - -

Wood ............... . . . . . . . . .

623 cords.

Wood and Charcoal for kindling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stable . . . . . . .

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Cart and Harness,

- - - - -

- - - - - - - -

- -

132 50

- - - - - - - - -

- -

- - - - - - - -

- -

. Market Wagon,

385 001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Current Expenses,

57233. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1,182 33
3,469 55

Repairs . . . . . . . . . . .

3,393 91

- - - -

- - - - - -

- - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

1,785 77

Books, printing, and stationery..................

846 19

Fixtures . . . . . . .

- -

$225 00. ...............................

- -

- - - - - -

- -

- -

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - -

Furnishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Repairs and Renewals,

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

Add'l new Furniture,

780 66l................

1,349 82

$77,642 97

Stock on hand, Jan. 1, 1867.

Groceries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,465 32

Liquor.......

- -

- -

$619 16|................................

- - - - - -

- -

- - -

- - -

- - - - - - -

- -

....

Fuel . . . . . . .

Medical Supplies...
Supplies in Stable ........

- - -

- - - - * * * * * *

* * *

600 00

6,376 92
1,530 29
50 00

10,022 53

Amount carried forward...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . $87,665 50

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Amount brought forward.................... ..... $87,665 50

Leduct Stock on hand, Jan. 1, 1868.
Supplies................................. $1,678 84
Compress and Bandages.....
Fuel. ............ .

- - - - - - - - -- -

160 25

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

5,906 00

Medical Supplies..........................

701 38

Liquor...................................

332 25

8,778 72

sts, so 7s
Cash received from pay patients...........

6,222 41

sta,644 37
Fixtures and Improvements................ $1,785 77
Trees, Summer Houses, and Paving ........

1,128 55

New Furniture-additional................

730 66

Surgical Instruments

450 62

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Books for Medical Library.. ..............

47 60

Cart, Harness and Market Wagon...........

610 00

4,753 20

Net cost of Maintaining Hospital, from

Jan. 1, 1867, to Jan. 1, 1868,

+.

STATISTICAL STATEMENT.

Applications for admittance visited by the Admitting

Physician,

Admitted of the above

1,338

959

163

Patients in Hospital, Jan. 1st, 1867

Admitted during the year

Total number treated during the year
.
Discharged, including deaths .
Remaining in Hospital, Dec. 31, 1867 .
Total number of patients, including out-patients treated
during the year

1,534
1,697
1,556
141

8,712

There have been brought to the Hospital, accidentally

injured

328

Daily average number of patients in Hospital .

135

Largest number of patients in Hospital at any one time .

194

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HOSPITAL.

Smallest number of patients in Hospital at any one time .

The average number of calls from patients in the Ophthal
mic Department, 341+ per week
.

100

17,745

The average number of calls from patients in the Surgical

Department, 79 per week .

. .

4,108

The average number of calls from patients in Medical

Department, 873 per week
.
4,550
Total number of calls of out-patients
. 26,403

Number of patients treated in Small-pox Department

CONDITION OF

Recovered

Relieved

74

PATIENTS DISCHARGED.
-

964

363
59

Not relieved

Not treated

24

146

1,556

Died

Total

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CITY HOSPITAL.

PATIENTS EXAMINED

BY THE ADMITTING PHYSICIAN, AND

THE RESULTS.

Total.

condition or disease.

January

Chronic or incurable...........

74

21

95

February ...

60

27

87

Phthisis ......................

March ......

51

19

70

Chronic.......

April. ......

77

26

103

Not need of Hospital treatment..

Non-residents..................

- - - - - - - -

- - - - - - -

May........

72

40

112

June........

87

17

104

Syphilis .....

July........

93

36

129

Insane..............

August .....

97

36

133

Under four years...............

September ..

86

37

123

Delirium tremens...........

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- -

October.....

106

24

130

Referred to Overseers of the Poor

November...

64

53

117

Paralysis ....................

December ..

92

48

135

Varioloid . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - - -

Convulsions...........
Total. ....

959

379

- - - -

- - - - - -

1838"

Venereal......................

Changed mind in regard to enter

ing Hospital...............

Made out-patients .........

Convalescent .......

- - - -

- - - - - - - - -

Miscellaneous .................
Sent to Soldiers'

Home...

- - - - -

Total ..............

379

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CITY

HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYMENT OF PATIENT'S ADMITTED DURING THE YEAR.

MALES.

Brought up..................

699

Architects ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Gardeners ............ . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bookkeepers.......

Grooms ..........................

Bookbinders ......................

1
7

Hatters...........................

Bankers . . . . . . .

- - -

Printers . . . . .

- - - -

Porters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Painters.....

- - - -

- - - - - -

- - - -

Barbers...............

- - - - -

- - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

Bar-keepers.............

Blacksmiths .... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

...

Plasterers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Photographers ....................

Piano makers.....................

Children....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34

Carriage makers...................

Store-boys . . . . . . . . . .
School-boys.......................

40

Boilermakers. . . . . . . . . . . .

..

Brassfinishers . . . . . . . . . . .
Bakers ... .

* - - -

- -

- -

- - - -

- - - - - - -

Plumbers... ..........

22

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Clerks........

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

25

Cabinet-makers ...................

Carpenters........................

62

Coopers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tailors ...........

Curriers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Traders ...........

Upholsterers...........

- - - - - - - - - -

Clergymen ....... . . . . . . .

Stonecutters......
Shoemakers , ....

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

15

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

21

Teamsters ....................... .

81

* -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

22
15

- - - - - - - - - -

... . . . . .

18

Gentlemen........................

Discharged Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

Waiters .....

Farmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -

Hotel Keepers.......
Engineers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Harnessmakers....................

Glass-blowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gasfitters................. . . . . . . . .

Domestics ..................

- - - - - -

332

Grocers... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Housewives.......................

87

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Total....................... 939
5
FEMALES.

Lawyers. . .

Housekeepers . . . . . . . .

... ....

Laborers ...

Shop-girls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
School-girls......

28

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

21

Seamstresses . . . . .

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

50

Machinists........................
Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

- - - - -

....

Masons... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Marbleworkers....................

27
10
9

Mariners ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

39

Musicians ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

Children.................
Nurses........

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

20

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

11

Teachers.........

No occupation...........
Physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - -

- - - - - - - - - -

41

5
Total........
699

- - - - - - -

- - - - - - -

595

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HOSPITAL.

AGES OF PATIENT'S ADMITTED DURING THE YEAR.

MALEs.

FEMALES.

Under 1 year.........
From 1 to 10 years........ . ...

- - - - - - - - - - - -

.............

48
88

From
ts
g4.

1 to 10 years .............
....

22

10 to 20
20 to 30

87

*
*
**

... 104
78

230

10 to 20

4-

20 to 30

............. 306

{4

30 to 40

............. 182

ts

44

40 to 50

............. 156

st

30 to 40
40 to 50
50 to 60

50 to 60
60 to 70

"

.............
.............

44

60 to 70

17

44

70 to 80

st

$4

70 to 80

.............

91
55

49

12

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939

N OF PATIENTS.
FEMALES.

Married.......

* *

* *

* *

163

* * *

Single . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47

. . . . .349
Widows ................. . . . . . . . . . 88

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 595

Widowers. . . . . . . .

- - - - -

- - - - - - - -

NATIVITY OF PATIENTS.
Boston .....
Mass

- - - - -

199

.. . . ... . .... . ... . . .. . . .. .. .

142

- - - -

- - - - - - - - -

Maine ...........

- - - - - - - -

New Hampshire. . . . . . .

Rhode Island........

* - - -

New York ......

- -

- - - - -

- - - -

- -

- -

85

Brought up................. 1,460

Sweden . . . . . . . . . .

Sicily . . . . . .

- - -

- -

* *

34

France .........

- - - - -

13

Prussia...........

* * * * * *

Vermont . . . . . . . . . . .

Connecticut .....

- -

* *

- -

- - - - - -

- - - -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

* * * - - - * - - - - - - - -

- - -

- -

- - - -

- - -

Western Islands..................

Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
22

- - -

22

Scotland ............. . . . . . . . . . . .

17

Portugal.............

Middle States ....................

Western States...

- - - - - -

Southern States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

* - - - - - - -

7
1
14

- - - -

Austria................

- -

- - -

- -

* * * * * * *

* - - - - -

.. ...

691

British Provinccs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

125

Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

63
39

Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Egypt...........................

Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wales......................

South America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Switzerland. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ireland.....

- - - - -

- -

England.............
Germany ..............

* * * * * * * *

* *

- - -

2
8

- - - - -

* * * *

Total...................... 1,584

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CITY

HOSPITAL.

REPORT OF DISEASES AND THEIR RESULTS, FROM

JAN. 1, 1867, TO J.A.N. 1, 1868.
MEDICAL.

# *
# # #

DISEASE-

* | *

|##
* * ===

|:
# ####| #

25 | 3 || 3 || 3 | #| <
CLASS I.

ZYMotici.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

2 |

1 ||

. .. . . . . . . ..

3 |.

Morbilli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2 || 3 || 5 || 4 | . . . . . . . . . .
Scarlatina

|###

Order 1st. Miasmatici.

Variola

. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .

Febricula . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Febris Typhoides

2 || 5 ||

6 || 9 || 15
| 19

4 ||

... . . . . . .

7 || 4 |.

15 . . . 1 | . . . . . 16

22 || 41 | 32 || 1 | . . . . . . 10 || 43

. . . . . . . .

Febris Typhus . . . . . . . . . .

1.

5 ||

Febris Intermittens . . . . . . . .

3 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 1 | . . . . . . . . .

Erysipelas . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.

6 | 13 |19| 21 |.

1 || 6 || 4 | . .

- - -

11...
5

1.

- 1 ||22 |- - -

Erythema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 || 1 || ||--|--|--| 1 || -Dysentery (acute) . . . . . . . .

6 || 5 || 11 || 10 || 2 | . . . . . . . . 112 | . . .

(chronic) . . . . . . .

1 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 1 | . . . . . | 1 ||

4-

Diarrhoea (acute). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 || 2 | . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - - |-

(chronic) . . . . . . . .

3 || 3 || 6 ||

1 || 4 | . . . . . . .3

s!...

|| | | | | | |...

. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .| 1 |. . . 1

1 ........ . ...

Cholera Morbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 |.

order 2d. Enthetici.

Gonorrhoea

* ... . . .. . . . . . .. . .

1 || 3 || 4 || 3 ||

1 | . . .. . .. . . 4

. . .

Axillary Adenitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 | . . . 1 . . . . . . | 1 |- - - - || 1 || ---Inguinal Adenitis. . . . . . . . .

Order 3d.

Dietetici.

. . . . . .. . .. .I

1 - . . . . . . .

Purpura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 || 1

| | | | | || --

Alcoholismus (acute). . . . . . . . . . . | 2 || 1 || 3 || 1

1 |. . .. .|

1 || 3 | . . .

Alcoholismus (chronic) . . . . . . . . .

2 . . . . . .

1 || 3 || - - -

CLASS II.

. .

3 |. . .

CACHECT1c1.

Order 1st. Diathetici.

Rheumatism (acute) . . . . . . .
-

(sub-acute) . . . . . . . . .

22

| 28 || 50 || 41 || 7

is is

30 || 23 ||

. . 48

3.

......

Numbers carried forward . . . . 19 how his 219 its 25

2.

* *

15

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CITY HOSPITAL,

MEDICAL.-Continued.
-

*=

ADMIrred.

#:

3 - 1.3

5.5 || > | < | #

#:

#| *| = |

F5

Numbers brought forward. . . . . 19 104 115 219 173 ||25 || 2 || 3 | 20 223

15

Rheumatism (chronic) . . . . .

Lumbago. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . ||

| 15 ||

B | 3 |

9 || 24 || 17 ||

7 ||

. . . 27

1 ||

2 ||

3 ||

1 ||

1 ||

. .

- - -

1 ||

3 ||

2 ||

- - -

. . . 13

- - -

Pleurodynia . . . . . . . . . . .

2 ||

Anaemia . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 | 10 || 11 | 11 || 1 || 1

Debility . . . . . . . . . . . .

Morbus Addisonii

. . . . . . . .

Anasarca. . . . . . . . .
Carcinoma . . . . . . .

| 16 || 31 || 47 || 30 | 16 |.
-

. . . . . |
-

Cancer of CEsophagus . . . . . .

2 | . . |

2 |

Stomach . . . . . . . .

Spleen . . . . . .

Liver

44

Uterus . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . .

||

1 ||

- 2 -.

1.

. . .

1 | . .

2 || 2 |..

1 ||

2 | . . .

1 || 1 | . . .

| | |

1 | . . .

. . .

1 .. . ..
.
1 || 1 | . .
... 1 || 1 || || 1 |. . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
2| 2 |.. 1 | 1 - - - || 2 | . .
-

Lead Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . .
Order 2d.

. . . 1 || 1 || 2 |..

1 | . . . 47

3 ||

2 || 5 | . . . .3

. .

1 || 5 || 42

4.

Phthisici.

Phthisis . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 || 13 || 39

Miningitis Tuberculoa . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

1 |.

31 || 5 ||
-

1 |

1 | . . .

CLASS III. MonoRGANICI.

Order 1st. Cephalici.

cephalalgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . 2 . . . 2
Encephalitis . . . . . . . . . . .
Myelitis

...

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
1 |

Spinal Miningitis. . . . . . . . .

1.

Cerebro-Spinal Miningitis . . . .

||

1 |. .
-

1 || 1 |.

Apoplexia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . || 1 || 3 || 4
. .

General Paralysis . . . . .

||

. . .

- - -

1 |

- -

1 |

- -

1.

. . . . . . . .

1.

... .

. . .

1.

3 || 5 ||

2.

1 ||

Hemiplegia. . . . . . . . . . . . ||

2 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 1

2 ||

3 || 2 | . .

.. ..

1 || 1 || 2 ||

Paraplegia . . . . . . . . . . . .

Numbers carried forward . . . .

1 |. .

Spinal Congestion . . . . . . . . . . . .

Delirium Tremens. . . . . . . .

. . .
- . 1

... 110

. . .

6 || ||

... "

52 186 108 as 243 107 || 17 | 5

36.408 || 28

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CITY

HOSPITAL.

MEDICAL.-Continued.

E.#: :
#

DISEASEs.

##

~ | -

# #| | | | | | | | | |##
52 is:
.

Numbers brought forward . . . .

198 |384 243 107 | 17 |

Progressive Locomotor Ataxia . . . . .

1 |. . .

Chorea . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3.

3.

Epilepsy . . . . . . . . . . . .

:=
###
# |##
#

#| || || 3 || 3 | #|####| 3 || 3 ||3:

1
-

5 || 36

28

. 11 - . 1. . 1
2 .. . . . .. .
-

1|, |

. . .

1.

1.

Insanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | 1

8 . . . . . . 8 || || 8 || -

Puerperal Mania . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

Hysteria . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . |
1

1 ||

15

.
3 ||

2 ||

Neuralgia

5 ||

7 || 12 ||

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Order 2d.

|| -

ll. .

15 || 6 || 5 || 2 || 2 | . . . 15

Hypochondriasis . . . . . . . . . . . .

sciatica . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 | . .

2 ||

2 || 1 | . . . . . .

9 ||

3 | . .

1.

5 1. .

... "

1 || 2 | 1 || 3 || 2 || 2 |..

. . 41.

Cardiaci.

Pericarditis

Morbus Valvularum Cordis . .

Dilation of Heart . . . . . . .

1 ||

2 ||

2 ||

1 ||

1 ||

. .

. . .

. .

. 2 ..

1 | . . . .
3

| 2 || 1 || 3 | . .

Aneurism of Aorta . . . . . .

1 ||

. . . . . .

3 |.

1 ..

1 ||

4 |. .

3|. .

..

Angina Pectoris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Order 3d.

Pneumonici.

. . . . .

Laryngitis . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . 1

.. .

... 1

|| -

Pharyngitis . . . . . . . . . .

1 . .

Tom" . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . " ' " 1|...... I

Bronchitis (acute)

Bronchitis (chronic)
Pleuritis . . . . .
Pneumonia
Asthma

|| 10 ||

3 || 10 |

. . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Gangrene of Lungs. . . . . . . .

4 ||

8 ||

1 ||

1 ||

1 ||

1.

1 || 13

7 || 31

6 | . . . . . ||

1 ||

9 |.

21.

1.

1 ||

2 ||

10

1 || 5 || --

1 || 11 || 7 || 4 || 1 |.

4 ||

1
-

2 |. . . . . . .

| 20 | 13 ||33 || 23 || 1 | . . . . . .

Emphysema . . . . . . . . . .

Capillary Bronchitis . . . . . . .

6 || 16 || 17 ||

4 || 1 | #| 1 || 3 | . . . . .

. . . . . . . 1 . .

. . . .

- - -

1 |. .

1.

...

* :

'''

|.

Order 4th. Enterici.

Stomatitis . . . . . . . . . .
Emesis . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.
. . .

Numbers carried forward . . . . . 74 267

1 ||

1 ||

1 ||

* *

331 II.48

- -

|-

- -

10 || 48 |560

43

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HOSPITAL.

MEDICAL.-Continued.

|#
#:

DISEAS-8

ADMITTED.

74 |267 262 (529

Numbers brought forward. . . . .

||

al

Gastraegia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 || -

1 | 1

Enteritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 | 1

a 2

Peritonitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

..

Constipation . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

s: s:

#| 3 | #

5: | < | < |

148 || 23

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hepatic Congestion . . . . . . . .

48 |560

10

. .

3.

. . .

2.

Stricture of Intestine . . . . . . . . . . . |

5 ||
1 | . . .

5 ||

1
-

. .

* :

. .

1.

5 | - - -

1 || 1 | . . .

Nephride.

Nephritis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

1 ||

... .

Ischuria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

2. 21.

... 2

1 ||

...

Enuresis . . . . . . . . .

. . . .

...

1.

Albuminaria . . . . . . . .

. . . . . a6 || 11
1 |||| 145 |||| 61 |||| 206 | 1 || 75 |. |

Diabetes . . . . . - - - - - - - -

Lithiasis . . . . . . . . . . .
Haematuria . . . . . . . . .

Cystitis

...

1 ||

3.

1 |.

*".........
. ..

Order 6th.

1 | . . .

1 || | | | | | . .

Ascites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Order 5th.

1 |
-

1 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 5 | . .

*... . . . . . . . .

8 ||

. 2

. . . . . . . . . . . * * *

Icterus. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

43
. .

a
| | ||
.

... 1

1 |. . . 1 | 1

Hepatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cirrhosis . . . . .

... .. ... "

1 || 1 || 2 || 2

Abscess . . . . . . . . . . . . . |

| = | 8 || "a

Dyspepsia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 || 15 |*|| 14 || 7 | . .
Collea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " | 8 || 9 || 7 || 1 | . .
Haemorrhoids

Genetici.

Ovaritis . . . . . . . . . . .

Tumor Ovarii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Polypus Uteri . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

Prolapsus Uteri . . . . . . . . .

...

. . |

2. l. . . 4 || 4

1.

| -

. . ..

..

2.

1 ||

. . .

..

3.

12 62 664

53

Numbers carried forward . . . . . 82 |322 313 635 377 185

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# g ###
===

#
#| || ||###

+ # g # # |##
55 || 3 | < | 8 || > || 3 | #

Fs

DISEASEs.

###

355

Numbers brought forward . . . . . 82 322 313 635 377 185 28 |12 || 62 664
1 | 1
1
1.

Anteflexion

53
-

Order 7th. Myostici.

Periostitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - - -

2. l. . .

Synovitis

11. . . . . . . . . . .

1 -- -

- -

Order 8th. Chrotici.

Eczema, Specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 - 1

--

chronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 | 1

*:

Impetigenodes . . . . . . . . .

..

1 - - -

1|--|--|--|--

1 || 1 || 1 |. . . . . . .

11. . .
1 - - -

Herpes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1

1......l.. 11...

Herpes, Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 | . . | 1 ||

1 | . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |- - -

Psoriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . . . . . . . . 1 1. . .

Rupia Specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . . . . . . . || 1 |- - Order 2d.

Dis. of Connective Tissue.

Pelvic Cellutitis

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2 || 2 || 2 | . . . . . . . . . . . .

21. . .

Peri Nephritic Abscess . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 || 1 | . . . . | 1 | . . . . . . 1 . . . .

CLAss IV.

METAMorphic.

Order 2d. Gyniaci.

Abortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
4.

1 |. .. 2

Sequelae of . . . . . . . . . . .

Miscarriage

Parturition

1 ||

.... ... .. ... .

....... ..... .

Menorrhagia . . . . . . . . . . .

. .

Amenorrhoea.

... 8

. . . . . . . . . .

2 || 2 ||--|--|--|--|->
1 ||

. . . . . . . . . . .

- -

- - --

1.

1 1. . .

1|--|--|--|--

1.

11......l.,

1 - - -

3 || 3 ||
3

Dysmemorrhaea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . || 3 || 3
Lucorrhoea

1.

3 || 1 | . . . . . . . . . .41 - - -

. . . . . . . .

41 - - -

1| 2 ||--|--|--| 8 || --

1 1. . . 6 || 6 || 6 || 1 | . . . . . . . . . 7 - - -

Vaginitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

'''.

1 1. . . . . .

11 - - -

Follicular Vulvitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . || 1 || 1 || 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |- - Uterine Derangement . . . . . . . . . .

1 i 1 || 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1- - -

CLAss V. THANATICr.
Ordcr1st. Accident.

Numbers carried forward . . . . . 86 326||347 | 673.407 193 || 30 | 12

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~~~

+ * | = | # ## ##| < | # ###

# | 3 | #| #| 5 | # 23 g
#| ###

#~ | #

DISEASEs.

=#|#| | | = | # ** = & ###

Numbers brought forward . . . . . . 86
Insolatis . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Poisoning by Sumach
Uraemia

. . . . .

. . . . . . . . . .

326||347

. . .

2 | . .

. . |

1 | . . |

1 |

. . . |

1 | . . .

407 193 30 12 62 704

2

. . . . . . . . . . |

. . . . . .

- - - ||

1 . . . . . . .

Surgical Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 || 3 | 13 | . . . . . . . . . 12

Total . . . . . . . . .

. . . . .

86

**** *

31

24

55

2 | . . .
1 | . . .
1

. . .

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Male. Female. Total.

D IS E A S E .

Typhoid Fever . . . . . . .

Typhus Fever . . . . . . . . . . .
Erysipelas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
1

Dysentery (chronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Diarrhoea (chronic)

. . . |
1 |

Carcinoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. .

Cancer of CEsophagus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . .

. . . . . . . . . .

. . .

Alcoholismus (acute)

Addison's Disease . . . . . . . . . . . .

(chronic)

44

44

Stomach . . . . . .

ti

Spleen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

* *

Phthisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meningitis Tuberculosa . . .

Myelitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spinal Meningitis . . . . . . . .

General Paralysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Valvular Disease of Heart . . . . . . . . . .

.. .

"

. .

1
1

. . |

. . . |

Asthma

. . .

1.

Hepatic Abscess . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cirrhosis

Stricture of Intestine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bright's Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Emphysema . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enteritis . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chronic Bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . 5"

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-

Pleurisy . . . . . . . . . . . .

Apoplexy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pneumonia

1
1

. . |
.

Cystitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ovarian Tumor

1
-

1
1
3.

. . |

6
l

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DISEASES.

DISEASES.

No.

No.

Acne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Enuresis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Adiposis . . . . .

1
1

Epilepsy . . . . . .
Erysipelas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Erythema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Erythema Nodosum . . . . . . . . . .
Fatty Stools .....

..
Alcoholism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-

- -

- -

- -

- -

Alopecia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amenorrhoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

56

Amygdalitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

Anaemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . 152

Favus . . . . . . .

* *

Febricula

- - - -

* *

. .... .... .

5
7

3
4
2
1
1

- -

12

Fever, Intermittent. . . . . . . . . . .
Fever, Remittent . . . . . . . . . . ...

9
3

Flatulence .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fumuculi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gastric Disturbance . . . . . . . . . .

13

Anasarca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Anorexia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16

Anteversio uteri. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Aphonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aphthae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arrest of Development . . . . . . .

* * *

* *

* *

- -

- - -

- -

Ascarides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hematemesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ascites . . . . . . . .

- -

Asthma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20

Bright's Disease. . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Hemoptysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Herpes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Herpes Zoster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hypochondriasis . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hysteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Impetigo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11
10
1

Jaundice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

Bronchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Cardiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

1
8

Catarrh, nasal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28

Cephalalgia . . . . . . . .

.... .... ..
Cessatio Mensium............

36
1

Lead Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cholera Infantum........... ...

Leucorrhoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23

Chorea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

Colic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Constipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Convulsions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Coryza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Cough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cutaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Deafness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

32
10

Debility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Delirium Tremens............
Diarrhoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......

Eczema . . . . . . . . . .

Emesis

- - -

- -

. .. .... .... ........ ..

16

Menorrhagia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Neuralgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

Marasmus . . . .

19

Nicotism . .

Oedema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Organic Disease of Heart. . . . .

Otalgia . . . . . . . .

- -

- -

2
9

Ovarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ozaena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

158

Paralysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Palpitation . . . . . . . . .

16

Parotitis
1

Enlarged Glands .............

35

.. .. ...... ..

. ..... ....

Dysentery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Dysmenorrhoea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Dyspepsia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Dysuria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
4
Elephantiasis. . . . .

Lichen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lumbago . . . . . . . . . .

Otorrhoea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
34

- -

- -

. .... .... .. .. .. .... .

Pediculi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pertussis . . . . . . . . . .
Petechiae . . . . .

- - - -

- - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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DISEASEs.

No.

Phthisis

Pulmonalis. .

Scarlatina, Sequelae of . . . . . . . .

137

Sciatica

19

Pleurisy ..
Pleuritic Effusion. . . . .

* * - - - -

Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

Poisoning by Ivy . . . . . . . . . . . .
Polygalactia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prolapsus Uteri . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prurigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Stomatitis . . . .
Sunstroke . . . . . . .

- -

- -

- -

- -

- -

- - -

- - -

- -

Suppressio Mensium.... . . . . . .
Sycosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Synovitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Syphilophobia . . . . .
Taenia . . . . . . .

- - - -

- -

- - - -

- - - -

- -

Teething
| Torticollis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pruritus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Psoriasis . . . . . .
* -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Stammering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40

Pleurodynia ...

N0.

DISEASEs.

32

Pharyngitis

Urticaria . . . . . . . . .

Rachitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Uterine . . . . . . . . .

Retentio Mensium . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rheumatism . . . . . .

Varicella. . . . . . .
|

5
- - - -

- -

- -

- - - -

Variola

Rubeola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vertigo ....

Rupia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vicarious Menstruation. . . . . .

Scabies . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - -

- -

- -

- -

Scarlatina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total

Weaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

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#: |&
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DISEASEs.

2.5
[33].

orexations.

2 *|ss
##| s=

*#| #13 -

54315 #

#|3|:

>|-| E-

-|

Extraction
Cataract, Hard . . . . . . . . 3 1512, 27 ||Flap,
| with Suture . . .
Soft . . . . . . . .

.2524, 48
. . . . . 4 3| 7

2, 3, 5 ||Discission

. . . . . . . . . | 1 | . . . . . . ||Removal of Capsule, 1, 1] 2

Cretaceous . . . . . . . . . 1| 1 ||Flap Extraction and

Congenital

Iridectomy . . . | 1 , || 1

1.

. . . .. . . ..

. . . . . . . . .

Glaucoma

|*

1 ||Iridectomy . . . . . 1 1, 2

. . . 3| 3 ||Iridectomy . . . . 1 2 3

Cataract Congenital . . . . . . . . . 1.

1 ||Removal of Capsule, 1.

Opaque Capsule . . . . . . | 1 || 3 1 4 ||Removal . . . . .

-

s
2}2*:

2, 3,

... . . . . . . . . own . . . . . . . "

|-

Strabismus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1 ||Division of Muscle, 1, 1] 2

Staphyloma Anterior . . . . . . . 1|3| 4 ||Abscission . . . . . 2, 2 4
. . . . 4.

Conical Cornea . . . . . . . . . . . .

3| 3 ||Paracentesis

Cystoid Cicatrix . . . . . . . . .

1| 1 ||Abscission . . . . . 1 - || 1

Conjunctivitis
Iritis

1
-

Sympathetic Ophthalmia . . . . . .

4| 1

** . . . . . . .

5' 5" . .

2 1.

1. .

. . . . . . .

1 ||Removal of Eye. . . . 1| 1

Leucoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1 ||Iridectomy . . . . . 1 1/ 2

Gonorrhoeal Conjunctivitis ... 3. 3 ||None . . . . . . . 3 8 . .

Conjunctivitis with Ulcer Cor
Ile. .. . . 2 .

. . . . . . . . 2, 2 .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . I 11.

. . . . . . .... 1 . .

Xeroma

Hernia of the Iris. . . . . . . . . | 1 , || 1 ||Exscission

Abscess of Lachrymal Gland, 1 |. |-|-- opened

. . . .. 1 , | 1

- - - - - - - 1

1
1.

Hydrophthalmia . . . . . . . . . . . 1| 1 ||Removal of Globe. 1 - || 1

Hyperaesthesia of Retina . . . . .
Dislocation of Lens. . . . .

1| 3 ||None . . . . . . .
1|

. ... . 1

3, 11.

with

| Scoop . . . . . . . 1 - || 1

Opacity of Cornea with Ulceration . . . . . .

Extraction

|
1 ||None . . . . . . . . 1, 1] . .

83

70%

99

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NATURE OF DISEASE.

NATURE OF DISEASE,

Conjunctivitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Papular Conjunctivitis........
Granular Conjunctivitis.......
Gonorrhoeal Conjunctivitis ...
Ophthalmia Neonatorum......
Conjunctiva, Fungus of.......
Ecchymosis of Conjunctiva ...

540

Ulcer of Cornea. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

157

43
86
5

Abscess of Orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

Paralysis of Muscles of Eye ...

Microphthalmos.. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Exophthalmos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -

Ulcer of Cornea, with Conjunc

tivitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Brought forward.......... 1331

Abscess of Lachrymal Sac. ... 11
Inflammation of Lachrymal Sac, 4

29

Opacity of Cornea, with Con

junctivitis . . . . . . . . . . ....... 35
Opacity of Cornea............ 79
Foreign Body in Cornea ...... 17

Ciliary Neurosis......... . . . . . .3
Ophthalmitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
Sympathetic Ophthalmia . . . . . .
4
Strabismus Convergens....... 38
Strabismus Divergens . . . . . ...
7
Rectus, Internal Insufficiency of 1
Iritis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21

Leucoma. . . . . . . . . . . ..........
Abrasion of Cornea ..........
Perforation of Cornea ........

Iritis Specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6
1

Hernia of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Synechia Anterior............

Xeroma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Keratatis . . . . . . ..............

Conical Cornea. . . . . ..........

Hypopion . . . . . . . .............
Staphyloma Anterior .........
Pinguecula...................
Pterygium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Symblepharon......
-

20
1
6

Synechia Posterior . . . . . . . . . . .
Occlusion of Pupil . . . . . . . . . ...
Traumatic Injury. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Myopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hypermetropia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Presbyopia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amblyopia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asthenopia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Astigmatism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dislocation of Lens . . . . . . . . . .

Disease of Meibomian Glands 202

Cataract, Hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cataract, Soft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - - - - - -

Hordeolum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CEdema of Lids ..............

Vitiligo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cataract, Cretaceous . . . . . . . . .
Cataract, Pyramidal . . . . . . . . . .

Trichiasis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cataract, Traumatic . . . . . . . . .

Tumor of Lids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17

Ectropion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Entropion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

3
6

Molluscum .................. ...

Noevus....... -

- - - - - - - -- - - - - -

2
16
37
16

9
17
35
8

2
2

|
l1

Opaque Capsule . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sclerotitis . . . . . .

- - -

- - - -

- - - - - -

Cataract, Congenital...... . . . .
Staphyloma Posterior ........

Retinitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choroiditis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Obstruction of La chrymal
Irido-Choroiditis . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......
Carried forward ..........

33
133

Carried forward .......... 1736

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REPORT OF OPHTHALMIC OUT-PATIENTS. Continued.

NATURE of DISEASE.

NATURE OF DISEASE.

Brought forward........ 1736

Separation of Retina .........
7
Congestion of Retina.........
5

Brought forward. . . . . . . . . . 1796

Incipient Cataract . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreign Body in Fundus . . . . . .

Congestion

Optic Disc and

Retina.............

- -

Abscess of Globe. . . . . . . . .
12

- - - - - -

Alteration Optic Disc...... .

..

16

Retina, Apoplexy of ..........

Cerebral Amaurosis
Glaucoma .... - - - - - - -

- - -

- - - -

...

Disorganization of Globe . . . . .
Hydrophthalmia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Circumorbital Neuralgia . . . . . .
Conjunctivitis Catarrhal ......
Atrophy of Optic Disc........

- -

- -

Atrophy of Globe ............

|
80
18

Abscess of Brow. . . . .

Carried forward .......... 1796

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,918

Males

Females .................................

. .... .. .. ..

813

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

1,105

Average attendance, 341+ per week. Total, during the year, 17,745.

OPERATIONS ON OPHTHALMIC OUT-PATIENTS.

NATURE OF DISEASE.

No.

Abscess of Lachrymal Sac ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Abscess of Globe.............................

- -

- -

- -

- -

- - -

- -

.... ..
. .. .. .. ..
- -

5
2

Abscess of Brow ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Foreign Body in Cornea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

...
Fungus Conjunctiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................
Entropion.....
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15

Hernia of Iris . . . .

. ... .. . . .... .. .. .... .. .... .. ...

12

Molluscum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Pterygium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Strabismus Convergent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Strabismus Divergent........
Staphyloma Anterior . . . . .

- - - - -

- -

- -

- -

- - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- - -

- - - -

- -

- -

- - - - - -

- - - -

........... ...... ...... ..

- -

- -

- -

- -

- -

- - - -

- - -

1
1

. . . . . . . . . . 29

. . . ... . ... .. .. ..... . . ... ..

.. ...... .... ....

- --- ------ - - - - -- ---- ------ ----

11

Opening Puncta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15

- - - -

- - - - - - -

- - -

Tumor of Lid

- - - - -

- - - -

- -

- -

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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REPORT OF DISEASES AND THEIR RESULTS, FROM

JAN. 1, 1867, TO JAN. 1, 1868.
SURGICAL.

| H.

Abarret. I

#
#:

DISEAs Es.

premaraen.

--

#*

:
-

* | *

* | *

|=g
*~..
#

=#|####| ||*|####
CLAss I.

ZYMotic.

Order 1st. Miasmatic.

-

Erysipelas, Phlegmonous . . . .
-

Traumatic

. .

Carbuncle . . . . . . . . . .
Croup

. . . . . . . . . .

- -

1 ||

11 - .

1 ||

2.

- -

- - -

- -

1 || || 1 || || 1 ||--

- *|
-

Bubo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Syphilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.

8 |

3 || 11 || 3 || 8 ||

2 | 11 || 9 | 20 || 6 || 13

Gonorrhoea . . . . . . . .

Orchitis . . . . . . . . . . .

stricture of Urethra. . . . . . . . . . .
-

with Fistula . . . . .

with Perineal Abscess.

4
... 4
. . . . . a
. . . 1 || || 1

Paraphymosis. . . . . . . . . . . . .

12 | . . .
19

3.

2 || 1 | . . . . .

1 ||

3 ||

1 || 2 |... 1141. . .
- ||

..

. . . .. . . .

Vesico-Vaginal Fistula . . . . . . . .

2 || 2 | . . . . . . . . 2 - - -

- -l

Phymosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- 1

1 i.

Syphilitic Ulcers . . . . . . . . . .

Order 1st.

1.

21. . .

Order 2d. Enthetic.

CLAss II.

----| 2 || 2 || --

1 || 1 || 2

- - -

1 |. . .

3.

3 ||

2 ||

1 | . . .

1 ||

1.

|.

...

. . . .

''

3 |. .

|...

BlooD Diseases.

Diathetic.

Cancer of Breast . . . . .

1 ||

1 || || 1 | . . . . . . . . ||

Rectum . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

**

Uterus

1 |

Encephaloid . . . . . .

1 ||

1 | . . . .

Epithelial . . . . . .

Keloid

... I

. . . . .

. . ... . . . . . .

Tumor Fatty . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

1 ||

1.
1.
- - -

2 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 1 ||
.

1 |. . .

1 ||

1 | . . .
- - -

1 |. . .. . . . . .
- -

1.

1 || 4 | . . .

- -

1 .. . .
-

- - -

Numbers carried forward . . . . . .

5 | 40 || 21 | 61

22 || 29 || 3 || 4 || 58

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# | Apartree. - *|-- #
# -:
#|-

DISEASEs.

Numbers brought forward . . . . .

CLAss II. Blood

Fibro Cartilaginous . . . . .

Nucleated . . . . . . . .

Plastic

. . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Cystic

Naso-pharyngeal . . . . . . .

. . || 1 ||

2 ||

2 ||
1

. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .|

- -

1 ||

1 || 3
2

2 |.
|

- ||

1 || 1 ||

2 ||

2 ||

1 ||

1 || 2 | . . .
-

1 || 1

Local Diseases.

Disease of Brain.

Concussion of Brain . . . . . . . . . .

*
order 2d.

Order 1st.

29 || 3 || 4 || 58

Tumor Fibrous of Uterus . . . . . . .

CLAss III.

22

*came

Diathetic.- Continued.

40 || 21 || 61

Spinal Cord

* * * |

7 ||

3 || 10 ||

. . .. 2

. . . . . .

5 ||

Disease of Blood vessels.

| 1

Popliteal Aneurism . . . . . . . . . .
Varix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

6 || 1 || 7 | 3 ||

Order 3d. Disease of Air Passages.

...

Epistaxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

1 ||

2 |

1.

Order 4th. Disease of the Bowels.

* .............

* *

Crural

. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .

11.

Fistula in Ano

. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .

6 || 3 | 9

6 ||

Hemorrhoids.

5 ||

Recto-Urethral Fistula

. . .

. . . . . . . . .. . . .

Intussusception . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 ||

8 |

1 ||

1.

1
1

Order 5th. Disease of Kidney, etc.

- ||

Urinary Calculus . . . . . . . . . . .
Genetic.

1 | . . .

3 | . .

3 | . . .
2

Numbers carried
forward . . . . . .
5

Testicle Diseased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 | . .

3
1.

9.

8
l

... I

Hypertrophied Prostate. . . . . . . .

Order 6th.

1
1

1 l.

3 || 1

.3

3.

. . . . . 21. . .

*..

. . ss a 12" | St " ' " s his 12

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admirred.

---

#
#:

DIs EASEs.

.#*

| =2

DIS-H-A.R.G.E.D.

B | *

|-# |2:

* | *

|##
|#

*||||####|
~|~|-|--|--||
Numbers brought forward . . . . . .

|| 85

6 ||

47

39 l?4 || 57

12

8 |11

Local Diseases.- Continued.

Genetic.- Continued.

Hydrocele

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .

Ovarian Dropsy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Haematocele . . . . . .
Varicocele

Order 7th.

. . . . . .

... 1

...

Chronic

. . . . . . . . . .|

Lateral Curvature, Spine . . . . . . .

3 ||

||

||

... . ... 11.

1.
... .
|
| |

1.

. 2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Spine - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4 ||

. .

1.

1 |

Wrist

Leg - - - - - - - - - - - -

1 ||

- -

1|- - - -

1.

*
1|--

.. . ..

Arm . . . . . . . . . . .
Tarsus

. . . . . . . . . .

Stump

. . . . . . . . . .

Orbit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ... 2 | 1 |..l.... 1 |

. ..
- *|.. * | * | 1 |..

Anchylosis, False, Knees. . . . . . . . . . .

Deformity, Palate. . . . . . . . . . .
Harelip - - - - - - - - -

Paronychia . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

..l.. 1

1 | 1
1

... 1

2 .

.
1 || 3
2..

1.

1.

. .

. . ...

2 || || 1

Ingrowing Toe-Nail . . . . . . . . . .

..

1 |.

1...
2 ...

1 .. . .

1.

1 || 5 |. . .

|| |

4.

1 || 4 ||

... 4 || 2 || 6 || 2 || 8 |
|

11...

2 . .

*|| || ||

. . . . . . . . . .

7 1. . .

|| ||

* ..

11.

- -

|..

..

. . . . 1 || 1

Knee . . . . . . . . . . . | 2 || 3 |. - 8

Necrosis of Jaw . . . . . . . .

1|--|--| 1 | . . .

- 1 || 1 || 2 |.

Disease of Hip . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 || 1

1 |. .| 1
1 |

1. 1
s 3 |11

. . . . . . .

Caries

Synovitis, Acute . . . . . . . . . . .

Angular

1 || 2 || 3 || 6 | . . .

-1 - .

* . . .

1 || 1

Diseases of Bones, Joints,

Muscles, etc.

Inflamed Bursa . . . . . . . . . . . .

..

6 ||

. .. . . .

1.
-

1
1.

2.. . ..
... 11...
|..

.. .

1.

- || 3 | . . .

...

Numbers carried forward . . . . . . . 17 184 65 199 || 82 75 14 18 1so

27

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HOSPITAL.

SURGICAL.-Continued.

Gs

Discworp.

AbMitre D.

5:

#
:
* -:
#
##|
#|
|
|
|
|
#|
###|
3
||
3
||3:
** | 5 | # | 3 || 3 || E| 5 || 3 ||3:

DISEASE8.

Numbers brought forward . . . .

17

134 || 65

82 | 75 || 14

18 189 || 27

Local Diseases.-Continued.
Order 8th. Skin Diseases.
Ulcers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*

4 | 30

Varicose . . . . . . . . . .

18 || 48 | 28 || 11 || 1 || 2 || 42 |

2 | 11 || 3 || 14 || 9 ||

Lupus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

Malignant Pustule . . . . . . . . .

Erythema Nodosum . . . . . . . .

A". . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Perinephritic . . . . . . .

Diffuse . . . . . . . . . . .

5 | . .

1 || 1 ||

30 | 8 | as

1
.

3 ||

2 ||

**

3 | . . . 40

5 ||

2 |

. . .

1 | . .

1 || 1 || 2 | 1 |
3

10

14

1
-

1 |
1

5 ||

2
1

CLAss IV. METAMoRPHIC.

Order 2d. Diseases Women.

Mammary Abscess . . . . .
-

CLASS V.

1 | . . . 1 || 1 || 2 | . . . .

|-

one Lower . . . . . . .

Burns and Scalds . . . . . . . . .

... 8

... "

3 || 3 | . . .

3 || 7 || 9 | 16 || 13 || 1

|:

Dislocation of Neck . . . . . . . .

1 | .

Clavicle . . . . . . . .

1 ||

5 ||

2 | .

Shoulder . . . . . . .

Elbow

Hip . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . .

Sprain . . . . . . . . . . .

2 ||
4

Fracture, Ossa Nasi Compound . .

1 |

4 | 3 |

.
1 ||

3 ||

8 || 3 || 11 |
2

2
3

...

3
-

. . .

7 || 6 || 1

14

. .

3.

7 || 2 || 9 || 7 || 1

Numbers carried forward . . . . .

2
-

Skull Compound.

Base Skull . . . . . . . .
-

1 || 3
1 || 1

1 | 15

1 | . . |

Frost Bite. . . . . . . . . . . . .
-

Than ATIC.

order 1st. Accidents.

Crushing

42 |261 [117 ||378 (188 116

1 ||

|..] 3 || 8
.

4 || 12

20 || 43 |367 || 53

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CITY

SURGICALContinued.
-:...

-AbMirred.

DISEASEs.

|Eg

DISCHARGED.

~ 1 -

| =# | s:
-

- I -

#
|###

*|| ||######"
Numbers brought forward . . . . . .

42 1261 [117 | 378,188 116 || 20 || 43

287

53

Than Aric-Continued.
Accidents.-Continued.

Fracture Maxilla Superior, Compound.

Interior. . . . . . . |

|-

Clavicle
-

..

Compound . . . . .

. . . . .

Scapula, Body . . . . . . . .

Coracoid Process . . . . . . .

1.

Ribs . . . . . . . . . . .

Humerus : . . . . . . . . . .

44

. .

4 |

4.

into Elbow Joint . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . .

Radius . . . . . . . . . . . .

|-

and Ulna. . . . . . . .

Compound

Ulna. . . . . . .

Hand, Compound
Fingers, Compound

Spine

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Ilium

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Femur, Neck . . . . . .

. . . . .

Shaft.

Compound

- -

......

- -

2 . . .

.. |- - - - 2

21. . .

| | | | | | ||...

11.

...

2 || 2 | . . . . . .
2 . . .

21.

.3

2 . . .

1 | 4 |. . .

|12 || 1 || 13 || 0 | . . . . . | 1 || 10 |

2 ||

2 ||

4 ||

compound . . . . . . .

1.

|.

1. ... .

. . .

*| | | |

. . . . . . . . . . . .|

1 ||

Patella . . . . . . . . . . . .

15

2 . . .

2 ||

Tibia

. . .

1 ||

. . . . .

1 || 1 || 2 || 5 | . . .

7 |.

. 2.

2 ||

... . 2

5 || 14 | 12 ||

1 ||

2 . . .

- - -

1 ||

5 || 1 ||
1

11...

.. ..

4 || 2 |.
.

1.

|- - -

... .

2 || 1 | . . | 1 |.

3 || 4 || 7 ||
-

1 ||
-

. . . . . . . .

9 ||

1.
-

7 ||

10

1 ||

. . . . .

3 || 7 ||

1 || 1 || 2 |..

Comp.l.. . .

1 ||

2 || 2 | . . . . .

Anatomical Neck . . . . . . .

Both Arms

1
2

| -

1|..
. . . .

.. . . . . . .

. . . . . . .

7 || 9 || 1

6 || 1 ||

Comminuted . . . . . . . .

- - - || 1 | . . .

1
5 ||

2 || 1 || 3 || 1 | . .

2 || 7 | . .
2 |. . .

7 || 7
.2

2|--

s!...

| | |||

". . . . .
|

Numbers carried forward. . . . . . . , 56 |347 138 485

270,128

2 - - |

23 iss *

67

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HOSPITAL.

SURGICAL.-Continued.

#:

Dlse ASEs.

Numbers brought forward . . . . . .

TE:

Eischara.
# -:

Apurren.

##

56 347 138 485 270 128 || 23

*:
-

53 474 || 67

THANATIc-Continued.
Accidents.-Continued.
Fracture Tibia and Fibula . . . . . . .
-

24 ||

Compound

and.com.

Tibiae and Fibulae . . . . . .

Fibula . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 || 27 | 20

7 ||

...

1 ||

3 ||

8 ||

5 ||

1 |

2
...

with Dislocation . . . .

Tarsus . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 ||

Toes . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 || 2 | 2

Toes, Compound . . . . . .

2 ||

. . . . . . . . . . .

Gunshot Wound, Head . . . . . . . .

-

crest of Ilium

Thorax . . . . . . .

Groin

Back . . . . . . . .

1 |
1

Throat . . . . . . . .

...

1 |

2 ||

2 ||

1 ||

1 ||

2 |

3 ||

2 ||

Arm . . . . . . . . .

2 ||

Hand

. . . . . . . .

6 || 1 ||

. . . . . . . .

Knee

Foot . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . .

2
-

..

72

..

il. . .

. . . . .

.3

1 ||

. .. . . 2
1
1

7 || 4 || 2

2
3

2 || 8 | . . .
2

4 || 2 | 1

7 || 1 || 8 || 6 || 2

Wounds Lacerated, Head . . . . . . .

||

. . . .

1 || 1 || 2 | 2
4

3 ||

1 ||

1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |

. . . . . . .

Wounds Incised, Face . . . . . . . . .

-

1 ||

|| 57 | 14 || 71 || 60 | 12

12

Contusions

23

7 || 3 || 10 || 10

7 || 3

...

. . .

... 1

Face

Knee . . . . . . .

- 1

Hand . . . . . . .

1 | 8 || 1 || 9 || 7 || 2 | 1 |.. 10

Groin . . . . . . .

- -

1 1.

Foot

4 ||

. . . . . .

1 |

1
1

1
2 ||

1
|

Numbers carried forward . . . . . . . 68 l800 169 |669 |405 161 124167 657 | 80
\

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---

ADMITTED.

Els
"E-

I-T-

!.5.
*

**

-:

I -

.5

--

E==

#3

-:

**:

# = | 3 || F = | 3 |##

5* | 3 | #
Numbers brought forward . . . . . . . 68

g |:

3- | | | < |

DISEASEs.

|##

D-15CIIARGED.

500 169 669 |405 161

24 || 67 657 | 80

ThNATIC.-Continued.
Accidents.-Continued.
Wounds Punctured, Abdomen

. . . .

Neck . . . . . . .

4-

Thigh

it.

Leg . . . . . . . .

Foreign Body in CEsophagus . . . . .

-

||

... '

2
-

. . .

... . . . . .

...

- |.

1 | . . .

1 ||
|

1 ||

. . .

. . . .

Side . . . . . . . . .

Medical Cases Reported in Surgical Table.

Constipation

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Poisoning by Arsenic . . . . . . . . .
Disease of Uterus . . . . . . . . .

2 || 2 ||

2.

Retention Urine . . . . . . . . . . . .
Neuralgia . . . . . . . . . .

Uterine Haemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . .

Myalgia . . . . . . .

1 ||

2 | . . .

1 | . . .. . .
2

. . .

2 . . . .
2

. . .

3 || 3 | . . | 2 || 1 |.

31. . .

1 ||

. . .

1 ||

1|... 1

. . . . . .
-

Sum Total of Columns . . . . . . . . . 69 |509 178

412 170 ||25 | 69

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TABLE OF OPERATIONS. SURGICAL.

operaTIONs.

* | :
Amputat'n at shoulder joint

Arm ... . . . . . . . .

REsULT.

:
1

One, primary, died of pyaemia.

One, primary, recovered with necrosis;
one pathological, recovered with ulcera

tion of stump; one, pathological, nearly

well; one, pathological, died of pyaemia;
one, primary, died of pyaemia; one,

secondary, died of pyaemia.

44

Fore-arm ... . . . .

3 ||

Two, primary, well; one, pathological,

died of pyamia; one, secondary, died of

pyaemia.
*

di

Fingers....... ... 13 |...

Thigh.......... 10 | 1

13

Nine, primary, well; two, secondary, well;

one, primary, died of pyaemia.

11

One, primary, well; one, pathological, in

Hospital, doing well; two, primary, died
of pyaemia; three, primary, died of
exhaustion; one, pathological, well;
two, pathological, died of pyaemia; one,
secondary, well.
*

Knee joint......| 1 |....

Well; had necrosis femur.

Leg . . . . . . . . . . . .

One, primary, well; one, primary, pyae

7 |

mia, recovered with necrosis; two, pri

mary, died of exhaustion; three, patho

logical, well; one doing well in il'pital.
44

Foot Lisfrancs ...

One, primary, well.

44

Toes...........

6 |.

One, primary, much relieved; one, pri

mary, died of pyaemia; one secondary,
recovered with necrosis; three, patho
logical, well.

Breast. . . . . . . . . . . . ....

One, for cancer, well.

Ablation superior maxilla .......

Carcinoma, well, in Hospital.

g"

Died in ten weeks of abscess of the brain.

Artery Ligature of common

Carotid........... . . . . . . .

Artery Ligature, Femoral ... 2

One died of pyaemia, one of haemorrhage.

Acupressure ........

For popliteal aneurism, well.

Ligature Ulna. .....

Incised wound in hand, died of pyaemia.

44

Palmar Arch, ..

Carried forward....... 51 || 8

Doing well, in Hospital.

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TABLE OF OPERATIONS, SURGICAL. Continued.

opert Arions.

* | # 1 Ta
.#
#
:

Re8 ULT.

Numbers brought forward 51 || 8 || 59

Bullet removed. . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 ....

Dislocation of the Hip . . . . . .

2 |

1 || 3 One, of a year's standing, not relieved; two,

Shoulder ...|

4 ||

1 ||

One, from groin, well; one, from axilla,

well; and one from crest of ilium, well.
well.

4-

of Radius et Ulna.

Enucleation of Eye-ball. . . . .

4
2

- -

Three, well; two, in Hospital, nearly well.

Well.

2 One, contents of Orbit removed for epi

thelic dis., well; one, traumatic rupture

of globe, well.
Exscission of Knee. . . . . . . . . .

One, pathological, died of pyaemia; one

pathological, doing well, in Hospital.

Head femur. . . . . .

2 ||

1 ||

One, well; one, in Hospital, doing well;

one, relieved.

Elbow Joint .....

2 ||

1 ||

One, primary, not relieved: one, primary,

died of pyaemia; one, pathological, not
relieved.

Fissure of Palate. . . . . . . . . . . ... .

1 |

Fistula in Ano .............

6 ||

2 |

8 Seven, well; one, relieved.

Hare lip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

....]

1 ||

double ... . . . . . . . . .

Hernia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Well.

Well.

1 |.

Well.

One, double ingl. well; two, strangulated,

one, well; and one, died; one, omental,

Well.
Well.

well.
Haemorrhoids . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 |

Haematocele ...............

Hydrocele .................

3 |.

Lithotomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 |.

Lithotrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Minor Operations...........
Necrosis...........

- - - - - - - -

2 |

Well.
Well.
Relieved.
Well.
82 || 34 |116
9 ||

3 | 12

One, tibia trephined, doing well; eight,

well; one, relieved; one, not relieved;

two, in Hospital, doing well.

Carried forward.... ...

183| 57 |240

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HOSPITAL.

TABLE OF OPERATIONS, SURGICAL. Continued.

*
oPERATIONs.

g
# ~
#| -5 || -=

REs ULT.

Numers brought forward...183 || 57 240

Necrosis of Stump..........

2 ||

Ovariotomy ...............

.....

1 ||

3 0ne, followed by amputation; one, in

Hospital; one, died.

Dead, one in twenty-seven hours; and one

in two hours.

Paracentesis Thoracis.......
-

Abdominis ..... ....

Perineal Section............

1 ||

1.

Well.

Relieved for ovarian disease.

Three, well; one, by direct puncture, well;

and one by same operation, doing well,
in Hospital.

Perinephritic'Abscess.......

One, well; one, died after leaving Hospital.

Phymosis..................

3 |.

Well.

Plastic Operation...........

Flap taken from nates and applied to

ulcer of hand, ulcer improved, died,

..., |

2 |

atheroma of aorta.

Polypus-Nasopharyngeal ...

*
by temporary depression of supe
ricr maxilla

Puncture of the Bladder . . . .

1 ..

Followed by perineal section.

Removal of needle from side,....|

1 || 1 Well.

Trephining Skull...........

1 ||

3 ||

4 One, for compound comminuted fractured

skull, with depression, died of pyaemia;

one, compound comminuted fractured
skull, with depression, died of shock;
one, for injury of head, died; one, com
pound depressed fracture into frontal
sinus, well.

Spine...........

For dislocation of neck,died.

Tenotomy .................

1 |.

1.

Well.

Tracheotomy...............

2 ||

1 ||

3 One, for oedema of glottis, well; two

Tumor Cheloid.............

1 ||

1 ||

2 One, of face, well; one, of breast, nearly

well.

Cystic ............. ... -

1 |

1 Of lip, well.

Fibro nucleated....| 1 |.

memb, croup, died.

Carried forward........ 205

6

| 68 273

Of neck, well.

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TABLE OF OPERATIONS, SURGICAL. Concluded.

# # #

OPERATIONs.

Result.

Numbers brought forward. .205 | 68 |273

Femur Fibro Plastic........ . . . .]
64

1 |

1 Of labium, well.

Cartilaginous......| 2 | 2 One of neck, well; one, of face, well.

Ununited Fracture Femur...

Not relieved.

Inferior Maxilla ............

Well.

Varix, Ligature of..........

Four, well; three, relieved; and one in

Hospital, nearly well.

Varicocele ................

1 ....

1
Well.

Ligature Ext'l Iliac..... ....

Wesico-Vaginal Fistula......

Totals.........

* * * * * * *

1 Died of exhaustion.

1 .

- -

1 |

217, 72 |289

Much relieved.

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HOSPITAL.

TABLE OF ACCIDENTS.
|
Males. Females.

NATURE OF 1NJURY.

Burns .................................................. . .

Crushing both lower extremities......... ...................

One

44

Dislocation
44

(s

44

- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -

Clavicle......................
Radius and Ulna ................................

Shoulder ...................

.....

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Compound ........................

...

Compound........

44

ts

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

**** * * * * * * * * * ** *

**

Superior

Nose, Compound............. ........ ..

44

Clavicle.................
44

"

........................
- - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Comminuted ..............

4-

Scapula ..............

*4

Coracoid process . . . . . . . . .

".

44

Humerus Shaft .........

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

into Elbow Joint.........................

44

Compound .......

Radius...........................

|-

44

44

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

and Ulna.............. * *

1
1

7
2

4.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

14

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** *

4.

Compound..................

- - - - -

Ulna........................................ - - - -

Numbers carried forward............

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

|-

- - -

Anatomical Neck ...........

both Humeri..............

| | 6

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

**

44

44

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

44

- - -- - - - --- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

Inferior Maxilla...................

-4

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4-

4
1

Spine ................

44

*-

15

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Fracture, Skull, Base..........

44

............................

*...........

Total.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

...

92

1
2

27

119

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TABLE OF ACCIDENTS.Continued.

Male. Female. Total.

NATURE OF INJURY.

Numbers brought forward..............................

Fracture, Hand, Compound..........

- -

44

Fingers

44

Femur, Neck ...............

92

27

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

.....................

- - - - - -

st

Shaft..............

did

Compound .......... .......

- - - - -

...

- -

13

- - - - - - - - - - -

**

Crest Ilium ... .................

*4

Patella......................

Tibia ................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

**

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

* - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - -

Compound................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Fibula .... .......................................

Tibia and Fibula.......

**

44

*4

44

st

44

ti

4t

2
8

10

- - - - -

28

25

Compound .......................

Comminuted............

- - - - - - * - - -

44

Fibula ...........

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Compound......

Spine..............

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

10

...

45

13

58

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

44

44

Arm and Thorax ....................

44

44

Head.............

44

Back ...............

is

st

Crest of Ilium......................

Incised Wound, Neck ..........

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

- - - - - - - -

- - - - -

- -

* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Contusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gunshot Wound, Groin .....

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -

Concussion, Brain... .................

*

Tarsus ............

si

12

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- -

* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

44

| 119

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

* - - - - - - -

- -

- -

- -

44

4t

- -

i4

44

238

58

296

- - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -

Numbers carried forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TABLE OF ACCIDENTS.Concluded.

|Males.

NATURE of iN.j u ft Y.

Females. Total.

Numbers brought forward..............................

238

Incised Wound, Wrist ......................................

- - - - - -

..

- - - - - - - - - - - -

44

st

Foot .....

i4

st

Knee ...........

st

Face .......

- - - - - - - - -

- -

- - - - - -

- - - - - - - * *

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

- - -

* * * *

- - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Lacerated Wound of Hand ...............

- - - - -

* * * *

- - - - -

58

|| 296

44

Foot...................................

3.

{&

**

Groin.....

- - -

Face ... ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

i4

st

Knee .........

- - - - - - - - - - *

- - - - - - - -

Puncturel Wound, Abdomen... . . . . .

44

- -

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

- - - -

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - -

- -

- - -

- -

44

Frost Bite .......

- - -

- - - -

- -

- - - - - - -

- -

- -

- - - - - - - -

Sprains... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - -

- - - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

- -

204 || 84

328

Totals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A.

1
- -

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'

TABLE OF DEATHS, SURGICAL, FROM JANUARY 1st, 1867, TO

JANUARY 1ST, 1868.

Diseases, &c.

Abscess of Knee Joint......

Males. Females. Total.

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - -

- - - - -

Burn.................................................. . . . . . .

Concussion of Spine...........
Contused Wound of Foot, (Pyaemia).........................
- -

44

of Leg,

Croup ..........

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - -

......................

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - -

44

(one)...........

st

Cystitis. . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - -

- - - * - - - - - -

Dislocation of Neck ..........

Epithelioma ............
Exhaustion . . . . . . . .

- - -

- - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - -

- - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - -

skull, compound

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Spine ..........

- - - - - - - - -

Femur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44

44

- -

1 || 1

.......

. . .. . . .

|. . . . . . .

. .. . .. .

|. . . . . . .

- - - - -

1
1. . . . . . .

1
1

- - -

. . . . . ...

- - -

... . ...

. ......

3.

Fracture Base Skull........................................

44

...||

Crushing Lower Extremities, (both) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44

... |

1.

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1. . . . . . .

. ......

... . ...

Compound ...........

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Tibia and Fibula, Compound............

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

- - -

and Commin., (Pyaemia, 6)

Arm, Compound and Comminuted, (Pyaemia).........

.......

44

44

44

Both Arms, Compound and Comminuted, (Pyaemia)...

.......

Scapula, Compound.................................

. .. . . . .

Nose

. . . . . ...

(Pyaemia)........................

Hip Disease...........................

- - - - - -

- -

...

- - - - - - - -

- - - -

Incised Wound of Hand (Pyaemia).....

of Foot (Pyaemia).......................

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

. ... .. .

- - - - -

I. . . . . . .

Necrosis Orbit..............................................

|.......

4t

Numbers carried forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - -

- - - -

- -

- - -

40

48

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TABLE OF DEATHS, SURGICAL.Concluded.

|
diseases.

Numbers brought forward......................

Necrosis Stump, (Pyaemia, 1)........

- - - - -

Wrist, (Pyaemia, 2). . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ovarian Tumor ................

- -

re-

Males.

- -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

Punctured Wounds, Groin............

- - - -

- - - -

- -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - -

- -

- -

- -

40,

2.

48

2.

-- - -

3.

- -- --

Total.

- - -

Scrofulous Disease Knee Joint, (Pyaemia)....................

1.

- -

1.

- - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

2.

---

1.

* *

1.

---

1.

- * - - - - - -

.....

Ulcer-Atheromata Aorta, (Pyaemia).........................

1.

1.

2.

Strangulated Hernia..........

- - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Stricture................................
Tetanus ........................

- - - - - - - - -

- - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

- * * *

Uterus, Fibrous Tumor .....................................

Diffuse Suppuration, (Pyaemia, 2)............................

Total....................

- - - -

- - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - - - - -

.. .....

2.
3.

1.

1.

5.

54

15.

69

--- - -

Among the deaths are included the cases of those taken up in the streets in convul
sions, or injured from accident on shipboard, railroads, or otherwise, and brought to the
Hospital by the Police, often in a dying condition.

All accidents thus brought in are received without reference to the probability of

cure. Whatever aid the circumstances demand, is administered. Otherwise, no pa

tients are received whose cases do not appear to admit of cure, or, at least, relief; and
these are referred to the admitting physician.
Died in accident-room, without treatment, soon after being brought in, 3

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REPORT OF SURGICAL OUT-PATIENTS.

Disease.

No.

Abscess............ * * * * * * *

Facial . . . . . .

- -

* * * * * * * *

- - - -

- - - - - -

Mammary.................

Palmar ...................

Parotid .........

- - - - -

- - - - -

Perinephritic.....

tg

Popliteal..................

of Scalp......

- - -

- - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Adenitis...................

- - - -

Disease.

75

No.

Number brought forward......

534

Fracture of Clavicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21

7
18

*4

Costal Cartilage . . . . . . . . .

*4

Humerus ..............

1
4

**

Femur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44

Fibula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44

50

44

Fingers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Metacarpal . . . . . . . . . . . .

*4

Metatarsal .............

1
I

**

Jaw ...................

4-

Olecranon. . . . .

1.

16

44

Patella.................

44

Radius and Ulna. . . . . . ...

Radius ............ . . . .

9
37

(4

Rib ........... . . . . . . . . .

44

Toe ......

- - - - - - - - - - -

1
5

Bites ...... ......................

Burns ............................
Bursae ..................
Carbuncle ........................
Caries ........................... . .

10

Concussion of Spine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Contraction from Burn.............

44

Ulna...................

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

241

*4

and Dislocation at Elbow

Corns ....................... . . . . .

*4

Old....................

14

Contusions..... * *

Curvature Spine, Angular...

.

44

ti

Frost Bite. . . . . . .
Furunculus . . . . . .

14

Lateral....

- -

2
- - -

- - - - - - - - - -

- - -

10

Ganglion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Haemorrhoids .....................

Dislocation Acromial end Clavicle ..

Harelip...........................

Costal Cartilage ........

Fingers . . . . .
...
Hip...............

Hernia...........

House-Maid's Knee................

Cyst of Testicle . . . . . . . . . . . .

Disease of Finger Nails.............

44

44
st

- - - -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

4
24
2

Hydrocele ........... ..

- - -

- - -

- - -

of Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10
1

Radius and Ulna...

3
1

Hygroma .........................

44

Shoulder Joint. . . . . . . ...

Thumb ......
- - - - -

44

44

44

*4

Ulna............ ......

Ingrowing Toe-nail ................

Irritable Stump.......

Enchondroma .....................

Lupus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Epididymitis......................
Epistaxis.........................
Erysipelas . . . . . .

Malformations ....................
Mollities Ossium ...

3.
4

Morbus Coxarius. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21

- - -

Fissure of Soft Palate. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fistula in Ano ....................

Myalgia ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Naevus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Necrosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

29

10
3

Neurosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Arm . . . . . . . . . ... ..

898

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

(Esophageal.....
Foreign Body in Hand ........... ...
*

44

- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - -

- -

- -

- - - - - - -

*4

Eye...............

Odontalgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Onychia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

{{

(Esophagus ... . . . .

Orchitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Number carried forward......

534

Nun.ber carried forward. . . . . 1181

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REPORT OF SURGICAL OUT-PATIENTS.Continued.

Disease.

DiskAs E.

No.

Number brought forward...... 1181

No.

Number brought forward...... 1651

Tumors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

Ostitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Otalgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cheloid .......... . . . . . . . . .

Otitis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Encysted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Otorrhoea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Epithelial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ozana . . . . . .....................

Paralysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paraphymosis ....................
Paronychia.......................

Fibro-Cellular . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fibrous....................

Glandular..................

44

Mammary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Periostitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

Ovarian . . . . . . . . . . .

Phymosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scirrhus ......... . . . . . . . . .

Prolapsus Ani ....................

Vascular.......

. ....

Uteri ...................

Ulceration of Colon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
2

44

- - - - - - -

Knee ..........
Wrist .........

**

*4
44

Skin Disease .....................

- -

- - - -

Scrofulous Disease, Elbow . . . . . . . . .

**

- - - -

- - - -

Gms................

st

Ranula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1
85

Ulcers, chronic....................

varicose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Varix ............................
Venereal.........

64

21
19

- - - - - - -

105

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- *

- -

- - - - - -

Sinus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Warts . . . . . . .

Spermatorrhoea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spina Bifida ......................
Sprains ... .......................

Wounds, Incised and Lacerated . . . . 208

Stomatitis.............

* * * * *

Synovitis, acute . . . . .

Gunshot..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

240

Scalp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

* *

Wry-neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wen . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

chronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Referred to Medical Out-patients De

partment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Referred to Admitting Physicians... 113
Admitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

- -

* *

- - - -

Talipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tongue-tied.......................
Tonsillitis.........................

9
1
18

|
Number curried forward...... 1651 |
Average attendance, 79 per week.

** * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,823

Total during the year, 4,108.

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OPERATIONS UPON SURGICAL OUT-PATIENTS.

No.

Abscess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

Palmar ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Parotid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mammary ...

44

- - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - -

* - - - - - - - - -

- -

- -

- * *

12

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

- - -

- -

1.
18
1
4

Carbuncle ............
Extraction of Bullet.........................
Dislocation of Shoulder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Furunculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- - - - - -

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1
6

- - - -

Harelip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hydrocele ...
Ingrowing Toe-nail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lancing Gum..........
Naevus, Injection of . . . . . .
- - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

Necrosis...............

- - -

- - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

Paraphymosis. . . . .
Phymosis . . . . . . .

- -

- -

- - - - -

- - - -

- -

- -

1
4

Ranula ........... **

2
30

* * * * * * * *

- - - - -

- - - - - -

* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- -

- -

...... .

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - -

7
2

- - - - - - - - - - -

Needles in Hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Onychia. . . . . .
Paronychia ........

3
1

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - -

- - -

2
4
1

- - - - - -

Removal Foreign Bodies...........................

Finger Nails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Toe-nails ..............

5
4
2

Scrofulous Glands............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - - * - - - - - -

Suppurating

- - - - - - -

...

Sinus ... . . . . . . . . . . . .

- -

- - - - - - -

Spina Bifida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Talipes .........

- -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Tonsils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- - - - -

Tongue-tie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tumors, Epithelial . . . . . .
Encyst?d . . . . . . . . .

Cheloid...... ......
Fibrous...............

It will be noticed that the number of patients treated has

increased yearly since the Hospital was opened, and during the

1
4
2
1

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51

last season far in excess of other years; and we trust with a

success commendable to the medical faculty connected with the
Institution.

From the members of your Board I have continued to receive

much encouraging sympathy and support, for which I would
renew the expression of my thanks. From the medical staff,
the resident officers, and from many other persons who have

filled places of responsibility and trust, I have received cordial

and efficient co-operation.
-

Respectfully submitted,
L. A. CUTLER, Superintendent.

RULES OF ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES.

Applications for admission of patients shall be made at the

Hospital on each day of the week (Sunday excepted), between

9 and 11 o'clock, A.M.

Whenever able, the patient shall apply in person. When not

able to appear in person, application may be made by a friend,
and the patient shall be visited by one of the House Officers, or
by some Physician designated by the Trustees.

Any Trustee, or either of the Physicians or Surgeons in

attendance, may, in case of emergency, send a patient in the

first instance to the Hospital by written permit; and the Visi

ting Committee shall, on the certificate of one of the medical
officers designated for the purpose, decide as soon as may be
afterwards whether such patient shall remain.
Persons accidentally wounded, or otherwise disabled or
injured, shall be received at all hours.

Permits for admission shall be subject to the approval of the

Visiting Committee for the time being, or, in their absence, to

that of the Superintendent.

The Visiting Committee, however, shall have the power at

any time to require the Superintendent to report to them the

names of applicants before admitting them, and may dismiss
any patient whom they think improperly admitted.
Patients discharged on the recommendation of the Physicians
or Surgeons shall be provided with a certificate stating their
condition at the time of discharge, whether cured, relieved, or
not relieved, which certificate shall be signed by the Superinten
dent.

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HOSPITAL.

53

Patients may be admitted by the Trustees to the privileges of

the Hospital, at such rates of board as they may from time to
time determine; such board being secured by their friends, or

by the authorities of the place to which they belong.

In all cases where, in the opinion of the Trustees, the circum

stances of the patient will warrant it, the whole or part of the
board shall be paid.

If separate apartments, or articles not

usually furnished at the Hospital, are provided, such payment

shall be made therefor as the Trustees shall deem reasonable.

HOU S E

RU LES .

PATIENTs must be in their proper places in the wards during

the visit of the Physicians and Surgeons, and always by 8 P.M.,

unless specially exempted by the Superintendent.

Those free patients who are able, are expected to assist in
nursing, and in such other services as may be reasonably re
quired of them.

Patients shall not leave the Hospital Grounds without a pass

from the Superintendent, nor their respective wards without the
consent of the nurse in attendance.
No patient shall purchase, or cause any member of the house
hold to purchase for him, any article of food whatsoever, nor any
other article, without the consent of the Superintendent. Nor
shall any officer or servant of the Hospital receive a gift or fee
from a patient.

Profane or obscene language, loud talking, and incivility are

prohibited.

No person shall be admitted to the Hospital whose case is

judged to be incurable, unless there be urgent symptoms which,
in the opinion of the Physician or Surgeon, are capable of being
relieved.

No patient having acute syphilitic disease, or mania-a-potu,

shall be admitted as a charity patient, or at a lower rate than
twenty-five dollars a week for the former, and fifteen dollars for
the latter.

~.

Patients may be visited by clergymen of their own selection;

and, where there is a wish for the performance of any particular
religious rite, it shall be indulged when practicable.
It is expected that patients will implicitly obey the rules of
, the Hospital. Complaints, for whatever cause, may be made to

CITY

HOSPITAL.

55

the Superintendent or Visiting Committee; and, when reason

able, shall be by them reported to the Trustees.
All employs must be in their respective places during their
hours of duty. The doors and gates of the hospital will be
closed at 9%, P. M., at which time all are expected to be quiet,
and those not on duty, in their own rooms.

The smoking of tobacco is prohibited within the Hospital;

also the use of wine and intoxicating liquors, unless prescribed

by a physician.
VISITORS.

No person shall visit any part of the premises, except on

business, or at such times as may be fixed for the reception of
visitors, without the permission of the Superintendent, or of
some one of the Trustees.

On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of each week,

from two to three o'clock, P. M., friends may be permitted to

visit patients, though no patient shall receive more than one

visitor on the same day. In all cases, however, the Trustees or
Superintendent may exercise discretionary powers as to exclud
ing or admitting visitors.

No visitor will be permitted to take any meal in the Hospital,

or pass the night therein, without permission from the Superin
tendent.

No visitor shall be allowed to give any article of food or

drink to a patient, unless by permission of the nurse; and any
article sent to the patients shall be left with the Superintendent.

NURSES.

Nurses ar required to be in their several wards each morn

ing, ready for duty, before the night watchers leave the same.
Nurses are to decide what clothing or other articles patients
are to retain in the ward.

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HOSPITAL.

STUDENTS.

The Trustees may grant any practitioner or student of medi

cine of one year's standing, on the joint recommendation of the
Physician and Surgeon in attendance, a ticket of admission to
follow the practice of the Hospital for not more than one year.
Before receiving this ticket, the applicant shall sign an obli
gation to obey in all respects the By-laws and Regulations of
the Hospital. The privilege thus granted may be modified or
revoked.

No student shall be entitled to admission except at the regu

lar hours for visiting, operation, or lecture.
Every student, when requested, shall show his ticket to the
porter at the gate, and shall conduct himself with decorum and

propriety. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to report

any infringement of the rules to the Visiting Committee.

FORM OF APPLICATION,

The form of application for admission shall be as follows:

B OST ON

CITY

HO SPITAL.

The undersigned, inhabitant of

and now residing at
Born

for the last

being

in

years of age, by employment a

, married, and ill

, requests to be admitted to the City Hospital.

of

Boston,

, 186 .

CERTIFICATE OF ADMITTING

PHYSICIAN.

Having examined the condition of the said applicant, I find

it a suitable case for admission to the City Hospital.
, M. D.

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57

HOSPITAL.

TO BE SIGNED BY SUPERINTENDENT.

to the Hospital.
is assigned to ward

Admit
Said

Extra payment, $
Said

Transferred to ward

is discharged,

, bed
, bed
186 .

, Superintendent.

BE QUEST S.

Elisha Goodnow of Boston, by will dated July 12, 1849,

makes the City of Boston residuary legatee to his estate, real
and personal, for the benefit of a City Hospital. Provided,
that one-half of the proceeds shall be applied to the establish
ment and perpetual maintenance of free beds, under the control
of the government and officers of the said Hospital for the time
being.

The following sums of money have been received:

1862, June 9.

From executor's balance of

account at Probate Office

$623 85

1864, April 14. Proceeds of sale of estate on

Cross Street, containing 6,228 square feet
of land

$14,907 12

Old buildings upon same .

.
1864, December 31. From City of
Boston, for 225 square feet of
land

223 00

taken from above estate

to widen Cross Street

523 36

15,653 48

1864, July 1.
this date

Interest on same from City to

-

222 67
$16,500 00

1867, Nov. 30.

From Boston, Hart

ford and Erie R. R. for 5,167

square feet land taken by New

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59

HOSPITAL.

York Central R. R. from estate

on Third Street, South Boston 1868, January 1. Proceeds of sale

balance of estate on Third Street,
South Boston, 1,516 square feet -

3,875 25

758 00

$21,133 25

1868, January 1. Of the above amount say $16,500 is in

vested in city scrip, dated July 1, 1864, twenty years, interest
semi-annually, at six per cent per annum, and deposited with
the City Auditor, who is required to receive the interest upon

the said scrip, and add the same to the moneys appropriated for
the use of the Hospital.
The balance on interest in the hands of the City Treasurer to
be invested as above, is $4,633.25.

1868, January.

The $10,000 deposited by the Executors of

Mr. Goodnow, June 22, 1852, with the Massachusetts Hospital

Life Insurance Company, the interest upon which is to be paid

to the widow, will, upon her decease, be distributed as follows:
$500 to the Penitent Females Refuge.

$5,000 to City of Boston; income to be expended for

the relief of sick and infirm persons.
$4,500 to be added to the fund heretofore provided for the
support of free beds in the City Hospital.
Lawrence Nichols of Boston, by will dated August 19, 1862,
and recorded Suffolk Registry of Wills, vol. 160, fol. 140,
bequeathed to the City of Boston, towards the support of a City
Hospital, the sum of one thousand dollars.
1863, April 29. The Executor of Mr. Nichols paid the City
Treasurer $1,000, less the United States tax
The City of Boston paid interest on same

$93.7 25
-

62 75

$1,000 00
* Plans, copy of the will, and other papers, are on file with the Secretary
Of the Board of Trustees.

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HOSPITAL.

1864, July 1. The above amount, say $1,000, has been in

vested in City of Boston scrip, dated July 1, 1864, twenty years,
with six per cent interest, payable semi-annually, and deposited
with the City Auditor, as required by ordinance.
1865, March 14. Received as Residuary Legatee, from the
estate of Mr. Nichols, and now in the hands of the Treas
ul'er -

1868, January 1.

$530 50

The Trustees have received the sum of

two thousand dollars from Hon. Otis Norcross, as the founda

tion of a fund for the benefit of patients leaving the Hospital,

poor and destitute of proper clothing. The principal sum is to
be invested in a City of Boston interest-bearing note, to be
deposited with the City Auditor, the interest of which to be
collected annually or oftener, and paid over to the President of
the Board of Trustees, for the time being, of the City Hospital,

to be by him expended at his discretion for the benefit and

temporary assistance of those patients who are in his judgment

deserving, and who are destitute of proper clothing, in which to

leave the Hospital, and having no means of procuring it.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL STAFF.

CONSULTING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

JoHN JEFFRIES, M. D.

S. D. TownsPND, M. D.
EDwARD REYNOLDs, M. D.

SILAS DURKEE, M. D.
JoHN HOMANs, M. D.

WINSLow LEWIS, M. D.

VISITING PHYSICIANS.

FITCH ED. OLIVER, M. D.

J. N. BoRLAND, M. D.
J. G. BLAKE, M. D.

J. BAxTER UPHAM, M. D.

JoHN P. REYNoLDs, M. D.

WM. W. MoRLAND, M. D.

VISITING SURGEONS.

C. E. BUCKINGHAM, M. D.
D. McB.THAxTER, JR., M. D.
CHARLEs D. HoMANs, M. D.

DAVID W. CHEEVER, M. D.
W. H. THORNDIKE, M. D.
GEORGE DERBY, M. D.

OPHTHALMIC SURGEON. HENRY W. WILLIAMS, M. D.

ADMITTING PHYSICIAN. H. F. DAMON, M. D.
PATHOLOGIST. CHARLEs W. SwAN, M. D.

PHYSICIAN TO OUT-PATIENTS. CHAs. W. Swan, M. D.

ASSISTANT PHYSICIAN TO OUT-PATIENTS,
M. F. GAVIN, M. D.
SURGEON TO OUT-PATIENTS. FRANCIS C. RoPEs, M. D.
HOUSE PHYSICIANS.
R. H.

Frtz.

W. E. BoARDMAN.

HOUSE SURGEONS.
GEORGE GAY.

G. F. JELLY.
L. D. GUNTER.

OPHTHALMIC EXTERNE M. F. GAVIN, M. D.

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HOSPITAL.

TRUSTEES FOR 1863.

ALDERMEN THOMAS C. AMORY, JR., President.

OTIS NORCROSS.

CoUNCILMEN JOSEPH BUCKLEY,

LUCIUS A. CUTLER,

DAVID H. COOLIDGE, Secretary.

AT LARGE THEODORE METCALF, for three years.
SUMNER CROSBY, for two years.
WILLIAM R. LAWRENCE, for one year.

TRUSTEES FOR 1864.

ALDERMEN OTIS NORCROSS, President.

GEORGE W. WARREN.

CouncILMEN-WILLIAM CUMISTON,
JOHN T. BRADLEE,

DAVID H. COOLIDGE, Secretary.

AT LARGE WILLIAM R. LAWRENCE,
THEODORE METCALF,
SUMNER CROSBY.

TRUSTEES FOR 1865.

ALDERMEN N. C. NASII,
TIIOMAS GAFFIELD.

CouncILMEN SUMNER CROSBY,

M. W. RICHARDSON,

WALBRIDGE A. FIELD, Secretary.

AT LARGE JOHN T. BRADLEE,
OTIS NORCROSS, President.
THEODORE METCALF.

CITY

HOSPITAL.

TRUSTEES FOR 1866.

ALDERMEN N. C. NASH,
THOMAS GAFFIELD.

CoUNCILMEN WALBRIDGE A. FIELD, Secretary,

M. W. RICHARDSON,
MATTHIAS RICH.

AT LARGE THEODORE METCALF,

JOHN T. BRADLEE,
OTIS NORCROSS, President.

TRUSTEES FOR 1867.

ALDERMAN NEWTON TALBOT.

CouncILMENWALBRIDGE A. FIELD, Secretary.

CHARLES H. ALLEN.

AT LARGE NATHL. C. NASH,

JOEL RICHARDS,
THEODORE METCALF,
JONAS BALL,
DAVID H. COOLIDGE,
JOHN T. BRADLEE, President.

LUCIUS A. CUTLER, Superintendent.

63

City Document. No. 4.

CITY

OF

BOSTON.

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BostoRIA
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AUDITOR'S MONTHLY EXHIBIT,

JANUARY 6, 1868.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

GENERAL AND SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS

FOR 1867-68.
MONTHLY

EXHIBIT.

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR of AccoUNTs, CITY HALL,

January 6, 1868.
To the Hinorable City Council :
Gentlemen, The undersigned, in compliance with the 3d
Section of the Ordinance on Finance, herewith presents an Exhibit
of the General and Special Appropriations for the present finan
cial year of 186768, as shown in the books in his office,
January 1, 1868, including the January Draft, being nine
months' payments of the financial year, exhibiting the original
appropriations, the amount expended and the balances of each
unexpended at that date. Under the head Expended is in
cluded $947,200 debt paid off.

Respectfully submitted,

ALFRED T. TURNER,
Auditor of Accounts.

GENEE.A.T.,

A.EPEPEOEPEIATIONS.
|

Amount of each

OBJECT of APPROPRIATIONs.

Appropriation.

Adams School House

.

$11,659 27

4,000 00
1,200 00

2,426 12
740 00

460 00

72,000 00
16,000 00

47,332 89
9,567 77

24,667 11
6,432 23

1.506 95

493 05
6.324 74

Albany Street Bridge

Armories
Bells and Clocks
Boston Harbor

2,000 00

9,300 00
14,000 00

Bridges.
Cemeteries

7,700 00

City Debt
City Hospital

$400,000 00

Common, etc.

91,000 00
*54,050 00

County of Suffolk.
Engineer's Department.
External Health Department.

225,000 00

20,000 00

Fire Alarms .

Fire Department .
Harbor Dredging .

b-partment

Internal
Interest and Premium

7,500
19,500
159,500
*21,763
232,400
930,000
75,000

Incidental Expenses
Lamps .

250,500

Markets

Meridian Street Bridge.

Militia Bounty
Mount Hope Cemetery .
Add Revenue

siojosa:

New Lunatic Hospital .

Old Claims .
Overseers of the Poor
-

Paving, etc. .
Police

Public Bathing
Public

Buildings

2,975
11,359
5,479
947,200

2,640 56
2,220 47

66,541 55

24,458 45

45,420 84

8,629 16

164,756 19
15,771 88

60,243 81

3,859 27
16,432 69
118,018 14

00

184,986 21
317,003 31
60,466 80

00

00
00

$340 73
1,573 88

26
44
53
00

00
00
00
48

8,200 00
*38,002 50
30,000 00

Bal. Unexpended.

$12,000 00

Advertising .
Annuities

Expended.

10,825 58

157,017 33

4,228
3,640
3,067
41,481
10,937

12
73
31
86
90

47,413 79

612,996
14,533
93,482
2,607

69
20
67
84

5,592 16
37,721 93
280 57
40,432 00810,432.00 adv. by Tr.

14,673 14,

23,099 61|

2,276 75

*114,428 03

4,159 12

110,268 91

1,500 00
50,300 00

262 03
20.000 00

30,300 00

250,000
473,835
25,000
63,000

00
00
00
00

229,610 26
321,318 67|

115,000
78,000
55,000
13,000

00
00
00
00

93,269 29
52,399 07

12,000 00

5,760 30

6,000 00

4, 149 69

22.513 47

53,008 74

1,237 97
20.389 74

152,516 33
2,486 53
9,991 26

Public Institutions, viz:

House of Industry
House of Correction .

Lunatic IIospital
Steamboat Henry Morrison.
Pauper Expenses
General Expenses at City Office.
-

Carried forward

40,960 25
8,726 21

21,730
25,600
14,039
4,273
6,239
1,850

71
93
75
79
70
31

$3,972,352 15 $3,164,329 8251,376,357 55

*To these appropriations have been added the balances brought from 1866-67.
tExcess of $547,200.00 taken from the Debt Sinking Fund.

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 4.

Amount of each
Appropriation.

OBJECT of APPROPRIAtions.

Expended.

Bal. Unexpended.

$3,972,352 15 $3,164,329 8251,376,357 55

Brought forward .

*18,102 00
*43,258 11
30,000 00

Public Lands

Public Library.
Printing and Stationery
Reserved Fund .
Salaries

8,210 98
40,740 15
13,210 29
52,950 00
78,494.15

#219,950 00
-

100,000 00

9,891 02
2,517 96
16,789 71

167,000 00
21,505 85

Schools and School Houses, viz:

High and Grammar School Instructors

Grammar Schools, Public Buildings,

368,700 00

265,963 21
79,590 09

102,736 79

84,000 00

Grammar Schools, School Committee,

35,900 00

19.482 42

16,41758.

8,758.33
126,757 36
00
57,279 33
00
11,988 23
00
5,058 53
00
39,155 16
00 1,694,150 00
00
3,684 43
00
106,956 08
00
103,790 00
16,
199,514 63

Salaries Officers School Committee

12,500 00

Primary School Instructors .

Primary Schools, Public Buildings,
Primary Schools, School Committee,
Sealers of Weights and Measures

174,750 00

Sewers and Drains

State Tax.

74,250
*13,000

6,800

50,000

1,700,000
10,000
179,000

War Expenses .
Water Works .

550,000

Water Works, Interest and Premium,

Widening Streets
-

*227,261

4.409 91
3,741
47,992
16,970
1,011
1,741
10,844

67
64
67
77
47
84

5,850 00
6,315 57
72.043 92
446.210 00

27,746 53

$7,869,823.4286,080,063 1982,358,095 45
10,703 22

Add Revenue received since May 1,

Advanced by Treasurer
From Debt Sinking Fund

10,432 00

547,200 00

Total

$8,438,158 64

Total appropriations made by the City Council for 180708

Total balances from 186667

$7,742,435 00
127,388 42

$7,869,823 42

Total appropriations and balances

*To these appropriations have been added the balances brought from 186667.
f The following amounts have been transferred from the Reserved Fund to the following general
appropriations, viz:
Meridian Street Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,800 00
Common, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4,000 00

Public Bathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5,000 00

Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4,000 00

Primary Schools, Public Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,250 00

Public Buildings . . . . . .
Public Lands . . . . . . . . . . . .
-

* *

5,000 00

6,000 00

$30,050 00

AUDITOR's MoNTHLY EXHIBIT.

SPECIAL

APPROPRIATIONS.

[Under this head the appropriations in some instances are only the balances
brought from last financial year, and in others, balances and additions made to
them the present financial year.]
Loan, Revenue,

Object of Appropriations.

Expended.

or from

Unexpended.

Reserved Fund.

Albany Street Damages (loan).

Albany Street Grading (loan).
Albany Street South of Dover Street
(from Dedham Street Grading)
Apple Island (reserved fund)
Back Bay and Surface Drainage (reve
*

nue)

36,896 36'
7,000 00
3,750 00

43,232 15

20,298 73

$7.260 04
16,597 63

Central Charity Bureau (revenue and

loans)
*
*
Chestnut Hill Driveway (loan)
Chestnut Hill Reservoir (loans)
City Hospital Lodge (reserved fund)
'' Grading (loan)
Dover Street (loans)
Engine House No. 1 and Ward Room
Ward 12 (loans).
-

$26,527 74 $19,267 70

7,000 00
3,750 00
43,232 15
-

125,410 90.
9,091 82.
111,305 59' 45,156 37
535,116 $ 360,807 94,

116.319 08
66,149
174,308
3,105
2,287
2,479

22
44
00
89
11

17,200 00

14,095 00

18,17467
4,704 11,

15,886 78
2,225 00

38,000 00

29,264 57

8,735 43

14,000 00

13,500 00

500 00

75,000 00

50,288

Grammar School House, East Boston

(reserved fund) .
Grammar School House W. 7 (loans)
Hose House No. 1 (loans)
Oliver Street (revenue) .
Primary School House, Thacher Street
(reserved fund) .
People's Ferry Drops (loan and re
served fund)
School House, Richmond Street (loan)
Soldiers Relief (revenue)

Soldiers and

24,711 54
20,000 00 11,952 68.
8,047 32
26,472 20 132,646 978108,174.77 adv.by Tr
4,000 00

3,612 16

387 84

23,991 55
17,785 43
211,592 40,

21,473 76
17,762 42
74,031 79

2,517 79

27,453 52
106,000 00.
7,000 00

3,779 55
23,673 97
45,406 04
60,593 96
7,008 97|38.97 to be prov'd for.

23 01

137,560 61

Sailors Monument on

Boston Common (bal. appropriation)

Wells School House (loans) .
West City Stables (reserved fund)
-

$1,500,613 00$901,306 71
Advanced by Treasurer

106,174 77|Less

to be

$705,490 03
8 97

prov'd for
$1,606,787 77|$901,306 71

$705,481 06

RECAPITULATION.

"
General

Special

Expended.

Unexpended.

$8,438,158 64 $6,080,063 19 $2,358,095.45

1,606,787 77

901,306 71

705,481 06

$10,044,946 41 $6,981,369 90 $3,063,576 51

City Document. No. 5.

CITY OF BOST ON.

R U L ES AND

OR DERS

FoR THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL

E"OE, 1868.

CITY

OF

B O S TO N.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

The Joint Special Committee appointed to prepare Joint
Rules and Orders for the Government of the City Council during
the present municipal year, have attended to that duty, and
would respectfully recommend the adoption of the accompanying
Rules and Orders.

BENJAMIN JAMES,
JOSEPH F. PAUL,
BENJAMIN F. STEVENS,
LEWIS RICE,

JAMES J. FLYNN,
Committee.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

ORDERED: That the following Rules and Orders be adopted
for the Government of the City Council during the present
municipal year:
SECTION 1. At the commencement of the Municipal Year,
the following Joint Standing Committees shall be constituted, viz:
A Committee on Finance, to consist of seven members of the

Common Council, to be chosen by ballot; and the Mayor, and

the Chairman of the Board of Aldermen, ex officiis.

A Committee on Accounts, to consist of three Aldermen, and

five members of the Common Council, all to be chosen by
ballot.

And the following Committees shall be appointed, viz:

A Committee on Public Lands, to consist of three Aldermen
and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Public Buildings, to consist of three Alder

men and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Public Instruction, to consist of three Alder

men, and the President and four members of the Common

Council.

A Committee on Institutions at South Boston and Deer Island,

to consist of three Aldermen and five members of the Common
Council.

A Committee on the Assessors Department, to consist of three

Aldermen and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on the City Hospital, to consist of two Alder

men and three members of the Common Council.

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 5.

A Committee on Fuel, to consist of two Aldermen and three

members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Water, to consist of three Aldermen and five

members of the Common Council.

A Committee on the Treasury Department, to consist of two

Aldermen and three members of the Common Council.

A Committee on the City Engineer's Department, to consist

of two Aldermen and three members of the Common Council.

A Committee on the Harbor, to consist of two Aldermen and

three members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Printing, to consist of one Alderman and

two members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Public Library, to consist of three Aldermen

and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on the Overseers of the Poor and the Temporary

Home, to consist of two Aldermen and three members of the
Common Council.

A Committee on Ordinances, to consist of three Aldermen

and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Fire Alarms, to consist of two Aldermen

and three members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Public Baths, to consist of three Aldermen

and five members of the Common Council.

A Committee on Claims, to consist of three Aldermen and

five members of the Common Council, who shall have full power
and authority to investigate all claims against the city, and to

take any measures for the defence of such claims that they may
deem expedient; and also, under the advice of the Mayor, to
adjust and settle all claims not exceeding the sum of $500.
The members of the Board of Aldermen and of the Common

Council, who shall constitute the Joint Standing Committees

shall be chosen or appointed by their respective boards.
The Mayor, the President of the Common Council, and the
Chairman of the Committee on Finance, on the part of the

RULES

AND

ORDERS.

Common Council, shall, according to the ordinance, constitute

the Committee on the Reduction of the City Debt.
The member of the Board of Aldermen first named on every

Joint Committee, of which the Mayor is not a member, shall be

its Chairman; and, in case of his resignation or inability, the
other members of the same Board in the order in which they
are named, and after them the member of the Common Council
first in order, shall call meetings of the Committee, and act as
Chairman.

SECT. 2.

In every case of disagreement between the two

branches of the City Council, if either Board shall request a

conference, and appoint a Committee of Conference, and the

other Board shall also appoint a Committee to confer, such

Committees shall, at a convenient hour, to be agreed upon by
their Chairmen, meet and state to each other, verbally or in
writing, as either shall choose, the reasons of their respective
Boards for and against the matter in controversy, confer freely
thereon, and report to their respective branches.

SECT. 3. When either Board shall not concur in any action

of the other, notice of such non-concurrence shall be given by
written message.

SECT. 4.

Either Board may propose to the other, for its con

currence, a time to which both Boards shall adjourn.

SECT. 5.

All By-Laws passed by the City Council shall be

termed Ordinances, and the enacting style shall be: Be it

ordained by the Aldermen and Common Council of the City of

Boston in City Council assembled.
SECT. 6. In all votes, when either or both branches of the
City Council express anything by way of command, the form of
expression shall be Ordered; and whenever either or both
branches express opinions, principles, facts or purposes the form
shall be Resolved.

SECT. 7. In the present and every future financial year, the

specific appropriations for the several objects enumerated in the

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 5.

general appropriation bill shall be deemed and taken to be the

maximum amount to be expended, by the several Committees
having the charge thereof, for the entire financial year, and
shall be expended with a proper regard thereto; and, after the
annual order of appropriations shall have been passed, no sub
sequent expenditures shall be authorized for any object, unless
provision for the same shall be made by special transfer from
some of the appropriations contained in such annual order, or by
expressly creating therefor a city debt, in either of which cases
the order shall not be passed unless two-thirds of the whole
number of each branch of the City Council shall vote in the
affirmative, by vote taken by yea and nay.
And any Joint Standing or Special Committees may expend
from the appropriations provided by the City Council an
amount not exceeding two hundred dollars.

SECT. 8. In all contracts or expenditures to be made under

the authority of the City Council, whenever the estimates shall
exceed the appropriations specially made therefor, or whenever
any Committee shall have expended the sum specially appro
priated for its use in the order of appropriation for the year,
and in either case shall require a further sum, it shall be the
duty of such committee, having such matter in charge, to submit

the fact to the City Council for instructions, accompanied with

a detailed statement, in print, of the cause or causes which have
created the necessity for such application, and the object for
which the same is needed.

And no contract shall be made or

expenditure authorized in either case, unless by a specific vote

of the City Council, first making the necessary provision for the
payment resulting therefrom; and no debt shall be created, or
transfer from one special appropriation to another be made,
until such report or statement shall have been submitted to the
City Council, by the Committee requiring the same.
SECT. 9.

Joint Standing Committees shall cause records to

be kept of their proceedings in books provided by the city for

RULES

AND

ORDERS.

that purpose. The Committee from neither branch of the City

Council shall act by separate consultations; and no report shall
be received unless agreed to in committee actually assembled.
SECT. 10. It shall be the duty of every Joint Committee, to
whom any subject may be specially referred, to report thereon
within four weeks, or to ask for further time.

SECT. 11.

All reports and other papers submitted to the

City Council shall be written in a fair hand, and no report or

indorsement of any kind shall be made on the reports, memori

als or other papers referred to the Committee of either branch.
All reports shall be signed by the writers thereof, unless other
wise directed by the Committee; and the Clerk of Committees
shall make copies of any papers to be reported by Committees,
at the request of the respective Chairmen thereof.
SECT. 12.

No Chairman of any Committee shall audit or

approve any bill or account against the city for any supplies or
services which shall not have been ordered or authorized by the

Committee, nor shall he approve for payment any bill or account,

except by vote of the Committee.
SECT. 13. No bills shall be approved by the Committee on
Accounts for refreshments or carriage hire furnished to any

member of the City Government, unless said bills are approved

by the Chairman of a Standing or Special Committee of the City
Council, or either branch thereof, duly authorized by vote of such
Committee; in which cases, said bills shall be paid from the

appropriation to which they are incident: and the Committee on

Accounts shall not pass any bill, unless it is approved, as pro
vided in this and the preceding section.
SECT. 14. All bills for refreshments or carriage hire, incurred

more than three months previous to the date of their presenta

tion, shall go before the City Council for approval.

City Document.No. 6.

CITY

OF BOSTON.

A N NUAL

REPORT

of The

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

1868.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest:

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

OFFICE of THE SUPERINTENDENT of PUBLIC BUILDINGs,

CITY HALL, January 1868.

To THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL.

GENTLEMEN:The fifteenth section of the ordinance relating

to Public Buildings requires the Superintendent of the same to

render, in the month of January of each year, a statement of the
number of buildings under his charge, the condition of the same,
and the amount of expenditures thereon. In conformity with
these requirements, I have the honor to submit the following
REPORT.

The expenditures for repairs, alterations and improvements

of Public Buildings, so-called, include all the buildings belong
ing to or hired by the city, (excepting the school-houses and
County Buildings,) used for the accommodation of the City Gov
ernment.

The amount expended on this class of buildings dur

ing the past year has been $50,235.04, as follows:

Rents of buildings hired for the use of the several
departments
Fuel

Cart and cleaning

$1,057 50
3,267 22
5,240 04

Alterations, repairs, supplies, water, gas and furni

ture .

40,670 28
$50,235 04
-

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 6.

Of this amount $5,298.23 was expended on Police Stations;

and $11,647.26 on Engine, Hose and Hook and Ladder Houses.
COUNTY BUILDINGS.

There has been expended on County Buildings, $14,122.22,

as follows:

For care, supplies, repairs and furniture

Fuel

$11,298.49
2,823.73
$14,122.22

GRAMMAR

SCHOOLS.

The expenditures on these houses for the past year, have been
$93,451.19, of which amount, there was expended for
Fuel

Rents

Care and cleaning

Repairs and stipplies

$20,224.17

|-

1,698.50

15,035.47
56,493.05

$93,451.19

Of this amount, $9,000 was expended by order of the City

Council, in rebuilding the exterior walls of the Lawrence school
house, and $5,500, in fitting up and repairing the Rice (formerly
the Old Franklin) school-house, which has been re-occupied.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

The expenditures on these buildings during the past year

have been $62,325.84, as follows:"
Fuel
Rents

Care and cleaning

Repairs and supplies

$14,584.89
2,593.75
11,951.02
33,196.18
$62,325.84

PUBLIC

BUILDINGS.

EXTRAORDINARY

EXPENSES.

The extraordinary expenses of this department are those for

the erection of new, and alteration of old buildings, for which
appropriations are made by order of the City Council.
The following is a list of the buildings in progress of erection.
A Grammar school-house in Ward 7, containing twelve school
rooms 30 x 32 feet each, and a hall 50 x 80 feet. Heated by
Gold's Steam Radiating Apparatus. Will be ready for occu
pancy about March 1st.

Cost, $75,000.

Two lots of land, contiguous to the Wells school-house, have

been purchased at a cost of $30,500, the old school-house
removed, and contracts made for the erection of a new building

which will be ready for occupancy about Sept. 1st.

It is to con

tain twelve school-rooms 32 X 28 feet each, and a hall 50 X 81

feet, and will cost $75,000.
The School Committee having voted to establish a Grammar
school in the Old Franklin building, the building has been

fitted up at an expense of $5,500. It is now known as the Rice

Grammar School.

The old house on the estate purchased in 1864, adjoining the

Mayhew school lot, has been removed and the land added to the
school yard.
Land has been purchased on corner of Paris and Decater
streets, East Boston, for a Grammar school-house.
The mastic with which the exterior walls of the Lawrence

school-house was covered having become detached, and by con

tinual dropping endangering the children as well as passers-by,

the Committee were authorized to remove said mastic and

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 6.

rebuild the walls with face brick, which has been done at a cost
of $9,000.

An estate adjoining the Thacher Street Primary school-house

has been purchased at a cost of $3,606, the old buildings removed,
and the land added to the school yard.
Hose House No. 1, on Salem Street, having proved too small
for the requirements of the department, two estates opposite
the present house were purchased at a cost of $4,300, and con
tracts made for the building of a new house, containing the

latest improvements. It will be finished about March 1st, and

cost obout $20,000, including land.
A brick building is being erected in Ward 12, containing a
house for Steam Fire Engine No. One, a ward room for Ward

12, an armory for Co. E, First Regiment, and a school-room.

The building will be finished about April 1st, and cost, including
land, about $38,000.

Steam Fire Engine House No. 3, not being large enough to

accommodate the new engine, has been enlarged, a bath room

put in, and a hose tower built, the whole costing about $4,500.
Steam Fire Engine House No. 5, has been enlarged for the
reception of the new engine, a bath room put in, a hose tower
and a stable built, the whole costing about $5,000.
Hose House No. 10 is being rebuilt at a cost of about $5,000.

A bath room has been put in, and a hose tower and stable
built at Hose House No. 6.

A bath room has been put in Hose House No. 5.

A part of the West City Stables, destroyed by fire, has been

PUBLIC

BUILDINGS.

rebuilt, together with an addition, containing a dwelling for the

feeder, the whole costing about $7,000.
Contracts have been made for the erection of a building for a

Central Charity Bureau and Temporary Home on the lot of

land purchased in 1865, situated on the corner of Hawkins and
Chardon streets. The building will be finished next October,
and will cost, including furniture, about $125,000.

The following list will show the number and location of the
buildings belonging to the city which are under the charge of
this department.
In addition to these, there are nineteen rooms and buildings
hired for school accommodation in various parts of the city at
an annual rental of $2,598.75.

All of which is respectfully submitted,

JAMES C. TUCKER,

Supt. of Public Buildings.

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 6.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

'ity Hall, lot on School Street and Court Square, containing

in all 26,427 feet. The old buildings covered 6,010 feet; the
new building covers 13,927 feet. Total cost of new building,
including furniture for same, $505,192.42.
-

City Building, corner Court Square and Williams Court,

covering about 2,035 feet of land. This building is occupied
by the Second Police Station.

Public Library, building and lot on Boylston Street. The lot

is 107 feet on Boylston Street, extending to Van Rensselaer
Place, which opens at 215 Tremont Street. Whole contents of
lot, 23,384 feet. Cost of land and building, $367,000.
City Hospital Buildings. These buildings are located on the
square bounded by Harrison Avenue, Concord, Springfield and
Albany streets, containing 292,633 feet, or about 6.1', acres.
The wharf lot on Albany Street, in the rear of the Hospital
grounds, is used by the Trustees. Total cost of buildings,
grading of grounds, and furniture, exclusive of the land,
$408,844.34.

Old Hancock School-house, on Hanover Street, containing

about 4,890 feet, affording accommodations for Police Station

No. 1, and three Primary Schools.

Old Endicott School-house, Cooper Street, 4,742 feet, now

occupied as an Armory for the First Light Battery, and by three

Primary Schools.

Lying-in Hospital. The land, and buildings thereon, situated

on Worcester and Springfield streets, were purchased of the
Boston Lying-in Hospital Corporation in 1858, for $45,000;

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

resold to the New England Female Medical Society in 1859,

for $50,000; and reverted to the city in October 1861. The
lot contains 40,000 square feet; the building is now occupied
by invalid soldiers, and is known as the Discharged Soldiers'
Home.

Faneuil Hall, and Market underneath, covering about 8,250

feet. Rents, $16,188 per annum.
Faneuil Hall Market-house, and Quincy Hall over the same,
covers 27,012 feet of land.

Rents for $52,293.90.

Old State House, containing about 4,448 feet, leased for ten
years, from July 1, 1866, for $21,000 per annum.
Bridge Estate, so called, containing about 1,228 feet. This is
a wooden building at the junction of Tremont Row and Court
Street, being one of the estates purchased in 184748 for the
purpose of widening those streets. Rents for $1,100 per annum.
South City Stables, Shops and Sheds, situated on Albany Street,
on the South Bay territory, opposite Sharon Street. The lot be
longed to the city, and contains 92,911 feet. The stable and
buildings connected therewith are of brick. The stable is two
stories high, with French roof, and has accommodations for one
hundred horses.

Total cost, exclusive of land, $79,089.23.

Connected with the stable, are blacksmith's, wheelwright's and

harnessmaker's shops, with all the necessary tools, in which all
the wagons, carts, harnesses, etc., used by the Department of In
ternal Health, are constructed and kept in repair.
Offal Depot. Erected in 1864, on the wharf fronting on Al
bany Street, on the opposite side of the dock used by the Paving
Department. The lot which the building occupies, and the yard
attached to the same, contains 32,780 feet, and belonged to the
city. The building cost $18,578.89. The building is used for
2

10

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 6.

the deposit of house offal collected in the city carts, and is thence
conveyed from without the limits of the city by the contractor
for the removal of the same.

West Stable, North Grove Street. This is a brick building,

one and a half stories high, 128 x 50 feet, built in 1861. It has
accommodations for thirty-eight horses, with all the requisite
out-buildings and conveniences. The lot occupies about 47,500
feet.

Foundry Building, on North Grove, Vine and Fruit streets,

used for breaking stone for macadamizing, and for storing tools
and materials. This building is under a lease which came into
the possession of the city through the purchase of the Attleboro'
Bank property, upon which the city stable stands, on the oppo
site side of North Grove Street.
COUNTY

BUILDINGS.

Court House, on Court Street.

The area within the Court

House fence measures 15,185 square feet.

Registry of Deeds and Probate Office, in Court Square, cover

ing about 2,380 square feet.
Stone Jail, on Charles and Fruit streets, containing within its
enclosure 134,250 square feet.

House of Reception, North Grove Street, on the Jail lot; in

tended for the reception of dead bodies, subjects for coroners'
inquests, etc.
STATION-HOUSES.

No. 1. In old Hancock School building, Hanover Street,

two first floors and basement, 4,890 feet.

No. 2. City Building, Court Square, 2,035 feet.

3. Brick House, Joy Street, 4,234 feet.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

11

No. 4. Brick House, built in 1865, in La Grange Place,

lot 5,040 feet.
No. 5. Brick House on East Dedham Street, 3,372 feet.

6. Brick House, Broadway, S. Boston, 2,850 feet.

7. Brick House on Meridian Street, East Boston, 3,775
feet.

No. 8. Brick House on Commercial Street, 3,236 feet.

ENGINE

HOUSES.

No. 1. Broadway, near Dorchester Street, South Boston.

2. Fourth, near K Street, South Boston.
3. Washington, near Dover Street.

4. Court Street.

5. Marion Street, East Boston.

6. Wall Street.

7. Purchase Street.

8. North Bennet Street.

9. Paris Street, East Boston.

10. River, foot of Mt. Vernon Street.
11. Sumner Street, East Boston.

HOSE

HOUSES.

No. 1. Salem Street.

2. Hudson Street.

3. Fruit Street.

. 4.Northampton Street.

5. Shawmut Avenue.

6. Chelsea Street.

8. Warren Street.

9.B Street, South Boston.

10.Washington Village.

12

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 6.

HOOK AND LADDER

HOUSES.

No. 1. Friend Street. .

2. Orleans Street.
3. Harrison Avenue.

Armory, on Wareham Street.

Erected in 1867.

Occupied by the Second Light Battery.

POUNDS.

One on Albany Street, South Bay land.

One on Bennington Street, East Boston.
One on First Street, South Boston.
PEOPLE'S FERRY PROPERTY.

This property was taken possession of by the Committee on

Public Buildings, June 6, 1864, and cost the city $125,000.
The property consists of 17,360 square feet of the avenue, 10
511 square feet of solid wharf inside the gates, and 31,531
square feet of water lot between the sea-wall and Commissioners'
Line, making a total on the Boston side of 59,402 square feet.
On the East Boston side of the ferry, there is 80,600 square
feet of the avenue, solid wharf and water lot, originally taken
by the People's Ferry Company from the Maverick Wharf Com
pany under and by virtue of their charter, and conveyed to the
City by deed from the said Wharf Company, Feb. 24, 1859:
the drop, tank, and all the buildings, and other improvements,
situated on or attached to said property. The ferry has not
been in operation since Dec. 1, 1863.
The slips and drops have been rebuilt; the buildings put in
complete repair; the dock on the East Boston side widened;
the slips dredged out ; a new fence built on the East Boston
avenue, and now everything is ready for running the boats as
soon as the city gets satisfactory titles to the property.

The

expense of putting the slips and landings in repair has been

about $42,000.

PUBLIC

13

BUILDINGS.

HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSES.

Latin and English High, on Bedford Street, built in 1844;

an additional story added in 1863. Lot contains 12,980 feet.
Normal, for Girls, on Mason Street, built in 1848, with large
additions and alterations in 18612. Lot 12,771 feet.

Normal Training, on the corner of Allston and Somerset

streets.

Lot, 5,488 feet, exclusive of stable lot, which contains

812 feet.

The stable is rented for $250 per annum.

Adams, at East Boston, on Sumner and Lamson streets; built

in 1856. Lot 14,100 feet. In September 1866, 7,500 feet of

land was purchased to enlarge the yard of this house, for which
$2,450 was paid. There is an engine house, which is not used,
on the lot.

Boylston, Fort Hill, built in 1818; rebuilt in 18523.

Lot

8,204 feet.

Bowdoin, Myrtle Street, built in 1848.

Lot 4,892 feet.

Brimmer, Common Street, built in 1843.

Lot 11,097 feet.

Bigelow, Fourth Street, South Boston; built in 184950.

Lot 12,660 feet.

Bowditch, South Street, built in 186162.

Lot 12,006 feet.

Chapman, Eutaw Street, East Boston; built in 184950. Lot

13,040 feet.

Dwight, Springfield Street; built in 1857.

Lot 19,125 feet.

Eliot, North Bennet Street; built in 1838; rebuilt and lot

enlarged 185960.

Lot 11,077 feet.

14

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 6.

Everett, Camden and Northampton streets; on a city lot run

ning from street to street. Lot 32,409.

New Franklin, Ringgold Street, corner Hanson; built in 1859.

Lot 16,439 feet.

Phillips, new, corner of Anderson and Phillips streets; built

in 18612.

Lot 11,190 feet.

Prescott, on Prescott, Saratoga and Bennington streets, East

Boston; built in 1865.

Lot 39,952 feet.

Hancock, on Richmond and Prince streets; built in 1847.

Lot 13,468 feet.

Hancock Branch, on Richmond Street; built in 1867.

Lot

12,400 feet.

Lyman, Meridian Street, East Boston; built in 1846.

Lot

13,616 feet.

Lincoln, Broadway, near K Street, South Boston; built in

1859.

Lot 17,560 feet.

Lawrence, corner of B and Third streets, South Boston; built

in 1856. Lot 14,343 feet.

Mayhew, Hawkins Street; built in 1847.

Lot 9,625 feet.

Quincy, Tyler Street; built in 1847; destroyed by fire in

March 1859; rebuilt in 185960. Lot 11,766 feet.

Rice, formerly Old Franklin, Washington Street; rebuilt in
1845. Lot 15,073 feet.
this building.

Wells, Blossom Street.

The ward room for Ward 10 is in

Rebuilding.

Lot 17,657 feet.

15

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Winthrop, Tremont Street; built in 18545.

Lot 15,078

feet.

Lot on Ferdinand Street, purchased in 1865 for a Grammar

school-house, containing 25,691 feet.

Cost $32,171.

Total number of feet of land occupied by High, Latin,

Normal and Grammar school-houses 411,207. The cost of
these houses and the land has been about $2,216,705.51.
PRIMARY SCHOOL-HOUSES.

Armstrong, Belcher's Lane; built in 1840.

Lot 1,639 feet;

tWO rooms.

Andrews, Genesee Street; built in 1848.

Lot about 5,418

feet; three rooms.

Austin, Paris Street; East Boston; built in 1849.

Lot 7,294

feet; six rooms.

Baldwin, Grant Street; built in 1864.

Lot 6,139 feet.

Bailey, Newbern Place, leading from Carver Street; built in

1840.

Lot 1,669 feet; three rooms.

Channing, Cove Street; built in 1866. Lot 9,000 feet; nine

roomS.

Cook, Groton Street; built in 1852.

Lot 4,567 feet; six

roomS.

Cheever, Thacher Street; built in 1846.

Lot 3,388 feet; three

TOOInS.

Cooper Street; built in 1840. Lot 4,743 feet; four rooms.

Dwight, Rutland Street; built in 1851. Lot 7,830 feet;
six rooms.

16

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 6.

Dean, Wall Street; built in 1853.

Lot 3,645 feet; six

TOODns.

Dawes, High Street place; built in 1860.

Lot 3,940 feet;

six rooms.

Emerson, Poplar Street; built in 186061.

Lot 6,040 feet;

six rooms.

East Street Place; built in 1849.

Lot 2,743 feet; four rooms.

East Street (Engine House); one room, the lower story being
used for storage.

East Orange Street, built in 1850.

Lot 2,500 feet; three

TOOmS.

Friend Street, built in 1843.

Lot 1,694 feet; one room.

Freeman, Charter Street, two houses; the front has four, and
the rear three rooms. Lot 5,233 feet.

Guild, East Street, two houses; old house built in 1835;

twelve rooms.
22,049 feet.

New house built in 1866, nine rooms.

Lot

Grant, Phillips (formerly Southac) Street; built in 1852.

Lot 3,742 feet; four rooms.

Hawes, on Broadway, South Boston; built in 1823; eight

rooms.

The lot contains about 11,401 feet including the land

occupied by the Simonds School.

Ingraham, Sheafe Street, built in 1848.

Lot 2,347 feet;

three rooms.

Mackintosh, Lane Place and Purchase Place; three buildings,

two brick and one Wood; four rooms in each of the brick and
two in the wooden building. Lot 5,550 feet.

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Mather School-house, on Broadway, between B and C Streets,

built in 1842. Lot 10,132 feet; ten rooms, and a ward room
for the citizens of Ward Seven.

May, Washington Square, Fort Hill, built in

18634.

Lot

4,000 feet; six rooms.

North Margin Street, built in 1837. Lot 1,655 feet; two

TOOmS.

Oliver, Sumner Street, near Lamson Street, East Boston, built

in 1843.

Lot 2,260 feet; two rooms.

Old Hancock, on Hanover Street; three rooms.

Pierpont, Hudson Street, near Oak, built in 1850.

Lot 3,840

feet; four rooms.

Parkman, Silver Street, South Boston, between Federal and

A streets; built in 1848.

Lot 5,382 feet; six rooms.

Pormort, Snelling Place, from Hull Street, built in 1855. Lot

4,799 feet; six rooms.
-

Rice, Concord Street, built in 1845, remodelled and enlarged

in 1861.

Lot 10,773 feet; twelve rooms.

South Margin Street, built in 1825.

Lot 1,587 feet; two

I'OOmS.

Savage, Harrison Avenue (near Essex Street), built in 1862.

Lot 5,550 feet; four rooms for schools, and a ward room for
Ward Five.

Smith, Joy Street, corner of Smith Court, built in 1834.

2,108 feet; two rooms.
3

Lot

18

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 6.

Sharp, Old Phillips, corner of Anderson and Pinckney Streets.

Lot 5,533 feet; six rooms, and a ward room for Ward Six.
Shurtleff, Tyler Street, built in 1855.

Lot 3,900 feet; six

rooms.

Simonds (rear of Hawes), Broadway, South Boston, built in

1840; three rooms.

Ticknor, Washington Village, Dorchester, corner of Middle

Street, built by the town of Dorchester in 1848, purchased by
the City of Boston in 1855; was enlarged from four to twelve
rooms in 1865.

Lot 12,041 feet.

Tuckerman, City Point School, on Fourth Street, between L

and M.; built in 1850, enlarged in 1865.

Lot 6,000 feet; six

roomS.

Thurston, Hanover Street (rear of the church),built in 1851.

Lot 2,508 feet; three rooms.

Tappan, Lexington Street, East Boston, built in 1846.

Lot

3,777 feet; three rooms.

Wisner, Warren Street, built in 1854.
rooms and a ward room for Ward Eight.

Lot 3,047 feet; six

Webster, Webster Street, East Boston, built in 1852.

5,040 feet; six rooms.

Lot

Ware, North Bennet Street, built in 1862; has 6,790 feet of

land, four rooms, and a ward room for Ward Two.

Webb, Porter Street, East Boston, built in 1853.

Lot 7,500

feet; six rooms.

Winchell, Blossom Street, built in 1845.

three rooms.

Lot 5,055 feet;

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19

BUILDINGS.

Wait, Suffolk Street, built in 185960.

eight rooms.

Williams Street, built in 1847.

Lot 10,922 feet;

Lot 2,722 feet; not occupied.

The Primary school-houses occupy about 249,492 feet of

land.

The land and buildings cost about $1,184,258.17.

City Document. No. 7.

ANNUAL

REP () RT

OF THE

C H I E E

O F

P O LI C E.

1 S 6 S.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest :

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE,

BosToN, January 13, 1868.

To HIs HoNor THE MAYOR, AND THE CITY CouncIL OF BosTON.

Gentlemen: In obedience to the Police ordinance, I herewith

present my Report for the quarter ending December 31, 1867,

to which is appended a synopsis of the doings of the depart
ment under my charge for the year 1867.
I have the honor to be

Your obedient servant,

JOHN KURTZ, Chief of Police.

DOINGS OF THE POLICE FOR THE QUARTER ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1867.
Arrested

Committed .

. 1,023 Males
. . 1,174 || Foreigners .
1,117 | Non-residents.

Males

Foreigners.

1,530

Non-residents.

316

Minors .

305

2,617
2,145
1,755
2,103

Lodgers

395

Minors .

LOCK-UPS.

Committed

884

Males

676

Foreigners

603
-

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 7.

Amount of property taken from prisoners and

lodgers while in custody, and restored as
per their receipts

$9,381
$15,786
$25,285
$2,787

Amount of property reported stole

Amount of property reported recovered
Amount of fines imposed
Amount of witness fees earned

$1,180 55

Number of days spent in court

13
29
00
00

Aggregate amount of imprisonment (years) .

600

93 1?,

Number of larcenies on stations

185

Number of arrests for same

121

Number of despatches sent over Police Telegraph .

500

NATURE OF CRIME.

Assault and battery .

90

Assault felonious

15

Assault on officers

Attempt to commit rape

Attempt to extort money .

Attempt to pick pockets .

Attempt to break and enter
Attempt to pass counterfeit money
Bail bond

Breaking and entering

Common beggars

17

Common drunkards .

22

Cruelty to animals
Deserters

Disorderly persons

Disturbing the peace

Drunkenness
Embezzlement

Evading U.S. Revenue Law

Fornication
Fraud

Fugitive from justice

Gaming on the Lord's day

135
79
706

REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

Gambling
Insane

Idle and disorderly .

Keeping house of ill-fame.

Keeping dog without license
Larceny, simple
Larceny, felonious .

4
6

1
1
120

15

21

12

Malicious mischief

Manslaughter .
Night-walking .

Obtaining goods under false pretences

Perjury

Pickpockets

Peddling without license .

Receiving stolen goods
Robbery .

2
4

20

Runaways

Stubborn children

Suspicious persons .
Suspicion of larceny.

87

46

Threatening violence
Truants

Violation of city ordinances

Vagabonds

Violation of Sunday law .

22

Witnesses

4
32

Total

1,530

321

MISCELLANEOUS.

Accidents

Boats challenged
.
Buildings found open and secured
Cases investigated .
Cases of small-pox reported .
-

40

173

165

Defective hydrants .

Defective cesspools .

Defective fire-alarms.

CITY DoCUMENT. No. 7.

Defective cellar doors

Defective lamps

3,244

Defective drains, vaults and nuisances

314

Defective gas pipe

Defective water pipes

1
4

Disturbances suppressed .

643

Dead bodies provided for .

Foundlings
.
Fires extinguished without alarm
Fire alarms given .

7
11

Intoxicated persons helped home

Injured persons provided for

221
33

Lost children restored

10

Rescued from drowning

Streets and sidewalks reported .

46

Streets and sidewalks repaired .

43

Street obstructions removed

Stray teams put up .

Vessels boarded

Water reported running to waste

Ireland .

England

France .

Germany

Africa

Sweden .

Italy
Scotland

53

Nativity or Lodgers.

NATIVITY OF CRIMINALS.

United States .

402 | United States

Canada .
Russia .

25

991 Ireland . . . . . .
49 | England . . . . .

1,423

9 | France .

137
25

Germany

- -

30

Africa

18

Italy

. .

3
Sweden .
14 | Scotland

.
.

.
.

.
.

.
.

3
3

.
.

1,530

52
2
1

2 | Canada .

890

27

Russia

Total .

19 | British Provinces

1 | Spain
3 | Norway

Norway

16
121

British Provinces

1,473

Total

2,617

APPEND IX,

SYNOPSIS OF THE DOINGS OF THE POLICE FOR THE YEAR 1867.

Arrested . . . . . 19,120 | Lodgers .

. . . . 20,390

Committed

. 12,446

Males . .

. 16,042

Males . . . . . . 13,824
Foreigners . . . . 13,923
Foreigners . . . . 14,004 | Non-residents . . . 15,867
Non-residents
Minors

. 4,070

Minors

3,381

4,446

LOCK-UPS.

Committed

Males

Foreigners

10,429
7,740
6,727

Amount of property taken from prisoners and

lodgers while in custody, and restored as
per their receipts

Amount of property reported stolen .

Amount of property recovered .
Aggregate amount of imprisonment .

Amount of fines imposed

$124,020 00
1,201 yrs. 9 mos.

Number of days spent in court

Amount of witness fees earned

$61,952 90
$130,510 89

Number of despatches sent over Police Telegraph

$48,966 03
5,743
$8,196 11
2,558

CITY DoCUMENT. No. 7.

NATURE OF CRIME.

Arson

Abandoning child
Abduction

3
18

Adultery

Abortion

Assault and battery

Assault felonious

.
-

1,189

134

Assault on officers

38

Attempt to commit rape

Attempt to rescue prisoner

25

Attempt to pick pockets

16

Attempt to steal
Attempt to rob
Attempt at fraud
.
Attempt to rob U. S. Mail
Attempt to break and enter

6
2
1

Attempt to pass counterfeit money .

Attempt to murder

Attempt to extort money

Attempt to poison
Assuming to be an officer

30

Cruelty to animals

23

120

Breaking and entering and larceny

Breaking glass maliciously
Breaking street lamps
Breaking prison
Being present at gaming .

5
5
1
1
6
7

Common drunkards

Common beggars

Bail bond
Bastardy
Boarding vessels unlawfully
Breaking and entering
.
-

4
2

452
-

Common railer and brawler

Carrying concealed weapons

14
11
2

APPENDIX.

Crime against nature

Contempt of Court .
Deserters

Disorderly persons
Disturbing the peace

Drunkenness

...

102

1,737
990

7,004

Disturbing public worship

Disturbing public schools
Detained as witnesses

60

Defrauding the revenue

Doing business on the Lord's day
Dog fighting

Embezzlement

19

14

Escaped convict
Extortion

Escaped prisoner
Enticing seamen to desert
Evading revenue law
Entering with intent to steal

14

False pretences

Forgery .
Fornication

14

15

Fraud

14

Fugitives from justice

.
Gambling
Gaming on the Lord's day
Highway robbery
House breaking

Impostor .

Incest

70
61
13

Idle and disorderly .

238

Incendiaries

Insanity

65

Indecent exposure of person

23

Illegally conveying liquor

Inciting to riot

Keeping house of ill fame

126

10

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 7.

Keeping liquor nuisance .

Keeping noisy and disorderly house .
Keeping gaming house .
Keeping dogs without license .
Keeping bowling alley without license
Keeping billiard table without license
Kidnapping
.
Larceny (simple)
.
-

Larceny (felonious).

24
17

302

11

1,113

170

Lewdness

Lottery dealing
Manslaughter

2
1

Making bonfires
Malicious mischief

Murder

Mutiny

4
5

Mutual assault

Night-walking .
Noisy and disorderly
Obtaining goods under false pretences
Obstructing railroad track
-

187

Pickpockets

356

338
9
2
75

Polygamy
Passing counterfeit money
Peddling without license .
Perjury .

Passing forged check

Procuring forgery
Prize fighting .

2
3
11
4
2
1
5

Robbery .
Rape
Runaway
Runaway from almshouse

43

Receiving stolen goods

32

Refusing to assist an officer

Rescuing prisoner

Shop-breaking .

1.
46
2

1
8
17

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APPENDIX.

Stubborn children

Suspicious persons .
Suspicion of picking pockets
Suspicion of larceny
Suspicion of robbery
Smuggling
Stealing a ride
Selling lottery tickets
.
Selling obscene pictures

82

1,434

522
2
1.

Truants

Violation of sentence

Violation Sunday law

Violation city ordinances

Threatening violence
Till tapping .
Throwing stones at steam-cars

1.
140

2
34

838

Vagrants

191

Witnesses

219

Total .

19,120

MISCELLANEOUS.

Accidents

Attempt to commit suicide

Boats challenged
Buildings found open and secured
Bonfires extinguished
Cases investigated .

Cases small reported

51

1,828

&G

.
.

Defective hydrants reported

Defective cesspools

81

6,095
2,014

198
28
31

Defective fire-alarms reported .

16

Defective cellar doors

39

Defective lamps

66

. 12,945

Defective drains, vaults, and nuisances

Defective gas-pipe reported

1,943
4

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CITY DocuMENT. No. 7.

Defective water-gates reported .

Defective water-pipes

.
Defective fences

18

Defective coal-hole covers

221

Defective water-meters

Defective clocks

7,956

18

23

336

73

86

2,208

Disturbances suppressed .
Dangerous buildings reported
Dangerous chimneys

Dangerous walls
44

Dead bodies recovered

. .

Dead bodies provided for

Dogs killed
.
Fire-alarms given .
Fires extinguished without alarm
Foundlings provided for .

Intoxicated persons helped home

Injured persons provided for .
Insane persons provided for
.

249

Lost children restored

711

Rescued from drowning

55

Streets and sidewalks reported and repaired

Street obstructions removed

Stray teams put up .

Sanitary examinations

. 2,967
. 23,663

154

4,236

School children rescued in snow storms

Vessels boarded

Water reported running to waste

127

1,771
.

290

NATIVITY OF CRIMINALS.
-

5,159

British Provinces

295

Ireland

United States

. 12,259

England .

485

France

130

Germany .

332

Africa

158

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APPENDIX.

Holland

31

Italy
Sweden

50

33

Portugal .

18

Denmark .
Russia
Poland

Prussia

Spain

11

Scotland .

100

Peru

Wales
Canada

16

Norway

18

Total

19.120

NATIVITY OF LODGERS.

United States

6,619

British Provinces

England

344

Ireland

1,006
. 11,243

France

193

Germany .

301

Africa

223

Scotland

341

Sweden

11

Denmark .

Norway

Prussia

Mexico

Russia
West Indies

Belgium
Spain
Turkey

14

CITY DocuMENT.No. 7.

Canada

20

10

Portugal .
Italy

Wales

Greece

Japan

Poland

Switzerland
Total

20,390

Number of trips made to the lower harbor by the Police

schooner

|-

240

Vessels boarded, and a copy of the Harbor Police Regula

tions furnished

Boarded for quarantine purposes

Number of boats challenged and examined

Mutinies suppressed on board vessels

1,922

100

5,571
10

Number of vessels taken in charge at the request of cap

tain or owners, to prevent crews deserting .

306

Value of water-borne property recovered, and delivered

to the owners, consisting of timber, &c. .
.

$3,500

Number of vessels assisted to sea, the crews being

mutinous

14

Value of lost or stolen boats recovered and delivered to

the owners

$4,200

Number of crews returned to vessels, after having been

removed therefrom by force and threats by mobs
-

Number of vessels taken from the upper harbor to quaran

tine ground having the yellow fever on board .

In addition to the foregoing, we have rendered assistance
to the Port Physician, whenever called upon, by noti
fying captains who have evaded the quarantine regu
*

lations to report to the Port Physician.

We have also collected the quarantine fees on orders from

the captains to the owners or consignees.

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APPENDIX.

CENTRAL STATION.
YEARLY REPORT.

Arrests

Nature of Crime.

172

Males . . . . . . . 150 | Assault and battery

Foreigners . . . . . 66 | Arson .
Non-residents

Minors

Commitments

8
1
1

Adultery .

68

27 | Drunkenness
Disturbing the peace .

1
1

156

Embezzlement

6
1

Nativity of Criminals.

United States . . . . 104 || Extortion.

British Provinces

Ireland

. . . . . .

England .

France

35 | Fraud

13

. . . . . ..

Germany
Africa

.
-

Spain .

Scotland

Forgery

1
*
"
*

||
|
|
.

10

11

Fugitive from justice .

Idle
Kidnapping .
Larceny (felonious)
Lottery dealing.

75
3
1

Murder
Perjury

Pickpockets .

23

Receiving stolen goods

Robbery

2
1

Suspicious persons

12

Vagabonds
Violation city ordinance .
172

2
6
172

MISCELLANEOUS.

Amount of property recovered .

Amount taken from prisoners and restored

Days attendance at Court

Witness fees earned at Court

Years sentence imposed on prisoners

Amount of fines imposed on prisoners

. $45,641 00

900 00

115

$122 75

60?

. $15,153 00

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CITY DocumENT. No. 7.

The following table is a synopsis of the Liquor Trade in the

city, as reported by the Police Captains of the several stations,
showing the number of places where liquor is the only trade,
and also the number where it is sold in connection with other
business.
LIQUOR TRADE.

S.T.A.T. I O N S -

T:

>

OTHER TRADE.
1

Apothecaries . . . . . . . .
Boarding Houses ....

12

Billiards . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bowling. . . . . .
Bagatelle ..

- -

- -

Dog Market . . . . . . . . .
Dance Halls . . . . . . . . .
Dwelling Houses. . . . . .
Drug Stores . . . . . . . . . .

7 |
8
5
l

13
2
6
l

* -

- -

..
1
2 |

- -

Breweries . .
Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . .

..
..

9 |
7
4

12
1
5
*

- -

* -

- -

- -

- -

- -

- -

15

..

- -

- -

... I

- -

- -

* -

- -

- -

- -

- -

11

2
1

1
1

Eating Houses.......

35

46

11
1

9
4

Groceries . . . . . . . . . . .
Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Houses of Ill-Fame . . .

Lager Saloons . . . . . . . .
Lodging Houses . . . . . .
Oyster Saloons ... . . .

1
1
76
9
2 .

..
..

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80

247 | 171

275

Total, Dec. 1867 . . . . .

313

Total, Dec. 1866 .....

299 || 168

244

2
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- -

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20 | 67
185

1.

, |

Variety Store. . . . . . . . . . .
Liquors only......... 159

..

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3

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6
8
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Prop Room . . . . . . . . . . .
Soap Store . . . . . . . . . .
Ship Store. . . . . . . . . . .
Sugar Store . . . . . . . . . .

- -

99 || 122 | 103 | 120 |

9
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7

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Produce . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 |

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2
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3 |
-

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Confectioners. . . . . . . .
Fruit Stores . . . . . . . . .
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187 | 187 | 161

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423

61

1,623

48

1,515

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APPENDIX.

LIQUOR TRADE, continued.

STA. T.I.O. N. S.

-:

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Wholesale. . . . . . . . . . .

52 ||

48 ||

3 |

4.

34

Retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 | 199 || 168 || 241 | 159

Total . . . . . . . . . . .

313

247

20 ||

||

4 ||

36

223

206 || 141

25 | 1,400

in is is as is

61 | 1,623

HoUSEs of DouBTFUL REPUTATION, AS REPORTED BY CAPTAINS

OF POLICE.

S.T.A.T. I O N S.

3
C

28

.. .

43

25

Assignation ......... . . . . . . 21 | 15

Number of Houses. . . .

Houses keeping Girls.

28

22

Number of Girls..... | 89

...

106

10

25 |

22

15

.. . .. . ..

51

73

17 |

- -

- -

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6 |

13 ||

124

250

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CITY DocuMENT. No. 7.

GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS.
Ti

S.T.A.T I O N S.

-->

Billiards . . . . . . . . . . . .

13

13

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27 |

40 ||

13 |

10 |

61

48

51 |

39 ||

224

||

Bowling . . . . . . . . . . . .

..

Alleys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 |

..

5 |

Bagatelle. . . . . . . . . . . .

4 ||

16

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 ||

16

Cards and Dice . . . . . .

- -

Faro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 | ..
15

..

36

- -

BUILDING IMPROVEMENTs, As REPORTED BY CAPTAINS OF POLICE.

Station. Stone.

CoSt.

Brick.

No. 1 | . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$674,000

3 | .. .. . .. .. .. ..
4

21 | 1,020,300 ||

Wood.

12

775,000

40

641,000

23,000 ||

48

664,000

32

519,800

18,000 ||

58

1,558,100

2,982,000

27

69,250 | 267

3,066,250

605,000 | 264 |

1,415,000

65,000 ||

46
10

745,000 |216
95,500 ||

8 . .... . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. ....

$42,000

Cost.

101,000 | . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15,000 || 239

18

Total.

$144,000

$102,000 |

Cost.

23

7 | ..... .. .. . ...

Cost.

70 | . 233,350 |

. .... . .. .. ....

32 |$1,774,300 376 |$5,186,300 | 344

$990,600

80

328,850

. .... . .. .. ....

752

$7,951,200

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APPENDIX.

SHIP BUILDING AT EAST BOSTON, 1867.

Vessels.

Tonnage.

Cost.

Ships

2,350

$205,000

Barks

2,110

191,000

Brigs

1,054

90,000

Schooners

2,427

255,500

18

133

Boats

|. . .. ..

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7,941

16,404

$757,904

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4
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POLICE CHANGES DURING THE YEAR 1867.

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The Superintendent of Carriages has the charge and super

vision of three hundred and thirty-eight public conveyances.
The Superintendent of Trucks and Wagons, two thousand
three hundred and fifteen public teams.

The Superintendent of Pawn Brokers and Second-hand

Dealers, of two hundred and twenty-five shops where pledges
of property are made, and attempts to fence stolen property
often detected.

Officer J. M. Dunn, of the Chief's Office, looks after forty

three intelligence offices.

City Document.No. 8.
CITY

OF

ANNUAL

BOST ON.

REPORT

of TIIE

SUPERINTENDENT OF HEALTH.

1868.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 6, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Attest:

S. F. McCLEARY,
City Clerk.

C IT Y

O F

B O S T ON .

HEALTH OFFICE, CITY HALL,

BosTON, Jan. 6, 1868.
To THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL :

Gentlemen, In conformity with ordinance relating to health,

I herewith submit my Annual Report of the expenditures

and income of this department for the year 1867, and the por
tion of this financial year of 1867 and '68 embraced within the

year 1867.
The amount appropriated for the present financial
year 18678
-

$232,400 00

Unexpended balance this financial year, January

1, 1868

47,413 79

Amount expended during the financial year 18667,

from January 1 to May 1

Expended this financial year 18678, from May 1,

1867, to January 1, 1868 .
Total amount expended for 1867

$184,986 21

$240,862 98

This amount of $240,862 98 was expended in detail as fol

lows:

* For sweeping and cleaning the streets, cleaning

cesspools, and the removal of snow and ice
from Public Garden, streets, walks and yards
Amount carried forward

$85,027 32
$85,027 32

*The cost of removing snow and ice from streets, walks, yards, etc., for the year, was
785 days team work, a $300, $2,355, and 4,635 days labor, a 11s., $8,497 50. Total cost,
$10,853 50.

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 8.

Amount brought forward

$85,027 32

For collecting house dirt and offal from city proper

and East Boston

66,562 34

For hay, corn, meal, oats and feed at south and

west stables .

21,366 26

Amount paid two foremen, two feeders, five black

smiths, three wheelwrights, one painter, two

harness makers, two watchmen, one clerk, one
constable, one driver of prison carriage, one

driver of carriage connected with public insti

tutions

For new horses and exchanges of old ones .

Salaries of Superintendent of Health and assistant,
City Physician and clerk, and Milk Inspector
For collecting ashes at East Boston
For stock used in blacksmith's shop for manufac
turing purposes
-

20,774 28
9,120 00
7,534 00
4,089 99
3,694 48

Amounts paid for abating nuisances as per orders

of Board of Aldermen, in detail, as follows:
Crescent Place, order Nov. 26, 1866

$365 66

Sister, cor. Williams Street, order May 13,

1867

Sewall Place, order May 29

12 00

114 14

133 61

East Lenox Street, order July 22 .

Cotting Place, order Aug. 5 .
Causeway Street, order Aug. 19
Utica Street, order Aug. 10
Essex Street, order Aug. 19
Pinckney and Myrtle streets, order

103 64

Union Park Street, order June 10

Aug. 26

95 74
6 00
6 00
6 00

230 47

122 96

43 90

F and Second streets, order Aug. 26

42 70

Goodwin Place, order Aug. 26

E Street, order Aug. 26 .

Amounts carried forward

$1,282 82

$218,168 67

REPORT OF

SUPERINTENDENT

Amounts brought forward

Spring Street, order Sept.

OF

$1,282

HEALTH.

82

$218,168 67

84 70

Tudor Street, order Sept. 2

Brighton Street, order Sept. 2 .
Morni Court, order Sept. 23
G Street, order Sept. 23.
Broad Street, order Oct. 5

313 31
11 10
*

39 00
11 50

206 50

Services of one constable, Sanitary

Department

939 00

Extra team work removing filth

Printing nuisance blanks, posters, etc.
Assessments remitted per order of
Board .

409 70
225 41

50 46

Removal of dead cats, dogs and

swine

37 50

Cleaning sundry vaults of city

Expense of hollow log on Paris Street
Removal of dead body from Prince
Street

36 00
10 00

Towing dead horse to sea

3,661 00

The cost

of constructing water

closets and urinals in different

parts of the city as follows:

For plan and building of Sanitary

Police Station on Boston Com

mon, together with water closets,

urinals and water fixtures com

plete

$1,814

14

For building on Public Garden, heat

ing apparatus, water closets and

fixtures complete
For new urinal on Province Court

1,375 30
.

For new urinal on Dover Place

162 85
111 25

For services of employ at Sani

tary Police Station, Boston
Common

Amounts carried forward

97 50

$3,561

04

$221,829 67

CITY DocumENT. - No. 8.

Amounts brought forward

Incidental expenses of Sanitary Sta
tion and building at Public
Garden

$3,561 04

$221,829 67

50 19

Repairs on urinal in passageway

leading from Market Square to
22 30

North Street

3,633 53

Incidental expenses of this depart

ment in detail, as follows :

Sundry expenses of Committee in

entertaining guests, and visita
tion to New York: refreshments

1,735

and carriage hire

90

New rubber hose for offal, station

and stable use, couplings, pipe

and fixtures

197 60

Cesspool boots and overhauls fur

nished employs in cleaning
cesspools

147 25

For oil, saleratus, brooms, blacking,

soap, wicking, matches, vinegar,
mustard, salt, etc., for stable use,

72 00

For steel springs used on wagons for

conveying house offal

64 96

For cast iron sled shoes .

61 80

For offal buckets, bails, and buttons

55 40

For wheel grease and Mecca oil

32 56

For new stove and stove-pipe, and

repairs on old ones

23 70

For rope, lanterns, butts, wicks, and

tips

23 03

For

water-fixtures, solder, butts,

screws, and labor

Spruce poles for broom-handles

Boston Daily Journal for office use

Amounts carried forward

19 45
19 00
18 00

$2,470

65

*3225,463 20

REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF HEALTH.

Amounts brought forward

.
Ice used at stables and workshops
Paid James Glover for privilege of
dumping snow into dock on Fed
eral Street

$2,470 65

15 00

For clipping horse

Washing towels, bedding, etc., used
-

at stables

15 00

$225,463 20

16 00

12 75

Paid Corey & Green for dinners fur

nished employs while removing
snow in East Boston

For window glass, stable use

Cast-iron cylinder .
For clipping-shears and tubing
For rattan shavings, stable use
-

12 50

12 20

9 05
7 00
7 00

Lumber purchased for manufacturing purposes

Paid for stock consisting of shovels, hoes, curry
combs, brushes, blankets, sponge, buffalo
robes, horse collars, baskets, vehicles, etc.

2,577

15

1,861

()6

1,719

97

1,622
1,451
1,307

19
06

1,066

11

For stock used in harness shop for manufacturing

purposes

Stock used in paint sho

For coal and gas .

11

For hubs, rims, spokes and tools used in wheel

wright department
Water rates for year 1867

825 75

Pasturing horses, horse medicines and medical

attendance on sick horses

527 02

For removal of offal from East Boston as per

COntract

Sawing and planing cesspool and other stock

Milk Inspector's department for analysis of milk,
lactometers and stationery

Paid for shoeing horses, West End stable

Amounts carried forward

500 00
392 28

382 25
284 63

$239,979

78

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 8.

Amount brought forward

Paid for locks, keys, handles, gas fixtures, can

$239,979

78

vas, sand, lime, rubber moulding, and repairs,

South End stable .

280 98

194 00

Ferry passes to East Boston, used by employs

Blank books, diaries, pens, cancelling hand stamp,

stationery, and revenue stamps

183 80
-

West End stable, rope for stalls, gas fixtures,

stove, funnel, and cast iron gutters

City Physician's office, stationery, surgical in

struments, and printing
Printing notices, bill heads, and extracts from
-

102 36

83 28

ordinances

38 78

Total amount expended

$240,862 98

Bills deposited with the City Treasurer for col

lection during the year 1867.

$25,681

09

There have been paid into the City Treasury, during the year
1867, the following amounts, and the same placed to the credit
of this department:
Sale of ashes

Sale of house offal, as per contract

Abating nuisances
Police Department, for conveying prisoners
Paving Department, horse keeping, team work,
-

$13,335
5,500
4,742
2,068

37
00
25
75

ashes, shoeing, and repairs on harnesses and

vehicles

2,025
1,725
1,175

Sale of street sweepings

Sale of old horses
Removal of ashes
Sale of stable manure .

00
00

847 24
-

City Hospital, for one new cart and harness,

ashes, and repairs on vehicle and harness
Amount carried fo

21

585 00

472 26

$32,476

08

REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT

OF

HEALTH.

Amount brought forward

Public Buildings, for horse keeping, shoeing,

$32,476

08

repairs on vehicles and harnesses, and clean

ing cesspools at Quincy Hall Market

External Health Department, for use of horse
at Galloupe's Island
.
For sale of old sled, cart and cart body

For old horseshoes and scrap iron

For removing dead horses from fire in Hawkins
Street .
.
.

140 00
100 00
70 00

Fire Department, for reservoir covers

196 72

69

40 00

50 .

From County of Suffolk, for use of prison vehicle,

Public Land Department, for ashes
Storage of vehicles at South stable

20 00

For sale of old material

14 00

For sale of broom stuff

12 00

Total amount

16 75
15 00

$33,170

05

There has been paid into the City Treasury, during the
present financial year, of the above amount, $18,771 00.
2

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 8.

10

The whole number of entries for cleaning privy vaults, by

wards, may be found in the following table, together with the

prices of the respective seasons.
3 per load $4 per load $6 per load

Ward 1

Total

1|##"|''"

WARDs.

. .

194

213

134

541

419

260

147

826

201

151

82

434

105

62

56

223

212

158

111

481

**

90

73

39

202

.300

196

137

633

8 . . . . . . . . .

109

59

51

219

150

106

89

345

10

108

57

33

198

11

34

37

24

95

12

201

185

115

501

2,123

1,557

| 1,018

4,698

The within report embraces all expenditures and receipts of

this department for the year 1867; and the attention of the
City Council is respectfully called to the following subjects.
PAUPER AND PRISON VEHICLES.

One two-horse vehicle is furnished the Department of Public

Institutions, for conveying paupers and the sick from several

localities to Lunatic Hospital. Steamer Henry Morrison

and railroad stations, also, for transportation of prisoners to and
from the Court House and Jail, for the use of which no income
is derived.

REPORT OF

SUPERINTENDENT OF

11

HEALTH.

One is also employed for conveying prisoners (morning and

evening) from the several Police stations to the city lock-up, un
der Court House, and for which 25 cents per head is charged.
The following statement gives the number of persons conveyed
by each:

From the several Police stations to lock-up. Males, 6,295;

females, 2,319.

Total, 8,604.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

From Court House to Jail

To Deer Island Boat (sentenced) .

Railroad for State Almshouses

House of Correction

. 3,706
. 2,551
. 1,132

454

From Jail to Court House

400

To House of Reformation

147

R.R. Stations and Charles St. Home

...

103

Deer Island Boat (permitted) .

76

Lunatic Hospital

53

Total number conveyed

. 8,622

ANNUAL INSPECTION.

On the 29th day of April, an order passed the Board of

Aldermen authorizing a sanitary inspection of the city, by

officers detailed for this purpose. On the first day of May a
thorough and systematic cxamination was commenced, and
those having charge of this special duty were required to
report daily at this office. The work continued until the first
day of November, when the force was withdrawn; the inspec
tion was performed in a manner satisfactory to this depart
ment, and results have shown the importance of continuing the
system adopted for the two past years. During the year 1867,
3,025 persons have been notified for maintaining nuisances on

their premises; of this number a large majority responded, and

12

CITY DocumENT. - No. 8.

signified their willingness to conform to said notice, yet of

necessity, 423 orders were passed, directing the Superintendent
to cause nuisances to be abated, and of this number, only a

small portion was required to be enforced.

SANITARY CONDITION OF CITY.

As regards Real Estate, an improvement over the year 1866

has been general with those having charge of property; yet
there have been many cases of wilful neglect, where the impor
tance of a law to reach such is required, and without which the

authority of this department is not heeded to the extent desired.

In certain localities large buildings have been demolished,

and new ones constructed, which, of necessity, has caused the

condition of our streets to be strewn with the debris transported

through the city.

The most prominent evil that has existed, and one which this
Department could not control, has been the removal of earth
from Fort Hill to extreme parts; little or no regard having
been paid to the loading of teams, each and all attempting to
convey more than the capacity of their carts would allow; con

sequently, a portion of each load was left upon the highway, and
the soil being of such a nature, it was collected upon the wheels
of following vehicles and again deposited upon our streets.
Extra labor has also been furnished, and more than ordinary
care bestowed, but without favorable results; and it only re

quires the united action of those in authority to regulate a

matter not only obnoxious to the public, but injurious to a
department having the cleanliness of our streets under their im
mediate supervision.

There have been collected during the year, 61,167 loads of

ashes, 24,941 loads of street dirt and other material, 2,875

loads of cesspool matter; nine new reservoir covers have been

furnished for the fire department; 193 cesspools have received
new covers.

REPORT

OF SUPERINTENDENT

OF

HEALTH.

13

TENEMENT BUILDINGS.

For several years the attention of our city government has

been called to the importance of a law regulating the construc
tion of this class of dwellings, but without favorable results.
During the past year, the committee on health have visited

New York, where valuable information respecting such was

obtained, and it is to be hoped that a law, similar to those now

in force in New York and other large cities, may be passed by

our legislature during its present session, the practical opera
tion of which, where the same has been adopted, proves sat
isfactory.
PUBLIC URINALS.

In accordance with city document No. 102 of 1866, a special

appropriation was made in 1867 for the above purposes, and
during the past year there has been one constructed upon
Boston Common and placed under the supervision of the police,
called the Sanitary Police Station, containing water closets and
urinals, which since its opening in October has been visited by
more than 18,000 persons; one at the Public Garden conserva
tory for the convenience of women and children, which has been
found of great advantage; there has also been constructed a
urinal in Province Court, and one in Dover Place, the cost of

each appearing on page 5 of the within report.

It is believed the public will duly appreciate these sanitary
measures which have proved so beneficial to the community, and
I would recommend a continuance of their construction in differ

ent parts of the city

WINTER

WORK.

During the winter season, this department has the following

labor to perform:
The removal of snow and ice from sidewalks of public build
ings, Public Garden, Commons, malls, squares, school-house

14

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 8.

yards and private streets; in addition, we are called upon to

remove snow and ice from the public streets.

The regular work performed by employs and teams in col

lecting ashes and offal at this season of the year is frequently
more than can be performed, yet I am expected to remove
snow from the public highways. In many instances it has
proved an injury to the stock, and caused the regular work to
be neglected.

By referring to third page, the exact cost of winter work

amounts to $10,853.50, and a large proportion of this amount
is for other departments.
As the increase of population and new territory will require
more vigilance to accomplish its regular work, it will be impos
sible to furnish teams and labor in removing snow from the

public highways.
Respectfully submitted,
EZRA FORRISTALL,

Superintendent.

REPORT

OF

SUPERINTENDENT

OF

HEALTH.

15

Schedule of City Property connected with South and West Stables.

100 horses with harnesses, at $375

$37,500 00

8 cart harnesses (new), at $75 .

2 express harnesses at $25

50 00

600 00

1 chaise harness

20 00

1 wagon harness

35 00

100 00

100 00

4 light harnesses, at $25 .

4 spare leading harnesses, at $25
3 single cart harnesses
.
2 double leading harnesses, at $50
-

Lot Harness

14 collars, at $1.50
1 cart saddle

50 00

100 00

40 00

21 00

6 pair hames, at $1.75

5 00

10 50

1 riding saddle and bridle.

10 00

2 surcingles

3 00

3 pairs horse-covers (rubber), at $12.

2 horse-covers (linen), at $2
.
70 carts for collecting dirt, gravel, and stone,
.

10,500 00

at $150

36 00

4 00

26 one-horse wagons for collecting house offal,

5,200 00

6 one-horse wagons for cesspools, at $200

4 express wagons, at $175

1,200 00

700 00

1 wagon

60 00

1 cart-body and pole to wagon .

50 00

Lot old wheels .

10 00

6 00

100 00

60 00

at $200 .

4 cart wrenches, at $1.50

8 sets cart and wagon axles

Sets springs .

3 vehicles for conveying prisoners to and from

the several station houses, railroads, city
prison and jail, at $125
.

5 buggies, at $75

Amount carried forward

375 00

375 00

$57,320 50

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CITY DoCUMENT No. 8.

Amount brought forward

2 chaises .

100 00
100 00

1 hay rigging .
1 covered carriage
93 sleds for conveying offal and ashes, at $75
-

4 sleighs, at $75
2 pungs .

|-

$57,320 50

200 00

6,975 00

300 00

125 00

1 covered omnibus sleigh .

50 00

1 two-horse sled

50 00

2 hand-sleds for removing snow from passage

ways

11 snow-boxes, same purpose

28 snow-drags .
1 snow-scraper

4 00

33 00

28 00

15 00

10 00
20 00

25 snow-shovels (wooden), at .40

2 snow-ploughs
1 ice-plane

21 tons hay, at $30

100 00

630 00
315 00

103 straw

.
3 carrots, at $18
105 bush. meal, at $1.45
.
125
oats, at .95 .
25
cr. corn, at $1.45

54 00

152 25

2 hay-cutters

Lot spruce plank, etc.

90 cesspool covers, at $4. .

36 25

40 00

**

2 six-tine forks

10 00
540 00

20 00

360 00

4%

74 street hoes, at $1.25

76 mauls, at .25

174 steel and iron shovels (new), at $2

**
(old), at .50

224

118 75

2 sets hay-hooks
9,000 feet oak planks, boards, etc., at $60
-

348 00

112 00

92 50

19 00

8 50

108 00

56 25

$68,451 00

54 offal-chisels, at $2
75 offal-buckets, at .75

Amount carried forward

17

REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF HEALTH.

8
60
13
5
12
11

$68,451

Amount brought forward

offal-tubs, at $2
water-pails, at .75
water-pots, at $1.50
goose-necks .
manure-forks, at $1.75 .
iron rakes, at $1

00

16 00
45 00
19 50
75 00

21 00
11 00
6 75

9 hay-forks, at .75
163 broom-handles, at .75

122 25

2,200 bundles broom stuff, at 10 cents

220 00

48 spruce poles, at 75 cents

36 00

84 baskets, at 75 cents

63 00
25 00

5 crowbars, at $5
21 ice chisels, at $2.50

52 50

4 wooden rakes, at 50 cents

8 dipping poles, at $2
13 cesspool hooks, at $1

16 00

00

13 00
00

3 sets cesspool tools

9 ladders, at $4
2 slate ramps

36 00
30 00
00

100 lbs. nails

6 pairs steps

21 00

1 staging .

25 00

2 window frames

12 00

5 whitewash brushes

12 50

2 coils rope

16 00

1 anvil

10 00

1 Vise

18 00

1 axe

50

1 Cross-Cut SaW

00

1 sweeping machine .

107 woollen blankets with girts, at $5 .

24 00
140 00

7 buffalo robes, at $20

00

535 00
32 UU

4 street blankets, at $8
3 knee robes

Amount carried forward

2,000

$72,129

00

18

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 8.

$72,129

Amount brought forward

00

50 00

1 cast-iron urinal

150 00

2 feed troughs and tools

1 grindstone

10 00

1 lot sleigh bells

3 spare halters .

50 00
50

4 00

2 pairs overalls and frocks

1 doz. Green Mountain salve

00

1 lot horse medicine .

00

2 pairs cesspool boots

00

1 bag salt

25

2 wheelbarrows

00

11 zinc coal hods

00

9,100 lbs. choride of lime at 7' cents

1,350 deodorizer, (Gould's) at 33 cents

648 37
50 62

1 water cask

00

1 lot rubber hose

1

leather

125 00

40 00

2 tackle and falls

35 00

1 lot broom cord

10 00

1 oil can

5 00

1 lantern

1 00

2 iron weights

3 00

1 wood horse and saw

2 50

30 hind boards to carts at $2.50

75 00

1 lot currycombs and brushes

75 00

22 lbs. castile soap at 20 cents

4 40

32 lbs. sponge at $2.50

2 dust brushes

15 gallons neats-foot oil

1 lot patent wheel grease .
1 furnace and copper boiler

80 00
3 00
30 00
20 00
100 00

2 hoisting blocks
3 sets branding irons

30 00

1 broom press

10 00

Amount carried forward

5 00

$73,876

64

REPORT

OF SUPERINTENDENT

Amount brought forward

2 sledge hammers
.
1 lot straw matting
1 ferry tickets
1 hard coal

OF

HEALTH.

19

$73,876 64

2 00

10 00

30 00
350 00

1,500 00

Stock and tools in blacksmith's shop

wheelwright's
$4

6 4.

**

4&

harness

64

6 4.

&4

paint

64

900 00

400 00

325 00

$77,393 64

Furniture, beds and bedding of stables South and West, also

office furniture and stoves.

HORSE STOCK ACCOUNT.

1867.

Jan.

Feb.
&4

1868.

1, on hand .

99

1, purchased
7,

March 9,
*4
26,

Jan.
1867.

4*

Jan.

8, died .

Feb.

1, exchanged

G-

April 1,
**
2,
44
19,

&4

**

1,
11,

July 9,
*&
&4

15,
31,

Aug. 6,
Sept. 1,
&4
5,
4:
13,
**
30,
Nov. 12,
44
29,
Dec. 10,

7,

13, died

April 1, exchanged

**

*4
**

May

. . 100

1, on hand

May

&4
Go

2,

**

1,

44

10, soldf

11, exchanged
July 11, sold

4 4.
&4

12, died

**

15, exchanged
4&
*4

31,

31, sold

**

4*
*-

Aug. 6,

**

&4

24, exchange
Sept. 5,
*-

4-

10, sold
13, exchanged
**
30,
44

Q&

4&

Nov. 12,
**
29,
Dec.
4.

125

4*
4 *

3, sold
16, 4 1 25

* Bills for horses purchased, with the allowance for all exchanges, are deposited with City
*

Auditor.

t Bills for sale of horses are deposited with the City Treasurer, and the same by him col
lected.

City Document. No. 9.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

, Ap:
ges:
<

A N NUAL REPORT

of ThE

SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.

1868.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest:

S. F. MCCLEARY,

City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETs,

CITY HALL, Jan. 11, 1868.
To THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL.

According to the provisions of the fifth section of the Ordi

nances concerning Streets, the Superintendent of Streets has the
honor to submit to the City Council his Annual Report of the

Expenditures of the Paving Department, during the municipal

year 1867, embracing a portion of the financial years 18667

and 18678, the financial year of the city commencing May 1,

of each year.
The amount appropriated at the commencement of the finan

cial year for the Paving Department was $250,000. The

amount expended, and charged to the appropriation, during the
financial year 18667, from January 1 to May 1, 1867, was $54,
031.30. The amount expended, and charged to the appropri
ation, during the present financial year, 18678, from May 1,
1867, to January 1, 1868, was $229,610.26.

Total amount expended by the Paving Department during the

municipal year 1867, and charged to both appropriations for .
paving, etc., as above stated, $283,641.56.

This amount of $283,641.56 was expended for paving, repav

ing, grading, repairs of streets, removal of snow, and for grade
damages on the streets of the city, in detail, as follows:

CITY DoCUMENT. No. 9.

CITY PROPER.

Acton Street, resetting edgestones, repaving gut

ters and sidewalks and macadamizing

$214 49

Adams, Chardon and Portland streets, resetting

edgestones and repaving gutters

304 99

Albany Street, between Dover and Concord streets,

setting edgestones, building cesspools and
grading

29

Albany and Springfield streets and East Chester

82

Park, grading and gravelling

Appleton Street, resetting edgestones, relaying side

walks, paving gutters and crosswalks, building
surface drains and cesspools and macadamizing
Arch Street, resetting edgestones and repaving
portions

Ash Street, repaving

Battery Street, grading city lot

3,386

12

468 19

253 43

303 87

Beacon Street, between Charles and Dartmouth

streets, macadamizing, laying flagging cross

2,049

walks, and sidewalks in front of vacant lots

Bond Street, resetting edgestones, repaving gutters

and sidewalks and gravelling roadway
Boylston Street, macadamizing and repairs on gut
ters

46

179 03

811 81

Brookline Street, West of Tremont Street, setting

edgestones, paving gutters, macadamizing, build

ing surface drains and laying flagging cross
walks

1,643 90

Cambridge Street, between Charles and West Cedar

streets, repaving a portion

176 05

Canton Street, between Tremont Street and Warren

Avenue, setting edgestones, paving gutters, ma

cadamizing, building surface drains and laying
flagging crosswalks .

Amount carried forward,

2,666 48

$19,041

93

REPORT

ON

STREETS.

Amount brought forward,

Canton Street, between Albany Street and Harrison
Avenue, grading and gravelling
Cesspools, building cesspools on East Chester Park,
Albany Street, near Harvard Street; River and

Commercial Streets, not otherwise specified

Chandler Street, grading .

Channing Street, repaving
Chatham Street, repaving a portion .
Chester Square, laying crosswalks
Chestnut Street, gravelling
Clarendon Street, resetting edgestones, paving gut
ters, macadamizing, building surface drains, and

$19,041

93

966 59

516 55

2,174

13

254 84
126 29
569 08
139 00

laying crosswalks

2,781

56

18,011

51

Commercial Street, repaving with round stone

between Lewis and Cross streets, and paving
with small granite blocks between Cross and
State streets

Common Street, resetting edgestones, repaving gut

ters and sidewalks

347 24

Concord Square, repairs on iron fence, gravel and

trees for the park

321 58

Congress Street, between Channing and High streets,

repaving .

Crossings constructing new crossings and repairing

old ones not otherwise specified
-

3,128

14

1,561 44

Dedham Street, between Albany Street and Shawmut

506 31

Avenue, grading and gravelling portions .

Dwight Street, resetting edgestones, paving gutters,

relaying sidewalks, macadamizing and laying

crosswalks

Exchange Street, paving with small granite blocks .

Federal Street, filling cellars where widened, and
resetting edgestones, relaying sidewalks, and
repaving portions
Amount carried forward,

2,311
1,680

74

1,394

34

69

$55,832 96

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 9.

Amount brought forward,

Fruit Street, grading and gravelling, setting edge
stones, paving gutters and sidewalks
Harrison Avenue, between Dover and Northampton
streets, repaving portions

Henchman Street, laying sidewalks .

96

1,998

05

1,338

07

85 56

High Street, filling cellars where widened, and re

paving portions
.
. .
James and Newton streets, setting edgestones and
paving gutters .
Joy Street, gravelling
.

$55,832

478 08

277 44
209 00

Kingston Street, repaving between Essex and Beach

streets with small granite blocks, and near Sum
mer Street with round stone

McLean Street, macadamizing

4,319
-

82

72 18

Milford Street, resetting edgestones, repaving gut

ters and crosswalks, and macadamizing

Mt. Vernon Street, grading and gravelling

Newland Street, setting edgestones and gravelling
North Grove Street, macadamizing
Norwich and Meander streets, paving with round
Stone

Oak Street, paving with small block pavement,

(blocks purchased in 1866)
Oliver and Belmont streets, building foot bridge at
Purchase Street, fences on Washington Square,
and cesspool near Milk Street, gravel, etc.
Otis Street, repaving a portion
Passageways, belonging to city, South of Dover
Street, grading and gravelling
Pembroke Street, West of Tremont Street, setting
edgestones, paving gutters, building surface
drains, laying crosswalks, and macadamizing .
People's Ferry Avenue, repaving a portion
Pinckney Street, grading and gravelling
-

Amount carried forward,

1,690
1,014

43

122 73
182 35

795 89

1,392 06

895 00
394 17

3,474

28

2,230

05

202 43
782 78

$77,787

REPORT ON

STREETS.

Amount brought forward,

Plympton Street, grading

$77,787

Poplar Street, resetting edgestones, relaying side

walks and repaving gutters on a portion
Providence Street, grading
Repairing macadamized streets, not otherwise
specified

Repairing paved streets not otherwise specified

Repairing unpaved streets, not otherwise specified
Richmond Street, grading, setting edgestones, pav
ing gutters, laying sidewalks and gravelling
Rutland Square, repairs on iron fence, gravel, sods,
and trees for park, repairing gutters, etc.
Suffolk Street, gravelling
-

Summer Street, between Chauncy Street and Church

Green, paving with small granite blocks, and
flagging crossings .
Tremont Street, between Indiana Place and Roxbury
Line, grading and repaving portions

91

66 78

639 57
390 81

11,597
13,805

05
22

257 68

2,952

69

506 17
89 25

8,762

30

5,727

02

Tremont Street, front of Children's Mission School,

laying sidewalk on land taken by city

Tremont Street, between Temple Place and Winter
Street, removing stone pavement and putting
down concrete .

1,489 07

Union Park Street, grading and gravelling

.
Warren Avenue, resetting edgestones, paving gut
ters and crosswalks, repaving sidewalks, build
ing surface drains, and macadamizing
.
Warren Street, resetting edgestones, repaving side
walks and gutters on portions .

115 50

3,048

45

7,540

95

991 93

Washington Street, between Boylston and Dover

streets, resetting edgestones and repaving where
widened

Washington Street, between Court Street and Corn

hill Court, repaving with granite blocks (blocks
purchased in 1866) .
Amount carried forward,

345 33

308 98

$136,422

66

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 9.

$136,422 66

Amount brought forward,

West Street, repaving a portion

.
West Cedar Street, macadamizing .

220 82 .

103 93

1,353 58

West Orange Street, repaving

$138,100 99
-

souTH BosTON.

C Street, grading and gravelling .

Cesspools on E, L, F and K streets, not otherwise
specified .

117 90

491 34

D Street, setting edgestones, gravelling and building

cesspool

Dorchester Street, setting edgestones, paving gutters,

grading and gravelling .
Dove Street, gravelling .
E Street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, grad
ing and gravelling .
E Street, between First Street and Broadway, set
ting edgestones, paving gutters, laying side
walks, and gravelling

344 35

6,005 82

187 50

371 74

Edgestone setting, not otherwise specified

2,839 46
996 35

Eighth Street, between Dorchester and K streets,

grading and gravelling .

1,277 66

Emerson Street, between G and M streets, grading

and gravelling .

952 03

Federal Street, between the railroad and Dorchester

Line, gravelling

110 91

Fifth Street at L Street, building cesspools and grav

elling

6.25 41
-

First Street, gravelling .

Fourth Street, between G Street and City Point,
setting edgestones, paving gutters, gravelling,

and building cesspools

Fourth Street, between Federal and A streets, repav

ing a portion .

Amount carried forward,

340 00

3,517 83
495 59

$18,673 89

REPORT ON

STREETS.

Amount brought forward,

Gold Street, between D and C streets, gravelling
H Street, grading .
-

$18,673

89

187 95

252 00

L Street at Bath House, repairing sea-wall and wharf

and grading
.

211 71

L Street, between First and Second streets, grav

elling

249 42

O Street, setting edgestones and grading

Repairing streets .
.
. .
Second Street, between B and F streets, resetting
edgestones, relaying sidewalks, repaving road

way, and rebuilding bulkhead .

6,469

8,820 08

97

Second Street, between K and L streets, gravelling,

Sixth Street, between C and D streets, grading and
gravelling
Sixth Street, between K and L streets, grading
Sullivan Street, grading and gravelling .

131 06

544 43

1,145

79

250 00

439 17

Telegraph Street, setting edgestones, paving gutters

and crosswalks, building cesspools, grading and
gravelling

4,154

Third Street, grading and gravelling portions .

Vinton Street, grading and gravelling

1,991

64

$43,784

01

44

262 46

EAST BOSTON.

Bennington Street, grading

(>

Bremen Street, between Sumner and Maverick streets,

paving with new round stone
Cesspools not otherwise specified

$331 98

4,026

206 38

1,550

Condor Street, gravelling

Eagle Street, gravelling .

25

86

177 77

Havre Street, grading, gravelling and building cess

pools
London Street, gravelling

1,813

Meridian Street, grading and gravelling .

1,179

50

$10,070

23

Amount carried forward,

2

77

783 72

..]0

CITY DoCUMENT.No. 9.

Amount brought forward,

People's Ferry Avenue, resetting edgestones, relay
ing sidewalks, and repaving portion of roadway
Repairing streets
Saratoga Street, gravelling
Sumner Street, repaving portions .
-

$10,070 23
537 19

2,337 54
326 40
303 94

$13,575 30
-

INCIDENTALS.

Clerk hire

Ferdinand Street Bridge, painting, .

Horse-keeping, new buggy and sleigh, repairs on
vehicles, etc.

$1,190 00

90 00

1,627 65

Levelling snow, picking ice upon the streets, and re

moving snow last winter, and in December 1867.

51,118 96

Printing and Stationery .

Removing Dead Trees
Repairs at South Yard, dredging docks, gas fixtures,

356 36

etc.

149 88

Repairs at West Yard, building fence, etc.

Stock of materials on hand, purchased during the
year, consisting of granite and North River
blue stone blocks, North River flagging, edge
stone, round stone, gravel, and cesspool curbs .
Street signs, and numbering streets
Sundry expenses of Committee on Paving
Superintendent's Salary 1867

Tools

94 62

243 68

18,048 97
1,635 64

1,649 25
2,425 00
3,767 95
$82,397 96
-

REPORT ON

GRADE

11

STREETS.

DAMAGES.

Dorchester Street

W. M. Wilson, agent for

Oakes Ames & others

J. B. Carpenter

$2,200 00

700 00

$2,900 00
Havre Street

John McGonagle
Jerry McCarty

.
-

$650 00

650 00

1, 300.00
Richmond Street
Paid for alterations in
houses to conform to

1,483 30

new grade
Sullivan and Lark Streets
James Timmons

100 00

5,783 30
RECAPITULATION.

City Proper
South Boston .
East Boston

Incidentals

Grade damages

$138,100
43,784
13,575
82,397
5,783

99
01
30
96
30

$283,641 56

Total amount appropriated for paving, etc., for the present

financial year, 18678, $250,000; total expenditures of the
present financial year, to Jan. 1, 1868, $229,610.26;. balance
of appropriation unexpended, Jan. 1, 1868, $20,389.74.
The amount of bills for edgestone, constructing and repairs
of sidewalks, paving work, and old materials sold, lodged with
the City Treasurer, during the year 1867, for collection, was
$6,134.41. . . .

CITY DocumENT. - No. 9,

12

The amount paid into the City Treasury during the same
period, and credited as having been paid in by the paving
department on account of work done by said department, was
$2,471.93.
ALBANY STREET.

Sept. 10, 1866. The Board of Aldermen authorized the

extension of Albany Street from Troy Street to the Dover Street
Bridge. The work to be performed was the building of a sea
wall two hundred and seventy-one feet in length, and the filling
of the same length of street eighty feet in width, and about six
teen feet in depth. Owing to difficulties arising, in settling with
the abutters for grade and land damages, it was not commenced
till the spring of 1867. It is now nearly completed. The sea
wall was built by Messrs. Boynton Bros., under the immediate

superintendence of Mr. Joel Wheeler. The earth filling was

supplied principally from Fort Hill. The cost of the work up
to Jan. 1, 1868, has been as follows:
Paid Boynton Bros.

for

building wall

$13,005 00

Paid Joel Wheeler for superintending the building of

Same

Earth, gravel and ashes

1,036 00
8,249 75

Labor, Paving, Edgestones, Team work, building

fence, etc.

1,111 62
$23,402 37

ALBANY

STREET

BRIDGE.

The bridge over the tracks of the Boston & Worcester Rail
road on Albany Street, a wooden structure built in 1856 at a
cost of $23,231, having become so much decayed as to be unsafe
for public travel, the Board of Aldermen, May 21, 1867, author
ized the erection of an iron bridge with stone abutments and
retaining walls. The Boston & Worcester Railroad Corpora

REPORT ON

13

STREETS.

tion desiring that the southerly abutment should be set back to

allow room for another track under the bridge, agreed with the
city to pay the cost of constructing and keeping in repair the
additional length of twelve feet of the iron bridge.

The cor

poration also agreed that from twelve to eighteen inches in

width of the retaining walls on each side of the bridge should
be built upon their land so as to make a party wall, and to pay
to the city for said party wall, on the completion of the whole
work, the sum of $7,000.

In July, the Committee on Paving made a contract with

Messrs. Clapp & Ballou for the erection of the abutments and
retaining walls, containing about 2,600 cubic yards of stone

work, and on September 30, a contract with Messrs. McKay &

Aldus, of East Boston, for a wrought-iron lattice bridge. The
plans for the stone abutments and walls were drawn by N. Henry

Crafts, City Engineer, and the work executed under the super
intendence of Mr. Joel Wheeler. The plans for the iron bridge
were drawn by Mr. Clemens Herschel, who superintended the
The cost to January 1, 1868, has been

construction of the same.

as follows:

Paid Clapp & Ballou for stone work, etc. (on account)
Paid McKay & Aldus for iron bridge, (on account)

$35,109 41
10,000 00

Paid Clemens Herschel for plans of iron bridge and

superintending the building of same, (on

account) .

600 00

Paid Joel Wheeler for superintending the building of

stone-work

Labor, team work, ashes, etc. .

976 00

647 48

$47,332 89
DEDHAM STREET.

The raising and grading of Dedham Street, between Shawmut

Avenue and Tremont Street, authorized by the City Council the
latter part of 1866, was completed during the past year. The

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CITY DocuMENT. - No. 9.

cost of this work, including the compensation paid to the abut

ters for grade damages, has been as follows:
Grade Damages.
William Collier, Nos. 67, 73, and 75
Edward Collerton, No. 76
.
-

.
-

Fanny W. Cooper, 98
.
Mary Daley,
** 74
.
Eliza Dinsmore,
99, paid for rais
ing .

Mary Dwyer,

NO. 90

$748 00
315 00

512 : 00

470 00

125 00

700 00

1,125 00

D. C. Eddy's Estate, Nos. 85 to 95

Michael Finley, No. 55
.

420 00

Thos. Fitzpatrick, 71
Peter Henderson, 53

.
.

560 00

445 00

Thomas Hughes,
Gregory Keane,

753

124 00

**

96

512 00

Patrick Leonard,

80

580 00
990 00

Robert McNinch,

92 and 94 .

Owen Munday,
Patrick Munday,
Wm. Pendergast,

686 00

86 and 88 .
81
.

1,069 00

663 00

Cranston Pond,

70 and 72 .

527 00

Thomas Ray,

**

62

500 00

Owen Russell,

97

800 00

60

34500 $12,216 00

G. A. Woodruff,
Labor

Earth and gravel

100

1.440 12

5,637 75

Furnishing and setting edgestones, laying sidewalks,

paving gutters, etc.

Paid S. & D. Richards for making estimates for rais

ing houses, 1865 and 1866
Paid William L. Brown for making estimates for
raising houses, 1866
-

1,268 24

100 00

50 00

$20,712 11

REPORT ON

STREETS.

15

FORT HILL.

The grading of Oliver Street, Washington Square and

Belmont Street, which was commenced Oct. 15, 1866, was

prosecuted with all the despatch possible, until Jan. 17, 1867,
when the great snow storm which occurred at that time caused
a suspension of operations till Feb. 25, when the work was
resumed and continued until March 8, at which time, the con

tractor, Mr. T. Hannon, abandoned his contract, having lost a

considerable sum, the compensation which he received ($5.50
per cubic square) being much less than the cost of excavating
and carting. The Committee on Paving then advertised anew
for proposals for the excavation and removal of the earth from

the hill to the territory lying between the easterly line of Albany
Street, Harrison Avenue, Troy Street and the Dover Street
Bridge. Proposals were received, ranging from $7.50 to $9.75
per square. The contract was awarded to Bonner & Suther
land, their proposal being the lowest. They commenced opera
tions April 10, and continued steadily at work, doing all that
seemed possible to do, through a wet and unfavorable scason,

till Dec. 24, when the grading of Oliver Street, Washington

Square and Belmont Street fifty feet in width and to a depth of
eighteen inches below the grade, ready to receive the gravel for
paving, was completed.
The whole amount of earth removed from Fort Hill has been

about 8,500 squares, or 68,000 cubic yards.

has not yet been made.

The final estimate

RAILROAD LOCATIONS.

By an act of the Legislature, passed April 25, 1867, Thomas

Russell, Edward Crane, Harvey Scudder, their associates and

successors, were made a corporation under the name of the

Marginal Freight Railway Company, and authorized to construct

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CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 9.

a street railway of not less than two tracks, with suitable turnouts,
commencing at the Boston and Worcester Railroad tracks in
Lincoln Street, thence through Lincoln or South and Beach

streets to Federal Street; also commencing at the freight tracks

of the Old Colony and Newport Railway Company, near Cove
Street; thence through Cove and Beach streets to Federal Street,
or through Cove and East streets to Federal Street; thence
through Federal and Broad streets to Rowe's Wharf; thence
through intervening estates, at the head of Rowe's Wharf and

India Street; thence through India Street and the westerly end
of Central Wharf block and through the street east of the Cus
tom House to Commercial Street; thence through Commercial,
Causeway and Lowell streets, or Causeway, Andover and
Minot streets to the freight tracks of the Boston and Lowell

Railroad Company: with the right to construct side tracks from

the above tracks to any wharf or warehouse on the route.

By the same act, the Board of Aldermen is authorized, upon

the application of the Marginal Freight Railway Compafly, to
straighten and widen the streets, through which the railroad is
to pass, to a width of not less than fifty feet between the curb
stones, one-half of the net costs of such straightening and
widening to be paid by the company.
The Commercial Freight Railway Company, incorporated in

1866, was authorized to unite with the Marginal Freight Rail

way Company, and form one company. This act was accepted
by the Board of Aldermen May, 7, 1867; and rules were pre
scribed for the government of the road, July 9.
By an order passed Nov. 19, the Fitchburg Railroad Com
pany was authorized to lay down a straight track in Haverhill
Street, adjacent to the sidewalk on the southerly side of the pas
senger depot of said company; also, a curved track from their
premises on Haverhill Street to the tracks to be laid down by
the Marginal Freight Railway Company, on Causeway Street.
The Boston & Worcester Railroad Company was authorized

REPORT

ON

STREETS.

17

Aug. 27, 1867, to lay down an additional track across Lehigh

Street, and Nov. 2, 1867, a track across South Street.
In a location granted by the Board of Aldermen Nov. 18,
1867, the Metropolitan Railroad Company was authorized to lay
down an additional track on Boylston Street, between Tremont

and Charles streets, and a double track on Boylston Street, be

tween Charles and Berkeley streets.

Also, additional tracks on

Tremont Street, between Boylston and La Grange streets, and

between Eliot and Dover streets.

Jan. 2, 1868.

The same company was authorized to con

struct a turnout or side-track on Tremont Street, extending two

hundred and seventy-five feet south of the northerly line of Cam
den Street.

Annexed to this Report is a schedule of the property belong.

ing to the Paving Department.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES HARRIS,
Superintendent of Streets.

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE PAVING

DEPARTMENT.

Sets of stone cutters' tools, consisting of 273 points and

chisels, 6 hammers, 2 squares, 8 ledge drills, 6 pean hammers
7 sets, 34 drills and 2 bush hammers.
219 ice pickaxes.

7 chains.

100 gravel pickaxes.

7 ice chisels.

200 snow shovels.

80 gravel shovels.
141 stone-crack hammers.

1 derrick.
34 crowbars.

7 pinch bars.

6 face hammers.

2 shackle bars.

8 sledge hammers.
7 paving hammers.

3 tamping bars.

4 iron rammers.

15 wooden rammers.
19 wooden street-horses.
12 lanterns.
27 wheelbarrows.
4 handbarrows.

1 claw bar.

16 cesspool rods.
10 padlocks.
2 post diggers.
1 hand cart.
1 small cart.
4 trucks.

6 water pails.

1 grindstone.

9 mortar pails.

9 axes.

2 stone rolls.

8 augers.

5 tool chests.

3 vises.

7 ladders.

5 planes.

7 levels.

9 saws.

7 trowels.

2 saw sets.

7 street hoes.

19 files.

5 iron rakes.

4 squares.

5 hand sleds.

1 hatchet.

1 set of blocks.

9 chisels.

REPORT

ON

STREETS.

4 nail hammers.

7 iron wedges.

1 bit stock and 10 bits.

2 boilers.

4 drawing knives.

1 set stencil plates.

3 spoke shaves.
2 pairs dividers.

3 baskets.
124 hammer handles.

1 adze.

308 pick handles.

1 frow.

600 lbs. iron.

1 hone.

350 lbs. steel.

5 mallets.

2 horses.

2 water pots.

1 sligh.

3 sand screens.
3 fluid cans.

1 buggy.
1 wagon

1 whitewash brush.

2 harnesses.

19

City Document. No. 10.

CITY

OF

BOSTON.

(3-5

\& BosTNIA *>

& Conbir AAD,

*:
A N NUAL

REP () RT

of THE

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC LANDS.

1 S 6 S.

---------------_-_-

==

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest:

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

C IT Y

O F

B O S T ON .

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC LANDS.

BosTON, January 13, 1868.

TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
BOSTON:

The Superintendent of Public Lands respectfully submits his

Annual
R E POR. T.

The sales of land, under the direction of the Committee on

Public Lands, during the year ending December 31, 1867, have
been as follows:

One lot on James Street, containing 12,100 square

feet, at $1.00 per foot

Two lots on Fourth Street, containing 19,582,',

square feet, at 35 cents per foot
Five lots on Concord Street, containing 8,8691,
square feet, at $1.25 per foot
Five lots on Concord Street, containing 7,91718,
square feet, at $1.00 per foot .
Two lots on East Dedham Street, containing 18,530
-

$12,100 00
6,853 88

11,086 74

7,917 02

square feet, at 85 cents per foot

15,750 50

One lot on Harrison Avenue, Concord and Stoughton

streets, containing 40,000 square feet, at 75
cents per foot .
Amount carried forward,

30,000 00
$83,708 14

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 10.

Amount brought forward,

One lot on Northampton Street, containing 18,688
square feet, at 60 cents per foot

Two lots on Harrison Avenue, containing 7,717

square feet, at $1.25 per foot .
Sixteen lots on Broadway, containing 50,000 square

feet, at 65 cents per foot .

$83,708 14
11,212 80
9,646 25
32,500 00

One lot on Broadway, containing 3,750 square feet,

at 40 cents per foot .

1,500 00

One lot on Fourth Street, containing 3,429.1%, square

feet, at 40 cents per foot .

1,371 84

Making a total of 190,583.1%, square feet for the

sum of

139,939 03

Of the foregoing amount, there has been received by

the superintendent in cash, and paid over to the
Treasurer the sum of

10,988 66

And there has been taken in bonds from the purchas

ers, payable in nine annual instalments with
.
.

interest

Total,

128,950 37

. $139,939 03

In the sales made of sixteen lots upon Broadway, the usual

cash payment of ten per cent was omitted, as one of the condi

tions upon which the land was sold requires the full amount of
purchase money (viz., $32,500) to be paid in one year from the
date of each purchase.

The superintendent has also received and paid over to the

Treasurer the following amounts.
For wharfage and rent of land on South Bay .

rent of land on Harrison Avenue

$1,066 40

37 50

on Northampton Street

25 00

**

**

foot Of Belchers Lane

37 50

at South Boston

137 50

edgestone and paving of sidewalks .

198 56

$1,502 46

Total,

REPORT

ON

PUBLIC

LANDS.

The above does not include any rent received for land leased
by the committee upon South Bay, as the same is made in quar
terly payments to the Treasurer.
There has also been received during the year for entrance

into the Common Sewers, the cost of which was paid from the
appropriation for Public Lands, $2,259 36.
EXPENDITURES.

The expenditures charged to the appropriation for Public

Lands from January 1st to December 31st, 1867, have been as
follows:

For grading vacant land in rear of West Chester Park,

as per order of the City Council,
For salary of Superintendent, one year
For paving sidewalks in front of vacant land on

$2,450
1,800

00
00

Harrison Avenue, as per order of the Board of

Aldermen .

596 60

For edgestones and paving sidewalks in front of

vacant land on Fourth and Emerson streets, as
per order of the Board of Aldermen.

588 10

For edgestones furnished on Albany Street between

Canton and Sharon streets, as per order of the
Board of Aldermen .

236 07

For edgestones and setting the same on Dorchester,

F and Seventh streets, being in front of the Old

Burying Ground lot, as per order of the City

Council .
-

859 57

For grading passageway between Wareham and

Plympton streets, South Bay

311 85
-

For grading passageway between Dedham and Canton

Streets

For grading done on Northampton Street

For grading done on Brookline Street
For grading done on Northfield Street
Amount carried forward,

176 00
221 25
65 00
110 00

$7,414

44

CITY DocuMENT. No. 10.

Amount brought forward,

For grading vacant land between Broadway and Third
Street

$7,414 44
150 00

For grading land on Harrison Avenue to abate a

nuisance .

118 50

For widening sidewalks on Harrison Avenue

For labor on Public Lands

60 00
257 85

For grading sidewalk on East Canton Street

For amount paid Sewer Department for construction
of sewers in Canton and Plympton streets
For amount paid extending sewer in passageway

15 75

452 72

between Newton and Pembroke streets

38 50

For amount paid examining sewer in Northampton

Street

5 00

For amount paid repairs done to railing around

vacant land between Brookline and Pembroke
Streets

20 33

For amount paid Town of Hull, tax on Great

Brewster Island

16 96

For amount paid for stationery

11 75

For amount paid for printing notices of meetings,

also Superintendent's Report to the Committee

on Public Lands

17 70

For amount paid carriage hire

For amount paid expenses of the Committee of 1866
For amount paid incidental expenses of the Com

mittee of 1867

20 00

109 75

758 70

For amount paid repairs on iron fence upon East

Chester Park

27 30

Total amount of expenditures

$9,495 25

Respectfully sabmitted,
R. W. HALL,

Superintendent of Public Lands.

City Document. Mo. 11.

CITY OF B O ST ON.

ANNUAL

REPORT

of

J O II N

D.

C A D O G. A. N.,

SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

SOUTHERN

DISTRICT.

1 8 6 8.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.

Attest :

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

SEALERS OFFICE, CITY HALL,

Jan. 6, 1868.
To HIs HONOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON.

Gentlemen: In accordance with requirements made in an

Ordinance passed January 25th, 1867. I herewith submit my

Annual
REPORT.

The subject of Weights and Measures is something that con

cerns not a few, and is of the most vital importance to every
family in the city. A uniform standard of weights and meas
ures, and a correct system of weighing is something that should
claim our serious attention. Of the origin of weights and
measures, we are told, no direct mention is made; but Josephus

asserts they were invented by Cain, the tiller of the ground,

and the first builder of a city. The division of numbers by
decimal arithmetic, and the use of the cubit as a standard
measure of length, are distinctly proved to have been established
before the general deluge.

The ages of the patriarchs are noted in units, tens and hun
dreds of years; and Noah, we are told, built by divine instruc
tions his ark three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits broad, and
thirty cubits in height.
The Hebrew cubit measured in the vicinity of twenty-two
inches, the Roman seventeen and a half, and the English

eighteen.

We certainly will not deem it out of place here to

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CITY DOCUMENT.No. 11.

quote the language of

'scripture

as we find it, and hope, if it

should apply to any parties, they may read and profit by it.
We find two precepts respecting weights and measures. The
first, Leviticus xix:35, 36 Ye shall do no unrighteousness

in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Just bal

ances, just weights, a just ephah and a just hin shall ye have.
The second, Deuteronomy xxv : 13, 14, 15 Thou shalt not

have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou

shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and a
small. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight; a perfect
and just measure shalt thou have.
In the Senate of the United States, March 3d, 1817, a resolu

tion was passed, instructing the Secretary of State to prepare

and report a statement relative to the regulations and standards
for weights and measures in the several States, and relative to

the proceedings in foreign countries, for establishing uniformity

in weights and measures, together with such propositions relative
thereto as may be proper to be adopted in the United States.

To show you the great importance of this work, and the vast
amount of time and labor consumed in preparing that report, it
was nearly four years before it was submitted.
Among the earliest traces of Colonial legislation in Virginia

and New England, we find acts declaring the assize of London,

and the standard of the exchequer, to be the only lawful proto
types of the weights and measures of the Colonies. The foot
and inch were of dimensions perfectly well ascertained; and in
the year 1601, only seven years before the settlement of

Jamestown, and less than twenty before that of Plymouth,

new standards, not only of the yard and ell but of the Avoirdu

pois and Troy weights, and of the bushel, can, gallon, quart and
pint, had been deposited at the exchequer. There was neither
uncertainty nor perceptible diversity with regard to the long
measure or the weights but the standard vessels of capacity
were of various dimensions.

The bushel of 1601 contained

WEIGHTS

AND

MEASURES.

2,124 cubic inches; it was therefore a copy from an older

standard, made in exact conformity to the rule prescribed in
the Statute of 1266, and very probably the identical standard
therein described.

The able and elaborate report of John Quincy Adams, referred

to elsewhere, and transmitted to the Senate, February 22, 1821,
is one so masterly and full of interest, it would well repay those
who take an interest in weights and measures a perusal.
Among the nations of modern Europe there are two, who, by
their genius, their learning, their industry and their ardent and
successful cultivation of the arts and sciences are scarcely less dis
tinguished than the Hebrews, from whom they have received most
of their religions, or the Greeks, from whom they have received

many of their civil and political institutions.

From these two

nations the inhabitants of these United States are chiefly

descended, and from one of them we have all of our existing

weights and measures. Both of them, have for a series of ages

been engaged in the pursuit of a uniform system of weights and
measures. To this, the wishes of their philanthropists, the
hopes of their patriots, the researches of their philosophers and
the energy of their legislators have been aiming with efforts so
stupendous and with perseverance so untiring, that to any person
who shall examine them, it may well be a subject of astonishment

to find that they are both yet entangled in the pursuit at this

hour, and that it may well be doubted whether all their latest
and greatest exertions have not hitherto tended to increase

diversity instead of producing uniformity.

He then leads to an historical description of the English and
French systems of weights and measures, together with a brief

summary of the earlier discussions of the subject in this country.

In regard to Sealing of weights and measures in this State,

and more particularly in our own city, we will, as in many

things, compare favorably with any State or city in the Union,
for the thorough manuer in which the work is performed. Few
cities equal, and none surpass us.

CITY DocuMENT.No. 11.

Many people labor under a misapprehension in regard to the

law, as it now stands, for the sale of fruit, vegetables, etc. The
following may be of some service. Extract from the General
Statutes, Chap. 49, Sec. 61 and 62.
SEC. 61. The dry measure shall be the sole authorized pub
lic standard for measuring all Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts,
when the same are sold by measure. Whoever sells such ar

ticles, by any other than dry measure, shall forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding ten dollars, for every such offence.
SEC. 62. Chestnuts, Walnuts, Cranberries and all other
berries when sold, shall be measured by the strike or level
measure, in the same manner as Flaxseed and other similar

articles are measured. The following Table of Weights may be

of some service and assist many in their purchases.
A bushel of wheat weighs

60 pounds.

56

32

G-

barley or buckwheat .
cracked corn, rye meal or corn meal .

48
50

G&

potatoes

60

G4

* Onions

52

G6

** Salt

70

4&

corn or rye

49.

** Oats

4&

In the above table, we differ in the weight of some articles as

provided for in many other States, as for instance, in New York

a bushel of salt weighs 56 pounds; indian corn, 58; onions,

57, etc. While, in Kentucky, a bushel of salt weighs 50 pounds,

oats, 333; and in the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, lllinois,

Iowa, Wisconsin and many others, the commodities usually sold

by weight are nearly similar to our own standard. For some
time past, custom and usage have established among some whole
sale dealers a rule to sell many articles by weight, which should

be sold by measure. Among the rest, we might mention beans,

berries, etc., the only law that we can find relating thereto, will
be found in this report.

WEIGHTS AND

MEASURES.

I would respectfully take this occasion as heretofore, to

request our citizens to furnish themselves with weighing and

measuring apparatus, and that the same may be kept at their
residences whereby the accuracy of their purchases may be
tested. Many people will say, there is no need of examining
weights and measures so often as once a year. My own expe
rience has shown to the contrary, having found it necessary to
visit places two or three times a year, sometimes by invitation
of the proprietor, and sometimes WITHOUT.
-

Another admonition at this time will not be deemed out of

place, viz: the vending of charcoal.

Examine the basket and

ascertain if the same has been sealed by an authorized Sealer.

Baskets sealed in Boston are branded thus: (Boston Sealer.)

As a portion of our citizens still have the impression that the
Sealers are paid by fees, for their information, I will state that,
in July 1863, the City Council accepted of the following Act,
which made the Sealers of Weights and Measures salaried
officers:

By an Act passed April 23, 1863, new provisions relating

to sealing weights and measures are made as follows:
The respective Sealers of Weights and Measures in the
several cities and towns are authorized and required to go to
the houses, stores and shops of all such persons within their
respective cities and towns using weights and measures.
If any such person shall refuse to have his measures, milk
cans, weights, balances, scales or beams so tried, adjusted and
sealed, the same not having been tried, adjusted and sealed
within one year preceding such refusal, he shall forfeit ten dol
lars for each offence, one-half to the use of the city or town,
and one-half to the use of the Sealer of Weights and Measures.

If any person shall alter any weight, measure, milk-can,

scale, balance or beam, after the same shall have been adjusted
and sealed, so that the same thereby shall not conform to the

CITY DocuMENT.No. 11.

public standard, and shall fraudulently make use of the same,

he shall forfeit for each offence the sum of fifty dollars, one half
to the use of the city or town, and one-half to the use of the
complainant. And any Sealer when he shall have reasonable
cause to believe that any weight, measure, milk-can, Scale, bal
ance or beam has been altered since the same was last adjusted
and sealed, is authorized and required to enter the premises in
which any such weight, measure, milk-can, scale, balance or beam
is kept or used, and examine the same.

No milk-can shall be sealed by any Sealer, which does not

contain one or more quarts, without any fractional parts of a
quart.

The following will show the expenses of this Department for

the past year:
Salary of Sealer and Assistant
Repairing wagon .
One bay horse.
-

$2,100 00

85 90

350 00

Repairing harness, blankets, etc.

.
One harness, saddle pad, halter, etc.
Sealing one set standard weights
.
Horse keeping from May 1 to Dec. 31

4 00

244 00

Shoeing horse

21 00

23 48

30 00
21 00

64

46

Stationery

Extra labor

Blanket, surcingle and robe .

Horse medicine, tripoli and acid
One pung sleigh
.

75 50
123 00

12 71

100 00

6 41

Small expenses by health department and others

$3,197 00

Previous to May 1st, transportation for the standards was

provided by the Committee on Internal Health, since which time,

it has been furnished by the Committee on Weights and Meas
ures.

We would not let this occasion pass, without expressing

WEIGHTS

AND

MEASURES.

our entire approbation and approval of the ordinance passed

January 1867, which places the Department of Weights and
Measures under a Committee of the Board of Aldermen, which

also requires each sealer to make an annual report in detail of

the receipts and expenditures of his department. The receipts
of this department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1867, were
$1,833.94, all of which has been paid into the City Treasury.
The following figures will show the number of places visited,
and the number and kind of different scales, weights and
measures sealed during the year:
Number of places visited
Platform balances

1,614
1,236

Platform balances 5,000 lbs. and over

105

Butchers scales

214

Spring balances

169

487

401

Public weighers' scales

116

Balances

Weights

Trip scales

Counter balances

Dry measures

Wet measures

Yard sticks

62

11,877
2,108
5,817
1,245

Of the above, 996 were adjusted at the places of business or

at this office, and 75 were condemned.
Schedule of City Property contained in Sealers Office.
One set avoirdupois weights.

One balance and case.

One set Troy weights.
One set apothecary weights.
Forty 50-pound iron weights.
One set standard dry measures.
One set standard wine measures.

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CITY DoCUMENTNo. 11.

One brass yard measure.

One working set avoirdupois weights.
One working set dry measures.
One working set wine measures.
One 3-gallon measure.
One set steel stamps (January to December).
One measure for trying charcoal baskets.

One stampOne brand (marked condemned).

One yard measure.
One vise.
One anvil.

One spirit-level.
One drill-stock and drills.
Two hammers.
One mallet.

One surcingle.
One soldering-iron.
One tool-bag.
Two brands, marked Boston Sealer.
One wrench.

One try-frame.
Two try-scales.

One horse.
One wagon.
One pung sleigh.
One harness.
Two blankets.

Two robes.
Three pecks linseed.
One pair cut-nippers.

Small quantity shot.

Very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
JOHN D. CADOGAN,

Sealer Weights and Measures, Southern District.

C ITY

O ST ON .

a Bostonia.

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NSA.1630-se

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>{{<

AN NUAL

REPORT
of

VV IL L I A M

E'.

F. E. E. D.

SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

N OR THE R N

DISTRICT.

1 86 8.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
-

Attest:

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

-

C IT Y

OF

B O S T ON .

OFFICE OF SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

January 7, 1868.
To HIs HoNor THE MAYOR, AND THE CITY CouncIL OF THE CITY
oF BosTON.

Gentlemen, In compliance with the city ordinance in

relation to Sealers of Weights and Measures, I respectfully sub

mit my annual

REPORT,
for the year ending Dec. 31, 1867.

I find by the record kept in this office, that my predecessor,

during the months of January and February, sealed such scales,
weights and measures, as were used in 190 places of business,
and received for the same the sum of two hundred and forty

nine dollars and fifty-eight cents ($249.58).

I commenced sealing, the 6th of May following; and owing to

the time lost (March and April), I have not been able to quite
complete the year's work.

From May 6th to Dec. 31st, I have tried, proved, adjusted

and sealed the scales, weights and measures used in 1,560 places
of business, and received in fees sixteen hundred and six dollars

and fourteen cents ($1,606.14), and paid the same to the City
Treasurer.

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 12.

The following table shows the number and kind of scales,

weights and measures, adjusted and sealed by my predecessor

and myself during the year.

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WM. F. REED.

1180,

82

|318 |199 $398

36

85 |10412||1348|2606,2187|112 |575

1256 s. 366 23s. 421 320 | ST115 |11392.13703153,2378,171 710

Total.

It will be seen by the above, that 20% per cent of the weights
did not conform to the standard and were adjusted, and that
793 per cent were correct.

Of the measures, about 16 per cent were adjusted, and 84 per

cent Were COrrect.

I have condemned 108 measures and 6 weights, that could

not be made to conform to the standard.

Expenditures for the year ending Dec. 31st.

Amount expended by my predecessor, as per Audi
tors Accounts
One Horse

$82 53

300 00

63 67

General repairs, painting and varnishing wagon

General repairs on harness, new reins, halter, linen

cover, surcingle, weight strap, bit, etc.
.
Repairing Standard Measures .
-

Adjusting and Sealing Standard, by State Sealer

Extra labor

Small repairs on harness, wagon and tools, 1 blow

pipe, bells, weight, etc. .
Horse-keeping
Horse-shoeing
1 blanket, 1 robe

45 75
6 00
6 00
63 00

11 07

243 00

25 42

18 50

Amount carried forward

$864 94

WEIGHTS

AND

MEASURES.

Amount brought forward

1 record book and stationery .

$864 94

23 12

6 00

1 newspaper, from June 6 to Dec. 6

Salary of Sealer and Assistant, from Jan. 1 to Dec.

31

Total expenditures

Whole amount received and paid into the treasury,

including $249.58 paid by my predecessor
.

2,100 00
$2,994 06

$1,855 72

The cost of transportation from Jan. 1st to May 1st is not

included in the above, as it was furnished during that time by
the Internal Health Department.
The appropriation for Sealers of Weights and Meas
ures for the financial year 186768 was .
.

$6,800 00

From which the following amounts have been paid.

Salaries of Sealer and Assistant from

April 15 to Dec. 31
All other expenditures

$1,492 47
811 53

Expended by my predecessor, as per

Auditors Account

82 53

Total for Northern District

for Southern District

$5,058 53

Balance unexpended .

$1,741 47

Expended .

2,386 53
2,672 00

CITY DocumENT. No. 12.

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY UNDER MY

CHARGE

BELONGING TO

THE CITY.

Standard Weights, Measures and Balances.

1 Dearborn's avoirdupois balance of 50 lbs.
1 box containing set of avoirdupois weights for the above, one
each 50 lb., 25 lb., 20 lb., 10 lb., 5 lb., 4 lb., 2 lb., 1 lb.
One each 8 oz., 4 oz., 2 oz., 1 oz., 8 dr., 4 dr., 2 dr., and
two 1 dr. (17 weights.)
1 set liquid measures, one each, 1 gal., 2 qt., 1 qt., 1 pt., 3 pt., 1
gill. (6 measures.)
1 set dry measures, one each, bush., 1 peck, 4 qts., 2 qts., 1 qt.
(5 meas.)
1 Troy balance and set of weights: two 500 pennyweights, one
300, one 200, one 100, one 50, one 30, one 20, one 10, one 5,

one 3, one 2, one 1, one 4.

2 sets Troy cup weights.
1 Try Scale for office.

(13 weights.)

Working Set.

1 box containing Try Scale.

1 set weights, one each: 4 lb., 2 lb., 1 lb., 8 oz., 4 oz., 2 oz., 1 oz.,

3 oz., 3 oz. (9 weights.)

1 box containing set avoirdupois brass weights: two 16 lb., one
8 lb., two 4 lb., two 2 lb., two 1 lb. (9 weights.)
1 box containing copper measures, one each, 1 gal., 2 qts., 1 qt.,

1 pt., 3 pt., 1 gill, gill. (7 measures.)

One each bush., 1 peck, 4 peck, 2 qts., 1 pt. and two 1 qt.
(7 measures.)
1 brass yard measure, one 36 inch rule, 1 charcoal measure.

1 box containing 24 stamps, 22 square 50 lb. iron weights, 18

round ditto.

1 salt measure, one 3 gal. measure, 5 seals, letter B, 1 stamp,

marked Condemned.

1 horse, 1 wagon, 1 harness, 1 pung sleigh.

1 express wagon and harness, used by both Sealers.

2 robes, 2 blankets, 1 whip, 1 weight and strap, 1 halter, 1
surcingle.

WEIGHTS

AND

MEASURES.

Tools, etc.
1 hand drill.

1 anvil.

7 drills.

1 soldering-iron.

7 cold chisels.

2 wire cutters.

9 punches.

1 screw plate.
4 taps, etc.

1 iron arm.

1 monkey-wrench.

8 files (old).

1 scraper.
1 tool-bag.

2 pr. nippers.

1 hand-brush.

1 vise.

1 mallet.

3 hammers.
1 hatchet.

4 tin cans, for oil, varnish, etc.

3 paint and varnish pots.

3 screw-drivers.

1 smoothing-plane.

brushes,(old.)
# bush. linseed.

1 plumb-level.
1 spokeshave.

56 lbs. shot and lead.

**

1 blow-pipe.

Stationery, books, etc., belonging to the office.

Very respectfully your obedient servant,

WM. F. REED,

Sealer of

eights and Measures, Northern District.

City Document. No. 13.

CITY

OF

A N NUAL

BOSTON.

R. E PORT

of The

SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS.
18 6 8.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 13, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest:
S. F. McCLEARY,
City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O S TO N.

OFFICE of THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SEwFRs,

BosToN, January 1868.
To THE HONORABLE CITY CouncIL.

Gentlemen, The Superintendent of Sewers respectfully pre

sents the eighth annual Report of the expenditures, income, and
business of the Department for the year 1867.
The amount expended during the year has been
From the Sewer appropriations
From the Oliver Street Loan
Total

$41,742 34
3,416 44

$45,158 78

The following schedules show the length, location, size, kind

and cost of the sewers built during the year:
CITY
Street.

N. Charles,
Federal,
Brimmer,
High,
Franklin Av.,

Size.

Kind.

445 feet. 36 X 24" Brick.

110
64
44
462

24" X 18

Cost.

$3,417 41
734 53

1,220 79

195

&4

*{

903 71

233

4.

4&

Q&

1,423 20

366 21

Canton,

195

630

66

260

**

Carried forward,

PROPER.

Length.

Oliver
5

2,530 feet.

24" X 16"
*@

18" X 12//

&4

'?

3,416

44

$11,482 29

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 13.

4
Street.

Length.

Size.

Cost.

Kind.

Brought forward, 2,530 feet.

Washington, opposite
Temple Place,
115
18" X 12" Brick.
James,
Creek Sq.,
Plympton,
Richmond,

370

22" X 15" Pipe.

180

12"

90

245

Washington at Castle, 37

72

Beacon,

Bowdoin,

230

Total,

$11,482 29
433 86

1,149 46

G4

586 82

G4

44

211 32

&G

66

768 87

10"
* &

&4
*@

8"

130 98

1,286 24

4&

3,869 feet.

$16,049 84

SOUTH BOSTON.

Dove,

355 feet.

24" X 18" Brick.

Sixth, N. to O.,

380

16 X 12

O,

205

&4

660 77

G. G.

496 45

r".

120

*{

305

*/
&4
18"
X 12 //
10"
Pipe.

Sixth, K to L,

468

12"

Fifth,
N,

115
290

4%

405
350

Fourth,
6 g.

Broadway,
Dexter,
Ellery,
Mercer,
Total,

$836 47

3,364 71

GG

588 26

6%
G6

189 61

10"

8"
10"

4&

235

8//

4%

823 2

453

**

8"

66

739 22

44

4%

?
%

1,282 56
3 25

4,281 feet.

$8,981 30

EAST BOSTON.

Saratoga,

430 feet.

30' X 24" Brick

Bremen,

80

18" X 12"

Cottage,

160

10"

Total,

670 feet.

Pipe

$2,016 92
323 59

$2,340 51

REPORT OF

SUPERINTENDENT

OF

SEWERS.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.

Repairs of sewers .
Cleaning of sewers .
Covering manholes .

Repairs of streets

$3,691
1,558
1,719

53

296 97

4,237
2,425

Work for other depts and for individuals

Salary of Superintendent

133

Teaming .
Hardware and blacksmithing
Stationery and Printing
-

Water rates

15
59

52
00

75

256 80
103 74
56 00

Hack hire and refreshments

247 60

Travelling expenses of committee to Western cities,

Housekeeping, buggy and sleigh
Sundry small expenses
Labor not charged elsewhere

500 00

1,255

31

301 09

1,004

08

$17,787

13

$16,049

84

RECAPITULATION.

City Proper .
South Boston

.
.

East Boston

3,869 feet,
4,281
670

**

Miscellaneous expenses
Total

8,820 feet,

8,981 30

2,340
17,787

51

$45,158

78

13

In addition, there has been built for the Internal Health Depart
ment:

Tudor Street

255 feet, 12" pipe.

By the State Commissioners:

Dartmouth Street .
44

4%

Passageways
Total

460 feet, 75" X 72" Brick.

220

44

48" X 36//

66

763

20' X 18"

G4

1,443 feet.

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 13.

And by the Boston Water Power Company:

Canton Street

340 feet,

36"

Newton Street

180

24//

64

340

**

24//

44

Columbus Avenue

Appleton Street
Canton Street
Columbus Avenue

Brick.

400

24" X 18

285

20 X 18

180

**

10//

Pipe.

1,725 feet.

. Making a total length of 12,243 feet, or about 24 miles.

Of the amount expended by this department, there
has been assessed upon estates benefited .

There has been collected by the Superintendent dur

ing the year, for permits, etc. .
The Treasurer has collected

. .

$18,040 45
2,901 17
21,277 39
$24,178 56

In addition, the superintendent has collected fees for entrance

into sewers built by the Public Land Department, $2,259.36.
During the year seven hundred and twenty-four permits have
been given to construct or repair drains; 50 manholes covered
with iron, and 28 with wooden covers; and 148 manholes
cleaned, containing 253 loads of sewage matter.

The drainage of all that part of the city which depends on the
Empty Basin or Back Bay for relief in time of heavy rains has
been worse during the past season, owing to an unusual rainfall,
the progressive filling of the Basin, and to the fact that the
water in the Back Bay has stood at a higher average level than
heretofore.

If the emptying sluices to this Basin could be made

equivalent to those originally existing in the Mill Dam, it would

improve the condition of all the property in the Church Street
District, so-called, in the territory between Pleasant and Dover
streets, and many of the estates as far south as Brookline Street,
and west of Shawmut Avenue.

It is to be hoped, however, that the measures initiated for

REPORT OF SU ERINTENDENT OF SEWERS.

raising the grade of all this area as far south as Dover Street,
will soon enable the sewers to be rebuilt upon a grade high
enough to be operative at all stages of the tide.
There are in the city twenty-one tide gates upon sewers, which
prevent the high water from reaching some of the cellars in their
respective districts, and upon the prompt and unfailing action of
which, twice in every twenty-four hours, depends the comfort
and security of many houses. It is much to be desired that the
number should not be increased, by the exercise of some power
on the part of the city to prevent the construction, in its own
accepted streets, of houses which have cellars or basements be
low the level of high water.

The whole length of sewers now in operation in the city, is

497,000 feet or about 94 miles, of which, about 7 miles are
in the Roxbury district.

During the past year, there have been built, in Roxbury, some
10,000 feet of sewers, the cost of which was $34,416.65, and
upon which there have been collected assessments amounting to
$24,456.51.

In addition, there has been some $32,000 expended upon con

tracts for the enclosure and diversion of Stony Brook, and work
is now going on for the further improvement of this stream, un
der a contract, on which there is yet unpaid the sum of $4,500.
As Cochituate water is introduced into this new addition to
our territory, there will be demands for the construction of
sewers for its removal, and it would, perhaps, be advantageous
in the streets where there is ledge, that the sewers should pre

cede the other improvements, and the gas and water pipes sub
sequently laid in the same trench.
I annex the customary Schedule of property, which includes
that received from Roxbury, under a recent order of the City
Council.
*

Respectfully, your obdt. servant,

W. H. BRADLEY,

Supt. Sewers.

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING

SEWER DEPARTMENT.
1

Gwynne pump, with neces

sary equipment.
common copper pumps.

1800 treenails.
1

cask 6-inch spikes.

scrapers, with iron rods to

extend 65 feet.

horse, buggy and sleigh.

harness.

66 wooden centres or arches

for constructing brick

cesspool wagons.

SeWerS.

handcarts.

wagon-jack.
wheelbarrows.

60 formers.
100

shovels, 46 pickaxes.
paving hammers.
paving rammers.

2 composition gates 16inches

square.
3

copper clappers.

pieces stop plank for Do

ver Street gates.

crowbars.

large iron chain, 10 feet

windlasses.

long.

Assortment of carpenter's

small iron chains 30 feet

tools.

long.

stove and funnel, 6 lan

whitewash brushes.

terns.

sounding-rod, 20 feet long.

M. bricks.

sand screens.

sledges.

ladders, 3 iron manhole

hoes, 6 tubs, 1 boat-hook.
tool chests.

oil can.

wooden street-horses.

hydrant wrenches.
goose necks.
mortar boxes.

Derrick and fall, for clean

pails.
fluid can.

pairs iron dogs.

30 white-oak manhole covers.

20 M. feet lumber.

COWerS.

feet wooden troughs, 6

inches square.

feet engine hose.

feet hand hose.

TO THE

80

ing manholes.
feet drain pipe.

City Document. No. 14.

CITY

OF

\-

\a

BOSTON.

--

\%. B0STONIA

$390":#ap.
$4''ost:

E. E. EP O E. T
ON

AMENDING

THE CITY CHARTER,

FEBRUARY 13, 1868.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Common Council, Feb. 13, 1868.

The Joint Special Committee, appointed to consider the expe

diency of amending the City Charter, beg leave to submit the
following
R E PORT:

The present City Charter was passed by the Legislature and

accepted by the legal voters of Boston in 1854. The subject

of amending it, especially for the purpose of extending the tenure
of office of members of the City Council, has been several times
considered.

In 1856, a Committee, appointed to consider the expediency of

amending the Charter so that the members of the Common
Council should be elected for two years, and also of changing
the administration of the financial affairs of the city, reported
that it was inexpedient to make any change.

A Committee, appointed in 1860, of which the Hon. Otis

Clapp was Chairman, were instructed by an order of the City
Council to take into consideration the alteration of the City
Charter, in regard to the election of members of the City

Council, for a longer period than one year. In their report,

the Committee stated that

To the mind of the general public it may not appear that

there is a demand for a change, but to the eye of experience in

municipal affairs it is plain that the City has suffered, and is

likely to continue to suffer, under existing arrangements, from

what may be called a lack of continuousness of policy.

Many

CITY DocumENT. - No. 14.

well-laid plans are often thwarted, and injurious and disastrous

projects take their place, simply for the reason that the ideas
and policy which govern different administrations vary so widely.
It is well known that the main body of the Councils are each
year composed of men entirely new to municipal affairs. Being
previously imperfectly informed of the nature and magnitude of
the municipal business, and ignorant of the routine, it is next to
impossible for them to act intelligently upon many individual
matters, and even upon some large classes of topics, without
much more consideration and discussion than can possibly be
given in the first few months of service.

The new members are

induced to whatever course they take by the opinions of the

few experienced legislators with whom they are associated, or
they follow the general tide, and give their assent or dissent to
measures from partial and incomplete deliberation, or from
impulse.
In conclusion, the Committee recommended that the Legisla

ture be petitioned to amend the City Charter, so that the

Aldermen should be elected for a term of three years, and the
members of the Common Council for a term of two years.

By an order, passed November 29, 1861, the Mayor was

authorized to petition the Legislature for such alterations to the
City Charter as might be deemed desirable by the City Council.
In January 1862, a Joint Committee was appointed, of which
Thomas C. Amory, Jr., Esquire, was Chairman, and instructed
to report to the City Council, such amendments to the City
Charter as they deemed expedient.
The Committee recommended a number of amendments, the

most important being the election of a Mayor for a term of two

or three years, the election of Aldermen for three years, and the
election of members of the Common Council for two years.

The elaborate report, which accompanied their recommenda

tions, contained the following statement:

AMENDMENT OF CITY CHARTER.

An important object in view in proposing a change of the

Charter, was to secure not only intelligence and honesty in
office, but experience. The judicious management of private
affairs depends upon the continued attention of successive years,

and a familiarity with every controlling circumstance that can

teach us what to do or what to avoid.

Where those who have

charge of public affairs are annually changed, it is obvious that

these cannot be conducted with much efficiency or judgment. It
is true that the public is wise enough to realize this, and to
retain each year a large portion of those in official station; but
at times, in our experience in this city, nearly every member of
the government has been displaced. Where this often occurs,
no course of public policy can be pursued. Contractors take
advantage of the unavoidable ignorance of new incumbents, and
claims which have been examined and rejected, are again pre
sented, plausibly urged, and finally allowed.
Another objection to frequent changes in municipal bodies is,

that at the commencement of each year the whole business of

the City Government is thrown into confusion, and must, very
imperfectly, and after delays most prejudicial to the public, be
restored to its appropriate channels. During the warm months
of the summer, in consequence of the customary vacation of the
Council, it necessarily undergoes another serious interruption;
and in the fall, the approaching elections occasionally influence
the independent and impartial action of members when less than
perfect. Were the official tenure made more permanent, much
of this would be avoided.

We ought not, of course, to lose

sight of the fundamental principle of republican government,

responsibility to the public through frequent elections. But we
should also remember that many of the functions of municipal

authority are in their nature judicial, and should endeavor to

combine as much independence as is consistent with securing
fit men for their discharge. As the members of the City Coun
cil give their time to their fellow-citizens, without other recom

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 14.

pense than their approval, or other motive than a sense of public

duty and a wish to be useful, we need not fear that any selfish
desire to perpetuate power will be gratified, by prolonging the

periods of service. The experiment is not a new one. It has

been tried in the case of school committees, county commission
ers, boards of directors, and overseers of the poor, and with full
success; and the belief that it would apply equally well to city
councils and selectmen, has been long entertained by many who,
from their connection and extensive acquaintance with muni
cipal affairs, are well able to judge of its practical operation.
In October 1864, a Joint Special Committee was appointed
to consider and Report what measures, if any, are expedient
and necessary to secure amendments to the City Charter in
respect to the term of service of the members of the City
Council.

The Committee, of which Hon. Otis Norcross was

Chairman, recommended that the tenure of office of the Mayor

be biennial; that the members of the Board of Aldermen be

elected for three years, and the members of the Common Coun
cil for two years.

At the beginning of the year 1865, a Joint Special Committee

was appointed, of which Hon. George W. Messinger was Chair
man, to consider and report what amendments to the City
Charter were expedient. That Committee gave the subject the

most thorough consideration, probably, which it has at any time

received.

They were greatly assisted by the valuable counsels

of Honorable B. R. Curtis, the City Solicitor, and the City

Clerk; and the amendments reported to the City Council,

received the approval of those gentlemen. The amendments

then proposed were substantially the same as those which your
Committee, after a very careful consideration of the subject, have
the honor to recommend.

We have thus reviewed, briefly, the action of the various com

mittees which have considered the subject of amendments since

the present Charter was adopted.

It will be perceived that,

AMENDMENT

OF

CITY

CHARTER.

with one exception (and then the amended Charter had been in
operation less than two years), the Committees have reported in
favor of extending the tenure of office of members of the City
Council.

The recommendations of these Committees have failed

to receive the approval of the City Council, not, apparently,

from any objection to an increase of the tenure of office, but
from disagreements upon points of minor importance, which have
delayed the matter until the adjournment of the General Court.
The amendments which this Committee propose are of two
kinds, namely: (1.) Those affecting general principles in the
formation and administration of the government of the city, and
rendered necessary by the enlargement of the municipal corpo
ration; and, (2.) Those necessary to perfect the language of
the Charter.

The amendinents under the first head are as follows:

1. That the term of office of the Mayor be for two years

(Section 15); and in case of his inability, by illness, absence, or
other cause, to exercise all or any of the powers, and perform all or
any of the duties of his office, the Chairman of the Board of

Aldermen shall exercise such powers and perform such duties, so

long as such inability shall continue. [Section 29.]
2.

That the members of the Board of Aldermen be elected

for a term of two years, half the Board to be elected annually.

[Section 19.]
3.

That the members of the Common Council be elected for

a term of two years, half the full number to be elected annually.

[Section 20.]
4. That the School Committee consist of four persons elected
from each ward for a term of two years; two in each ward to
be elected annually.

[Sections 52 and 53.]

5. That the annual municipal election shall be held on the

second Tuesday of December. [Section 4.]
6. That the Overseers of the Poor be elected by the City
Council, as provided by the act passed April 2d, 1864. [Sec
tion 51.]

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 14.

7. That no person shall be eligible to office under the

provisions of the Charter, who is not, at the time of election, a

citizen of the United States and of this Commonwealth.

[Sec

tion 61.]

8. That vacancies occurring in the Board of School Com

mittee be filled as provided in Section 17, Chapter 38 of the
General Statutes. [Section 54.]

9. That the City Treasurer be elected annually in the month of

May or June; and that whenever there is a vacancy in the office, or

the Treasurer is unable to perform his duties, the Mayor may

appoint a Treasurer pro tempore. [Section 43.]
The reasons for recommending the adoption of the first three
amendments have been sufficiently presented in the extracts
made from previous reports. In regard to the necessity for
making some change in the organization of the School Com
mittee, but little need be said. The present Board is composed
of six persons from each ward; making, in all, ninety members
elected for a term of three years. Even before the annexation
of Roxbury, when the Board consisted of seventy-two members,
much difficulty was experienced in obtaining a quorum for the
transaction of business.

The addition of eighteen new mem

bers makes the Board altogether too large for efficient action.
In regard to the tenure of office, by which only one-third of the
members are elected annually, some dissatisfaction appears to
exist. It is said that the Board is made too independent of the
popular feeling, and that by the election of half the members
annually, a better adjustment of the relations between members
of the Board and their constituents would be secured.

The

Committee have, therefore, deemed it for the public interest to

reduce the Board to sixty-two members, (including the Mayor
and the President of the Common Council,) elected for a term
of two years, on the same basis as the members

of the City

Council.

The propriety of changing the annual municipal election from

AMENDMENT OF CITY CHARTER.

the second Monday in December to the second Tuesday will be

readily perceived. The work of printing ballots and completing
the voting lists, necessarily falling on the day previous to elec
tion, is performed on Sunday under the present provision of the
charter.

The amendments in relation to the Overseers of the Poor,

the eligibility to office, and the filling of vacancies in the School

Committee are introduced in compliance with Statute provisions
upon the subject.

The amendments to Section 43, providing for filling vacancies,

temporarily, in the office of City Treasurer, are in accordance
with ordinances concerning the election of other City Officers.

All the other amendments are merely verbal, not affecting in

any manner the provisions of the present Charter, and we have
not considered it necessary to enumerate them here.
As the

proposed alterations have led to a change of the numbers of

certain sections, we would state that Section 50 of the old

Charter is transferred to its proper place following Section 29;

that Section 44 is stricken out as being superfluous under the
present Statutes; and that Sections 54 and 61 of the amended
Charter are new.

The Committee would respectfully recommend the passage of

the accompanying order and draft of a Charter.
JARVIS D. BRAMAN,
FRANCIS RICHARDS,
FRANCIS A. OSBORN,

ALEXANDER WADSWORTH,
S. T. SNOW,
Committee.

ORDERED: That his Honor the Mayor and the Joint Special
Committee on the subject of amending the City Charter, be and

they are hereby authorized in behalf of the City Council,to petition

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the General Court, now in session, for amendments to the City

Charter, substantially in accordance with the draft appended
hereto.

SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the city of Boston,

for all the purposes for which towns and cities are by
law incorporated in this commonwealth, shall continue
to be one body politic, in fact and in name, under the
style and denomination of the City of Boston; and, as
such, shall have, exercise, and enjoy all the rights,
immunities, powers, and privileges, and shall be sub
ject to all the duties and obligations now incumbent
upon and appertaining to said city, as a municipal
corporation.
SECT. 2. The administration of all the fiscal, pru
dential, and municipal concerns of said city, with the
conduct and government thereof, shall be vested in
one principal officer, to be styled the mayor, one
council of twelve persons, to be called the board of
aldermen, and one council of sixty persons, to be
called the common council, and in such other offi

cers and boards of officers as are hereinafter specified.

The board of aldermen and the common council,

in their joint capacity, shall be denominated the city

council.

SECT. 3. It shall be the duty of the city council, and

they are empowered in the year one thousand eight

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hundred and seventy-five, and in every tenth year

thereafterwards, if they shall deem it expedient, at the
time prescribed by law, to cause a new division of the
city to be made into fifteen wards, in such manner as
to include an equal number of voters in each ward, as
nearly as conveniently may be, consistently with well
defined limits to each ward; and until such division

be made, the boundary lines of the wards shall remain

as now established.

SECT. 4.

The annual meeting of citizens for the

election of municipal officers hereinafter mentioned,

shall be held on the second Tuesday of December,
and the citizens of said city qualified to vote in city
affairs, shall, for the purpose of such election, then
meet together within the wards in which they respec
tively reside, at such hour and place as the board of
aldermen may by their warrants direct and appoint;

and the person receiving the highest number of votes

for any office, shall be deemed and declared to be
elected to such office; and whenever two or more

persons are to be elected to the same office, the several

persons, to the number required to be chosen, having
the highest number of votes shall be deemed and
declared elected.

SECT. 5.

Every person so chosen in any ward a

member of the Common Council or School Committee,

shall, within forty-eight hours of his election, be fur

nished by the clerk with a certificate thereof, signed by
the warden, clerk, and a majority of the inspectors of
election in such ward; which certificate shall be pre
sumptive evidence of the title of such person to the
office therein mentioned.

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SECT. 6. The municipal officers chosen at the annual

election, shall enter upon the duties of their respective
offices on the first Monday of January next after such
election, or as soon thereafter as may be, if they shall
be duly chosen at any adjourned election.
SECT. 7. The qualified voters in each ward of said
city shall, at each annual municipal election, choose by
ballot one warden and one clerk and five inspectors of
elections for such ward, who shall be resident in said

ward, and who shall hold their offices for one year, and
until others shall be chosen and qualified in their stead.
SECT. 8. The ward officers mentioned in the pre
ceding section, shall respectively make oath faithfully
and impartially to discharge their several duties, which
oath may be administered by the clerk of such ward to
the warden, and by the latter to the clerk and inspectors,
or by any justice of the peace for the county of Suffolk,
to any or all of said officers; and a certificate thereof
shall be entered in the record, to be kept by the clerk
of the ward.

SECT. 9. In case of the non-election of any ward

officer at the annual meeting, adjournments may be had
for the purpose of effecting such election, in the same

manner as is hereinafter provided with regard to the

election of members of the common council.

SECT. 10. In case of the absence of any ward

officer, from any ward meeting, a substitute for such
officer may be chosen pro tempore, by hand vote, and
the person so chosen shall have all the powers and
be subject to all the duties of the regular officer at
such meeting.
SECT. 11. It shall be the duty of the warden to

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preside at all ward meetings, with the powers of

moderators of town meetings. In case of his absence,
the clerk, and in case of the absence of the warden

and clerk, any inspector shall preside according to

seniority, until a warden shall be chosen as provided
in the preceding section.
SECT. 12. It shall be the duty of the clerk of each
ward to make a fair and true record, and to keep an
exact journal of all the acts and votes of citizens at
the ward meetings, and to deliver over such records
and journals, together with all other documents and
papers held by him in his said capacity, to his suc
cessor in office.

SECT. 13. It shall be the duty of the warden and

inspectors of each ward to receive, sort, and count,
and of the warden to declare, all votes at any election
within such ward.

SECT. 14. It shall be the duty of all ward officers

authorized to preside and act at elections of city offi
cers, to attend and perform their respective duties,

at the times and places appointed for elections of any

officer, whether of the United States, State, City, or
wards, and to make and sign the regular returns of .
the same.

SECT. 15. The qualified voters of said city shall, at

the annual municipal election next after the passage of
this act, and in every second year thereafter, be called
upon to give in their votes for one able and discreet
person, being an inhabitant of the city, to be mayor of
said city for the term of two years. All the ballots so
given in, in each ward, being sorted, counted, and

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declared, shall be recorded at large by the clerk in open

ward meeting; and in making such declaration and
record, the name of every person voted for, and the
number of votes given for each person respectively
shall be distinctly stated in words at length; and a
transcript of such record, certified and authenticated by

the warden, clerk, and a majority of the inspectors of

elections for each ward, shall forthwith be transmitted

or delivered by such ward clerk to the city clerk. It

shall be the duty of the city clerk forthwith to enter such
returns, or a plain and intelligible abstract of them, as
they are successively received, upon the journal of the
proceedings of the board of aldermen, or some other
book to be kept for that purpose.
SECT. 16.

The board of aldermen shall, as soon as

conveniently may be, within three days from and after

the day of such election, meet together and examine all
the said returns, and the entry thereof made by the city
clerk, and they shall cause the person who may have
been elected mayor, to be declared elected, and an entry
thereof to be made on their journal, and they shall cause
the person so elected to be notified in writing of his elec
tion; but if it shall appear by said returns that no
person has been elected, or if the person elected shall
refuse to accept the office, the board shall issue their
warrants for a new election, and the same proceedings
shall be had as are provided in the preceding section for
the choice of a mayor, and repeated from time to time,
until a mayor shall be chosen.
SECT. 17. Whenever, on examination by the board
of aldermen, of the returns of votes given for mayor
at the meetings of the wards holden for the purpose

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of electing that officer, last preceding the first Monday

of January, no person shall appear to be chosen, the
board of aldermen, by whom such examination is
made, shall make a record of that fact, an attested

copy of which record it shall be the duty of the city

clerk to produce and read, on the first Monday in
January thereafter, in the presence of the members
returned to serve as aldermen and common council

men; and the oaths prescribed by law may be admin

istered to the members elect.

The members of the

board of aldermen shall thereupon proceed to elect

a chairman, and the members of the common council

a president, in their respective chambers; and being

respectively organized, they shall proceed to business
in the manner hereinafter provided, in case of the
absence of the mayor; and the board of aldermen
shall forthwith issue their warrants for meetings of
the citizens of the respective wards, for the choice of a

mayor, at such time and place as they shall judge most

convenient; and the same proceedings shall be had, in
all respects, as are hereinbefore directed, and shall be

repeated from time to time, until a mayor shall be duly

chosen.

SECT. 18. Whenever it shall appear, by the returns

of the elections of city officers, that a mayor has not

been chosen, or that the full number of aldermen has

not been elected, the members of the board of aldermen,
whether they constitute a quorum or not, shall issue
their warrants in the usual form, for the election of a

mayor, or such members of the board of aldermen as

may be necessary, and the same proceedings shall be

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had and repeated, until the election of a mayor and the

full number of aldermen shall be completed.
SECT. 19. The qualified voters of said city shall,
at the annual municipal election next after the passage

of this act, be called upon to give in their votes for

twelve able and discreet persons, being inhabitants of
said city, to constitute the board of aldermen of
said city, six of whom shall be chosen for a term
of two years from the first Monday of January next
ensuing, and six shall be chosen for a term of one
year from said first Monday in January; and all
the votes so given in each ward, being sorted and
counted by the inspectors and warden, and declared
by the latter, shall be recorded at large by the clerk,
in open ward meeting; and in making such declar
ation and record, the number of votes given for each
person shall be distinctly stated in words at length;
and a transcript of such record, certified by the warden
and clerk, and a majority of the inspectors of each
ward, shall forthwith be transmitted by such ward
clerk to the city clerk, who shall enter said returns,
or an abstract of them, in the journal of the board
of aldermen or some other book to be kept for that
purpose. And at every subsequent annual election,
the qualified voters of the city shall choose six persons,
qualified as aforesaid, to be members of the board of
aldermen to serve for a term of two years; and each
alderman so chosen shall be duly notified in writing
of his election, by the board of aldermen for the time
being.
SECT. 20. The qualified voters of each ward shall,

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at the annual municipal election next after the passage

of this act, be called upon to give in their votes for

two able and discreet men, being inhabitants of the
ward, to be members of the common council for

two years next ensuing; and also for two men, having
the same qualifications, to be members of the common
council for one year next ensuing; and at every sub
sequent municipal election there shall be voted for in

like manner two men, having the aforesaid qualifica

tions, to be members of the common council for two

years next ensuing; and at every such election all the

ballots so given in, in each ward, being assorted and

counted, a public declaration of the result shall be

made by the warden in open ward meeting, and a
record of such proceedings shall be kept by the
clerk in his journal, stating particularly the number
of votes actually given for each person, the whole
to be written in words at length.
SECT. 21. In case the number of persons to be
elected shall not be chosen at the first balloting held in
any ward, the meeting of such ward shall be adjourned
by the presiding officer, for the purpose of filling such
vacancies or vacancy to a period not less than twenty
four, nor more than seventy-two hours distant from the
hour when the polls were opened at the first balloting;
the time of adjournment, within such limits, to be deter
mined by the warden, with the consent of a majority of
the inspectors who may be present when such adjourn
ment is had; and such notice shall be given of the time
of such adjournment, and the time the polls will be kept
open, as the warden may direct; and at such adjourned
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meeting, a balloting shall be opened for a number of

common councilmen sufficient to complete the number
required, which shall be conducted, and its results be
declared and recorded in the same manner as before

prescribed.
SECT. 22.

In case the full number of common coun

cilmen shall not have been elected in any ward, further

adjournments of the meetings of the citizens thereof, for

the purpose of filling the same, shall continue to be had
in the same manner, to periods not less than twenty-four,
nor more than seventy-two hours distant from each other,
at all of which the balloting shall be conducted, and the
result be declared and recorded in the same manner as

before prescribed, until the number required shall be

duly chosen. And at all adjournments, the polls shall
be kept open the same number of hours as are required
by the original warrant.
SECT. 23. If at the close of the last legally adjourned
meeting of any ward as aforesaid preceding the first
Monday in January, there shall still be vacancies in
the number of common councilmen for any ward, no
further adjournment shall be had; but a record of
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the fact, and of the number of such vacancies, shall

be made by the clerk of the ward in his journal, signed

therein by the warden, clerk, and a majority of the
inspectors, an attested copy of which record shall
forthwith be delivered by the clerk of the ward to
the city clerk, who shall lay the same before the
common council at their first meeting in January.
SECT. 24. The board of aldermen, the common
council, and the school committee, shall have authority

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to decide upon all questions relative to the qualifi

cations, elections, and returns of their respective
members.

SECT. 25. Whenever it shall appear to the board of

aldermen that there is a vacancy, by removal from the
city, or by death, resignation, or otherwise, in the board
of aldermen, the common council, or in any of the city
and ward offices, it shall be the duty of said board to
issue their warrants in due form to fill all such vacancies

in each and all of said boards and offices, at such time

and place as they may deem advisable; and the same

proceedings shall be had, and adjournments, if necessary,
within the same limits, as are herein prescribed for the
annual meeting for the election of common councilmen.
But in case of vacancies in the common council, such
warrants shall not be issued until the board of aldermen
receive official information thereof.

SECT. 26. All city and ward officers shall be held to

discharge the duties of the offices to which they have
been respectively elected, notwithstanding their removal
after their election out of their respective wards, into

any other wards of the city. But they shall not hold
said offices after they have taken up their permanent
residence out of the city.
SECT. 27. The mayor, aldermen, and common coun
cilmen, on the first Monday in January, or before entering
on the duties of their offices, shall respectively be sworn,
by taking and subscribing the oath of allegiance and
oath of office, prescribed in the constitution of this com
monwealth, and an oath to support the constitution of the
United States. And such oaths may be administered

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to the mayor elect, by any one of the justices of the

supreme judicial court, or any judge of any court of

record, commissioned to hold any such court, within the
said city, or by any justice of the peace for the county
of Suffolk.

And such oaths shall be administered to

council, by
the mayor, being himself first sworn as aforesaid: or by
the aldermen and members of the common

any one of the persons authorized to administer said

oath to the mayor; and a certificate of such oaths having
been taken, shall be entered in the journal of the board
of aldermen, and of the common council respectively,
by their respective clerks.
SECT. 28.

In case of the unavoidable absence, on

account of sickness or otherwise, of the mayor elect,

on the first Monday in January, the city government
shall organize itself in the mode hereinbefore provided
in cases wherein no person shall have been elected
mayor at the meeting last preceding the first Monday
in January, and may proceed to business in the same
manner as if the mayor were present.
SECT. 29. After the organization of the city govern
ment and the qualification of a mayor, and when a
quorum of the board of aldermen shall be present, said

board, the mayor presiding, shall proceed to choose a

permanent chairman, who shall preside at all meetings
of the board and at conventions of the two branches,

in the absence of the mayor; and in case of any

vacancy in the office of mayor, or his inability, by
illness, absence, or other cause, to exercise all or

any of the powers, and perform all or any of the

duties of his office, the chairman shall exercise such

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powers and perform such duties so long as such

vacancy or inability shall continue; and he shall con
tinue to have a vote in the board.

SECT. 30. Whenever there is a vacancy in the

office of mayor, occasioned by his decease, resignation,
or any other cause, and the same is declared, and a
vote passed by the aldermen and common council
respectively, declaring such cause and the expediency
of electing a mayor for the time being, to supply the
vacancy thus occasioned, the board of aldermen shall
issue their warrants in due form for the election of a

mayor, for the unexpired term of the office, and the

same proceedings shall be had as are hereinbefore
provided for the choice of a mayor.
SECT. 31. The mayor, aldermen, and common
council in convention in the month of January, shall
choose a clerk for the term of one year, and until
another person is duly chosen and qualified in his
stead, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of
the duties of his office, and shall be removable at the

pleasure of the board of aldermen, the mayor

thereto consenting. He shall be denominated the

city clerk, and it shall be his duty to keep a journal

of the acts and proceedings of the board of aldermen,
to sign all warrants issued by them, and to do such
other acts in his said capacity as may lawfully and
reasonably be required of him; and to deliver over
all journals, books, papers, and documents intrusted
to him as such clerk, to his successor in office, imme

diately upon such successor being chosen and qualified

as aforesaid, or whenever he may be thereunto required

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by the aldermen. The city clerk thus chosen and

qualified shall continue to have all the powers and
perform all the duties now by law belonging to him.
SECT. 32. In case of a vacancy in the office of
city clerk, from any cause, the same shall be filled in
the manner provided in the preceding section.
SECT. 33. In case of the temporary absence of the
city clerk, the mayor, by and with the advice and
consent of the board of aldermen, may appoint a city
clerk, pro tempore.
SECT. 34. The administration of police, together
with the executive powers of the said corporation gen
erally, and all the powers formerly vested in the select

men of the town of Boston, either by the general laws

of this commonwealth, by particular laws relative to
the powers and duties of said selectmen, or by the
usages, votes, or by-laws of said town, and all the
powers subsequently vested in the mayor and aldermen,
or in the board of aldermen, of said city, as county
commissioners or otherwise, shall be, and hereby are
vested in the board of aldermen, as hereby constituted,
as fully and amply as if the same were herein specially
enumerated, except so far as may be otherwise provided
by this act. A majority of the members of the board
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Their meetings shall be public, and the mayor, if pres
ent, shall preside, but without a vote.
SECT 35. The persons chosen and qualified as above
provided as members of the common council of the said
city, shall sit and act together as a separate body, dis
tinct from the board of aldermen, except in those cases

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in which the two bodies are to meet in convention; and

the said council shall have power, from time to time, to

choose one of their own members to preside over their
deliberations, and to preserve order therein, and also to
choose a clerk, who shall be under oath faithfully to
discharge the duties of his office, who shall hold such
office during the pleasure of said council, and whose
duty it shall be to attend said council, when the same is
in session, to keep a journal of its acts, votes, and pro
ceedings, and to perform such other services, in said
capacity as said council may require. All sittings of
the common council shall be public; and a majority of
the members shall constitute a quorum for the trans
action of business.

SECT. 36. All other powers not herein specially

provided for and heretofore by law vested in the town
of Boston, or in the inhabitants thereof, as a municipal
corporation, or in the city council of the city of Boston,
shall continue to be and hereby are vested in the mayor,
aldermen, and common council of the said city, to be
exercised by concurrent vote, each board as hereby
constituted having a negative upon the proceedings of
the other, and the mayor having a veto power as herein
after provided. More especially they shall have power
to make all such needful and salutary by-laws, or
ordinances, not inconsistent with the laws of this com

monwealth, as towns by the laws of this commonwealth

have power to make and establish, and to annex penalties
not exceeding fifty dollars, for the breach thereof, which
by-laws and ordinances shall take effect and be in force
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without the sanction or confirmation of any court, or

other authority whatsoever.

SECT. 37. The city council shall also have power

from time to time, to lay and assess taxes for all pur
poses for which towns are by law required or authorized

to assess and grant money, and also for all purposes for
which county taxes may be levied and assessed, so long
as other towns in the county shall not be liable to
taxation for county purposes. But in the assessment
and apportionment of all such taxes upon the polls and
estates of all persons liable to contribute thereto, the
same rules and regulations shall be observed as are now
established by the constitution and laws of this common
wealth, or may be hereafter enacted, relative to the
assessment and apportionment of town taxes.
SECT. 38. The said city council shall also have
power to provide for the assessment and collection of
such taxes, and to make appropriations of all public
moneys to such lawful purposes as taxes may be assessed
for, and provide for the disbursement thereof, and take
suitable measures to insure a just and prompt account
thereof: and for these purposes may either elect such
assessors and assistant assessors as may be needful, or
provide for the appointment or election of the same or
any of them, by the mayor and aldermen, or by the
citizens, as in their judgment may be most conducive to
the public good; and may also require of all persons
intrusted with the collection, custody, or disbursement of
public moneys, such bonds, with such conditions and such
sureties, as each case may in their judgment require.
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appointment or election of all necessary officers, for the

good government of said city not otherwise provided
for, and may prescribe their duties and fix their com
pensation; and may choose a register of deeds, whenever
the city shall be one county.
SECT. 40. The city council shall have the care and
superintendence of the public buildings, and the care,
custody, and management of all property of the city,
with power to lease or sell the same, except the Common
and Faneuil Hall. And the said city council shall have
power to purchase property, real or personal, in the
name and for the use of the city, whenever its interest
or convenience may in their judgment require it.
SECT. 41. All the power and authority now by law
vested in the city council or in the board of aldermen,
relative to the public health and the quarantine of
vessels, shall continue to be vested in the city council,
to be carried into execution by the appointment of one
or more health commissioners; or in such other manner

as the health, cleanliness, comfort, and order of the city

may, in their judgment, require, subject to such altera
tions as the legislature may from time to time adopt.
The powers and duties above named may be exercised
and carried into effect by the city council in any manner
which they may prescribe, or through the agency of any
persons to whom they may delegate the same, notwith
standing a personal exercise of the same, collectively or
individually, is prescribed by previous legislation; and
the city council may constitute either branch, or any
committee of their number, whether joint or separate,
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SECT. 42.

The board of aldermen shall be survey

ors of highways for said city.

SECT. 43. The city council shall, in the month of

May, or June, annually, and whenever the office shall

be vacant by death, resignation or other cause, meet
together in convention and elect a suitable person to be
the treasurer of said city, who shall also be county treas
urer; and who shall hold his office until his successor is

chosen and qualified in his stead; and he shall be

removable at the pleasure of the city council. When
ever the office of city treasurer shall be vacant by
death, resignation, or other cause, and whenever the
treasurer shall be unable to perform the duties of his
office by reason of sickness, absence, or other disability,
the mayor may appoint a treasurer pro tempore who
shall give sufficient bonds and shall hold his office,
unless sooner removed by the mayor, until the vacancy
shall be filled by the city council, or until such disability
shall cease, as the case may be.
SECT. 44. No person shall be eligible to any office,
the salary of which is payable out of the city treasury,
who, at the time of his appointment, shall be a member
of the board of aldermen or the common council; and

neither the mayor, nor any alderman, or member of the

common council, shall at the same time hold any office
of emolument under the city government.
SECT. 45. The mayor of the city, chosen and quali
fied as hereinbefore provided, shall be taken and
deemed to be the chief executive officer of said cor

poration; and he shall be compensated for his services

by a salary, to be fixed by the board of aldermen and

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common council in convention assembled, payable at

stated periods; which salary shall not exceed the

sum of five thousand dollars annually, and he shall

receive no other compensation or emolument

whatever:

and no regulations enlarging or diminishing such

compensation shall be made, to take effect until the
expiration of the term for which the mayor then in
office shall have been elected, and said salary, when
fixed shall continue until changed by the city council
as aforesaid.

SECT. 46. It shall be the duty of the mayor to be

vigilant and active at all times, in causing the laws for
the government of said city to be duly executed and
put in force; to inspect the conduct of all subordinate
officers in the government thereof, and as far as may be
in his power to cause all negligence, carelessness, and
positive violation of duty to be duly prosecuted and
punished. He shall have power, whenever in his judg
ment the good of said city may require it, to summon
meetings of the board of aldermen and common coun
cil, or either of them, although the meetings of said
boards may stand adjourned to a more distant day, and
shall cause suitable notice in writing of such meetings
to be given to the respective members of said boards.
And he shall from time to time communicate to either

or both branches of the city council all such information,

and recommend all such measures, as may tend to the

improvement of the finances, the police, health, security,
cleanliness, comfort, and ornament of the said city.
SECT. 47. Every ordinance, order, resolution, or
vote in which the concurrence of the board of alder

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men and of the common council may be necessary,

(except on a question of convention of the two
branches,) and every order of either branch involving
the expenditure of money, shall be presented to the
mayor; if he approves thereof he shall signify his

approbation by signing the same, but if not, he shall

return the same with his objections to the branch in

which it originated, who shall enter the objections of

the mayor at large on their records, and proceed to recon
sider said ordinance, order, resolution, or vote; and if
after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the board of
aldermen or common council, notwithstanding such
objections, agree to pass the same, it shall, together
with the objections, be sent to the other branch of the
city council, (if it originally required concurrent action.)
where it shall also be reconsidered, and if approved by
two-thirds of the members present, it shall be in force;
but in all cases the vote shall be determined by yeas and
nays; and if such ordinance, order, resolution, or vote
shall not be returned by the mayor with his approval
or objections as aforesaid, within ten days after it shall
have been presented to him, the same shall be in force.
But the veto power of the mayor shall not extend to the
election of officers required by any law or ordinance to
be chosen by the city council in convention or by con

current action, unless expressly so provided in such

law or ordinance.

SECT. 48. In all cases where anything is or may be

required or authorized by any law or ordinance to be
done by the mayor and aldermen, the board of aldermen
shall first act thereon; and any order, resolution, or vote

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CHARTER.

29

of said board shall be presented to the mayor for his

approval, in the manner provided in the preceding section.
SECT. 49. In all cases wherein appointments to
office are directed to be made by the mayor and alder
men, they shall be made by the mayor, by and with the
advice and consent of the aldermen, and such officers

may be removed by the mayor.

SECT. 50. All boards and officers acting under the
authority of the said corporation, and intrusted with the
expenditure of public money, shall be accountable
therefor to the city council, in such manner as they may
direct, and it shall be the duty of the city council to
publish and distribute annually for the information of
the citizens, a particular statement of the receipts and
expenditures of all public money, and a particular
statement of all city property.
SECT. 51. The overseers of the poor in said city shall
be a corporation known and called by the name of The
overseers of the poor in the city of Boston, and shall
consist of twelve persons, and the persons now holding
said office shall continue to hold the same during the
terms for which they were respectively elected thereto.
The said city council shall annually, by concurrent vote,
on the first Monday in February, or within sixty days
thereafter, elect four persons, residents of the city, to
be overseers of the poor, to hold their office for the

term of three years from and after the first Monday in

April next following such election, respectively, and
until other persons are elected in their places. Vacan
cies occurring in the said corporation, from any cause,
may be filled by said city council, in like manner, at any

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time; and the person elected to fill any vacancy shall

hold his office during the term for which his predecessor
was elected. The said corporation shall continue to hold
and possess all the property, and be entitled to all the

rights and privileges, and be subject to all the duties,

liabilities and obligations, now by law appertaining to
the overseers of the poor in the city of Boston, until the
same shall be altered or qualified by the legislature.
SECT. 52.

The school committee shall consist of the

mayor of the city, the president of the common council,

the persons now constituting said committee for the

several terms for which they were respectively elected,
and of the persons hereinafter mentioned. A majority
of the persons duly elected shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business; and at all meetings of
the board, the mayor, and, in his absence, the president
of the common council, if present, shall preside.
SECT. 53. The qualified voters of each ward shall,
at the annual municipal election in the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-nine, and at every subsequent
annual municipal election, choose by ballot two inhab
itants of the ward to be members of the school com

mittee for two years from the second Monday in January

next ensuing. In case the number of persons to be
elected shall not be chosen at the first balloting held in
any ward, the same proceedings shall be had for com
pleting the election, which are provided for completing
the election of members of the common council, when

there is a failure to elect the requisite number at the

first balloting.
Sect. 54. If any person elected a member of the

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CHARTER.

31

school committee refuses or neglects to accept said

office, or if any member of the board declines further
service, or from change of residence or otherwise
becomes unable to attend to the duties of the board, the

remaining members shall, in writing, give notice of the

fact to the board of aldermen, and the two boards shall
thereupon, after giving public notice of at least one
week, proceed in convention to fill such vacancy, and a
majority of the ballots of the convention shall be neces
sary to an election. The term of service of every
member elected as aforesaid shall end with the muni

cipal year in which he is chosen, and if the vacancy

which he was elected to fill was for a longer period, it
shall, at the first annual election, be filled in the manner

prescribed for original elections of the school committee.

SECT. 55. The persons chosen as members of the
school committee, shall, together with those members
whose terms of office shall be then unexpired under

previous elections, meet and organize on the second

Monday of January, at such hour as the mayor may
appoint. They may choose a secretary and such subor
dinate officers as they may deem expedient, and shall
define their duties and fix their respective salaries.
SECT. 56.

The said committee shall have the care

and management of the public schools, and may elect

all such instructors as they may deem proper, and
remove them whenever they consider it expedient.
And generally they shall have all the powers, in rela
tion to the care and management of the public schools,
which the selectmen of towns or school committees are

authorized by the laws of this commonwealth to exercise.

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32

SECT. 57.

It shall be the duty of the board of alder

men, prior to every election of city officers, or of any

officer or officers under the government of the United
States or of this commonwealth, to make out lists of all

the citizens of each ward qualified to vote in such

elections, in the manner required by law; and for that
purpose they shall have free access to the assessors'
books and lists, and shall be entitled to the aid and
assistance of all assessors, assistant assessors, and other

officers of said city.

And it shall be the duty of the

board of aldermen to deliver such list of the voters in

each ward, so prepared and corrected, to the clerk of

said ward, to be used by the warden and inspectors
thereof at such election, and no person shall be entitled
to vote at such elections, whose name is not borne on such

corrected list. And to prevent all frauds and mistakes

in such elections, it shall be the duty of the inspectors,
in each ward, to take care that no person shall vote at
such election, whose name is not so borne on the list

of voters, and to cause a mark to be placed against the

name of each voter on such list, at the time of giving
in his vote. And the city council shall have authority
to establish such rules and regulations, as to making
out, publishing, and using such lists of qualified voters,
as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with the
constitution and laws of the commonwealth.

SECT. 58. All elections for governor, lieutenant

governor, senators, representatives, representatives to
congress, and all other officers who are to be chosen and
voted for by the people, shall be held at meetings of the
citizens qualified to vote in such elections, in their

CITY

CHARTER.

33

respective wards, at the time fixed by law for those elec

tions respectively.

And at such meetings, all the votes

given in being collected, sorted, and counted by the

inspectors and warden in each ward, and declared by the
latter in open ward meeting, it shall be the duty of the
clerk of such ward to make a true record of the same,

specifying therein the name of each person voted for,

and the number of votes for each, expressed in words
at length. And a transcript of such record, certified
by the warden, clerk, and a majority of the inspectors
of elections in such ward, shall forthwith be transmitted

or delivered by each ward clerk to the city clerk. And

it shall be the duty of the city clerk forthwith to enter
such returns, or a plain and intelligible abstract of them,
as they are successively received, in the journals of the
proceedings of the board of aldermen, or in some other
book kept for that purpose. And it shall be the duty
of the board of aldermen to meet together within three
days after every such election, and examine and com
pare all the said returns, and thereupon to make out a
certificate of the result of such election, to be signed by
a majority of the aldermen, and also by the city clerk,
which shall be transmitted, delivered, or returned in the

same manner as similar returns are by law directed to be

made by the selectmen of towns; and such certificates
and returns shall have the same force and effect, in all

respects, as like returns of similar elections made by

the selectmen of towns. At the election of governor,
lieutenant-governor, and senators, it shall be the duty of
the board of aldermen to make and seal up separate
lists of persons voted for as governor, lieutenant
5

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governor, and senators of the commonwealth, with the

number of votes for each person, written in words at

length against his name, and to transmit said lists to

the secretary of the commonwealth or to the sheriff of
the county. The board of aldermen shall, within three
days next after the day of any election of electors of

president and vice-president of the United States, held

by virtue of the laws of this commonwealth, or of the
United States, deliver or cause to be delivered the lists

of votes therefor, sealed up, to the sheriff of the 'county;

and the said sheriff shall, within four days after receiving
said lists, transmit the same to the office of the secretary
of the commonwealth; or the said aldermen may, and
when the office of sheriff is vacant they shall themselves
transmit the said lists to the said secretary, within seven
days after the election. In all elections for representa
tives to the general court, in case the whole number
proposed to be elected shall not be chosen according to
law by the votes legally returned, the board of aldermen
shall forthwith issue their warrants for a new election,
agreeably to the constitution and laws of this common
wealth, and the same proceedings shall be had in all
respects as are hereinbefore directed; and in case of no
choice being made of representatives to congress in
either district of which the city of Boston composes a
part, or in case of any vacancy happening in said
districts or either of them, the governor shall cause
precepts for new elections to be directed to the board
of aldermen of said city, as often as occasion shall
require; and such new elections shall be held, and all

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35

CHARTER.

proceedings thereon had, and returns made in conformity

with the foregoing provisions.
SECT. 59. General meetings of the citizens, quali
fied to vote in city affairs, may from time to time be held
to consult upon the common good, to give instructions
to their representatives, and to take all lawful measures
to obtain a redress of any grievances, according to the
right secured to the people by the constitution of this
commonwealth. And such meetings shall and may be
duly warned by the board of aldermen, upon the requi
sition of fifty qualified voters of said city. The mayor,
if present, shall preside, and the city clerk shall act as
the clerk of such meetings.
SECT. 60. All warrants for the meetings of the citi
zens, for municipal purposes, to be had either in
general meetings or in wards, shall be issued by the
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board of aldermen, and in such form, and shall be

served, executed, and returned at such time, and in such

manner, as the city council may by any by-law or ordi

nance direct and appoint.
SECT. 61. No person shall be eligible to office under
the provisions of this charter who shall not be, at the
time of election, a citizen of the United States and of
this commonwealth.

SECT. 62. Nothing in this act contained shall be so

construed as to restrain or prevent the legislature from
amending or altering the same whenever they shall
deem it expedient.
SECT. 63. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed. Provided, however,
that the repeal of the said acts shall not affect any act

CITY DocumENT. - No. 14.

36

done, or any right accruing or accrued, or established,

or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil
case, before the time when such repeal shall take effect.
And that no offence committed, and no penalty or for
feiture incurred under the acts hereby repealed, and

before the time when such repeal shall take effect,

shall be affected by the repeal. And that no suit
or prosecution pending at the time of the said repeal,
for any offence committed, or for the recovery of any
penalty or forfeiture incurred under the acts hereby
repealed, shall be affected by such repeal; and provid
ed, also, that all persons who, at the time when the said
repeal shall take effect, shall hold any office under the
said acts, shall continue to hold the same according to
the tenure thereof. And provided also, that all the
by-laws and ordinances of the city of Boston, which
shall be in force at the time when the said repeal shall
take effect, shall continue in force until the same are

repealed by the city council. And all officers elected

under by-laws and ordinances, shall continue in office
according to the tenure thereof.
SECT. 64.

No

act

which

has

been

heretofore

repealed shall be revived by the repeal of the acts men

tioned in the preceding section.
SECT. 65.

This act shall be void unless the inhabi

tants of the city of Boston, at a legal meeting called for

that purpose, by a written vote, determine to adopt the
same; and the qualified voters of the city shall be called
upon to give in their votes upon the acceptance of this
act, at meetings in the various wards duly warned by the
board of aldermen, to be held on or before the fifteenth

CITY CHARTER.

37

day of June; and thereupon the same proceedings shall

be had, respecting the sorting, counting, declaring,
recording, and returns of said votes, as are herein pro

vided respecting the election of mayor; and the board

of aldermen shall, within three days after the day of
such ballot, meet together and compare the returns of
the ward officers; and if it appears that the citizens have
voted to adopt this act, the mayor shall make pro
clamation of the fact, by publication in one or more
newspapers, in said city, and thereupon this act shall
take effect for the purpose of electing municipal offi
cers at the next annual election, and for all other pur
poses it shall take effect on and after the first Monday
of January next.

City Document. No. 15.

CITY

O F

B O S T O N.

REQUEST

of

THE

COCHITUATE WATER
For

ADDITIONAL

FOR

BOARD

AN

APPROPRIATION

RES E R W O IR.

1868.

CITY

OF

B O STO N.

In Common Council, Jan. 23, 1868.

Referred to the Committee on Water.

Sent up for concurrence.

CHAS. H. ALLEN, President.

In Board of Aldermen, Jan. 27, 1868.

Concurred.

G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

CITY

OF

B O S TO N.

CITY HALL, CochITUATE WATER BOARD OFFICE,

January 23, 1868.

To the City Council of Boston:

We desire to call your early attention to the subject of an
appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to
enable us to contract for the required forty-eight inch mains,
as requested in our communication under date of Dec. 19, 1867,
to the last City Council, and by it referred to the present City
Council.

We deem it very important that contracts be made for these

mains as soon as practicable, otherwise the advantages to be

derived from the new Reservoir will be deferred a whole year.

If the work is pushed forward with the same energy and
success it has been, during the past year, we confidently expect

to have the Reservoir in a proper state to receive the water in

one year from this present time, and to fill it by the month of
June 1869.

By inquiries of both those engaged in purchasing and of those

in manufacturing iron pipes, we learn that the present is a very
favorable time for the purchaser to bargain for large cast-iron
mains. It will require about sixty days, after the contracts are
made, for the contractor to make preparation for casting, and

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 15.

then only four pipes, weighing about five tons each, can be cast
per day on an average.
At this rate, it will require one hundred and seventy days to
give the quantity needed. It is proper to estimate, that, giving
a fair chance for competition, it will be near thirty days after the
City Council passes the appropriation, before the contracts can
be signed, to which thirty days add the sixty and one hundred
and seventy mentioned above, and they will carry us two hun
dred and sixty days beyond the time of the passing of the
appropriation.

Supposing this to be on the first day of next month, it will be

the 17th of October of this year, before we shall get the last
of the pipes; and then only, if there are no accidents to pre
vent the casting, shipment and delivery with regularity as
above stipulated.
This will leave only six weeks in which to finish up the work,
as, after the first of December, the weather is too cold to lay
pipes properly.
Since the above appropriation of $250,000 was first asked
for, the City of Roxbury has been annexed to Boston; and, as
-

many of the inhabitants of this newly added territory are much

inconvenienced for the want of a good supply of water, we
presume that one of the first and most important duties we have

to perform, is to give them a supply as soon as practicable.

To do this the coming summer and fall, it is necessary to

issue proposals immediately for the iron mains, gates and fire
hydrants.

With the aid of the City Engineer, we have made an approxi

mate estimate of the quantity of pipe that will be required for
the principal mains, the usual proportion of hydrants on the
several lines, with service pipes, all laid and put in, in those
localities where the water is now most needed, and we find the

amount required for the purpose to be ($200,000) two hundred

thousand dollars.

COCHITUATE WATER

BOARD.

Many of the large mains included in this estimate, will serve

for a more general distribution in the future.
Therefore, we have now to request that the further sum of
two hundred thousand dollars be appropriated for the extension
of the Cochituate Water Works in the Southern District of
Boston.

Very respectfully,
JOHN H. THORNDIKE,
L. MILES STANDISH,
NATH. J. BRADLEE,

ALEX. WADSWORTH,
CHAS. R. McLEAN,
WM. S. HILLS,
Cochituate Water Board.

City Document. No. 16.

CITY

OF

BOSTON.

REPORT
OF THE

C IT Y.

R. E G IS T R A R.
FEBRUARY 1868.

In Board of Aldermen, February 3, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest:

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O S TO N.

To the Honorable City Council:

During the quarter, ending January 31st, 1868, the under
signed issued nine hundred and thirty-three (933) Certificates of
Intentions of Marriage, for which he received four hundred and
sixty-six dollars and fifty cents; which sum has been paid into
the City Treasury.

The number of Births in Boston during the past year was

5,893, an increase of 350 over the number recorded last year.
The number of Certificates of Intentions of Marriage issued

was 3,200, an increase of 181 compared with the preceding

year.

The number of Marriages recorded during the same period

was 2,893, an increase of 48.

The number of Deaths during the year was 4,421, an increase

only of 42 compared with the preceding year.

The usual detailed Report of the above specified facts will be
submitted to the City Council at the earliest possible moment.
Respectfully submitted,
-

N. A. APOLLONIO,

City Registrar.
Boston, Feb. 3, 1868.

AUDITOR'S MONTHLY EXHIBIT,

FEBRUARY 4, 1868.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

GENERAL AND SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS

FOR 1867-68.
-

MONTHLY

EXHIBIT.

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR of ACCOUNTs, CITY HALL,

February 4, 1868.
To the Honorable City Council :
Gentlemen, The undersigned, in compliance with the 3d
Section of the Ordinance on Finance, herewith presents an Exhibit
of the General and Special Appropriations for the present finan
cial year of 186768, as shown in the books in his office,
February 1, 1868, including the February Draft, being ten
months' payments of the financial year, exhibiting the original
appropriations, the amount expended, and the balances of each
unexpended at that date. Under the head Expended is in
cluded $947,350 debt paid off.

Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED T. TURNER,

Auditor of Accounts.

GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.
|

Amount of each

OBJECT of APPROPRIATIONS.

Appropriation.

Adams School House

Advertising .

Annuities

Albany Street Bridge .

Armories
Bells and Clocks
Boston Harbor

.
.

Bridges.

Cemeteries

4,000
1,200
72,000
16,000

00
00
00
00

344 84

2,000 00

1.545 70

3,225.60
11,566 51
5,641 25
947,350 00

454 30
6,074 40
2,433 49

9,300 00
14,000 00
7,700 00

$400,000 00

Common, etc.

County of Suffolk.
Engineer's Department.
External Health Department.
-

Fire Department .
Harbor Dredging .
Internal Health Department.

91,000
*54,050
225,000
20,000
7,500
21,500

00
00
00
00
00
00

$166,378 20

*21,763 48
233,772 61
936,656 12

Interest and Premium

Incidental Expenses
Lamps .

$77,805 69
255,567 17

Markets

8,200 00

Meridian Street Bridge.

| *38,002
$30,022
Militia Bounty
Mount Hope Cemetery .
*14,673
Add Revenue Received, $11,208.72
New Lunatic Hospital .

*114,428
-

Paving, etc. .
Police

Public Bathing

16,640 93
7,989 63

184,008 27

40,991 73

74,359 07

17,081
4,129
20,352
130,019
10,829
204,703
514,471
64,762

79
67
43
69
33
49
11
38

183,288 82

6,021 41
37,721 93

1,147 57
36,358 51
10,934 15
29,069 12

422,185
13,043
72,278
2,178

01
31
35
59

14

24,757 00

1,124 86
110,268 91

03

4,159 12

1,500 00

$51,300 00

262 03
25.000 00

252,348 39

# 96

25,000 00

22,920 90

$63,720 32

61,473 09

3,370 33

280 57
40,582 00410,500.00 adv. by Tr.

Public Buildings .

2,918 21

50
00

237,601 83
358,124 16.

2,058 75

46,060 37

Old Claims .
Overseers of the Poor

$340 73
1,522 48

2,477 52

16,474 61
5,778 78

$11,659 27
855 16

Bal. Unexpended.

55,525 39
10,221 22

City Debt .
City Hospital

Fire Alarms .

$12,000 00

Expended.

1,237 97

26,300
14,746
126,063
2,079
2,253

00
56
80
10
23

Public Institutions, viz:

#118,398 65

House of Correction .

House of Industry

78,000 00

98,76294
56,362 70

19,635 71
21,637 30

$55,500 00

44,443 05

11,056 95

13,000 00
12,000 00
6,000 00

9,163 17
6,624 60
4,410 66

3,836 83
5,375 40
1,589 34

Lunatic Hospital
Steamboat Henry Morrison.
Pauper Expenses
.
General Expenses at City Office.
-

Carried forward

$4,015,480 26 $3,542,524.6331,042,074 35

*To these appropriations have been added the balances brought from 1866-67.
f Excess of $547,350.00 taken from the Debt Sinking Fund.

tTo these appropriations have been added the balances from Roxbury appropriations.

CITY DOCUMENT. No. 17.

Amount of each
Appropriation.

OBJECT of APPROPRIATIONs.

Brought forward .
Public Lands

Public Library.
Printing and Stationery .
Reserved Fund .
Salaries .

34,015,480 2633,542,524 6331,042,074 35

Grammar Schools, Public Buildings,

30,000 00

14,291 53

15,708 47

#167,950 00
#102,16167

52,950 00.
81,427 48

115,000 00
20,734 19

#382,654 11
86,022 76

276,394 13
83,633 60

106,259 98

35,900 00

21,908 17

12,500 00

13,991 83
2,741 67

Grammar Schools, Sehool Committee,

Salaries Officers School Committee

1,700,000 00

9,758.33
175,682 94
61,343 41
12,22429
5,158 53
39,556 58
1,694,150 00

$23,688 67

450 00

10,000 00

3,698 43
121,012 10
130,487 50
251,20227

Primary School Instructors .

fl78,750 00

Primary Schools, Public Buildings

74,250 00

Primary Schools, School Committee,

Sealers of Weights and Measures .

tl3,679.59

Sewers and Drains

State Tax .

#51,564.71

.
-

Stony Brook Sewer .

War Expenses .
Water Works .

8,411 48
9,690 52
43,447 39, 8189,28 adv, by Tr.

*18,102 00
*43,258 11

Schools and School Houses, viz:

High and Grammar School Instructors

Bal. Unexpended.

Expended.

6,800 00

179,000 00
550,000 00
277,261 16

Water Works, Interest and Premium,

Widening Streets .
-

2.380 16

3,067
12,906
1,455
1,641
12.008

06
59
30
47
13

5,850
23,238
6,301
57,987

00
67
57
90

419,512 50

26,058 89

$7,959,0230486,629,7127981,898,61825

Add Revenue received since May 1,

11,20872

Advanced by Treasurer .

From Debt Sinking Fund

10 749 28
547,350 00

$8,528,331 04

Total

Total appropriations made by the City Council for 180708

. s.742.435 00

Total balances from 186667

Balances of Roxbury appropriations .

Total appropriations and balances

127,388 42
89, 19962

$7,959,023 04

*To these appropriations have been added the balances brought from 1866-67.
! To these appropriations have been added balances from Roxbury appropriations.
t The following amounts have been transferred from the Reserved Fund to the following general
appropriations, viz:
Meridian Street Bridge . . . . . . . . .
Common, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Bathing . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Primary Schools, Public Buildings . . .
Public Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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$1,800 00
4,000 00

5,000 00
4,000 00
4,250 00
5.000 00

6,000 00
2,000 00
Widening Streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 00
Public Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fire Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$82,050 00

AUDITOR's MONTHLY EXHIBIT.

SPECIAL

APPROPRIATIONS.

[Under this head the appropriations in some instances are only the balances
brought from last financial year, and in others, balances and additions made to
them the present financial year.]

"#" |
Res'und.

Object
ject of
o Appropriati
ppropriations.

Albany Street Damages (loan) .

Albany Street Grading (loan) .
Albany Street South of Dover Street
(from Dedham Street Grading)
Apple Island (reserved fund)
Back Bay and Surface Drainage (revenue)
Central Charity Bureau (revenue and
loans) .
Chestnut Hill Driveway (loan) .
Chestnut Hill Reservoir (loans).
City Hospital Lodge (reserved fund).
5: Street Grading (loan) .
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$26,527 74

$19,267 70

36,896 36

20,395 73

7,000 00

3,750 00

3,257 38
3,750 00

Engine House No. 1 and Ward Room

Ward 12 (loans)

Unexpended.
ded

Dover Street (loans).

Extended
xpended.

43,232 15
125,410 90

$7,260 04
16,500 63
3,742 62
43,232 15

82.
37
92,
50
78
00

116,319 08
66,14922
140,392 46

38,000 00

29,264 57

8,735 43

14,000 00

13,500 00
50,296 46
63,231 50

500 00

4,000 00

3,612 16

387 84

23,991 55
17,785 43

22473 76

1,517 79

17,762 42

23 01

212,166 94

82,434 21,

129,732 73

27,453 52
106,000 00
7,000 00

3,779 55
51,406 04

23,673 97
54,593 96

111,305 59

535,116
17,200
18,174
4,704

38
00
67
11

9,091
45,156
394,723
17,171
15,886
2,225

28 50

2,287 89
2,479 11

Grammar School House, East Boston

(reserved fund)
.
Grammar School House Wa. 7 (loans)
Harrison Avenue Flats (loan)
Hose House No. 1 (loans).
Oliver Street (revenue)
.
Primary School House, Thacher Street
(reserved fund)
.
People's Ferry Drops (loan and re
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served fund)

School House, Richmond Street (loan)

75,000 00

65,000 00
20,000 00
26,472 20

24,703 54
1,768 50
12,005 41
7,994 59
154,753 58 $128,281.38 adv.by Tr

Soldiers Relief (revenue and balance

Roxbury appropriation).
Soldiers

and

Sailors'

Monument

on

Boston Common (bal. appropriation)

Wells School House (loans)
West City Stables (reserved fund)
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7,008 97's." tobe prova for.

$1,566,187 5481,042,454 83
Advanced by Treasurer .

128,281 38|Less

to

be

$652,023 06
8 97

provided for
$1,694,468

* 83

$652,014 09

RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations,
venue &c.

Expended.

Unexpended.

$8,528,331 04 $6,629,712 79 $1,898,618 25

1,694,468 92 1,042,454 83

652,014 09

$10,222,799 96 $7,672.167 62 $2,550,632 34

City Document. No. 18.

ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE

EAST BOSTON FERRY COMPANY.,

F O R.

186 7.

In Board of Aldermen, February 3, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest :

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O STO N.

BosTON, January 29, 1868.

The undersigned, Directors of the East Boston Ferry Com

pany in compliance with the sixth section of their Charter,
would respectfully submit to the Honorable Mayor and Alder
men of the City of Boston, the Account hereto annexed, as a
true statement of the receipts and expenses of the Company for
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, also, a copy of trial
balance, January 1, 1868.
MARK GOOGINS,
ALBERT BOWKER,
NELSON CURTIS,
EDW. G. NICKERSON,
JOHN E. LYON,
Directors.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BosTON, January 29, 1868.

SUFFOLK, ss.

Then personally appeared the above named, Mark Googins,

Albert Bowker, Nelson Curtis, Edw. G. Nickerson, and John E.
Lyon, Directors of the East Boston Ferry Company, and made
oath that the above statement, by them subscribed, is true to the
best of their knowledge and belief.
Before me,
WILLIAM COOK,

Justice of the Peace.

CITY DocuMENT. No. 18.

RECEIPTS

AND

EXPENSES

OF THE

EAST

BOSTON

FERRY COMPANY.,

For the year ending December 31, 1867.

2XPENDITURES:

For Wages, including Superintendent .

Fuel, 3,602 tons coal consumed

. Repair of Boats and Machinery

. Repair of Drops and Landings

.
.

Interest on Bonds and Notes

.

Bond Account

Marine and Fire Insurance

U. S. Customs and Revenue Tax

State and City Taxes .

City Water Rates
Salaries and Office Expenses

. $31,794 17

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.

. .

Balance Rent of Sargent's Wharf .

Carting, wheeling and weighing Coal

Professional Services

Boston and East Boston Gas Co. .

Chandlery, Material, etc.

Oil, Tallow and Waste.

Paid for Damages

Printing and Advertising
Depreciation
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30,955
17,094
1,379
9,920
1,943
9,922
5,502

56
80
82
28
62
00
59

2,196 98

2,423 97
3,775 66
3,700
2,358
2,038
1,544
1,518
1,197

00
91
59
68
09
74

350 00

181 50

10,000 00
$139,798 96

RECEIPTS:

For Ferriages

For 6 months ending June 30, $65,966 09

6 months
Deficit

Dec. 31,

70,339 70

$136,305 79
. $3,493 17

EAST

BOSTON

FERRY.

TRIAL BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 1868.

Capital Stock
Ferry Property .

$225,000 00

$179,831 23
44 00

Dividend No. 3 .

136 00

Dividend No. 4 .

Accounts payable
Suspense Account

2,684 60

. 6,802 65
215 00

Tollmen Account
Bond Account

Cash .

Notes payable
Construction
Fuel Account

95,000 00

1,549 00
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68,722 04

200,434 43
2,754 33
$391,586 64 $391,586 64

City Document.No. 19.

CITY OF

BOSTON.

... co"A"

&s...".
et?
Siemns 22

ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE

C IT Y.

P. H. Y S I C I A N.
1868.

In Board of Aldermen, February 3, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest :

S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

CITY PHYSICIAN's OFFICE,

January 1st, 1868.

To the Honorable the City Council of the City of Boston:

The undersigned respectfully
REPORTS :

That since the last return, the number of persons vaccinated

at this office is five hundred and forty-five (545). The number
of children who have been examined and supplied with certifi
cates of vaccination, for admission to the public schools, is sixty
two (62). In the same period, one hundred and seven (107)
physicians have been supplied with vaccine virus.
During the year that has just closed, thanks be to Almighty

God, our beloved city has been spared the visitation of plague
or pestilence, and has enjoyed a degree of health that will
compare most favorably with any city in the world.

Six hundred and fourteen (614) visits have been made to

persons confined in the County Jail. There has been no preva
lent sickness, and no deaths have occurred among the inmates.
There has been one birth.

The City Prison has been visited, and all needful attendance
has been rendered to those who, during their temporary confine

ment, have required the services of a physician.

The temporary Home, in Charles Street, has been visited
whenever medical aid has been required. Eleven (11) deaths
have occurred during the year, most of them foundlings, who
were brought in in a dying state from exposure or the adminis
tration of drugs.

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 19.

By request of the Chief of the Police, thirteen (13) ap

pointed men have been examined, and certificates given them
of their physical ability to serve on the force.

Frequent examinations of localities reported as being in a

state of nuisance have been made during the year, and their
condition reported to the Committee on Health.

The number of deaths from small-pox has been unusually

large. One hundred and fourteen (114) persons have died of

this disease. This exceeds the mortality of any year since 1837,
except the years 1850, 1855, 1859, 1860, in which it was
respectively 192, 186, 156, 161. Although the total number of
persons vaccinated during the year is very large, larger indeed
than during any year since I have had the honor to hold office,
this great mortality shows that from some cause, imperfect or
neglected vaccination, the community suffers, and the disease is
kept up from year to year.

By request of the City Registrar, three (3) persons dying with

no physician in attendance have been examined, and the proper
certificates returned to the office of the Registrar.

Thirty (30) Soldiers have been examined and certificates of

disability given them under the direction of the Relief Com
mittee.

But one death has been reported from cholera during the
year. Dr. P. P. Ingalls, the attending physician, has kindly
furnished me with the following particulars of the case: Aug.
17th at 9 P.M., he was called to
No. 5 Gardner Place, South Boston.

Jennison, residing at
He was in a state of

collapse, with frequent rice-water dejections, which continued

till death took place, on the 18th, at 83, P. M. From the
inmates of the house, who were all suffering with diarrhoea at

the time, the following additional facts were ascertained.

The

patient a fortnight previous, had been sick with diarrhoea for

five or six days, which then subsided; and, after an interval of

REPORT OF THE

CITY

PHYSICIAN.

about five days, reappeared and continued till the first visit on
the 17th. There was no spread of the disease.
The business of the office for the year ending December 31,
1867, is as follows, viz:
2,552

Persons vaccinated,
. Re-vaccinated,

197

Children examined and certificates given for admission

to the public schools,

370

Physicians supplied with vaccine material,

Number of visits made to persons confined in the jail,

221
614

Number of visits made at the Tombs,

12

Number of visits made at the Temporary Home,

Soldiers examined, and certificates of disability given

28

30

under the direction of the Relief Committee, .

Examinations of persons appointed to the Police, at

the request of the Chief,

13

Examination of persons dying with no physician in

attendance, and certificates granted at request of the
City Registrar,
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Number of deaths from small-pox during the year,

115

Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM READ, M.D.,

City Physician.

City Document. No. 20.

THIRTIETH

ANNUAL

REPORT

OF THE

BOSTON

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

B OST ON: .
ALFRED MUDGE & SON, CITY PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET.
1868.

R E PO R. T.

FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICE, CITY HALL,

BosToN, January 1, 1868.
To HIs HoNOR THE MAYOR, AND CITY COUNCIL.

Gentlemen: I have the honor to present the Thirtieth Annual

Report of the Boston Fire Department, being the Eighth of the
Steam Department, embracing a detailed statement of its work
ing condition, together with a roll of the members, their age,

residence and occupation; also, a list of the Fires and Alarms,

with the amount of loss and insurance on the same, as

far as

could be ascertained; with a list of the Reservoirs and Hydrants

where water can be obtained in case of Fire; also, a Schedule

of Property in charge of the different Companies in the Depart

ment, belonging to the City of Boston, with such other sugges
tions as the experience of the past would seem to present.

The Department should be composed of young men of good

habits, and with a taste and love for its duties; and none are

appointed except after careful investigation of their habits and

character, by the Assistant Engineer in whose district the com

pany is located, to which the parties make application for

admission.
APPARATUS.

In my last report, I recommended the purchase of two new

Steam Fire Engines, known as second-class, for Engine Companies,
Nos. 3 and 4.

The Committee on the Fire Department, after a full investiga

tion of the wants of the Department in this particular, chose a

CITY DoCUMENT.No. 20.

Committee, consisting of Alderman Hawes and the Chief Engi

neer, to examine the different styles, in order to secure for the
City the best Engines now manufactured.
The Committee, after visiting the several builders of Steam
Fire Engines, reported the results of their investigation; and
the Committee on the Fire Department proceeded to Manches
ter, New Hampshire, and contracted with Mr. Straw, Agent of
the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, for three Steam Fire
Engines for Engine Companies Nos. 3, 4 and 5, this latter
engine having unexpectedly become unserviceable during the
year.

I also recommended the purchase of two new Hose Carriages,

capable of conveying not less than one thousand feet of Hose;
under the direction of the Committee, one Carriage of this

description has been purchased, which has been manufactured at

the Amoskeag Works, and is intended to be placed in the house
now being arranged for a Horse Hose Company at Washington
Village, in place of the Hand Hose Company now located in
that section.

I further recommended the purchase of a new Hook and

Ladder Carriage; but, during the year, no steps have been taken
in that direction.

In my report, last year, I called the attention of the City

Government to the dilapidated condition of the houses occupied
by Engine Company No. 1, of South Boston; Engine Company
No. 4, Scollay's Building; Hose Company No. 1, Salem Street,
and Hose Company No. 8, Warren Street. Plans were drawn,
and contracts made for the erection of a

new

house on

Dorchester Street for Engine 1, on Salem Street for Hose 1.

These buildings, when completed, which will be about the first
of April next, will be model houses, and reflect credit upon the
city, and the contractors, Messrs. Ivory Bean, and Morton and
Chesley.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

STANDARD FOR HOSE.

Pure oak, city tanned, Baltimore or Philadelphia leather, and

warranted such, known as over weight; the average weight

of which is not less than twenty-two pounds to the side, and

none to be used which shall weigh less than twenty pounds.

Copper rivets double riveted, twenty-two rivets to the run

ning foot, of size known as No. 8 wire. Splices to be made
with thirteen rivets, of size known as No. 7 wire.

Said Hose, when finished with three loops and rings, to weigh
not less than sixty-four pounds to each fifty feet, exclusive of the
couplings, and warranted to stand a pressure of not less than
(200) two hundred pounds to the square inch.
Couplings to be of the same thread as now in use by this city;

the tail-bands and tail-pieces to be two inches in width and

length respectively, and to be secured by three rivets.
HOSE.

During the past year, there has been purchased, under the
direction of the Committee on the Fire Department, ten thousand
feet of 23-inch leather hose, as per standard adopted by the City
Council of 1866.

Of this amount, 7000 feet was from the

manufactory of Messrs. James Boyd & Sons of this city, and

the balance, from Messrs. Shelton & Cheever. Also, 600 feet of
combination hose, from Messrs. Benidict, Torry & Twombly of
New York City.
NEW ENGINES, HOSE, AND HOOK AND LADDER CARRIAGES.

In view of the large and constantly increasing number of

buildings for residence, public purposes, and manufacturing
establishments in the south part of the city, including the Back
Bay Territory and South Boston, I respectfully recommend that
a new Steam Fire Engine be located in the vicinity of Pleasant
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CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 20.

Street, and an additional Hook and Ladder Carriage at South

Boston, a section of the city now entirely deficient of this
important arm of the service. I also recommend the purchase.
of three four-wheel Hose Carriages, capable of carrying one
thousand feet of 23-inch Leather Hose, to take the place of some
of our two-wheel Hose Carriages, which are not worth repairing.

HORSES.

The Horses belonging to this department are in good condi

tion, with one exception, the one used by Hose Company No. 2;
he being too old for service, I recommend that he be exchanged
for a younger Horse.
FIRE ALARMS.

I would respectfully call the attention of the Government to

this fact, that the number of men enrolled to each Fire Company
is as limited in numbers as is consistent with prudence and safety,
and it is highly important that every member should be at his

post promptly, that the efficiency of his company or the depart

ment be not impaired in case of fire; and this can be done only
by a prompt and reliable alarm.
And I would suggest that the small Bells now in use of the
telegraph be discontinued, and four large Bells be substituted
in the city proper, one of them to be placed on or near the City

Hall; by this plan, the department would receive a sure and

reliable alarm, would do away with the confusion attending the

striking of the number of the Box by so many Bells, and would

enable the members of the department to reach the fire more
promptly than at present.
HYDRANTS.

During the past three years, at large fires, much difficulty has
been experienced for the want of an adequate supply of water
-

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

for our Steam Fire Engines; the immediate cause of this failure
is this, namely:
That the Hydrants, in every instance, are placed upon
branch pipes, the diameter of which varies from three to four
inches, while the mains themselves, in almost every instance, are
but four inches in diameter, that supply them.
In case of fire, the Hydrant upon these branch pipes will
afford a supply to only one Steamer; all others on the line are
useless; the Steamer, being at work, makes a vacuum in the pipe

by drawing the water to the Hydrant first tapped.

The result of this difficulty is, that much time is consumed in

shifting the apparatus to lines of pipe in other streets, by reason

of which, long continuous lines of Hose have to be used to con

vey the water to the scene of conflagration; and, by this operation,

the amount of friction to overcome is very great, requiring often

times a water pressure from 180 to 200 pounds to the square

inch, to be effectual in our high buildings.

To overcome this evil, I would suggest that upon our main

thoroughfares, Hydrants be connected with the main pipes, of

"size not less than eight inches in diameter, with a proper outlet,
which would give us a supply of water fully equal, if not more
than we now get from six of the ordinary Hydrants.

One of these Hydrants would afford a supply for three of our

Engines, with one-third the amount of Hose now used to reach

the fire.

The pressure upon the Hose would be reduced thirty

per cent, and the bursting correspondingly decreased.

As a Hydrant of this description has been adopted by the

City of Charlestown, I would suggest, that, before laying the
pipes in our lately annexed district, the City Government
examine Mr. Lawry's Hydrant, now used in that city for fire
purposes.
ENGINE

HOUSES.

The following statement will furnish information of what

alterations and improvements have been made upon the build

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 20.

ings occupied by this department, by the direction of the

Committee on Public Buildings, under whose charge they are
placed by an amendment of the fire ordinance passed some two
years since.

I have also made suggestions as to what is needed during the

ensuing year. Engine 3 house, located on Washington Street,
above Dover, was raised three feet; a new Hose Tower erected,
sixty feet high, the house renovated and fitted up with bathing
fixtures, affording to the members of this Company the comforts
of a home, at a cost of $4,500.
Engine 5 House, located on Marion Street, East Boston.
This house has been enlarged, a new Hose Tower built, and the

house fitted up with bathing tub, complete, and is a model

Engine House, at a cost of $5,000.
Engine 11 House, located on Sumner Street, East Boston.
There has been erected, in the yard connected with this house, a
small building for the storage of coal, wagons and spare ladders,
at a cost of $800.00; this is a new house, and used in connec
tion with Hook and Ladder No. 2.

Hose No. 4, located on Northampton Street, has had a

new Hose Tower erected, at a cost of $900. In view of the
annexation of Roxbury, and the large territory intervening
between Engine 3 House and the line, I recommend that a
Steam Fire Engine be placed in this House, in connection with
the Hose Company now there, and that the necessary alteration be
made at an early day, to meet the wants of that section of the
city.
Hose No. 5, located on Shawmut Avenue.

This House

has been fitted up with Bathing Fixtures at a cost of $700.00,

and the members of the Company are well pleased with their
accommodations.

Hose No. 6, located on Chelsea Street, East Boston. This

House has been thoroughly remodelled and fitted for a tenement,

at a cost of $3,500. The extra cost of fitting up this House for

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

a tenement for the driver was four hundred dollars, for which
the city received an annual rent of $156.00; by this arrange
ment, the interests of all parties are advanced; the city receives
an income on the money expended; the driver, a comfortable and
convenient home; and the department, a man always at his post,
ready for duty.
Hose No. 10, located on Dorchester Street, Washington

Village. This House is now being remodelled, and fitted for a

Horse Hose Carriage; when completed, it will possess the com
forts and conveniences required, and under the organization
contemplated, will afford to that section of our city that protec
tion which it so much needs at present.

The cost of the

alterations is $5,000.

Hose No. 2, located on Hudson Street. This house is very

small. I think a larger house and a different location would be
advisable.

Hose No. 3, situated on Fruit Street.

This house is but a

mere shell, fitted up temporarily for this Company, on leased

land; the lease expires within two years from this date.
Hose No. 8, located on Warren Street, near Pleasant Street.

This house is unfit for the Company in every particular,

dangerous to health, and destructive to city property. I would
call the early attention of the City Government to the wants of
this section of the city, and ask that early action be taken.
Hose No. 9, located on B Street, South Boston.

This house

is in excellent condition.

Engine No. 2, located on Fourth Street, between I and K

streets, South Boston. This house is in good repair.

Engine No. 4 House, Scollay's Building, Court Street. This

house demands the early attention of the City Government. It
is too small for the Engine and apparatus; the members of the

Company are very much cramped for room, and it is very

unhealthy. The sleeping apartment is on the same floor with a
paint shop, and when the house is closed at night, its effect on
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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 20.

the health of the men occupying the same has been very detri
mental the past year; in fact, one of the permanent men was
obliged to ask for a vacation of two months, during the past
year, his health being so much impaired in consequence of the
condition of the house.

Engine No. 7, located on Purchase Street.

This House is an

old building unfit in every particular for an Engine House. A

change in the location of this Company is very much needed.
Engine No. 8, located on North Bennet Street. This House
is very much out of repair; the attention of the City Govern
ment is called to the same, and it would be well to consider the

location before spending a great amount on repairing the same.

Engine No. 6, located on Wall Street. This House, with a

slight expense, can be made very comfortable and convenient.
Engine No. 9, located on Paris Street, East Boston. This
House needs extensive repairs.
Engine No. 10, located on Mt. Vernon, corner of River Street.
This is a first class House, containing all the modern improve
ments.

House of Hook and Ladder No. 1, located on Warren

Square. I recommend that this House be re-modelled and fitted

with stable room for the horses; as it now is, the stable is some
distance from the House, and the carriage is often late at fires

in consequence of the horses' being kept so far away.

Hook and Ladder No. 3, located on the corner of Harrison
Avenue and Wareham Street. This House has been re-modelled

and fitted with extra stalls for horses, and a tenement for the
driver, at a cost of $1,700, and pays an annual rentage of $180.
SELF-PROPELLING

ENGINES.

Although a self-propelling Steam Fire Engine is no new thing

in this country, it has been the good fortune of this city to be

early in the field in its trials of an apparatus of this descrip
tion, which promises to be of some sort of efficiency.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

11

During

the past year, an engine of this description has been

produced by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Man
chester New Hampshire, rated as second class, and weighing
about 7,000 pounds.
This Engine, at the solicitation of the Committee on Fire

Department, was forwarded to this city about the first of

October last, and has since been housed at East Boston in place
of Engine No. 5, at that time unfit for service.

The few fires in that section during the interval since her
being there placed has given but a slight opportunity of testing
practically the application.
The following description of a public trial of this apparatus,
at the desire of the Fire Commissioners of New York City,
a committee from whom visited our city on the 11th of October

for the express purpose of being present, will be a matter of

interest as well as of record:

TRIAL OF A SELF-PROPELLING STEAM FIRE-ENGINE.

The Self

Propelling Steam Fire-Engine from the Amoskeag Works in

Manchester, New Hampshire, which was exhibited at the recent

fair in Nashua, has been brought to this city by the agent of the
Works, and a trial of it was made this forenoon at the West

End. The engine was fired up and steam raised, and the driver,
occupying a seat as on ordinary steamers, handled the iron brake
in front of him, instead of leather reins to guide the machine,
while the engineer let on steam, and off they started from Charles
Street toward the toll-gate on the Mill-dam. A gentleman,
desiring to compare the speed attained by the apparatus, drove
his buggy alongside, and on the return was fairly outrun, not
withstanding he put his horse to his utmost speed.
The engine was run up and down Beacon and Mt. Vernon streets,
stopping and starting apparently with the greatest ease, and cer
tainly much quicker than could have been done by horse power.
The amount of steam pressure used in ascending Mt. Vernon and
Beacon streets was just about the same as is ordinarily used while

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working at fires, while the pressure required for the

power is very much less.

propelling

The engine made several out and in trips over the Mill-dam
and in other streets, and is capable of running a mile in three or

four minutes over the pavements with perfect safety. A noticeable

fact was, that horses which the engine met and passed, at various
points, exhibited no more signs of fright than they generally do in
seeing a steamer drawn by horses.

Besides Mayor Norcross, Aldermen James and Hawes, and

other members of the City Government who witnessed the trial,
Fire Commissioner Wilson, Mr. Gildersleve, Secretary of the
Board of Commissioners, and Engineer Perley of New York, were
present, and all, so far as was ascertained, expressed themselves
as fully satisfied of the feasibility of introducing the improvement
upon steam fire-engines generally.
The propelling machinery is quite simple, and consists of a
stout chain worked in slotted grooves, to which the links are fitted
upon the main shaft and the hub of one of the hind wheels,
smaller chains being attached to the brake and connected with
the forward axle.

LIQUID FUEL FOR STEAM-FIRE ENGINES.

Desiring to maintain the high reputation accorded to the

Boston Fire Department for its efficiency, I am not insensible to
the fact that any invention that shall tend to make it still more so,
and at the same time afford any material reduction in the
annual expenses of the Department is worthy the attention of
the City Council.

The employment of Steam-Fire Engines as a power to

extinguish fires carries with it a positive disbursement of
money. As, with its muscles of iron it labors untiringly, it is
an invaluable improvement on the Hand Engines, and any
improvement in bringing them to the scene of conflagration and
feeding them when there is desirable.

My attention during the past year has been called to a fuel

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DEPARTMENT.

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known as hydrocarbon, and it is with pleasure that I briefly

refer to it, and the many advantages claimed for this new
invention.

By the kind invitation of Colonel H. R. Foot, I examined the

apparatus patented by him for burning liquid hydrocarbon fuel

for generating steam. I was impressed with its practicability, and
called the attention of the Committee on Fire Department to it.
After consulting with Colonel Foot, the committee desired to

grant him permission to attach his retort to Eagle Engine No. 3;

this was a new engine purchased of the Amoskeag Manufact
uring Company of Manchester New Hampshire, it being under
stood and agreed, that Col. Foot snould make the experiment on

this Engine at his own expense, without injury to the Engine,

and to remove the same after the trial.

At the first exhibition, although imperfect in its parts, the result

attained was very satisfactory, and it was evident that with a
slight improvement in the application of the flame, the fuel
would prove a success; to light the fire, a few shavings are
placed under the retort, and when this is hot, the oil is let on,
which, immediately vaporising, issues from the burners; when it is
lighted, the steam let on, and the Engine started; the pump adds
the air, and the normal condition of the fire is attained. The

oil used was confined in a copper tank placed over either spring,
at the rear of the Engine, and conducted to the place of the
grate or to the retort, by a common gas-pipe tube, and regulated

by stopcocks, enabling the Engineer to gauge the intensity of

the fire at his pleasure.

The result of this exhibition as shown by the steam gauge was

this: nine pounds of steam in six minutes; the throttle was then
opened and the steam gauge in seven minutes showed forty-five
pounds of steam, the water was let on and the water pressure

of one hundred and ten pounds was maintained, the fire increas
ing, the steam gauge showed sixty pounds and the Engine
working very handsomely. The trial lasted nearly one hour, and
the expense of fuel consumed was thirty cents.

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The result at this trial was so satisfactory to all present, it

was desired to give a public exhibition on the fourth of October,

and invitations to the members of the City Government and

Fire Department, with the Press to be present, was extended;
but the extensive fire on Federal Street of that morning, the
Engine was brought into service, and the exhibition was more
public than anticipated; the fire, however, gave a fine opportunity
to test the merits of the new fuel.

The Engine worked for six hours; the Engineer stated to me

that the gauge showed a pressure of eighty pounds of steam,
and a water pressure of one hundred and sixty pounds; while
the other Engines emitted a heavy smoke, there was none at

all from this Engine. The apparatus being crude and imper
fect, the result added much to my favorable opinion; as this
was not fitted to the Engine permanently, but temporarily, for the
exhibition referred to, I ordered the inventor to remove the
Same.

The Committee then ordered the old Steam Fire Engine No.

3 to be repaired and put in good working condition, that Col.

Foot might apply his patent that he might more fully demon
strate the practicability of burning Hydro-carbon liquid fuel in
Steam Fire Engines.

The advantages of burning this patent fuel over that of coal.

is this: no smoke, or liability to set fire by ejecting cinders from .
the smoke stack, or burning of the men's clothes; saves the labor
of one man; is clean; and the cost of burning the same is about
fifty per cent less than coal.
TENEMENT

HOUSES.

It is only when some great fire occurs, involving loss of life,

and great destruction of property, that the community seem to

arouse themselves to prevent a like calamity. While we at
present have not to record the death of any person caused by
the destruction of tenement houses, yet our feelings have been

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DEPARTMENT.

15

shocked at the fearful loss of life in New York and other cities,
from the destruction of this class of buildings.
We have many of this class of buildings in our city, and they
are still increasing. Constructed as many of them are, with but
one entrance, with staircases running up through the centre of
the building, cased with hard or southern pine, so called, should
a fire occur in one of these buildings in the basement or lower
floors, the flames and smoke rushing up this staircase would
cut off all retreat, and loss of life must be inevitable.

I would suggest the importance of the City Government

applying to the Legislature for a law regulating the construc
tion of this class of buildings; I would also suggest that, in our

large and extensive warehouses, the style of carrying partition

walls to the under side of the roof boarding, and allowing the
roof boarding to cover the partition walls, thereby connecting
the entire block, and in case of fire laying liable to destruction
the entire roof of the block is a dangerous one.
In my judgment, every precaution should be taken to prevent
the extending of conflagrations, as well as the origins of fires,
and to this end the proper construction of battlement walls

between large warehouses would in a great measure conduce.

DANGEROUS

BUILDINGS

AND STORAGE OF

DANGEROUS

PROPERTY.

I cannot but repeat after many years of experience in

connection with the Fire Department, make it apparent that by

Statute and Ordinance the government should have greater con

trol than at present over the construction and alteration of
buildings within the limits of the city, and that a full and
detailed record should also be kept of all places where combus
tible material is stored to the end that only such quantities shall

be kept as shall not endanger life and property in case of fire,

that the city should have in their employ an officer, immedi
ately connected with the Fire Department, who should be in

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possession of information relating to all such material, and be

cognizant of its location.
FIRES.

It is with pride and pleasure that I refer to the records

of fires the past year in this city, although with the usual
number of former years, yet the loss is fifty per cent below the
average, and to the promptness and efficiency of the members
of this department, I attribute the success.
Yet I am convinced that if a rigid investigation should be made
as to the cause of all fires, there would be still less fires annually.

I suggest that the City Council take the necessary steps to

have the Legislature enact a law, that some member of the

Board of Engineers be appointed to make an investigation and

ascertain the causes of all fires, and that the underwriters make

such a rule in paying their losses that none shall be paid until
such officer shall submit his report in writing giving the facts in
each case.

ACCIDENTS AT FIRES, ETC.

It is a matter of congratulation that no loss of life has

occurred, during the past year, from this cause, among the mem
bers of the department while upon duty, and that only one
person has been seriously injured.
Mr. Frank Walker, member of Engine Company No. 7, by

falling from a ladder at a fire on Franklin Street, on the 15th

day of April, 1867, had his ankle broken, and will probably
never be in condition to do further fire duty.

In this connection, I regret to record the fact that the follow

ing members of the department have been removed from this
earth by the hand of death:

Mr. Daniel Harold of Hose Company No. 8, and Mr. Richard

E. Stannard of Hook and Ladder Company No. 3.

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17

gn & ent oriam.

The past year has brought with it the dissolution of one whose
whole life was identified with the Boston Fire Department and
whose name has become familiar throughout the country as a
fireman, and I cannot more fittingly notice his demise than by
the publication of the following sketch from the pen of Dr.
N. B. Shurtleff:
THE

LATE WILLIAM BARNICOAT.

On Monday last, January 21, died, at his residence in Tremont

Street, Captain William Barnicoat, an aged and well known citizen
of Boston.

He was the son of Mr. John Barnicoat, one of the

sturdy mechanics of the North End, who so manfully sustained

Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren and others, in the stirring events
which preceded and followed the Declaration of Independence.
Mr. Barnicoat, the father, was a rigger by trade, and dwelt in
Lynn Street, not far from Hanover Street; and in the old house,
then a comfortable residence, William was born, on the second of

December, 1788. At an early age, young Barnicoat was placed

with Capt. Joab Hunt to learn the ship-joiner's trade, which he did
so thoroughly that he commenced the business at the age of twenty

one years. This trade he carried on until the year 1836, when he
was called to the position of Chief Engineer of the Fire Depart
ment by Mayor Armstrong.
Mr. Barnicoat was a young man when the frigate Constitution
was built by Edmund Hart, Shipwright, in Lynn Street; and in his
later years, his memory reverted back to that time, and was replete
with the anecdotes of those days, when the North End mechanics were
the active spirits in political affairs. Very early his enthusiasm led
him to join an engine company, and in December 1825, he was
chosen foreman of the Philadelphia, (No. 18) it being a com
panion engine with No. 19, the Hydraulion, which was commanded
by the late Col. Thomas C. Amory.
In 1826 he was chosen a Fire-warden (then an important posi
tion, given only to persons of great integrity of character and o
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good executive abilities), the Department being at the time under

Col. Samuel Devens Harris, its first Chief Engineer. Upon the
reorganization of the department, in 1829, under Col. Thomas C.
Amory, as Chief Engineer, he was elected as an Assistant Engi
neer, in which capacity he served the city until 1836, when he was
chosen Chief of the Department. In this office he continued until
1854, when, his health failing, he resigned the position, and was
elected Superintendent of Lamps, an office which he has acceptably
filled until the time of his decease, when he had attained the honor

able age of seventy-eight years, one month and nineteen days, and
had faithfully served his day and generation and his native town
about threescore years in the most arduous and responsible duties
to which any citizen can be called.
-

Of those who were associated with Mr. Barnicoat in the com

pany of the Philadelphia, only a few surviveCol. Ezra

Forristall, and John H. Eastburn, George W. Woodman, and
Galen Holmes, Esquires. As a fire-ward of the city in 1826,
Reubens Reed, Esq., is his only survivor. Of those first associated
with him as Assistant Engineers of the Fire Department, there are
living, Gen. John S. Tyler, Col. Thomas Haviland, and Capt.
Benjamin M. Nevers.

His funeral was attended, on Friday, by the members of the

City Government generally, by the Lamp and Fire Departments,
and by various associations with which the deceased had been con
nected in life. The pall-bearers on the occasion were his old
friends, ex-Chief Engineer George W. Bird, ex-Assistant Engi
neers Peter C. Jones, Joseph L. Drew, and John S. Clark; Col.
Ezra Forristall, ex-Alderman S. A. Denio, Chief Engineer John
S. Damrell, and Assistant Engineer Joseph Dunbar. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Charles F. Barnard and Rev.
Samuel K. Lothrop, D.D., and the remains were temporarily depos
ited in a tomb in the burial ground on the Common. The various
societies of which he had been a member, and the different bodies

with which he had been associated, have passed suitable resolu

tions of condolence with his family.
The loss of Captain Barnicoat will be deeply felt by those who
were favored with his friendship and acquaintance; and the sym

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DEPARTMENT.

pathies of many will be extended to the surviving members of his

family, who have the satisfaction of remembering him as a faithful
husband, good father, worthy citizen, and an upright, industrious
and honorable man.
N. B. S.

To the members of the Department, I desire to return my

warmest thanks for the promptness and alacrity which they
have displayed in the discharge of their duties during the past
year.

Our citizens may well be proud of a department, the efficiency

of whose members in the subjugation of the devouring element, is
so marked, and deserving of such hearty commendation; and it
affords me unqualified pleasure in saying, that we are second to
no city in the Union in the means and appliances for the extin
guishment of fires.

Finally, I desire to extend my hearty thanks to the Com

mittee for the interest they have taken in all matters connected
with the department, and their hearty co-operation in all improve
ments that have been recommended during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN S. DAMRELL,

Chief Engineer.

COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Aldermen,

JONAS FITCH,
THOMAS GAFFIELD,
WALTER E. HAWES.

ENG IN E E R S.

CHIEF ENGINEER.

JOHN S. DAMRELL, 60 Temple Street.

ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.*

JOSEPH DUNBAR

83 Princeton Street, E. Boston.

DAVID CHAMBERLIN .

ZENAS E. SMITH .

. 601 Tremont Street.

WILLIAM A. GREEN

GEORGE BROWN .

7 Tyler Street.
5 Alden Street.

. 166 Silver, near D Street.

JOHN W. REGAN .

56 South Street.

ELIJAH B. HINE .

30 Grove Street.

JOHN STOWER JACOBS

5 Snow hill Place.

All of the above offices are filled annually by the City Council,
in concurrence, the months of February or March.
SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS.

HENRY W. LONGLEY, No. 61 Clarendon Street.

*One vacancy exists in the Board of Assistant Engineers, caused by the

decease of Nathaniel W. Pratt.

THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS MEMBERS.

The Organization of the Department, as will be seen by refer

ring to the Ordinance, is as follows:
Each Engine Company has an engineman, fireman and driver
who are permanently employed, and eight hosemen who do duty
only at fires; one of this last number is designated as foreman of
the hose.

Each Hose Company has a driver, who is permanently employed,

and eight hosemen, who do duty only at fires, and one of this
number is designated as foreman of the hose, except Hose Com
pany No. 10, at Washington Village, where no horse is kept.
This Company is composed of eight men, namely: a foreman,
steward and six hosemen and their duty is restricted to the village.
The Hook and Ladder Companies Nos. 2 and 3 have drivers
permanently employed; and the drawing of Hook and Ladder
Carriage No. 1, is done by contract.

Hook and Ladder Companies No. 1 and 3 have a foreman, as

sistant foreman, four axemen, four rakemen and thirteen members;
but in the organization of the first-named company, two of the

thirteen members are designated respectively as clerk and steward.

In Hook and Ladder 2, the organization is the same as No. 3,
with the exception that there are only eight members instead of
thirteen.

TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITABLE ASS00IATION

OF THE

BOST ON

FIRE

DEPARTMENT,

Elected January 15, 1868.

-

ONE FROM THE ASSOCIATION AT LARGE.

RESIDENCE.

PlacE of Busin Ess.

. . . . 19 Harrison Avenue . . . . . 701 Washington St.

DAviD CHAMBERLIN . . . . . . . . . . 7 Tyler Street . . . . . . . 403 Broad Street.
WILLIAM LovELL . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fabin Street . . . . . . . Wareham, corner
John C. HuBBARD

Malden Street.
ONE FROM EACH COMPANY.

JoHN S. DAMRELL, Board of Engineers. 60 Temple Street . . . . . . Engineer's Office,

City Hall.
FRED. S. WRIGHT . . . . Engine No. 1. Fourth, cor. Linden St., S.B. . Federal, c. East St.
ALONzo PRATT . . . .

*4
4t

FREDERICK M. HINES .
LEwis BRIGGS . . .
GEORGE A. TucKER

44
44

CALVIN C. WILSON.
D. T. MARDEN . . .

ANDREw LEwis . . . . .
M. N. HUBBARD . . . .
G. F. DECA tur . . . .
CALVIN A. VoSE . . . . .

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5. 209 Meridian Street, E. B.

6. 10 Cotting Street. . . . . . Engine H'use No.6.

. 7. 13 Lawrence Model House,

Kneeland Street.
8. 8 Sheafe Street . . . . . . 147 Pearl Street.
9. 6 Bremen Street, E. B.
44
10. 208 Cambridge Street.
11. 67 Maverick Street, E. B.
12. 3 Smith St. Court, S. District.
13. 30 Eaton Street,
44
** 14
4 Centre Street,
i4

CHARLEs H. BLAKE . .
SIMEON WESTON . . . .
RuFUs B. FARRAR .

2. 180 Seventh Street, S. B.

3. 95 Village Street . . . . . . 16 Beverly Street.
4. 5 Livingston Street . . . . . Engine Huse No.4.

3. Ladder

John S. STEVENS, Hook

CHARLES SiMMONS .
JAMES F. MARSTON . . . . .
DANIEL CRoCKETT . . . . . . .
UzzIEL PUTNAM . . . . Hose Co.

ThoMAS MerriTT .
JAMEs MILLs . . . .

**
it

GEORGE L. PIKE . .
GEORGE C. FERNALD
JosFPH BARNES . .
T. A. Scott . . . .

14 Cotting Street . . . . . . 56 Cooper Street.

13 Liverpool Street, E. B. . Weeks Wharf.

*4
*{

34 Shawmut Avenue . . .
29 Adams St., S. District.
. 104 Salem Street . . . . .
47 Kneeland Street . . . .
5 Fruit Street Place . . .

(i.

17 Hayward Place.
Waverley, c. Camden St. 503 Washington St.

44
ti

.403 Broad Street.

. Fire Tel. Office.
.393 Federal Street.
. 130 Cambridge St.

77 Princeton St., E. B.
*4
Corner Orange St.,
Place, S. District.
CHARLEs H. PRINCE
st
. 5 Claflin Place.
Thomas W. Gowen .
: 9.192 Fourth Street . . .
JosePH FRYE . . . . . . . . . . 10.
Dorchester Street .
DAVID WELD . . . Veteran Association.
Jamaica Plain . . .

OFFICERS

Elm
. . . Hose House No.9.
. . . Wash. Village.
. . . 28 Central Wharf.

FOR THE YEAR 1868,

P. R. E. sID ENT .

JOHN C. HUBBARD.
VICE - PRESID ENT.

DAVID CHAMBERLIN.
TREASUR E R .

DAVID WELD.
s E. C. R.E.T A. R. Y.

RUFUS B. FARRAR.
co MM ITT E E

co M M ITT E E

JOHN S. DAMRELL.
DAVID WELD.
C. C. WILSON.

of

R EL i E. F.

T. W. GOWEN.
JOSEPH BARNES.
T. A. SCOTT.

JOHN C. HUBBARD.
DAVID CHAMBERLIN.
C. H. BLAKE.
or

R. E. so U R C E 8.

J. F. MARSTON.
F. S. WRIGHT.
M. N. HUBBARD.

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DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 1.

Hot SE ON BROADWAY, NEAR DORCHESTER STREET, souTH BosTON.

This Engine was built at the Boston Locomotive Works, from drawing
of J. M. Stone; is a reciprocating Engine, and in many respects similar to
the machines of Reany & Neafy, of Philadelphia. Steam cylinder 83 inches
in diameter; water-pump 5 inches in diameter and 13-inch stroke; capacity,
550 gallons per minute.
This Company was organized, and the Engine put in service, on the
19th day of December, 1859.
The weight of this Engine, including the Hose Carriage, with 300 feet
of Hose, as drawn to fires, is 9,900 pounds.

Age.

Members.

Residence.

Occupation.

1 Ray, John, Engineman,

32 ||25 G St.,
Machinist.
2 Porter, Thomas E., Fireman, 31 | Cor. of C and Bolton Locksmith.
St.,

3 Twiss,Templeman C., Driver, 28 227 Third St.,

4 Wright, Frederick S., ForeFourth, cor. Linden
man of Hose,
39
St.,
5 Fowler, Jos. W., Hoseman, 30 20 D St.,
6 Gowen, Samuel S.,

32 Sixth, near F St., |

7 Gerrish, George W.,
26 159 Fourth St.,
8 Hallett, Daniel,
40 | Fifth, near C St., |
9 Holden, Martin F.,

33 214 Broadway,
10 Phillips, Eugene C.,
26 || 2 Payson's Court,
11 Twiss, Rufus F.,
31 || 231 Third St.,

Driver.

Hardware Deal.
Wood Planer.

44

Porter.
Expressman.
Carpenter.
Expressman.
Porter.

st

Painter.

Admitted Eugene C. Phillips, during the year 1867, in place of Appleton

Lathe, honorably discharged.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 2.

House ON FOURTH STREET, BETWEEN 1 AND K, souTH BosTON.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire. It has one Steam Cylinder 8 inches in
diameter and one double-acting vertical plunger Pump 44 inches in diame
ter, and 12-inch stroke. At a fair working speed, it will discharge 400
gallons per minute.
The weight of this Engine, as it appears from the weigher's certificate,
including 350 feet of Hose, as drawn to fires, is 6,500 pounds.

Age

Members.

Residence.

1 Gilman, David E., Engineman 46 |Gold St., near F,

2 Twiss, George O., Fireman, 36 231 Third St.,
3 Jones, Moses A., Driver,

34

4
5
6
7

G4

40
45
41
40
33
41
45

44

35 | Third, near E St.,

Brown, John, Foreman Hose,

Chambers, James, Hoseman,
Emerson, Joshua B.,
Lamphier, Edward,

8 Pratt, Alonzo,
9 Rand, William,

10 Smith, David,
11 Twiss, Daniel H.,

**

44
st

653 Fourth St.,

Occupation.

Machinist.
Machinist.
Moulder.
Blacksmith.

| Sixth, cor. O St.,

K, near 8th St.,
Carpenter.
Broadway, n. K St., Carpenter.
| Seventh, n. K St., | Painter.
| Seventh, n. F St., |Moulder.
| Gate, cor. Tel. St., | Carpenter.
Silver,n. Dorch. St., Carpenter.
| Painter.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 3.

HOUSE ON was HINGTON STREET, NEAR DovER.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire.
It is a double-reciprocating vertical
Engine; 73-inch diameter cylinders, 8-inch stroke; pumps 48 inches in
diameter, and 8-inch stroke; will throw 400 gallons per minute. It has
43 square feet grate surface; 219 square feet heating surface.
The weight of this Engine, with the Hose Carriage and 500 feet of
24-inch Hose, as drawn to fires, is 7,030 pounds.

Members.

Age.

1 Hutchings, Theodore,

Residence.

Occupation.

En
46 | Sixth, cor. E St.,

gineman,

Machinist.

2 Hawkins, Henry M., Fire

man,

3 Mayo, Lemuel P., Driver,

4 Hines, Frederick M., Fore
man of Hose,
5 Abbott, Samuel, Hoseman,
6 Abbott, Samuel, Jr., .
7 Barnes, Edward L.,
8 Bennett, Wm. H.,
9 Dutton, James F.,

44

&4

10 Harrington, Sam'l D.,

11 Le Favor, James H.,

27 | Eight, near G St.,

Machinist.

44

Teamster.

41
43
22
28

5 Meander St.,

| 95 Village Street,
Porter.
|| 5 Medford Court,
Piano Polisher.
|| 5 Medford Court,
Piano Polisher.
|49 Piedmont Street, Bricklayer.

39 || 1 Hawthorne Place, Porter.

34 || 3 South Cedar St., | Carpenter.

33 45 Tyler Street,
Piano Varnisher.
27 | 24 Curve Street,

Slater.

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--.

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29

DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 4.

HOUSE IN SCOLLAY'S BUILDING, COURT STREET.

The Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire. It is a double-reciprocating vertical
Engine; 73-inch diameter cylinders, 8-inch stroke; pumps 48 inches in
diameter, and 8-inch stroke; will throw 400 gallons per minute. It has
44 square feet grate surface; 219 square feet heating surface.
The weight of this Engine, with the Hose Carriage and 500 feet of Hose,
as drawn to fires, is 7,100 pounds.

Age.

Members.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Briggs, Lewis, Engineman,

Deering, Dexter R., Fireman,
Cheswell, Wm. T., Driver,
Tracy, Christopher, Foreman of Hose,
Begley, Thos. P., Hoseman,
Bright, Edwin H.,
46
Conley, Matthias,
44
Fynes, John A.,
44
Merritt, Thomas,
Pierce, Joseph,
&4
Sullivan, Michael C.,
44

Residence.

42 5 Livingston St.,
32 || 4 Lovett Place,
25 || 5 Albany Street,

Occupation.

Engineman.
Fireman.
Driver.
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30 | 130 Albany Street, Flour Inspector.

27 | Engine House,
Pressman.
26 1060 Wash'gton St., Porter.
31 || 1 Salter Place,
32 | 169 Portland St.,
36 || 1 East Street Pl.,

Hose Maker.
Bookbinder.
Janitor.

33 || 2 Goodwin Place,
29 | 189 Hanover St.,

Collector.
Trunk Maker.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

Joseph Pierce, in place of Park A. Mahoney, honorably discharged.

==

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FIRE DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 5.

HOUSE ON MARION STREET, EAST BOSTON.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire.
It is a double reciprocating vertical Engine, 75-inch diameter cylinders,
8-inch stroke, pumps 48 inches in diameter, and 8-inch stroke; will throw
400 gallons per minute.
It has 43 square feet grate surface, 219 square
feet heating surface.

The weight of this Engine, with the Hose Carriage and 500 feet of Hose,
as drawn to fires, is 7,000 pounds.

Members.

1 Battis, Josiah S., Engineman,

2 Morrison, Geo. H., Fireman,
3 Carter, Daniel, Driver,

Age.

Residence.

Occupation.

32
24
34

56 Marion Street,
Engineman.
126 Trenton Street, Fireman.
Driver.
29 Eutaw Street,

38
40
44
35
41
39
49
54

Meridian, c. Eutaw, Ship Carpenter.

73 Trenton Street, Teamster.
5 Princeton Street, Ship Carpenter.
12 Monmouth St.,
Carpenter.
103 London Street, Calker.
12 Marion Street,
Ship Carpenter.
35 Lexington St.,
Maverick House,

4 Tucker, Geo. A., Foreman of

Hose,

5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Blood, Augustus, Hoseman,

Cottle, Charles P.,
Hall, William, Jr.,
Sherman, Gershom,
Smith, Andrew J.,
Tucker, Jona. M.,
Witherell, Eben,

44

44

|
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-

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DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 6.

HOUSE ON WALL STREET.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, of

Manchester, New Hampshire.
It has two Steam Cylinders, 8 inches in diameter, and 12-inch stroke,

and two double-acting vertical plunger Pumps, 4% inches in diameter,

both working in the same air-chamber. At a fair working speed, it will
discharge 600 gallons of water per minute.

The weight of this Engine, with the Hose Carriage and 300 feet of 24
inch Leading Hose, as drawn to fires, is 10,045 pounds.

Age.

Members.

1
2
3
4

Occupation.

Residence.

Traver, John C., Engineman, 29 | Engine House,

Wilson, Calvin C., Fireman, 39 || 10 Cotting Street,
Scott, George, Driver,
39 | Engine House,
Cross, Ames, Foreman of
Hose,

39 ||37 Wall Street,

Engineer.
Fireman.
Driver.
Stone Cutter.
Chemist.
Machinist.
Tanner.
Machinist.

5 Bean, Frank A., Hoseman,

27 | 47 Lowell Street,

6 Coats, Fred. L.,

**

34 || 23 Wall Street,
34 || 2 Vine Street,

10 Tuttle, James A.,

44

22 | Engine House,
29 26 Bridge Street,
Carpenter.
26 91 Brighton Street, Clerk.

11 Wilson, Charles E.,

31 | Vine Street,

44

7 Daniels, Henry,
8 Davis, Charles O.,
44
9 Newman, Leonard G.,

Admitted during the Year 1867.

in place of Charles B. Harlow,
Charles E. Munpoe,
Charles E. Wilson,
Elisha Parker,

Charles O. Davis,
Frank A. Bean,
Fred. L. Coats,

44

Edward Blond,

Leonard G. Newman,
James A. Tuttle,

James H. Estes,
Charles C. Geyer,

Teamster.

honbly discharged.
44

44

st

did

st

44

st

44

44

44

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DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 7.

HOUSE ON PURChASE, STREET.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire.
It has two Steam Cylinders, 8 inches in diameter, and 12-inch stroke,
and two double-acting vertical plunger Pumps, both working in the same
air-chamber. At a fair working speed, this Engine will discharge 600
gallons of water per minute.
The weight of this Engine, with the Hose Carriage and 300 feet of 24
inch Leading Hose, as drawn to fires, is 9,760 pounds.

Age.

Members.

Residence.

Occupation.

1 Riley, Charles, Engineman,

2 Adams, J. Henry, Fireman,
3 Wilson, Oliver, Driver,

36 116 Myrtle Street, Machinist.

27 | 153 Summer St.,
36 Engine House,

Machinist.
Driver.

4 Marden, Daniel T., Foreman

of Hose,
31 Kneeland Place,
Porter.
Holland, John A., Hoseman, 30 75 Purchase Street, Carpenter.
Machinist.
Lally, Thomas P.,
23 | 27 High Street,
Marden, George F.,
28 47 South Street,
Mayer, Philip J.,
|25 | 19 Kneeland Street, Confectioner.
9 Walker, Frank,
35 | 1 East Street,
Saw Filer.

5
65
7
8

4*

44
is

10 White, Thomas,

44

| 28

47 South Street,

Teamster.

11 White, Russell,

*4

| 26

41 Village Street,

Teamster.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

Thomas P. Lally, in place of Philip J. Mayer, honorably discharged.

R. E. Flanders, transferred to Hose 1.

Thomas White,
Philip J. Mayer,

Russell White,

Henry T. Barnes, transferred to Hose 8.

John Winniatt, honorably discharged.

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37

DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 8.

HOUSE ON NORTH BENNET STREET.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, of

Manchester, New Hampshire.

The Pump is driven by two vertical reciprocating Steam Cylinders, 74

inches in diameter, and 9-inch stroke, that are directly connected with the
shaft of the Pump. The Pump is a Rotary, and is the most generally ap
proved Pump of that description known to the public. At a fair working
speed, it will discharge 600 gallons of water per minute.
The weight of this Engine, with the Hose Carriage and 300 feet of lead
ing Hose, as drawn to fires, is 9,978 pounds.

Age.

Members.

Residence.

1 Flanders. B. S., Engineman, 31 || 2 Elmer Place,

2 Jeffrey, Erastus E., Fireman, 32 21 Temple Street,
3 Allen, Hosea, Driver,
44 || 11 Unity Street,
4 Blake, Charles H., Foreman 42

8 Sheafe Street,

of Hose,
5 Childs, William, Hoseman,

19 Cooper Street,

6 Dunton, Charles,
* *
7 Fortune, Richard J.,
8 Hamilton, Geo. F. C.,

9 Shapleigh, Eben,
10 Smith, E.T.,
11 Vilno, Albert,

26

28 || Short Street,
42 352 North Street,

Occupation.

Machinist.

Mason.

"

Driver.
Clerk.

Clerk.
| Teamster.

Cabinet Maker.

**

47 | 11 No. Bennet St., | Rigger.

27 | 31 No. Bennet St., | Mason.
33 || 35 Richmond St.,
Manufacturer.

**

30 || 7 Baldwin Place,

**

Mason.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

E. T. Smith, in place of Charles H. Marks, honorably discharged.

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DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 9.

HOUSE ON PARIS STREET, EAST BOSTON.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire,
The Pump is driven by two vertical reciprocating Steam Cylinders,
73-inch diameter, and 9-inch stroke, which are connected directly with the
shaft of the Pump.
The Pump is a Rotary, and is the most generally approved one of that
description known to the public. At a fair working speed, it will discharge
600 gallons of water per minute.
The weight of this Engine, with the Hose Carriage, and 300 feet of 24
inch Hose, as drawn to fires, is 9,740 pounds.

As

Residence.

Occupation.

Grace, Joseph, Engineman, 50

Young, James S., Fireman. 40
45
Bailey, Albert, Driver,
Weston, Simeon, Foreman of

Hose,

Campbell, John D., Hoseman,

*4

Fowle, Samuel L.,

Hamblin, Eli,

44
44

Hodges, Charles L.,

**

McKown, James,
Nutter, Philander,

37

53 Meridian

Street,

103 Maverick St.,

100 Meridian St.,

Machinist.
Blacksmith.
Teamster.

6 Bremen Street,
Carpenter.
25 Meridian Street, Painter.
Teamster.
East Sumner St.,
Painter.
5 Bremen Street,
16 East Sumner St., Teamster.
16 London Street, Moulder.

44

61 Maverick St.,

Mason.

44

Pray, William,

7 Princeton Street., Carpenter.

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41

DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 10.

HOUSE MT. VERNON, COR. RIVER STREET.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire. It has one Steam Cylinder, 8% inches in
diameter, and one double acting vertical plunger Pump, of 43 inches in
diameter, and 12-inch stroke. At a fair working speed, her manufacturers
claim that she can discharge 400 gallons of water per minute.
The weight of this Engine, and the Hose Carriage, with 300 feet of Lead
ing Hose, as drawn to fires, is 5,250 pounds.

Age

Members.

1 Tyng, Gilman, Engineman,

Residence.

Occupation.

29 |Cor. Green and Lev- Machinist.

erett streets,

2 Nannery, Thomas, Fireman, 30 | Engine House,

3 Towne, Alex. H., Driver,

Engineer.

40 | Cor. W. Cedar St. Driver.

and Gilson Place,

4 Farrar, Rufus B., Foreman 38 || Cor. W. Cedar and Mason.

of Hose.
Cambridge sts.,
5 Bradford, Wm. H., Hoseman, 42 76 West Cedar St., | Mason.
6 Hawkins, Alex. P.,
38 || 1 North Grove St., | Carpenter.
**

7 Kuhn, Charles H.,

8 Parker, William,

44
*4

9 Porter, James,

46

10 Shannon, James A.,

44

11 Singleton, James C.,

38
39
37
30
41

||
||
||
||

15 Garden Street,
14 Grenville Place,
Grover Place,
36 Andover St.,

1 Strong Place,

Jeweller.
Roofer.
Willow Manuf.
Janitor.
Printer.

Admitted during the year 1867.

James C. Singleton, in place of George E. Towne, honorably discharged.

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DEPARTMENT.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 11.

HOUSE ON SUMNER STREET, EAST BOSTON.

This Engine was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, at

Manchester, New Hampshire.
It has one Steam Cylinder, 8% inches in diameter, and one double-acting
vertical plunge Pump, of 4% inches in diameter, and 12-inch stroke;
capacity, 400 gallons of water per minute.
The weight of this Engine, as drawn to fires, is 5,500 pounds.

Age.

Members.

Residence.

Occupation

1 Sturtevant, W. H., Engine

man,

2 Brown, Geo. W., Fireman,

3 Imbert, Geo. L., Driver,

37 || 9 Princeton Street, Engineer.

31 Engine House,
Fireman.
34 || 334 Sumner Street, Driver.

4 Lewis, Andrew, Foreman of

Hose,
37 | 67 Maverick St.,
5 Bates, Joseph W., Hoseman, 40 | 82 Maverick St.,
6 Baker, William,

7 Cowing, Daniel,
8 Cooper, Charles C.,

44

31 || 3 Bremen St.,

Harness Maker.

38 |80 Maverick St.,

33 || 1 Maverick St.,

Calker.
Calker.

9 Keene, Allanson C.,

10 Sherman, Joseph P.,

11 Turner, Charles E.,

Calker.
Calker.

40 || 38 Monmouth St.,
40 |38 Liverpool St.,
42 |432 Saratoga St.,

| Ship Carpenter.
Calker.
Calker.

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45

DEPARTMENT

HOSE CARRIAGE No. 1.

house ON SALEM STREET.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Brigham, Mitchell & Bird, of this city.
It weighs, with the Driver and 500 feet of 24-inch Leading Hose, 1,690
pounds.

ar

Members.

Residence.

Occupation.

1 Pearson, Albert L., Driver,

39 4 Bartlett Place,
2 Brownell, Benj. C., For. Hose, 42 2 Thacher Street,
3 Harper, William E., Hoseman, 40 24 Cooper Street,

Teamster.

4 Flanders, R. E.,

Machinist.

44

5 Putnam, Uzziel,
6 Pool, Samuel P.,

4&

7. Ridler, S. F.,
8 Reed, Francis,

44

9 Stoddard, Geo. W.,

44

44

44

26

3 Elmer Place,

32 || 104 Salem Street,

33 || 17 Salutation St.,
24 | 5 Noyes Place,
37 | Prince Street,
36 353 Hanover St.,

Cabinet Maker.
Shoemaker.
Fire Al'm Office.
| Sparmaker.
Porter.
Stevedore.
Sailmaker.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

Samuel F. Ridler, in place of Frank B. Leach, honorably discharged.
R. E. Flanders,
Leonard A. Felton,
Francis Reed,

Elisha K. Perkins,

4t

44
44

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47

DEPARTMENT.

HOSE CARRIAGE No. 2.

HOUSE ON HUDSON, BETWEEN HARVARD AND OAK STREETS.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Brigham, Mitchell & Bird, of this city.

It weighs, with the Driver and 500 feet of 24-inch Leading Hose, 1,620
pounds.

Age.

Members.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Smith, Jacob, Driver,

Merritt, Thomas, For. Hose,
Brown, Nathan S., Hoseman,
Brown, Frank B.,
Rankin, David A.,
Smith, Alfred B.,
Stone, Sylvester,
4&

$4

4&

44

8 Stowell, Brown P.,

&4

9 Trout, Robert S.,

4&

68
37
27
24
23
26
49
38
34

Residence.

Occupation.

| 68 Hudson Street, Driver.

|47 Kneeland St.,
Carpenter.
|41 Tyler Street,
Pr'vision Dealr.
|| 41 Tyler Street,
Pr'Vision Dealr.
15 Hudson Street, Printer.
| 68 Hudson Street, Slater.
|| 107 Tyler Street,
Teamster.
B, cor. Athens St., | Car. Builder.
|| 6 East Street,
Teamster.

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DEPARTMENT.

HIOSE CARRIAGE No. 3.

H O U S E

O N

F. R U IT

S T R. E. E. T.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Brigham, Mitchell & Co., and put in
service on the 16th day of June, 1860.
The weight of the Carriage, with 500 feet of 24-inch Hose, and the
Driver, as drawn to fires, is 1,660 pounds.

1 Ely, Horatio, Driver,

2 Clarke, Geo. W., For. Hose,
3 Bolton, Joseph F., Hoseman,

51
28

56 Bridge Street,
140 Court Street,

25 21 Pitts Street,

&4

4 Mills, James,
5 Ronimus, John,

6
7
8
9

Taylor, William H.,

Tracy, Henry A.,
Young, Robert M.,
Young, Alfred M.,

33

5 Fruit St. Place,

&4
&4
**

50 41 Anderson St.,
31 | 124 Leverett St.,
35 | 65 Revere Street,

**

32

114 Brighton St.,

28

46 Lowell Street,

&4

Driver.

Photographer.
| Paper Hanger.
Hair Dresser.
Laborer.
Teamster.
Bookbinder.

| Laborer.
Reed Maker.

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DEPARTMENT.

HOSE CARRIAGE No. 4.

HOUSE ON NORTHAMPTON STREET.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Brigham, Mitchell & Bird, of this City.
Its weight, including the Driver and 500 feet of Hose, is 1,860 pounds.

Members.

Age.

1 Thayer, Benj. F., Driver.

2 Hayward, Hampton V., Fore- |
man of Hose,
3 Barney, Edwin F., Hoseman,
4 Barney, William E.,
5 Hartshorn, Sidney S.,
6 Knight, David S.,
7 Le Cain, John H.,
8 Pike, George L.,
9 Soll, John,
44

4&
s&

44

Residence.

40 | Hose House,

Occupation.

Teamster.

30

139 Shawmut Av., | Expressman.

32
24

34 Camden Street, Carpenter.

139 Shawmut Av., | Carpenter.

24

Hose House,

LockSmith.

44 105 Pleasant Street, Carpenter.

30 || 14 Shawmut Place, Carpenter.
40 || 17 Hayward Place, Carpenter.
37 5 Chester Place,
Carpenter.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

John H. Le Cain, in place of Henry Bruce, honorably discharged.
William E. Barney, in place of Gottlieb Karcher, honorably discharged.
Sidney S. Hartshorn, in place of George T. Lowell, honorably discharged.

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53

DEPARTMENT.

HOSE CARRIAGE NO. 5.

HOUSE ON SHAWMUT AVENUE, NEAR CANTON STREET.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Brigham, Mitchell & Bird, of this
City. The weight of which, including the Driver and 500 feet of Leading
Hose, is 1,680 pounds.

Age.

Members.

1 Lovell, Silas, Driver,

Residence.

Occupation.

2 Lovell, William, For of Hose,

41 || 6 Newland Street,
46 || 8 Fabin Street,

3 Clark, George F., Hoseman,

4 Fernald, George C.,
5 Green, Samuel A.,

31 49 Fayette Street, Carpenter.

34 || 1 Waverley Street, Painter.

**

39 || 17 Porter Street,

6 Gardner, William H.

33

7 Gaylord, Williston A.,

8 Halstrick, Joseph, Jr.,
9 Manley, Willard E.,

Box Maker.
Box Maker.

Painter.

50 W. Dedham St., | Carpenter.

24 10 Fabin Street,
Expressman.
26 | 89 West Canton St., Silversmith.
32 | 11 Emerald Street, Painter.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

Joseph Halstrick, Jr., in place of James A. Young, honorably discharged.

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DEPARTMENT.

HOSE CARRIAGE NO. 6.

HOUSE 391 CHELSEA STREET, EAST BOSTON.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Hunneman & Co., of Roxbury. The
weight of which, with the Driver and 600 feet of 24-inch Hose, is 2,160
pounds.

Age.

Members.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Residence.

Sherman, Jacob, Driver,

42 372 Chelsea Street,
Barnes, Joseph, For. Hose,
52 77 Princeton St.,
Cowdin, Benj. F., Hoseman, 35 | Princeton Street,
Classen, William,
33 || 13 Princeton St.,
Jemison, John L.,
| 40 192 Saratoga St.,
Lewis, Calvin,
49 10 Saratoga Street,
Pearson, Charles E.,
34 58 Marion Street,
Stoddard, Lincoln,
40 || 1 Monmouth St.,
Weston, John H.,
35 | 133 Meridian St.,

Occupation.

Teamster.

* *

Shipwright.
Butcher.
Spar Maker.

* *

Calker.

s&

Shipwright.
Cork Maker.
Shipwright.

4&

Calker.

4 4

Admitted during the Year 1867.

Charles E. Pearson, in place of Wm. H. Rymill, deceased.
Calvin Lewis, in place of Wm. H. Poole, honorably discharged.

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DEPARTMENT.

HOSE CARRIAGE No. 8.

HOUSE ON WARREN, NEAR TREMONT STREET.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Brigham, Mitchell & Bird, of this
City. The weight of which, with the Driver and 500 feet of 24-inch Hose,
is 1,750 pounds.

Age.

Members.

Residence.

Occupation.

1 Blake, William, Driver,

56 | Hose House,
2 Prince, Charles H., Foreman

Driver.

of Hose,
3 Barnes, Henry T., Hoseman,
4 Dix, Milo S.,
5 Dalrymple, Walter,

35 | 5 Claflin Place,
22 || 2 Osborn Place,

Expressman.
Mason.
Silversmith.

Mason.

6 McDonald, Lincoln,

34 || 70 Warren Street,
28 35 Warren Street,
22 Hose House,

7 Newton, Henry F.,

st

38 || 3 Osborn Place,

Shoemaker.
Laborer.

8 Richardson, Wm. E.,

33 || 5 Eliot Street,
27 2 Osborn Place,

Silversmith.

**

9 Young, Henry F.,

&4

Admitted during the Year 1867.

Henry T. Barnes, in place of William H. Munroe, honorably discharged.
Lincoln McDonald, in place of Daniel Harold, deceased.
Henry F. Newton, in place of Addison Getchell, honorably discharged.

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DEPARTMENT.

59

HOSE CARRIAGE No. 9.

HOUSE B STREET, SOUTH BOSTON.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Brigham, Mitchell & Co., of this City.
The weight of this Carriage, as drawn to fires, with 500 feet of 23-inch
Hose, and the Driver, is 2,120 pounds.

Age.

Members.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Gowen, Thomas W., Driver,

Byrnes, Thos. C., For. Hose,
Allen, Charles,
Hoseman,
Brown, Benj. B., Jr.,
Cogley, Nicholas C.,
Cole, George S.,
Delano, George H.,
Godfrey, William H.,
Norris, William,
44
44

Residence.

Occupation.

37 195 Fourth Street, Painter.

35 | 39 B Street,
Teamster.
32 992 Federal Street, Teamster.
25 | 148 Silver Street,
Porter.
37 10 Foundry Street, Blacksmith.
24 111 Broadway,
Grocer.
43 | 82 Third Street,
Carpenter.
25 | 85 Broadway,
Telegrph Repr.
29 |922 Federal Street, Carpenter.

Admitted during the year 1867.

William Norris, in place of Peter Lincoln, honorably discharged.
George S. Cole, in place of Fred. Wakefield, honorably discharged.
Benj. B. Brown, Jr., in place of Moses H. Libby, honorably discharged.

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DEPARTMENT.

HOSE CARRIAGE No. 10.

HoUSE ON DoRCHESTER STREET, wASHINGTON VILLAGE, souTH BoSTON.

This Carriage was built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, of

Manchester, New Hampshire,

The weight of this Carriage, as drawn to fires, with 1,000 feet of 23-inch
Hose, and the Driver, is 2,560 pounds.

Age.

Members.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Residence.

Occupation.

Frye, Joseph, Foreman,

47
15 Dorchester St., | Carriage B'lder.
Bradlee, Henry, Asst F"man, 45 23 Dorchester St., |Boat Builder.
Gill, Henry, Steward,
43 | Ellery Street,
Carr'ge Trimr.
Goodale, Marcus, Clerk,
23 1140 Federal St.,
Grocer.
Bowers, John L., Hoseman, 38 Middle Street,
Mason.
Hyde, Joseph S.,
45 1157 Federal St.,
Produce.
Phillips, Richard G.,
57 | 81 Eighth St.,
Slater.
Spiller, Charles E.,

28 12 Dorchester St., | Steam Fitter.

44

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DEPARTMENT.

HOOK AND LADDER No. 1.

HOUSE ON WARREN SQUARE.

This Carriage was built by Messrs. Stevens & Pratt of this city, and is
constructed to carry 20 Ladders of various lengths, 3 Fire Hooks, 5 Crotch
Poles, 4 Axes, 4 Rakes, 6 Guy Ropes, together with the necessary Wrenches
Hammers, and Dogs, 2 Lanterns, and 2 Fire Buckets.
The weight of this apparatus as drawn to fires is 6,415 pounds.
Beside the above, there are two Butt Ladders, 1 of 25 feet, and the other,
20 feet in length, which, when connected with the Tip Ladders, may be
raised from 63 to 65 feet as may be desirable.

Age

Members.

1
2
3
4
5

Stevens, John S., Foreman,

Collier, Phineas, Asst. For.,
Young, William N., Clerk.
Brown, Wm. H., Steward.
Bickford, Daniel C., Axeman,

6 Freeman, Asa,

7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

"

**

Wilson, David V.,

&4
Ware, Isaiah H.,
*4
Baker, George A., Rakeman,
Hodet, Joseph M.,
Ladd, Hastings A.,
Thompson, Geo. W.,
Chase, John H., Member,
Clark, James H.,

Garland, Robt. F.,

Golliff, Geo. H.,
&4
Kenney, Chas. W.,
Lyman, John,
q 4

44

**

19 Lewis, William,

44

20 Merritt, Chas. H.,

21 Morse, Alvah,
22 Palmer, Richard,

Occupation.

Residence.

48 14 Cotting Street, Carpenter.

42 5 Carroll Place,
Painter.
36 335 Hanover Street, Carpenter.
49 63 Prince Street,
Type Caster.
40 || 4 Prospect Street, Blacksmith.
39

4 So. Russell St.,

Mason.

44 10 Cotting Street,
35 | 15 Cotting Street,
26 || 6 Wine Street,
24 18 Lowell Street,

Carpenter.
Carpenter.
Currier.
Marble Cutter.

44 |30 Wine Street,

Gas Fitter.

32 65 So. Margin St., | Teamster.

44 || 93 Merrimac St.,
Teamster.
53 27 Wall Street,
27 | 341 Hanover St.,

Carpenter.
Teamster.

26 | 16 No. Margin St., | Painter.

40

202 Hanover St.,

Mason.

44 39 Lowell Street,
Carpenter.
24 113 Chambers St., | Blacksmith.
49 Kennard Avenue,
Carpenter.
49 || 25 Allen Street,
28 New Prince St.,

Carpenter.

23 Sawyer, Charles,

24 Warren, Briggs T.,

29 || 4 Prospect St.,
43 || 2 Carnes Place,

Blacksmith.
Mason.

*4

Carpenter.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

Verranus C. Hanson, in place of Moses Place, honorably discharged.
George H. Gollief, in place of James Edwards,
Richard Palmer, in place of Verranus C. Hanson,
**

44

44

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DEPARTMENT.

HOOK AND LADDER No. 2.

HOUSE ON SUMNER, CORNER OF ORLEANS STREET, EAST BOSTON.

The Carriage was originally built by William Hunt, of East Boston, but
has been materially altered since it was first constructed.
The number of Ladders carried are 18.

There are also carried, on the Carriage, 2 Hooks, 4 Axes, 4 Rakes, 2

Crowbars, 4 Guy Lines, 9 Dogs for fastening Ladders, 1 Bucket, and 10
Straps.
The Butt and Tip Ladders are so arranged as to be handily spliced, thus
making perfect Ladders from 57 to 60 feet in length.
The weight of this apparatus, as drawn to fires, is 5,000 pounds.
|

Members.

1
2
3
4
5

Age.

Thayer, Joseph E., Driver,

Simmons, Charles, Foreman,
Crafts, George W., Asst. For.,
Fenno, John,
Axeman,
Inman, Alfred P.,

6 Jones, David H.,

37
43
42
38
37

44

49

10 Hayes, William F.,

39
11 Keene, Richard,
30
12 Brown, George A., Member, 39
so

13
14
15
16
17
18

Elliott, John H.,

Foster, Warren,
Holmes, Thaddeus,
44
Lawrence, Leroy P.,
Stinson, Stephen C.,
Stinson, Benjamin H.,

19 Turner, Alden S.,

H. and L. House,
| 13 Liverpool St.,
|| 8 Brooks Street,
|2 Princeton Place,
44 Marion Street,

40 || 4 Porter Street,

44

7 Seavey, James W.,

38
8 Chilcott, George, Rakeman, 38
9 Fish, Edwin,

Residence.

44

44

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20 Tewksbury, John L.,

31
62
44

Occupation.

Driver.

Carpenter.
Calker.

Calker.
Collector.
Calker.

123 Chelsea Street, Mason.

26 Liverpool St.,
Carpenter.
309 Meridian St.,
Carpenter.
159 Border Street, Painter.
|| 1 Maverick Street, Calker.
| Cor. Saratoga and
Brooks streets,
Carpenter.
20 Trenton Street, Calker.
22 Liverpool St.,
Carpenter.
|| 236 Princeton St., | Calker.

31 || 7 New Street,
39 21 New Street,

Teamster.

36 || 104 Meridian St.,

Painter.
Calker.

37 || 3 New Street,

34 || 13 Monmouth St.,

Carpenter.
| Carpenter.

Admitted during the Year 1867.

George A. Brown, in place of Sylvanus R. Arey, honorably discharged.

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67

DEPARTMENT.

HOOK AND LADDER No. 3.

HOUSE HARRISON AVENUE, CORNER WAREHAM STREET.

The weight of this apparatus, as drawn to fires, is 7,000 pounds. The

Carriage is in excellent order, and carries 20 Ladders.
By joining the Butts and Tips, we are enabled to raise Ladders from 55
to 65 feet in length.

Age

Members.

Occupation.

Residence.

1 Prescott, James B., Driver, 29 618 Harrison Av.,

2 Clifford, Laurin M., Foreman, 31 43 Malden Street,
3 Jennings, Isaac K., Assistant
Foreman,
34 ||6 Gardner Street,

| Carpenter.
Carpenter.
Carpenter.

4 Libby, Rufus M., Axeman,

38 || 2 Hawthorn Place, Carpenter.

5 Marston, James F.,

6 Morrison, John W.,

34 || 34 Shawmut Av.,
31 || Osborn Place,

7 Stephens, Green B.,

8 Burrill, Christopher, Rake
7man,

9 Durling, Wm. H., Rakeman,

10 Randall, I. W.,

**

11 Whitman, Nathan B.,

12 Briggs, Albert H., Member,
13 Downes, Charles H.,
14 Downes, Daniel,

44

50

44

16 Ladd, John A.,

&4

44

20 Shaw, Levi W.
21 Smith, Hiram D.,
22 Starratt, John L.,

* *
44
44

23 Wright, Benj. B.,

24 York, Henry A.,

38 |94 Canton Street,

**

4 :

( &

**

194 Shawmut Av., | Mason.

26 15 South May St., | Driver.

25 | 618 Harrison Av., | Carpenter.
39 || 3 South Cedar St., | Carpenter.
26
38
42
42
23
28

15 Jaquith, Silas,
17 Ladd, George O.,
18 Mitchell, George,
19 Runey, John,

45

Carpenter.
Carpenter.

39
37
23
40
45
30

Paver.

|60 Pleasant Street, Stair Builder.

|| 2 Kneeland Place,
Gilder.
| 12 Fabin Street,
Driver.
|32 Oneida Street,
Carpenter.
618 Harrison Av., | Carpenter.
618 Harrison Av., | Carpenter.
| 1 Ohio Place,
Carpenter.
28 Emerald Street, Mason.
Osborn Place,
Carpenter.
618 Harrison Av., | Carpenter.
| 12 Dwight Street, Carpenter.
6 Gardner Street,
Rigger.
|| 340 Harrison Av., | Driver.

Admitted during the year 1867.

Hiram D. Smith, in place of Henry J. Manning, honorably discharged.

Henry A. York,
John L. Starrett,

**

George P. Milliken,
R. E. Stannard, deceased.

44

CITY DocuMENT. No. 20.

68

FIRE APPARATUS AT STATIONARY POINTS.

HOSE CARRIAGES AND HOSE.

There is apparatus located at the following points, for the more

immediate protection of the neighborhood, and without organized
companies :

One Hose Carriage, with four hundred feet of 2-inch Hose, at

the Mill-dam Village.
One Hose Carriage, with three hundred feet of 2-inch Hose, in
charge of the Rolling Mill Company on First Street, South Boston.
One Hose Carriage, with two hundred and fifty feet of 2-inch
Leather Hose, at the City Hospital, on Harrison Avenue, and
under the care of the driver of Hose Company No. 4.
One Hose Carriage at the Hook and Ladder House on Harrison
Avenue, with two hundred feet of Hose.

Two hundred feet of Cotton Hose at City Stable, South End.

At each of the above places are the needful wrenches, goose
necks, and pipes to be used with the Hose.

One Hose Carriage, with 1,000 feet of 23-inch Hose, at Hook

and Ladder 3 House, to be used in cases of large fires.
SPARE

APPARATUS.

Deer Island. One Hand Engine (No. 8), in complete order,

belonging to the Fire Department, and stored here to be used by
the convicts within the prison, if required.

Steam Fire Engines, formerly known as Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6, are

kept as spare Engines.
FIRE LADDERS.

There are Fire Ladders kept at the following locations, to be

used only in case of fire in the immediate vicinity, before other
apparatus can be brought to bear:
Engine House on Fourth, near K Street,

4 Ladders.

Station House on Broadway, South Boston,

4
Engine House on Chelsea Street, East Boston,
4
Engine House, on River Street, foot of Mt. Vernon
Street,

Court House, Court Square,

4*

**

64

1 Ladder.

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69

DEPARTMENT.

FUEL WAGONS.

One Fuel Wagon, kept at the House in East Street, and one at
the old Foundry Building, on Grove Street, capable of conveying
about two tons each, to be used in case of large fire, when more
fuel is needed than is carried on the Engines.
HOSE IN THE DEPARTMENT.

27,143 Feet of 23-inch Leather Hose, 3,800 feet of which is poor.

2,225
4,600

23

Rubber Hose,

625

{{

23

Boyd's Patent, 3,050

46

300

Leather Hose, in poor condition.

34,368 feet.

FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.
LIST OF THE NUMBERS AND LOCALITIES OF THE BOXES.

2 Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

3 Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

4 Causeway St. (B. & M. Freight Depot.)

5 Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
6 Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

7 Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

8 Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
9 Constitution Wharf.

12 Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13 Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.
14 Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15 Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16 East end of Faneuil Hall.
17 Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18
21
23
24

Brattle Square, (Church.)

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street, (Church.)

25 Fruit Street, (Hose House No. 3.)

70

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 20.

26 Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.

27 River Street, (Steamer House No. 10.)
28 Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.
29 Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.
31 Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

32 Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

34 Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

35 Beacon Street, opposite Somerset.

36 Court Square, (Police Station No. 2.)

37 Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41 Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42 Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43 Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

45 Federal Street, opposite Channing.
46 Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.
47 Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51 Purchase Street, (Steamer House No. 7.)

52 Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53 Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54 Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56
57
61
62
63
64

Corner Kneeland and South Streets, (O. C. Depot.)

Hudson Street, (Hose House No. 2.)
Warren Street, (Hose House No. 8.)
Pleasant Street, (Providence Depot.)
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place, (Church.)

65 Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68 Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

71 Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

72 Washington Street, (Steamer House No. 3.)
73 Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74 Dedham Street, (Police Station No. 5.)

75 Shawmut Avenue, (Hose House No. 5.)
76 Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82 Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83 Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

FIRE

71

DEPARTMENT.

SOUTH BOSTON.

121 Corner First and A Streets.

123
124
125

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street, (Police Station No. 6.)
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126 Corner Second and E Streets.

127
128

Corner Goddard and E Streets.

Washington Village, (Hose House No. 10.)

129 Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131
132
134
135

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway, (Steamer House No. 1.)
Corner Fifth and I Streets, (J. B. Stearns' House.)
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136 Corner First and K Streets.

137
138

Fourth Street, between K and L, (Steamer House No. 2.)

House of Correction, (Gate.)

145 Corner Fourth and P Streets.

EAST

BOSTON.

152 Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153 Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154 Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156 Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157 Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165 Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174
175

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.
J. F. KENNARD, Supt.
CITY HALL.

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3.

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30.

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54.

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69.

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corner
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centre
the
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by
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water
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over

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400
to
300
from
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to
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to
300
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-

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by
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to
300
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capacity
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by
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pipe.
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4-inch
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400
to
300
from

hogsheads.
400
to
300
from

72.

73. 74. 75.

76. 77.

78.

79. 80. 81. 82.

84.

85. 86.

87. 88. 89.

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fB,

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4from
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illed
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of
fcorner

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a
by
pipe.
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to
300
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by
pipe.
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opposite
4Broadway,
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by
pipe.
water
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f-inch

411
of
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the
opposite
4Broadway,
a
by
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4opposite
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illed
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4near
a
Cby
pipe.
illed
-inch
chituate
BOSTON.
SOUTH
-

iWasron

Street
Brookline
of
corner
cover.
hington,

4-inch
a
by
filled
pipe.
water
Cochituate
Washington,
Street.
Florence
of
4-inch corner
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate

4-inch
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate

pipe.
water

90. 91.

92. 93.

94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99.

100. 101.

102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108.

3.
fiop-inch

store
Plummer's
opposite
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Maverick
4123.
a
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to
300
illed
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Porter
and
Liverpool
of
corner
near
Square,
Central
4119.
a
Cby
pipe.
water
illed
chituate
c-inch

Street
Saratoga
4127.
a
by
29-filled
and
27
No.'s
opposite
feet,
24
pipe.
water
Cochituate
over
Str-inch
Decatur
opposite
nearly
Chelsea,
4120.
a
iby

pipe
water
Cochituate
cover.
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t-fil ed
Sc-inch
Lyman
the
opposite
Street,
Meridian
f124.
4
a
by
pipe.
water
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illed

Dtor-inch
near
325,
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Broadway,
4S109.
a
Cby
pipe.
water
cehti-tefusilaterd
fo-inch

church
of
side
sidewalk
on
Street,
Emerson
4116.
a
Cby
pipe.
water
illed
chituate
io-inch
Street
Baxter
of
head
corner
E,
f111.

4cover
a
Cby
pipe.
illed
cron
hituate
Satreet,
E
H110.
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from
corner
4northeast
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
-inch
l -fil ed water
Str-inch
Marion
of
corner
near
Monmouth,
4126.
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
e t-fil ed
Str-inch
Maverick
of
corner
Liverpool,
4122.
a
by
pipe.
water
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e t-fil ed
Dvoe-inch
of
corner
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4A112.
a
Cby
pipe.
water
crnhuei-tefusilaterd

f-inch

Street
Dorchester
of
corner
Fourth,
4114.
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
illed Cochituate
f-inch

Avenue
Dorchester
of
corner
Fifth,
4115.
a
by
pipe.
water
illed

f-inch

35
and
33
opposite
Street,
Lexington
4121.
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
illed

Str-inch
Dorchester
of
corner
Second,
4117.
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
e t-fil ed

Str-inch
Summer
near
Cottage,
4118.
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
e t-fil ed
Str-inch
E
of
corner
Fourth,
4113.
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
e tfil ed
BOSTON.
EAST

fo-inch

245
and
243
opposite
Street,
Meridian
4125.
a
Cby
pipe.
water
illed
chituate

opposite
Street,
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4128.
a
Cby
pipe.
water
o1-inch
c2h-iftulated

&
established
been
have
There
Taken
5.
Boston
South
23,
proper
City
in
follows,
as
Hydrants,
28
year
past
the
during

a
making
East
196
and
Boston,
South
at
337
proper,
City
in
Hydrants
1,028
are
there
above,
the
Besides

feet.
fifty
and
hundred
two
about
is
other
each
from
Hydrants
the
of
distance
Average
The

io-inch

101
opposite
Street,
Webster
4c130.
a
by
pipe.
water
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vron
er-fil ed

f-inch

67
opposite
Street,
Trenton
4129.
a
by
pipe.
water
Cochituate
illed

3.
proper
City
in
out

1,561.
of
total

80

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 20.

PAY ROLL OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

As established by City Council, for 186768.

Chief Engineer,
$2,000 per annum,
$2,000 00
Secretary of Board of Engineers, 1,000
1,000 00
8 Assistant Engineers,
450
3,400 00
250 00
1
Engineer,
250
11 Enginemen,
3.00 per day, 12,045 00
4&

&4

44

4 4.

11 Firemen,
21 Drivers,
22 Foremen of the Hose,

80 per month,

10,560 00

75

18,900 00

225 per annum,

4,950 00

3 Assistant Foremen,
1
1
133
24
37
1
1
6

Clerk,
Steward,
Hosemen,
Axe and Rakemen,
Members,
Foreman of Hose,
Steward,
Hosemen,
-

281 Members.

39,800 00

200

4%

100

**

80

44

80 00

60

66

360 00

Total amount,

An increase over the amount established for the previous

year of

100 00

$93,445 00

260 00

FIRE

81

DEPARTMENT.

E X P E N D IT U R E S
ON ACCOUNT OF THE BosTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR 1867,
AS SHOWN BY THE BOOKS OF THE AUDITOR.

Pay of Members, and Extra Duty

Hay, Grain, etc. .

$92,620 91

6,833 05

Fuel for Houses .

1,391 28

Engines .
Furniture and Warming Apparatus .
-

New Hose, Hose Caps, Badges, etc. .

Repairing do.
.
-

1,430 87

1,605 21
18,676 40
4,239 48

Repairing Engines, Hose Carriages, etc. .

Printing and Stationery

8,329 28

Horse Hire .

2,003 00

241 95

575 30

Water Rates and Hydrant Signs

Harness and Repairing
-

486 08

Horse Shoeing and Medicine

Carting, Teaming and Expressing .
Gas and Gas Fixtures for Engine Houses and Stables
Washing
.
Care of Reservoirs and Covers, etc. .
-

Refreshments, July 4, and at Fires .

Expenses of Committee, Carriage Hire, etc.
Rakes, Axes, Ladders, Crotch Poles, etc. .
Packing and Waste .
-

1,604 38

1,106 62

543 11
104 40

Damages to Carriages, etc.

429 89

Neat's Oil, Sperm Oil, Fluid, Soap, Sponge

Small Supplies .
-

305 25

99 00
941 00

535 89

Hand Hose, Stable Furniture, etc.

-

1,563 43

116 69

1,087 16

281 42

Horse Keeping and Sleigh and Robe for Chief Engineer

Fitting Arch at Reservoir

479 93

Committee, Visiting Manchester and other Cities

Repairs on Reservoirs
Silver Badges
.

748 00

108 37

267 12

750 00

$149,504 47.
INCOME.

Sale of Manure, Old Material, etc. and paid to the City Treasurer, $681 00
11

RULES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION

OF

T H E

FI R E

A P P A R A TU S.

ENGINEER's OFFICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT,

BoSTON, January 1, 1868.

To the Officers and Members of the Fire Department:

GENTLEMEN, The new method of striking the Fire Alarm
renders it necessary that the rules for the distribution of the

Apparatus, as approved by the Board of Aldermen on the 29th

day of December, 1862, should be explained, that it may be
distinctly understood.
The accompanying document is furnished, definitely stating
the numbers of each box, and their locations, and with explana
tions for your guidance and instruction.

JOHN S. DAMRELL,
Chief Engineer Boston Fire Department.

CITY

OF

FIRE - A LAR M

BOSTON.

T E L E G R A PH.

ALARMs are sounded by striking the number of the box upon

the ALARM BELLs, upon the GoNGs in the Engine-Houses, and
upon the small bells in the SIGNAL BoxES.
ExAMPLES: To announce the existence of a fire near Box

No. 41 (Old South Church), the bells will strike FouR, make a
pause of a few seconds, and then strike ONE, thus: 41.

This will be repeated at intervals of about one minute.

For a fire near Box 145 (South Boston Point), the bells will
strike ONE, make a pause, and then strike FOUR, another pause,
and then strike FIVE, thus: 1 4 5.

N. B. Complaints concerning the working of the Fire

Telegraph (irregular striking of the bells or tapping of the
boxes, broken wires, etc.) should in ALL CASEs be made at the
FIRE-ALARM OFFICE.

J. F. KENNARD,
CITY HALL, 1867.

Superintendent.

FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 1.

Located on Broadway, near Dorchester Street, South Boston.

To be taken out on first alarm to the following boxes:

No. 36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

45.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.
71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76.

Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83.

Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SOUTH

'85

BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.
126.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.
Corner Broadway and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).

135. Corner 8th and K Streets.

136. Corner 1st and K Streets.
137.
138.

4th St., between K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and 4th Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm to the following boxes:

No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.

|
12.

Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16. East End Faneuil Hall.
17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.
21.
23.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.

CITY DocumENT. - No. 20.

No.

24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

North Russell Street (Church).

Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
. Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

34.

EAST BOSTON.

152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156.

Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.
STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 2.

Located on Fourth Street, near Old Road, South Boston.

To be taken out on first alarm to the following boxes:

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.
123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

87

No. 134. Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns House).

135.

Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

4th Street, between K&L Streets (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm to boxes:

No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

. Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
. Constitution Wharf.
12.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16.

East End of Faneuil Hall.

17.

Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.

21.
23.

Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.

24.

North Russell Street (Church).

Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

25.
26.
27.
28.

Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29.

Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31.

Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

32.
34.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

35.

Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

To be taken out at third alarm to boxes:

No.

36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

88
No.

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 20.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.
71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station, No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

EAST

BOSTON.

152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street, Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

175. Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

89

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 3.

Located on Washington Street, near Dover Street. .

To be taken out at first alarm to boxes:
No. 16. East End of Faneuil Hall.
17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.
21.
27.
28.

Brattle Square (church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
River Street (Engine House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31.

Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

35.

Beacon, opposite Somerset Street.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

36.

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54.

Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

61.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).

62.

Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).

63.
64.

Berkeley, near Commonwealth Avenue.

Indiana Place (Church).

65.

Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

57.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

12

90

CITY DocumENT. - No. 20.

No. 74. Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

75. Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).
76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82." Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner
128.

and E Streets.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.

Fourth Street, between K and L Streets (Steamer House

138.

House of Correction (Gate).

No. 2).
145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.
To be taken out on second alarm to boxes :

No.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

. Merrimac House (Merrimac Street).
. Constitution Wharf.

2. Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

|:

. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

No. 15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

23.
24.
25.
26.
28.

Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.

North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

32.
34.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm to boxes :

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.
STEAM ENGINE No. 4.

Located in Scollay's Building, Court Street.

To be taken out on first alarm to boxes:
No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

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14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15.

Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

16. East End of Faneuil Hall.

17.

Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.

26.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.

27.

River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

28.

Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

21.
23.
24.
25.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.
34.
35.
36.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42.

Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

45.
46.

Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47.

Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

63.

Corner Kneeland and South Sts. (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.

64.

Indiana Place (Church).

57.
61.
62.

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

. Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets,

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93

DEPARTMENT.

To be taken out on second alarm to the following boxes :

No.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

72.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

75.

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82. Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH

BOSTON.

121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.
*

136. Corner First and K Streets

137.
138.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2). .

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on the third alarm to boxes:

EAST

BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157.

Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

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No. 165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 5.

Located on Marion Street, East Boston.

To be taken out on first alarm to boxes :
EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm to boxes:

No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

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12.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.
Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.
Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14.

Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

16. East end of Faneuil Hall.
17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.
21.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.

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DEPARTMENT.

23.

Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.

24.

North Russell Street (Church).

25.

Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).

Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

26.
27.
28.

95

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.

36.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37.

Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Street.

34.
35.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.
71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station, No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

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82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83.

Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.

Corner Broadway and Federal Streets.

Broadway near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

124.
125.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129.

Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
134. Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
135. Corner Eighth and K Streets.
132.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth Street bet. K and LStreets (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 6.

Located on Wall Street.
To be taken out on first alarm to boxes:
No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.

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12.

Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

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97

No. 15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

16. East End of Faneuil Hall.
17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.
21.
23.
24.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).

25.

Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).

26.

Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.

River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

27.
28.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

34.
35.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46.

Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

57.

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).

61.

Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).

Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

62.
63.
64.

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

71.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

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98

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 20.

To be taken out on second alarm to boxes:

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157.

Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165.

Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

175.

To be taken out on third alarm to boxes:

No.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

72.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129, Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

132.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).

134.

Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).

Corner Eighth and K Streets.

135.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

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DEPARTMENT.

99

No. 137. Fourth Street, bet. K & L Streets (Steamer House No. 2).
138. House of Correction (Gate).
145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 7.

Located on Purchase Street.

To be taken out on first alarm to boxes:

No.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.

Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.
Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
. East End of Faneuil Hall.
Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

.
.
2.
.
.
.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.
Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

. Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

. Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

. Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.
. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.
. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

. Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

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52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.
53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Sts. (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.
71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83.

Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Dorchester Avenue.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

132.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).

To be taken out on second alarm to boxes :

No.

7.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Poplar, corner of Spring Street.

North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

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DEPARTMENT.

101

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth St., between K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm to boxes:

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154.

Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.

156.

Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165.

Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174,

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

175.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 8.

Located on North Bennet Street.

To be taken out on first alarm to boxes:
No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 20.

. Merrimac House (Merrimac Street).

Constitution Wharf.
12.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16. East end of Faneuil Hall.
17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.

27.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

28.

Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

21.
23.
24.
25.
26.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.
34.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

35.

Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

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DEPARTMENT.

103

No. 157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm to boxes:

No.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

71.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm to boxes:

No.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

72.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129.

Corner Sixth and B Streets.

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 20.

No. 131.
132.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth St., between K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 9.

Located on Paris Street, East Boston.

To be taken out on first alarm to boxes :
EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm to boxes :

2.

No.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimack House, Merrimack Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

3. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

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DEPARTMENT.

105

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16. East End of Faneuil Hall.
17.

Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

21.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31.
32.
34.
35.
36.

Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47.

Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54.

Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68.

Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

14

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71. Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

7 2.

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Streets.

74."Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

75.

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76 . Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83.

Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

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SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121 . Corner First and A Streets.

123 .
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126 . Corner Second and E Streets.

127 .

Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131. Corner Eighth and G Streets.

132. Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
134. Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
135. Corner Eighth and K Streets.
136. Corner First and K Streets.
137.
138.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Sts. (Steamer House, No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 10.

Located on River, foot of Mount Vernon Street.

To be taken out on first alarm from boxes:
No.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.

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DEPARTMENT.

107

Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.

Constitution Wharf.

12.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13.

Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16.

East end of Faneuil Hall.

17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.

26.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.

27.

River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

28.

Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

21.
23.
24.
25.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.

35.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

34.

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

57.

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).

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61.
62.
63.
64.

Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).

Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes:

68 .

No.

Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

73 . Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74 .
75 .

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).
Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

2. Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets,

123.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

124.

Broadway near C Street (Police Station No. 6).

Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

125.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate). "

45 . Corner P and Fourth Streets.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

109

To be taken out on third alarm at boxes at:

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156.

Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.
STEAM FIRE ENGINE No. 11.

Located on Summer Street, East Boston.

To be taken out the same as Engine No. 9.

Hook AND LADDER COMPANY, No. 1.

Located on Friend Street.
*

To be taken out on first alarm from boxes :

No.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.

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12.

Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13.

Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14.

Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

15.

Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

16. East End of Faneuil Hall.

17.

Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

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18.
21.
23.
24.
25.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets,
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).

26.

Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.

27.
28.

River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29.

Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

32. Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

34.
35.
36.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

71.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes :

No.

68. Corner Harrison

72.

Avenue

and Wareham Street.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

FIRE

No.

DEPARTMENT.

73.

Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

75.

Shawmut Avenu (Hose House No. 5).

111

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Streets.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Streets (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145.

Corner P and Fourth Streets.

EAST BOSTON.

152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154.

Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.

156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Tremont Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

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CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 20.

HooK AND LADDER COMPANY, No. 2.

Located on Paris Street, East Boston.
To be taken out on first alarm from boxes:
No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.
153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162. Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174. Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

175. Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.
And not to be taken from East Boston except by order of an
Engineer.

Hook AND LADDER COMPANY, No. 3.

Located on Harrison Avenue, corner of Wareham Street.

To be taken out on first alarm from boxes :
No.

16. East End of Faneuil Hall.

17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.
21.
27.
28.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
River Street (Engine House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

35. Beacon, opposite Somerset Street.

36. Court Square (Police Station No. 2).
37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41. Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43. Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

FIRE

No.

DEPARTMENT.

45.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46.

Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

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47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52.

Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

61.

Corner Kneeland and South Sts. (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).

62.

Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).

63.

Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.

Indiana Place (Church).

57.

64.

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.
71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

75.

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street,

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
J32.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).

134.

Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).

135.

Corner Eighth and K Streets.

15

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CITY DoCUMENT. No. 20.

No. 136 . Corner First and K Streets.

137 .
138.

Fourth Street, bet. K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145 . Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes :

No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

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12.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.
Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.
Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15.

Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

23.

Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.

North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.
Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

24.
25.
26.
32.
*

34.

To be taken out on third alarm from boxes:

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153.

Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.

154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.

156.

Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174. Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

175. Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

115

Hose CoMPANY No. 1.

Located on Salem Street.
To be taken out on first alarm from boxes :
No.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.
12.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15.

Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

16. East End of Faneuil Hall.

17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.
21.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.
34.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

35.

Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

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45.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

46.
47.

Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52.

Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes:

No.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54.

Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

Corner Kneeland and South Street (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

71.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm from boxes:

No.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

72.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73.

Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

, 75.

76.

Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH

No. 121.
123.
124.
125.

BOSTON.

Corner First and A Streets.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126.

Corner Second and E Streets.

127.

Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129.

Corner Sixth and B Streets.

FIRE

No. 131.

DEPARTMENT.

135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136.

Corner First and K Streets.

137.

Fourth Street, bet. K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

138.

House of Correction (Gate).

132.
134.

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

EAST BOSTON.
. 152. Corner Sumner and

Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.

154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

HosF COMPANY No. 2.

Located on Hudson Street.
To be taken out on first alarm from boxes:
No.

117

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16. East End of Faneuil Hall.
17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.
21.
35.
36.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41. Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

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43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46.

Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.
71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).

FIRE

No. 135.

DEPARTMENT.

119

Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K. Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes:

No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

3. Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

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12.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

27.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

28.

Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

23.
24.
25.
26.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.
34.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm from boxes:

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

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CITY DocumENT. - No. 20.

HosE COMPANY NO. 3.

Located on Fruit Street.
To be taken out on first alarm from boxes:

No.

2. Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.

Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

12. Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.
14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16.

East End of Faneuil Hall.

17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.
21.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

32.
34.
35.
36.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41. Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

No.

43.
45.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

121

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54.

Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65.

Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

71.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

57.
61.
62.
63.

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes:

No.

68. Corner of Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

72.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

EAST BOSTON,

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.
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122

To be taken out on third alarm from boxes:

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121.
123.
124.
125.

Corner First and A Streets.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.
Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128. Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137. Fourth St. bet. K and L Streets (Steamer House No. 2).
138. House of Correction (Gate).
145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

Hose COMPANY No. 4.

Located on Northampton Street.

To be taken out at all times on the first alarm to boxes:

No.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

71. Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

72. Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74. Dedham Street (Police Station, No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

75.

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

123

And in the months of February, April, June, August, October,

and December, to boxes:
No.

36

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37.

Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.
57.
61.
62.
63.
64.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.

135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136.

Corner First and K Streets.

132.
134.

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CITY DocumENT. - No. 20.

No. 137. Fourth St., between K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).
138. House of Correction (Gate).
145.

Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm, in the months of February,

April, June, August, October and December, to boxes:
No.

2. Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

12. Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.
14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

16.

East End of Faneuil Hall.

17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.
21.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.

32. Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

34. Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

35. Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
To be taken out at all times on third alarm to all boxes, includ
ing:
EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.

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No. 154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.

156.

Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

157.

Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165.

Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

175.

Hose COMPANY No. 5.

Located on Shawmut Avenue.
To be taken out at all times on the first alarm to boxes:
No.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

71.
72.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.
75.

Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82.

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

And in the months of January, March, May, July, September

and November, to boxes :
No.

36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37.

Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46.

Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47.

Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

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54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.
56.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

57.

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).

Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

61.
62.
63.
64.

65. Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.
134.
135.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).
Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Streets (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm in the months of January,

March, May, July, September, and November, to boxes:
No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

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. Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.

Constitution Wharf.
12.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.
16. East End Of Faneuil Hall.
17.

Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18.

27.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

28.

Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

21.
23.
24.
25.
26.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.
34.
35.

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

To be taken out at all times on third alarm to all boxes, including:

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.
154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.
156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.

175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

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HOSE COMPANY No. 6.

Located on Chelsea Street, East Boston.

To be taken out on first alarm to boxes in :
EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153.

Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.

154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.

156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.

157, Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162. Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.
165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174. Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

175. Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

And not to be taken from East Boston except by order of an

Engineer.
HOSE COMPANY No. 8.
Located on

Warren Street.

To be taken out on first alarm from boxes:

No.

7. Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

8. Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
9. Constitution Wharf.
16. East End of Faneuil Hall.

17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.

18. Brattle Square (Church).

21. Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.

23.
24.
25.
26.
27.

Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.

North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).

28. Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.
31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32. Corner

Ripckney and

Anderson Streets.

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34.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.

. Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.
. Court Square (Police Station No. 2).
. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

. Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

. Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

. Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.
. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.
. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.

. Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

. Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

.
.
.
.
.
.

Corner Kneeland and South Sts (Old Colony Depot).

Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
Berkeley Ctreet, near Commonwealth Avenue.
Indiana Place (Church).

. Corner Harrison Avenue and Ceneca Street.

. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

. Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

. Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street. .

. Dedham Street (Police Station No. 5).

. Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).
Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

. Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.
SOUTH

BOSTON.

No. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.
124.
125.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).
Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

132.

Broadway (Engine House No. 1). *

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130

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes: No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.

Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

12.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13.

Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14.

Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.

15. Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

No. 127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129.

Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).
Corner Eighth and K Streets.

134.
135.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.
145.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Streets (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).
Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm from boxes:

EAST BOSTON.

No. 152. Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153.

Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.

154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.

156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.
162.

Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174.
175.

Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

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Hose CoMPANY No. 9.

Located on B Street, South Boston.

To be taken out on first alarm from boxes:
No. 36.

Court Square (Police Station No. 2).

37. Corner India Street and Central Wharf.

41.

Corner Washington and Milk Streets.

42. Corner Winter Street and Central Place.

43.
45.

Corner Washington and Bedford Streets.

Federal Street, opposite Channing Street.

46. Corner Milk and Oliver Streets.

47. Corner Broad Street and Rowe's Wharf.
51.

Purchase Street (Steamer House No. 7).

52. Corner Bedford and Lincoln Streets.

53.

Corner Washington and Boylston Streets.

54. Corner Beach and Hudson Streets.

56.

Corner Kneeland and South Streets (Old Colony Depot).

57. Hudson Street (Hose House No. 2).
61. Warren Street (Hose House No. 8).
62. Pleasant Street (Providence Depot).
63. Berkeley Street, near Commonwealth Avenue.
64. Indiana Place (Church).
65.

Corner Harrison Avenue and Seneca Street.

71.

Corner Tremont and Berkeley Streets.

SOUTH BOSTON.

. 121. Corner First and A Streets.

123.

Corner Broadway and Federal Street.

124.

Broadway, near C Street (Police Station No. 6).

125.

Norway Iron Works, Federal Street.

126. Corner Second and E Streets.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.
128.

Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

129. Corner Sixth and B Streets.

131.
132.

Corner Eighth and G Streets.

Broadway (Steamer House No. 1).

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No. 134
135.

Corner Fifth and I Streets (J. B. Stearns' House).

Corner Eighth and K Streets.

136. Corner First and K Streets.

137.
138.

Fourth St., bet. K and L Sts. (Steamer House No. 2).

House of Correction (Gate).
-

145. Corner P and Fourth Streets.

To be taken out on second alarm from boxes :

No.

2.

Corner Charter Street and Phipps Place.

Corner Hull and Snowhill Streets.

Causeway Street (Boston and Maine Freight Depot).

Corner Causeway and Lowell Streets.
Corner Leverett and Vernon Streets.

:
12.

Corner Poplar and Spring Streets.

Merrimac House, Merrimac Street.
Constitution Wharf.

Corner Cooper and Endicott Streets.

13. Corner Hanover and Richmond Streets.

14. Corner Commercial Street and Eastern Avenue.
15.

Corner Commercial and Richmond Streets.

16. East End of Faneuil Hall.

17. Corner Hanover and Marshall Streets.
18.
21.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.

Brattle Square (Church).

Corner Sudbury and Hawkins Streets.
Corner Cambridge and Bowdoin Streets.
North Russell Street (Church).
Fruit Street (Hose House No. 3).
Corner Cambridge and West Cedar Streets.
River Street (Steamer House No. 10).
Corner Beacon and Spruce Streets.

29. Corner Beacon and Clarendon Streets.

31. Corner Beacon and Beaver Streets.
32.
34.
s
- -

Corner Pinckney and Anderson Streets.

Corner Hancock and Myrtle Streets.
Beacon Street, opposite Somerset Street.

68. Corner Harrison Avenue and Wareham Street.

Washington Street (Steamer House No. 3).

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DEPARTMENT.

73. Corner Shawmut Avenue and Waltham Street.

74.

Dedham Street (Police Station, No. 5).

Shawmut Avenue (Hose House No. 5).

75.

76. Corner Tremont and Rutland Streets.

82."

Corner Washington and Northampton Streets.

83. Corner Tremont and Camden Streets.

To be taken out on third alarm to boxes in :
EAST

No. 152.

BOSTON.

Corner Sumner and Lamson Streets.

153. Corner Webster and Orleans Streets.

154. Corner Maverick and Meridian Streets.

156. Corner Sumner and Border Streets.
157. Corner Border and Maverick Streets.

162. Corner Bennington Street and Central Square.

165. Corner Marion and Trenton Streets.

174. Corner Brooks and Saratoga Streets.

175. Corner Chelsea and Saratoga Streets.

HOSE COMPANY No. 10.

Located on Dorchester Street, Washington Village.

To be taken out on alarms from boxes :

No.

127. Corner Goddard and E Streets.

128. Washington Village (Hose House No. 10).

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RULES AND REGULATIONS

IN RELATION TO

PETRO LEU M AND ITS PRO DUCTS.

1866.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Board of Aldermen, Oct. 8, 1866.

The Committee on Licenses, who were directed to prepare
rules and regulations in relation to licenses issued under the

second section of chapter 285, of the Acts of 1866, concerning

the manufacture, storage and sale of petroleum and its products,
have attended to that duty, and respectfully recommend the
passage of the accompanying rules and regulations.
For the Committee.

SAMUEL D. CRANE, Chairman.

Rules and Regulations of the Board of Aldermen in regard to

granting licenses pursuant to the provisions of an Act of the
Legislature of Massachusetts, entitled AN ACT CoNCERNING
THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE AND SALE OF PETROLEUM AND ITs

PRODUCTs, Approved, May 29, 1866.

1. Any person desiring to manufacture, refine, mix, store or
keep crude petroleum, or any oil or fluid, composed wholly or
in part of the products of petroleum, in a greater quantity than

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five hundred gallons in any one locality in the city of Boston,

shall make application in writing for a license therefor to the
Board of Aldermen of said city, and shall state in such applica
tion the locality, building, or part of a building for which he
desires a license, and whether he desires a license for manu

facturing, refining and mixing said articles or any of them, or a

license for storing and keeping them, or both. Such application
shall be referred to the Board of Engineers of the Fire Depart
ment; and the Chief Engineer, or some one of the Assistant
Engineers, shall, within one week from the time of such reference,
examine the locality or building described in such application, and
report in writing to the Board of Aldermen his opinion of the
propriety of granting the license applied for.
2. No license shall be granted for manufacturing, refining,
mixing, storing or keeping said articles, or any of them, upon any
alley, sidewalk, street or wharf within the limits of the city, nor
in any part of a building occupied in whole or in part as a dwell

ing house, nor upon any floor of a building above the first floor.
3. No license shall be granted for mixing, storing or keeping
crude petroleum, naphtha or gasoline in any part of a building
above the cellar, unless said articles are contained in metallic

vessels securely closed.

4. Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, licenses may be

granted for manufacturing, refining, mixing, storing and keeping
said articles, or any of them, in cellars or upon the first floor of

buildings, or in other suitable localities, in such quantities over five

hundred gallons and in such a manner as the Board of Aldermen
may in each case determine, except that no license shall be granted
for manufacturing, refining, mixing, storing or keeping said articles,
or any of them, upon the first floor of any building in a greater
quantity than five hundred gallons, nnless the same be contained

in metallic vessels securely closed, or the foundations and walls of

said building be of brick, stone or iron, and the sills or walls of
said building be built without apertures for a space of at least one
foot above the floor.

5.

There shall be expressed in said license the name of the

person or persons to whom the license is granted, and whether he

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or they are permitted to manufacture, refine and mix said articles,

or any of them, or to store and keep them, or both, and a descrip
tion of the locality, building, or part of a building licensed, and
any limitations upon the quantity of said articles or any of them,
which may be manufactured, refined, mixed, stored or kept therein,
or upon the manner of manufacturing, refining, mixing, storing or
keeping the same which the Board of Aldermen may in each case
see fit to impose; and any person so licensed may manufacture,
refine, mix, store or keep said articles, or any of them, within the
terms of his license, either on his own account or on account of

any other person. Any violation of the terms of said license shall
work a revocation of the same, and the Board of Aldermen may
revoke any license, without cause, at any time.
6. These Rules and Regulations shall not apply to buildings or
premises constructed in accordance with the provisions of the first
section of an Act of the Legislature of Massachusetts, entitled
An Act concerning the manufacture, storage and sale of Petro
leum and its Products, approved May 29, 1866.

BADGES.

Rules and Regulations adopted by the Board of Engineers of the

Fire Department, December 4, 1867.
1.

All members of the Boston Fire Department, and substitutes,

not exceeding two for each Engine and Hose Company and four
for each Hook and Ladder Company, shall, while on duty as fire
men, or at fires, in addition to the Fire Hat and Leather Badge
now worn, wear the Corporation Badge, in a plain, conspicuous
manner on the vest or coat, and no member will be allowed to

enter the line at a fire, or any building when on fire, without such
Badge.

2. No member will be allowed to lend his Badge on any pretext

whatever, under the penalty of dismissal from the Department.
3. Any person appearing at a fire with the Badge who is not a
member, or regularly appointed substitute, will be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and will be punished accordingly.

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DEPARTMENT.

4. Any member who loses his Badge will immediately advertise

the same, and use his utmost diligence to recover it, and, in case
of failure, will be charged with the price of five dollars for the
Badge.
5. If any Member, in going to or returning from a fire, shall

behave in any way unbecoming a Fireman, any party aggrieved

may report to the Chief Engineer the number of his Badge, and, if
said Fireman refuses to give his number correctly, it will be deemed
good cause for his dismissal from the Department.
6. Each Engine and Hose Company may have substitutes not
exceeding two, and each Hook and Ladder Company not to exceed
four, to do duty in place of persons absent from duty, as provided
by City Ordinance, (Sept. 20,) viz: in case of sickness or absence
from the city.

7. Said substitutes shall be approved by the Chief Engineer, or

the Engineer of the District, upon the recommendation of the
Foremen of the respective Companies.
Approved by Mayor and Aldermen, December 10, 1867.
Attest:

S. F. McCLEARY,

City Clerk.
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FIRE STATUTES AND ORDINANCES.

STATUTE8.

City council may establish a fire depart

20.

21.

Penalty for having lighted pipe, cigar,

candle, etc., in any ropewalk, barn, etc.
Recovery of penalties. Duty of Engi

ment. May make provisions respecting

neers to prosecute.

the same. Appointment of enginemen,

Gun-cotton, and other like substances,

power to regulate the keeping of.
Camphene, city council, etc., may make

etc., to be made by mayor and aldermen.

Powers, etc., of city council may be

exercised by means of any board, etc.
Engineers, etc., to have the powers and
duties of firewards. To examine places
where shavings, etc., are collected, etc.
Ordinances may be made, etc.
Exemptions of members of fire depart

rules in relation to storage and sale of.

24.

cense.

25.

Penalty.

26.

Fire clubs not to be established, unless,

etc.

Penalty for joining without permission.

Provisions of two preceding sections to

ment.

City council may appropriate money

for relief of members injured, etc.

be in force only where, etc.

Cutting, etc., bell rope, engine, etc., pre

Disabled firemen, City of Boston author

ized to expend annually $1,000 for re

ceding a fire, how punished.

Cutting, etc., same at a fire, how pun

lief of.
7

ished.

Engineers shall attend at fires.

Engineers, etc., may order buildings to

be pulled down, etc.

Fireworks not to be kept without li

31.

Stealing property in a building on fire,

or removed therefrom, how punished.

Engineers, etc., may command assist

ance.

10.

oRDINANCE8.

Engineers may give orders to Engine

men and others, etc. Penalty for not
obeying.

11.

Owners of buildings, etc., pulled down,

to be indemnified, except, etc.

12.

13.
14.

Embezzling, etc., of property, at a fire,

to be deemed larceny.
Injuring fire engines, penalty for.
Engineers may require and compel as
sistance.

Penalty for disobeying.

15.

Bonfires not to be made. Penalty for

16.

False alarms of fire, how punished.

Cocoa not to be roasted except in
licensed buildings. Penalty.

making.
17.

18.

Tarkettles and other boilers, how to be

19.

constructed. Penalty.
Penalty for carrying fire through the
streets, etc., smoking pipes, cigars, etc.

Fire department shall consist of en

gineers, enginemen, hosemen, hook and
ladder men, and others.
Chief and other engineers to be chosen

annually; tenure of office, vacancy, and

compensation.
Organization of board; rank of en

gineers; election of

secretary; his

tenure of office; compensation; to be

sworn and give bond.
Meetings of the board; may make rules
and regulations for the board and for
the department; have the care of all
fire apparatus; their general powers
and duties.

Secretary of board shall keep account

of appropriations and expenditures,
etc.

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6.

Engineers, powers and duties at fires.

26.

Assistant Engineers to report to their

absence from fires.

Hose companies to have foreman,

driver, and eight hosemen.
Their

8. Chief Engineer to have sole command;

his powers and duties.
9. If absent, engineer next in rank shall

duties.

Hook and ladder companies to have

execute his duties.

three or more each of axemen and

10. Engineers shall report to the aldermen

names of persons who do not obey

rakemen.

Engineers to make regulations respect

ing driver and steward of hook and

orders at fires.

11. Three engineers may order buildings to

ladder companies.

be demolished.

12. Engineers shall examine places for

combustible materials, and cause them
to be removed. Penalties for not re
moving or of obstructing the removal.
Engineers shall examine buildings con
taining steam engines, and buildings

31.

17.

assistant foreman, etc., to perform his

duties.

Gunpowder, all powers relating to the

keeping and transportation of shall be

exercised by the engineers.

Firemen to be under the immediate

direction of the engineman.
Drivers, their duties.

Fines and penalties shall be paid into

city treasury, except, etc.

Clerks to keep rolls, records of ab

sences, property in care of company,
and make reports.

Hosemen,

be twenty-one, citizens and voters.

All members shall sign agreement to
obey all ordinances and rules and regu

axemen, rakemen, their

duties.

lations.

Engineers may permit a member to

sleep in hose house, etc.

Engineers to report to mayor names of

Duties of all members of the fire de

persons who ought to be removed, and

recommend persons to fill vacancies.

40.

18. Members may be removed by the mayor,

excepting engineers, superintendent of

42.

gineers, and copy sent to board of

43.

aldermen.

All members of the fire department to

wear badges.

Names of persons removed and the

cause to be entered on records of en

partment in case of fire.

When appointed, subject to all duties,
rules, and regulations. Vacancies to
be filled.

41.

the fire alarms and his assistants.

19.

Foreman of engine, his duties, etc.

In absence of foreman of any company,

ordinance.

15. Members of the fire department shall

16.

Engine, hose, and hook and ladde"

companies each to have foreman and
clerk, and last company an assistant
foreman. How to be appointed.
Engineman, his duties and responsi
bilities.

32.

being erected or altered. Shall prose

cute for all infractions of any laws or

14.

Engine companies to have foreman,

engineman, fireman, driver, and eight
hosemen. Their duties.

. In case of fires in adjoining towns.

13.

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DEPARTMENT.

No uniform, except badges and insig

nia prescribed, to be worn.
No company shall appoint or discharge
members.

20. Compensation of members. When ab

sent may procure a substitute.
21. Members shall not assemble in engine

44.

No company shall attend fires out of

city, unless ordered by engineers. Nor
go out of the city for any other pur

houses, except, etc.

pose.
22.

Members who neglect their duties, or

are disorderly, to be dismissed.

23.

Members serving

seven years

may

have a certificate, may wear the badge,

24

and perform duty.

Different companies to be formed by
the board of aldermen.

25. Members to be paid quarterly, except,

etc.

Clubs, etc., prohibited, except, etc.

Fines shall not be imposed by com
panies. Deductions from pay for ab
sence. Absence, etc., cause for dis
charge.

Vacations may be granted. Substitute

may be appointed.
Police to give alarm, how. Penalty for
not doing it.

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49. Police, selected for the purpose, shall

repair to fires.

Their duties.

53. His duties.

54.

50. Fire-alarm telegraph, committee of to

be appointed.

51. They shall have care of the rooms,

apparatus, etc., of fire-alarm telegraph.
Their powers and duties.

52. Superintendent of fire-alarm telegraph

Rules and regulations of flre-alarm

telegraph.

55. May be altered by committee, etc.

56. Signal-boxes not to be opened or in
jured.
Penalty for breach of ordinance.

Present members

to be elected; tenure of office; compensation.

office.

59 .

shall continue

in

Conditions.

Repeal of previous ordinances.

STATUTES.

1. The city council of the city of Boston may establish a fire

department for said city, to consist of so many engineers and other
officers, and so many enginemen and other members, as the city
council, by ordinance, shall from time to time prescribe; and said
city council shall have authority to make such provisions in regard

to the time and mode of appointment, and the occasion and mode
of removal of either such officers or members, to make such requisi

tions in respect to their qualifications and period of service, to

define their office and duties, to fix and pay such compensation for
their services, and in general to make such regulations in regard to
their conduct and government, and to the management and conduct
of fires, and persons attending at fires, subject to the penalties
provided for the breach of the city by-laws, as they shall deem
expedient; provided, that the appointment of enginemen, hosemen
and hook and ladder men shall be made by the mayor and alder
men exclusively.
2. The powers and duties mentioned in the preceding section,

or any of them, may be exercised and carried into effect by the

said city council, in any manner which they may prescribe, and
through the agency of any persons, or any board or boards to whom
they may delegate the same.

3. The engineers or other officers of the department, so

appointed as aforesaid, shall have the same authority, in regard to
the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and the performance of

the other offices and duties now incumbent upon firewards, as are
now conferred upon firewards by the revised statutes, or the special
acts relating to the city of Boston now in force. They shall also

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have authority, in compliance with any ordinance of said city, to

make an examination of places where shavings and other combus
tible materials are collected or deposited, and to require the
removal of such materials, or the adoption of suitable safeguards
against fire. And said city council are hereby authorized to make
suitable ordinances upon this latter subject-matter, under the pen
alties enacted in the city charter.
4.

All officers and members of the fire department shall be

exempted from military duty, or from serving as jurors, or con

stables, during the time of their employment in said department.
5. The city council aforesaid are hereby authorized, whenever,
and as often as they shall deem it expedient, to appropriate any
sum or sums of money, in the way that may be judged by said city
council most advisable, for the relief or idemnity of any officer or
member of the fire department who may sustain corporal injury,
or contract sickness in the discharge of his duty, or consequent
thereon.*

6. By an act passed April 27, 1854, and accepted by the city

council February 3, 1855, the city of Boston was thereby authorized
to expend a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars annually, under
the direction of the city council, for the relief of such firemen as
shall have been disabled in the service of the said city, and for the
relief of the families of such firemen as have been killed in the

performance of their duties.

7. When a fire breaks out, the engineers shall immediately

repair thereto, and shall carry a suitable staff or badge of their
office.

8. The engineers, or any three of them present at a place in

immediate danger from fire, or, in their absence, two or more of the
civil officers present, or, in their absence, two or more of the chief

military officers of the place present, shall have power to direct

the pulling down or demolishing of any such house or building as

they shall judge necessary to be pulled down or demolished, in
order to prevent the further spreading of the fire.
* The stat. of 1850, c. 262, repealed stat. 1822, c. 52; 1819, c. 104; 1825
c. 52; 1826, c. 97; 1828, c. 123; and 1831, c. 52.

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9. Engineers or other officers may, during the continuance of a

fire, require assistance for extinguishing the same, and removing
furniture, goods, or merchandise from a building on fire, or in

danger thereof; and may appoint guards to secure the same.

They may also require assistance for pulling down or demolishing
any house or building when they judge it necessary; and may sup
press all tumults and disorders at such fire.

10. They may direct the stations and operations of the engine
men with their engines, and of all other persons for the purpose of
extinguishing the fire; and whoever refuses or neglects to obey
such orders shall forfeit for each offence a sum not exceeding ten
dollars.

11. If such pulling down or demolishing of a house or building

is the means of stopping the fire, or if the fire stops before it comes
to the same, the owner shall be entitled to recover a reasonable
compensation from the city or town; but when such building is
that in which the fire first broke out, the owner shall receive no
compensation.

12. Whoever purloins, embezzles, conveys away, or conceals,

any furniture, goods or chattels, merchandise or effects of persons
whose houses or buildings are on fire or endangered thereby, and
does not within two days restore or give notice thereof to the
owner, if known, or, if unknown, to one of the firewards, mayor
and aldermen, or selectmen of the place, shall be deemed guilty of
larceny.

13. Whoever wantonly or maliciously injures a fire engine or the

apparatus belonging thereto, shall be punished by a fine not exceed
ing five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two
years, and be further ordered to recognize with sufficient surety or
sureties for his good behavior during such term as the court shall
order.

14. It shall be lawful for any one or more of the engineers

aforesaid to require and compel the assistance of all or any of the
inhabitants of the city; and any other persons who shall be present
as spectators of any fire; and in any suit or prosecution therefor,
it shall be lawful for them to plead the general issue, and give the
statute in evidence; and if any persons shall disobey the lawful

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and reasonable command of any engineer or engineers, to aid in

extinguishing such fire, or in rescuing property from destruction
thereby, such person, so offending, shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding twenty dollars, to be recovered in the manner provided
in the twenty-first section.
15. Whoever is concerned in causing or making a bonfire

within ten rods of any house or building, shall be punished by fine

not exceeding twenty dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding
One month.

16. Whoever, without reasonable cause, by outcry or the ring

ing of bells, or otherwise, makes or circulates, or causes to be made
or circulated any false alarm of fire, shall be punished by fine not
exceeding fifty dollars.
17. If any person or persons shall, within the city of Boston,
roast, or cause to be roasted, any cocoa, for the purpose of manu
facturing the same into chocolate, in any building whatever, except
ing such as may or shall be licensed for that purpose by the major

part of the engineers of the city aforesaid, he, she, or they shall
forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars nor less than two hundred dollars.

18. Every tar kettle which shall be made use of in the city for
the purpose of boiling tar for the use of any rope-walk, and every
kettle, boiler, or copper for the use of any calker, graver, ship
carpenter, tallow chandler, soap boiler, painter, or other like arti
ficer, shall be so fixed as to prevent all communication whatsoever
between the contents of such kettle, boiler, or copper, and the fire.

And the fireplace under every such tar or other kettle, boiler, or
copper shall be constructed with an arch built over the same, and
secured by an iron door in such manner as to enclose the fire
therein; and every person who shall erect any tar kettle or other
kettle, boiler, or copper, or use the same for any or either of the
purposes aforesaid, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall for
every such offence forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding three hun
dred dollars nor less than fifty dollars, according to the degree and
aggravation of the same.
19. Every person who shall carry any fire through the streets,

lanes, or on any wharves in the city, except in some covered vessel,

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or who shall kindle a fire in any of the places aforesaid without

the permission therefor in writing of one or more of the engineers
aforesaid, or shall smoke or have in his or her possession any
lighted pipe or cigar in any street, lane or passage-way, or on any
wharf in said city, shall forfeit and pay for each and every offence
the sum of two dollars, to be recovered of the persons so offending,

or of his parent, guardian, master or mistress.

20. If any person shall have in his or her possession in any
rope-walk, or in any barn or stable within the city, any fire, lighted
pipe, or cigar, lighted candle or lamp, except such candle or lamp
is kept in a secure lantern, the person so offending shall forfeit and
pay for each offence a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars nor
less than twenty dollars.
21. All and any of the penalties which are given in and by the
fourteenth, and the four preceding sections, may be recovered by
indictment, information, or complaint in any court proper to try
the same; and in such indictment, information or complaint' it
shall not be necessary to set forth any more of said sections than
so much thereof as relates to and is necessary truly and substan
tially to describe the offence alleged to have been committed. And
it shall be the duty of each and every one of said engineers, and
they and each of them are hereby required to inquire after all offen
ces which shall come to their knowledge, and which shall be com
mitted against the true intent and meaning of said sections, and
shall cause the same to be duly prosecuted.
22. By an act passed March 6, 1847, and re-enacted in the
General Statutes, the inhabitants of any town and the government
of any city in this commonwealth may order that no gun-cotton, or
other substance prepared like it for explosion, shall be kept within
the limits of such town or city, excepting under the regulations
and penalties applicable by law to gunpowder; and if it shall be
considered necessary for public safety, they may restrict the quan
tity to be so kept to one-fifth of the weight of gunpowder allowed
by law in each case provided for.
23. The inhabitants of any town, and the city council of any
city in this commonwealth, may make and adopt such rules and reg

ulations in relation to the storage and sale, within the limits of

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such town or city, of camphene, or any similar explosive or inflam

mable fluid, as they may deem reasonable, and may annex penalties
to any breach of such rules and regulations not exceeding twenty
dollars for any one offence.*
24. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to keep or
sell any fireworks within the city of Boston, in any quantity, with
out first having obtained from the chief engineer of the fire depart
ment of said city a license therefor, signed by the chief engineer,
or by the secretary of the board of engineers, on which shall be
written or printed a copy of the rules and regulations f by them
established, relative to the keeping, selling, or storage of fireworks
within said city: and every such license shall be in force until the
first day of May next ensuing the date thereof, unless sooner
annulled by the board of engineers, and no longer; but such
license may, prior to the expiration of that term, be renewed by
the chief engineer or the said secretary, from year to year, by
indorsement thereon; provided, always, that the board of engineers
may rescind any such license, if in their opinion the person or per
sons have disobeyed the law, or infringed on any rules or regula

tions established by the board of engineers; and every person who

receives a license to sell fireworks as aforesaid shall pay for the
same the sum of one dollar, and the same sum for the renewal

thereof, and all such licenses shall expire on the first day of May
annually, and all moneys received for licenses shall be paid to the
board of engineers, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of
carrying this act into execution.

25. Any person or persons who have for sale, or keep in pos
session, any fireworks within the city of Boston, contrary to the
rules and regulations established by the board of engineers herein
mentioned, or who shall sell any fireworks in said city, without first
having obtained from the said chief engineer or his secretary a
license as aforesaid, shall forfeit a sum not less than fifteen nor

more than fifty dollars for each offence.

*See Burning Fluids, p. 94, ante and Gunpowder, 24.

f See Rules and Regulations in the Supplement.
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26. No association, society, or club, organized as firemen, shall

be allowed in any city or town, except by the written permission
of the mayor and aldermen, or selectmen.

27. Whoever joins, belongs to, or assembles with such associ

ation, society, or club, existing without such permission, shall be
punished by fine not less than five nor more than one hundred dol
lars, or by imprisonment in the house of correction, for a term not
exceeding three months.

28. The provisions of the two preceding sections shall be in

force in those cities and towns only which have adopted or may
adopt the same.

29. Whoever, within twenty-four hours prior to the burning of

a building or other property, wilfully or maliciously cuts or removes
any bell-rope in the vicinity of such building or property, or cuts,

injures, or destroys any engine, or hose or other apparatus belong

ing to an engine in said vicinity, shall be deemed guilty of the
burning, as accessory before the fact, and be punished accordingly.
30. Whoever, during the burning of a building or other prop
erty, wilfully or maliciously cuts or removes any bell-rope in the
vicinity of such building or property, or otherwise prevents an
alarm being given, or cuts, injures or destroys an engine or hose or

other apparatus belonging to any engine in said vicinity, or other

wise wilfully and maliciously prevents or obstructs the extinguish
ing of any fire, shall be deemed guilty of the burning, as accessory
after the fact, and be punished by imprisonment in the state prison
not exceeding seven years, or in the jail not exceeding three years,
or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

31. Whoever steals in a building that is on fire, or steals any

property, removed in consequence of an alarm caused by fire, shall
be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding

five years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and

imprisonment in the jail not exceeding two years.

* For the incorporation of the Charitable Association of the Boston Fire

Department, and a subsequent act respecting the same, see 1829, c. 44, and
1838, c. 131.

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ORDINANCE."

SECTION 1. The fire department shall consist of a chief engineer,

nine assistant engineers, and of as many foremen, enginemen,
hosemen, and hook and ladder men, and other persons, to be divi
ded into companies, as the number of engines and the number
and quantity of other fire apparatus belonging to the city shall
from time to time require.
SECT. 2. There shall be elected annually, on the first Monday
in February, or within sixty days thereafter, by a concurrent vote
of the two branches of the city council, a chief engineer, and nine
assistant engineers, one at least from each fire district, who shall
hold their office for one year from the first Monday of April in the
year in which they shall be elected, and until their successors shall
be elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. They shall be
removable at the pleasure of the city council, and all vacancies
may be filled at any time for the unexpired term. They shall
receive such compensation as the city council shall from time to .
time determine.

SECT. 3. On the first Monday of April, annually, said chief and

assistant engineers shall meet and organize themselves as a board
of engineers. The chief engineer shall preside at said meeting
and at all meetings of the board when present, but in his absence,
the senior assistant engineer in service present, shall preside, and
their seniority in rank, and all questions relative thereto, shall be
determined by the board of aldermen. The board of engineers
may recommend to the city council some person to be elected sec
retary of said board, and the city council shall, on the first Mon
day of April, or within thirty days thereafter, by concurrent vote
elect a secretary, who shall hold his office for one year from the first
Monday of May in the year in which he shall be elected, and until
his successor shall be elected and qualified, unless sooner removed.

He may be removed, and a vacancy may be filled as provided for

in the case of the engineers, in the second section of this ordinance.
*An ordinance in relation to the fire department, passed August 20,
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He shall receive such compensation as the city council may from

time to time determine. He shall be sworn, and give bond with
surety for the faithful performance of his duty, in such sum as the
board of aldermen shall direct.

SECT. 4. The engineers shall, at such times as they may by

their by-laws determine, hold such meetings as may be necessary
for the prompt transaction of all business coming before them, and
a majority of the whole board shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum.

They may make such rules and orders for their govern

ment, as a board of engineers, as they may see fit, subject to the

approval of the board of aldermen. They shall be responsible for the
discipline, good order, and proper conduct of the whole department,

both officers and men, and for the care of all houses, engines, hose
carriages, hook and ladder carriages, horses, furniture, and appa
ratus thereto belonging. They shall have the superintendence and

control of all the engine and other houses used for the purposes
of the fire department, and of all the horses, furniture, and appa
ratus thereto belonging, and of the engines and all other fire appa
ratus belonging to the city, and over the officers and members of
the several companies attached to the fire department, and over all

persons present at fires; and they may make such rules and reg
ulations for the better government, discipline and good order of
the department, and for the extinguishment of fires, as they may
from time to time think expedient; such rules and regulations not
being repugnant to the laws of this commonwealth, nor to any ordi
nance of the city, and being subject to the approbation of the board

of aldermen, and to alteration or rescission by them at any time.

SECT. 5. The secretary to the board of engineers shall perform
the ordinary duty of clerk to the board, and such other duties as
the board of aldermen or the chief engineer may from time to time

direct; and also such other duties as the board of engineers, by

their rules and orders, to be approved by the board of aldermen,
may from time to time determine. He shall keep an account of
the appropriations made by the city council for the use of the fire
department, and of the expenditures on account of the same, and

shall compare his account monthly with the auditor's books, and
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exceed the amount of the appropriations at their disposal. He

shall also keep a separate account of the expenses of each engine,
hose carriage, and hook and ladder carriage, and of the houses,
furniture, and apparatus thereto belonging, and all other incidental
expenses, and shall present to the city council, in the Annual
Report of the chief engineer, full and detailed statements thereof.
SECT. 6. It shall be the duty of said engineers whenever a fire
shall break out in the city, immediately to repair to the place of
such fire, and to carry with them a suitable staff or badge of their
office; to take proper measures that the several engines and other
apparatus be arranged in the most advantageous situations, and
duly worked for the speedy and effectual extinguishment of the
fire; to require and compel assistance from all persons, as well

members of the fire department as others, in extinguishing the fire,

removing furniture, goods, or other merchandise from any building
on fire, or in danger thereof, and to appoint guards to secure the
same; and also in pulling down or demolishing any house or build
ing if occasion require, and further to suppress all tumults and dis
orders. It shall also be their duty to cause order to be preserved
in going to, working at, or returning from fires, and at all other
times when companies attached to the department are on duty. The
assistant engineers shall report their absences from fires to the
chief engineer, with the reasons therefor, who shall keep a record
of the same, and once every three months, and oftener, if required,
make a report thereof, stating all the facts to the city council.

In

the absence of the chief engineer, the secretary shall make said
record and report.
SECT. 7. Whenever any fire occurs in either of the adjoining
cities or towns, it shall be the duty of only such and so many of

said engineers to repair thither as shall have been previously des

ignated for such purpose by the chief engineer.
SECT. 8. The chief engineer shall have the sole command at fires,
over all the other engineers and all officers and members of the fire
department, and all other persons who may be present at fires, and
shall direct all proper measures for the extinguishment of fires,

protection of property, preservation of order, and observance of the .

laws, ordinances, and regulations respecting fires; and it shall be

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the duty of said chief engineer to examine into the condition of the
engines and all other fire apparatus, and the horses connected
therewith, and of the engine and other houses belonging to the
city, and used for the purposes of the fire department, and of the
companies attached to the said department, as often as circum
stances may render it expedient, or whenever directed so to do by
the board of aldermen, or by the committee of the board of alder
men on the fire department. Whenever the engines or other fire
apparatus used by the fire department require alterations, additions
or repairs, the chief engineer, under the direction of the board of
aldermen or of the committee on the fire department, shall cause
the same to be made. It shall also be the duty of the chief engi
neer to receive and transmit to the board of aldermen all returns

of officers, members, and fire apparatus made by the respective

companies, as hereinafter prescribed, and all other communications
relating to the affairs of the fire department; to keep fair and

exact rolls of the respective companies, specifying the time of

admission and discharge, and the age of each member. He shall
also critically examine all the bills and accounts against the fire
department, and certify, in writing, to the correctness of each item
thereof, before sending them to the auditor's office for payment.
He shall annually, in the month of January, and oftener if thereto
requested, report to the city council an account, to be prepared by
the secretary to the board of engineers as hereinbefore provided,
of the condition of the engine houses, engines, fire apparatus, and
other property under his charge; of the income and expenditures
of the fire department for the whole of the previous year, specify

ing particularly the expenditure on each engine, hose carriage, and

hook and ladder carriage, and of the horses, furniture and appara
tus connected there with, as required in section five of this ordi

nance, together with the names of the officers and members of the
various companies; the number and location of the fire-alarm
stations; the number of fires since his last Report, and the causes

thereof, and the extent of damage as near as can be ascertained;

the general description of the buildings and property destroyed or
injured since his last Report, together with the names of the
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dents by fire which may happen within the city, with such other
information or suggestions as may in his opinion be of general use;
the same to be published as the city council may direct.
SECT. 9. In case of the absence of the chief engineer, the
engineer next in rank who may be present shall execute the duties
of his office, with full powers.
SECT. 10. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer, and of the
other engineers, to report to the board of aldermen the name of
every person, not a member of either of said companies, who shall,
contrary to law, refuse or neglect to obey any orders of any engi
neer given at any fire.

SECT. 11. Whenever it shall be adjudged at any fire, by any

three or more of the engineers present, of whom the chief engineer,
if present, shall be one, to be necessary, in order to prevent the
further spreading of the fire, to pull down or otherwise demolish
any building, the same may be done by their joint order.
SECT. 12. It shall be the duty of the chief and other engineers
to inquire for and examine into all shops and other places where
shavings or other such combustible materials may be collected or
deposited, and at all times to be vigilant in taking care of the
removal of the same, whenever, in the opinion of any two of them,
the same may endanger the security of the city from fires, and to
direct the tenant or occupant of said shops or other places to re

move the same; and, in case of such tenant's or occupant's neglect

or refusal so to do, to cause the same to be removed at the expense
of such tenant or occupant, who shall, in addition, be liable to a

penalty of not less than two nor more than fifty dollars for such
neglect or refusal; and any person who shall obstruct the engineers
or any of them in carrying out the provisions of this section shall
also be liable to a penalty of not less than two nor more than fifty

dollars. It shall also be the duty of said engineers to take cogni

zance of all buildings in the city, in which any steam-engine shall
be used, and of all buildings in the city in process of erection or
alteration, and to make a record of such thereof as in their judg
ment may, from any cause, be dangerous, and report the same to
the board of aldermen forthwith. It shall also be the duty of
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of infraction of the laws relative to the erection of wooden build

ings, or of any other laws or ordinances in relation to the fire de

partment, or for the prevention of fire within the limits of the city.

SECT. 13. The power of making and establishing rules and reg
ulations for the transportation and keeping of gunpowder within
the city of Boston, and of granting licenses for the keeping and
sale thereof in the city, according to the provisions of an act enti
tled An act further regulating the storage, safe-keeping, and
transportation of gunpowder in the city of Boston, and of any
other act or acts on the same subject, shall be exercised and per
formed by the chief and assistant engineers, and the power and
duty of seizing any gunpowder, kept or being within the city or
harbor thereof, contrary to the provisions of the said act or acts,
shall be exercised and performed by the said engineers, or any of
them; and in any case of any seizure being made by any engineer
other than the chief, he shall forthwith report to the chief engineer,
and the chief engineer shall cause all gunpowder, which may have
been seized as aforesaid, to be libelled and prosecuted in the man
ner prescribed in the said acts; and all the other powers and duties

granted and enjoined in and by the said act or acts shall be per
formed by the said chief or one of the assistant engineers.
SECT, 14. All moneys received for fines, forfeitures, and penal

ties arising under this ordinance, or the laws of this commonwealth

regulating the storage and transportation of gunpowder, or the
erection of buildings within the city of Boston, or the prevention
and extinguishment of fire, unless by such laws otherwise specially
provided, shall be paid into the treasury of the city, to be applied
in such way as is provided in the acts of this commonwealth.
GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING OFFICERS

AND

MEMBERS

OF THE

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SECT. 15. No person under twenty-one years of age shall be

an officer or member of the fire department; nor shall any person
be an officer or member who is not a legal voter in the city of
Boston.

* Act of 1813, c. 143; 1833, c. 151; 1837, c. 99; 1841, c. 58; see Gun
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SECT. 16. Every officer and every member of the fire depart
ment shall sign the following agreement, to be deposited with the
board of engineers: I, A B, having been appointed a member of
the Boston fire department, hereby signify my agreement to abide
by all the ordinances of the city council, and the rules and regula
tions of the board of aldermen and of the board of engineers

relating thereto. And any officer or member who shall neglect or

refuse to sign the same shall not be entitled to any compensation
whatsoever.

SECT. 17. It shall be the duty of the board of engineers to

report from time to time to the mayor the names of such officers or
members of the department, if any, as in their judgment should be
removed or discharged, with their reasons therefor; and whenever,

from any cause, a vacancy shall occur in the department, which is

to be filled by the mayor and aldermen, the board of engineers shall
recommend to them for their consideration the name of some proper
person to fill the same.

SECT. 18. Any officer or member of the fire department, except

the chief and assistant engineers, and the superintendent of fire
alarms and his assistants, may at any time by the mayor be removed
or dismissed from the department, or deposed from any office that
he may hold therein.
SECT. 19. In all cases of removal from the department, the

name of the party removed, with a statement of the reasons there

for, shall be entered on the records of the engineers, and a copy of

the same shall be transmitted to the board of aldermen before their

next regular meeting.

SECT. 20. There shall be paid to each officer and member of the
department such sum as the city council may from time to time
determine; and in case of the temporary absence of any member
from the city, or inability to perform his duties, in consequence of
sickness, he shall provide a substitute, whose name he shall return
to the foreman of the company for approval, failing in which, he
shall be subject to all deductions which may accrue for his absence.
SECT. 21. Neither the members nor the officers of any of the
companies shall assemble in any of the engine or other houses
belonging to the department, except as herein prescribed, and for
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taking the engine or other apparatus on an alarm of fire, and of

returning the same to the house, and taking the necessary care of
said apparatus, after its return.

SECT. 22. Any officer or member of the fire department who

shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform his duty, or shall be
guilty of disorderly conduct or disobedience to his superior in
office, shall for such offence, besides being subject to the penalty
hereinafter provided, be dismissed from the department.
SECT. 23. Every person who shall have served according to law
in the fire department for seven successive years shall be entitled
to receive a certificate thereof, signed by the mayor of the said
city; and all persons who shall receive said certificate as aforesaid
shall be entitled to wear the badge of the department, and to do

duty therein, when desired so to do by the mayor, with the advice

and consent of the board of aldermen, under such organization and
management as they may determine.
ENGINE, HOSE, AND HOOK AND LADDER COMPANIES, AND DUTIES OF
OFFICERS AND MEN.

SECT. 24. As many engine, hose, and hook and ladder com
panies shall from time to time be formed by the board of aldermen
as they shall deem expedient, and each company shall consist of as
many officers and members as shall be appointed from time to time
by the mayor with the advice and consent of the board of aldermen.
SECT. 25.

The officers and members of the fire department shall

be paid quarterly, except when otherwise ordered by the city coun

cil; and every officer or member thereof who shall not serve the
whole of the quarter except in case of sickness, death or removal

from the city, or who shall be removed from the department or

deposed from his office for cause, shall forfeit any and all compen
sation that would otherwise have been due to him at the time when

such service ceased, or such deposing or removal took place.

SECT. 26. Every engine company shall have an engineman, fire
man and driver, who shall be permanently employed, and who shall
at all times be in or about the engine house, except when unavoid

ably absent, and shall also have, until otherwise ordered, eight
hosemen, including the foreman.

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SECT. 27. Each hose company shall have a driver, who shall at
all times, except when unavoidably absent, be in or about the
house, and shall also have, until otherwise ordered, eight hosemen
including the foreman.
SECT. 28. Each hook and ladder company shall have three or
more each of axemen and rakemen.

SECT. 29. The board of engineers shall make rules and regula
tions in respect to a driver and steward, either permanent or tem

porary, of hook and ladder companies, and define their duties;

such rules and regulations however being subject to approval, alter
ation, or rescission, as provided in the fourth seetion of this
ordinance.

SECT. 30. Every engine, hose, and hook and ladder company
shall have a foreman and clerk, and every hook and ladder com
pany an assistant foreman in addition: the foreman and assistant
foreman to be nominated annually at least, or whenever a vacancy
occurs, by the members of the respective companies from among
their own number, and a return of the same made to the board of
engineers; and, in case of rejection by them, the name of the per

son so rejected shall be returned to the company, who shall select

another person for approval; and whenever any person so nomi
nated shall be approved by the board of engineers, his name shall
be sent to the board of aldermen for approval or rejection, and, in
case of rejection, another person shall be nominated as aforesaid,

before the next regular meeting of the board of aldermen, and the
like proceedings had as before; and these officers, when approved,
shall receive certificates of appointment, signed by the mayor, and
shall hold their places until removed, or others shall be appointed
in their stead. If upon rejection by the board of engineers or
board of aldermen of any person nominated and returned as afore
said, a suitable person is not nominated and returned by the com
pany as aforesaid, within one week from the date of the reception
of notice of such rejection, the board of engineers shall themselves

send to the board of aldermen, for their approval or rejection, the

name of some suitable person for the place, to be selected from the
same company. And if any hook and ladder company shall not

have a driver, a clerk of such company shall be nominated and

selected in the same manner as the foreman.

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SECT. 31. The engineman, shall, under the direction of the

board of engineers, have the sole care of the engine house intrusted
to him, and of all the property therein belonging to the city. He
shall be held personally responsible for the care and good order of
the engine, and shall work and manage the same, and see that it
is at all times in condition for immediate use.

He shall be account

able for the proper performance of all duties required of the fire
man and driver, and, in case of any neglect or delinquency on their
part, shall report the same to the chief engineer.
SECT. 32. The foreman of each engine shall, at fires, direct the
placing of the engine at suitable place to obtain a supply of water,
and have the charge and direction of the hose and hosemen; and
the foreman of each hose company or hook and ladder company
shall have charge of the apparatus belonging to his company, and
the direction thereof, and of the driver and men belonging to his
company. And the foreman of every company shall preserve order.
and discipline, at all times, among the members of the company.
under him, and require of them and enforce a strict compliance

with the city ordinances, the rules and regulations of the depart
ment, and the orders of the engineers.

SECT. 33.

In the absence of the foreman of any company, the

assistant foreman, if there shall be one, otherwise the senior hose

man or hook and ladder man in service present, as the case may be,
connected with the same company, shall perform the duties of the
foreman.

SECT. 34.

The fireman shall be under the immediate direction

of the engineman, and shall perform all the duties that may be
required of him by the engineman, on the engine and in the house,
including cleaning the house, the engine, and other apparatus

belonging to the company, and the snow and ice from the sidewalk.
SECT. 35. The drivers belonging to the respective companies
shall take care of, and properly groom the horses belonging to their
respective companies, see that the same are at all times ready for
immediate use, convey the apparatus to the place of the fire on an
alarm being sounded, and be clerks of their respective companies.
And it shall, in addition, be the duty of such of the drivers as shall
be connected with hose or hook and ladder companies, to see that

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the hose and other apparatus is ready at all times for immediate
use, and to keep such hose and apparatus, and the house and stable
neat and clean, and clear the snow and ice from the sidewalks in

front of the respective houses, and they shall be under the imme

diate direction of the fireman of their respective companies. The

driver of each engine shall be under the immediate direction of the
engineman, and shall, besides the duties herein prescribed to be
performed by him, assist the fireman in the performance of his
duties, and perform such other duties as may be required of him by
the engineman.
SECT. 36. The clerks of the respective companies shall keep
fair and exact rolls, specifying the time of admission, discharge,
and age of the respective members of their companies, and shall
also keep, in books provided by the city for that purpose, correct
and faithful accounts of all city property intrusted to or connected
with their respective companies, and of all absences and tardiness
of the officers or members thereof, which rolls and record books

shall always be subject to the order of the board of engineers, or

to the board of aldermen.

Said clerks shall also make, or cause

to be made to the chief engineer, true and accurate returns, when

ever called upon so to do, of all the members, with their ages, and

of all the apparatus belonging to or connected with their respective

companies, and shall also report monthly, at least, to the chief
engineer, all absences and tardiness aforesaid.
SECT. 37. The hosemen of each engine company and of each
hose company, and the axemen and rakemen and other members of

each hook and ladder company shall perform such duties as may be
required of them by their respective foremen.

SECT. 38. The board of engineers, whenever in their judgment

it may be expedient, may employ or permit to stay or sleep in the
house, wherein a hose carriage or hook and ladder carriage is kept,
one member from the same company in addition to the driver.
SECT. 39. It shall be the duty of the officers and members of
the several engine, hose, and hook and ladder companies, whenever

a fire shall break out in the city, to repair to the place of the fire
with their respective engines, hose, and hook and ladder carriages,
and other apparatus, in as orderly a manner as may be according

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to the directions, if any are given, of the board of engineers, and

exert themselves in the most orderly and efficient manner possible
in working and managing the said engines, hose, hooks and ladders,
and other apparatus, and in performing any duty that they may be
called upon to do by any engineer; and, upon permission of the
chief or other engineer, in an orderly and quiet manner, to return
said engines, hose, hook and ladder carriages, and other apparatus
to their respective places of deposit; provided, that in the absence
of all the engineers, such direction or permission may be given by
the respective foremen.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.

SECT. 40. Whenever any person shall have received his certifi
cate of appointment to any office under this ordinance, he shall
thereby be immediately invested with all the authority conferred,
and subject to all the duties imposed by the laws, the city ordinan
ces, and the rules and regulations of the fire department, and when
ever a vacancy shall occur in the department, the same shall be
filled as soon as conveniently may be.
SECT. 41. The engineers, officers, and members of the several
companies shall, when on duty, wear such badges or insignia as the
board of aldermen shall from time to time direct, to be furnished

at the expense of the city, and no other person shall be permitted

to wear the same, except under such restrictions and regulations as
the mayor and board of aldermen may direct.
SECT. 42. No uniform, except such badges and insignia as are
prescribed from time to time by the board of aldermen, shall be
worn upon any occasion, by either officers or men belonging to the
department, to indicate their connection therewith.

SECT. 43. No company shall have the power to appoint or dis

charge any officer or member.
SECT. 44. No company shall leave the city, in case of fire in
the neighboring cities and towns, except by the express order of
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the chief engineer or one of the assistant engineers; and no com

pany shall leave the city for any other purpose.

SECT. 45.

No associations, or organized societies or clubs of

firemen, as such, shall be allowed in the department, except by the

express permission of the city council.

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SECT. 46. No company shall be allowed to impose fines upon its

members. For every absence or tardiness, there shall be deducted
from the pay of the absent or tardy officer or member the sum of

twenty-five cents; which amount so deducted shall be paid over at

the end of each quarter to the treasurer of the company to which
such officer or member shall belong, to meet the incidental expenses
of the company. And if any officer or member shall have been
absent or tardy at more than one-third of the fires, or alarms of
fires, occurring during the month, if more than five, except in case
of sickness, such absence or tardiness shall be considered good

cause for his discharge from the department.

SECT. 47. The board of engineers, notwithstanding the provi
visions herein contained, may, with the approval of the mayor, grant
to any officer or member of the fire department, if they shall think
it compatible with the interests of the department, a vacation not
exceeding two weeks in any one year, upon such terms as they
shall think expedient.
And the mayor, with the advice and consent of the board of alder
men, may, if he sees fit, whenever any member or officer of the fire
department shall not, by reason of such vacation, or sickness, or
otherwise attend to his duties in the department, appoint a substi
tute to act in his place during his absence.
DUTIES OF THE POLICE IN REGARD TO FIRES.

SECT. 48. Immediately upon an alarm or discovery of fire, it

shall be the duty of the members of the police department to
communicate the fact to the central station by means of the signal
boxes in the district in which the fire may be, in accordance with
the rules and regulations in regard to fire alarms. And it shall be
the duty of the policemen in the night-time, immediately upon an
alarm of fire being given or sounded upon the bells connected with
the fire-alarm telegraph, to give further notice thereof within their
respective districts by springing their rattles, crying fire, and

mentioning the district and box of the district in which the fire
exists. And if any policeman shall neglect so to do, he shall forfeit
and pay a fine of not less than two, nor more than twenty dollars
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SECT. 49. It shall be the duty of such of the police officers of

the city as may be selected for that service, to repair with their
staves, or such other badges of office as the board of aldermen
shall direct, on the alarm of fire, immediately to the place where
the fire may be, and there to use their best skill and power, under
the direction of the engineers, for the preservation of the public
peace, and the prevention of theft and destruction of property,

and the removal of all suspected persons.

FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH.

SECT. 50. In the month of January in each year, there shall be

appointed a joint committee of the city council, to be called the
committee on the fire-alarm telegraph, to consist of two aldermen
and three members of the common council.

SECT. 51. The said committee shall have the care and manage
ment of the rooms, apparatus, and machinery connected with the
fire-alarm telegraph, and shall also have the power to appoint, upon
the nomination of the superintendent, suitable persons to assist in
the management of said fire-alarm telegraph, and also to discharge

them, and to establish their compensation, unless it shall be spe

cially provided for by the city council; and the said committee
shall have power to determine the persons to whom shall be
intrusted the keys of the signal-boxes connected with the said fire
alarm telegraph, and, generally, shall have charge of the same, and
control over the management thereof, subject to any special order
of the city council.

SECT. 52. There shall be elected annually on the first Monday

in February, or within sixty days thereafter, by concurrent vote of
the two branches of the city council, a superintendent of the fire
alarm telegraph, who shall hold his office for one year from the
first Monday of April in the year in which he shall be elected, and
until his successor is elected and qualified, or he is removed. He
shall be removable at the pleasure of the city council, and all

vacancies may be filled at any time for the unexpired term. He

shall receive such compensation as the city council shall from time
to time determine.

SECT. 53.

Said superintendent shall have the charge of the

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fire-alarm telegraph, under the direction of the committee on the

fire-alarm telegraph, and shall see that the same is kept in good

repair, and he shall be held responsible for the same.

SECT. 54. Alarms of fire shall be given by means of the fire
alarm telegraph in accordance with the rules and directions hereto

fore established for that purpose by the committee on the fire-alarm

telegraph.
SECT. 55. The committee on the fire-alarm telegraph shall have
power from time to time to alter or change said rules and direc
tions, and the same shall be binding upon all persons after said
rules and directions, as altered, shall be placed on file in the office
of the engineers of the fire department, and with the city clerk,
and the same shall then be published; but the city council shall at
all times have power to alter, amend, or annul the same.
SECT. 56. No person shall open any of the signal-boxes con
nected with the fire-alarm telegraph, for the purpose of giving a
false alarm, or interfere in any way with said boxes, by breaking,
cutting, injuring, or defacing the same, or turn the cranks therein,
except in case of fire, or tamper or meddle with said boxes or any
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part thereof.

SECT. 57. Any person who shall be guilty of a breach of any of

the provisions of this ordinance, except as otherwise specially pro
vided in any section thereof, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less
than two dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offence.

SECT. 58. The present chief engineer and other engineers, and
officers and members of the fire department, shall continue in the

department and hold their respective offices therein; subject, how

ever, to the provisions of this ordinance.

REPEALING CLAUSE, ETC.

SECT. 59. The ordinance entitled An ordinance establishing a

fire department, and providing for preventing and extinguishing
fires, passed on the eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and sixty, and all ordinances and parts of ordi
nances inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed; but this repeal shall not revive any ordinance or any part
of any ordinance previously repealed.
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FIREARMS, BONFIRES, AND BRICKKILNS.

ORDINANCE,

1. Firing any gun, etc., within the city,

penalty for.

2. Bonfires, etc., penalty for making any.

3. Brickkiln, etc., penalty for erecting, mak
ing,* or firing any

ORDINANCE."

SECTION 1. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling

piece, or firearms within the limits of the city of Boston, under a
penalty for every such offence of not less than one dollar, nor more
than fifty dollars; provided, however, that this section shall not
apply to the use of such weapons at any military exercise or
review, or in the lawful defence of the person, family, or property
of any citizen.
SECT. 2. If any person shall make any bonfire or other fire in
any of the streets, squares, commons, lanes, or alleys, or on any
wharf within the city, without the license of the board of alder
men, he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
SECT. 3.

No person shall erect, make, or fire, or cause to be

erected, made, or fired, within any part of the city, any brickkiln
or limekiln, without the license of the board of aldermen, under a

penalty of not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dollars, and
a like sum for every week he shall continue such kiln after notice
to remove the same.

*An ordinance in relation to firearms, bonfires, and brickkilns, passed

July 22, 1850.

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GUNPOWDER.
tain if their rules, etc., are observed.

STATUTES.

Power in case of fire.

Taking loaded arms into houses pro

hibited, under penalty of ten pounds.
Loaded arms in houses may be seized
by engineers. To be sold at public
auction if adjudged to be forfeited

contrary to iaw, may have an action for

damages.
13. Engineer to publish their rules and
regulations in newspapers.

upon their complaint.

Appeals in such prosecutions.
Gunpowder, how much may be kept
by any United States or State officer,

14.

and where.

15.

Gunpowder kept contrary to the pro

visions of law may be seized by engi
neers and sold.

Gunpowder exceeding one pound, not

to be kept within two hundred yards

necessary to set forth more of the act

than is necessary to describe the of.
Penalty for keeping or selling gun
powder, contrary to law.
16. Fines, etc., shall inure to the use of the
engineers. Proviso.
17.

18.

No gunpowder to be sold within the

city without license from engineers.

19.

Form of license to contain rules and

regulations. Time in which it shall

continue in force. Engineers may re

ulations.

10.

11.

Penalty.
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Adjudication.

ter-casks, is seized, a libel or complaint

may be filed in the police court.
Fines may be sued for by chief engineer,
or by one or more engineers, etc.
Wilful and malicious explosion of gun
powder forbidden. Penalty.
Persons forbidden to throw into or

powder, or other explosive substance.

Gunpowder in Boston kept contrary to

the provisions of law may be seized
and libelled. Service of copy and sum
Costs.

When gunpowder, less than ten quar

against any dwelling-house, etc., gun

Fees for license.

Engineers may establish rules and reg

mons.

How fines, etc., may be recovered. Not

fence.

of any wharf, or on the main land.

Forfeiture.

scind same.

Search warrant.

Persons injured by gunpowder kept

Service

may be made in any county.

Penalty for hindering engineers, or at
tempting to rescue powder. Duty of
all citizens to assist the engineers.
Engineers may enter and examine
stores, etc., of those licensed, to ascer

Quality and size of casks, etc., for gun

powder.
Casks to be marked.

Penalty for falsely marking.

Cities, etc., may order how gunpowder,
etc., shall be kept.

Justices, etc., may issue warrants for

searching places for gunpowder, etc.,
unlawfully kept.
26.

Penalty for unlawfully keeping gun

powder, etc.

STATUTES.

1.

If any person shall take into any dwelling-house, stable,

barn, outhouse, warehouse, store, shop, or other building within the
city of Boston, any cannon, swivel, mortar, howitzer, cohorn, or
firearm, loaded with or having gunpowder in the same, or shall
receive into any dwelling-house, stable, barn, outhouse, store, ware
house, shop, or other building within said city, any bomb, grenade,
or other iron shell, charged with, or having gunpowder in the same,
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covered at the suit of the engineers in an action of debt before

any court proper to try the same; one moiety thereof to the use
of said engineers and the other moiety to the support of the poor
of the said city.
2.

All cannon, swivels, mortars, howitzers, cohorns, firearms,

bombs, grenades, and iron shells of any kind that shall be found
in any dwelling-house, outhouse, stable, barn, store, warehouse,
shop, or other building, charged with or having in them any gun
powder, shall be liable to be seized by either of the engineers of
said city; and upon complaint made by the said engineers to the
court of common pleas, of such cannon, swivels, mortars or how

itzers being so found, the court shall proceed to try the merits of
such complaint by a jury; and if the jury shall find such complaint

supported, such cannon, swivel, mortar or howitzer shall be

adjudged forfeit, and sold at public auction, and one-half of the
proceeds thereof shall be disposed of to the engineers and the
other half, to the use of the poor of the city of Boston. And
when any firearms, or any bomb, grenade, or other shell shall be
found in any house, outhouse, barn, stable, store, warehouse, shop,
or other building, so charged or having gunpowder in the same,
the same shall be liable to be seized in manner aforesaid; and on

complaint thereof, made and supported before a justice of the

peace, shall be sold and disposed of as is above provided for
Cannon.

3.

Appeals were provided for in prosecutions under the two

preceding sections, as was usual in other cases.

4.

No commissary, or any other officer or officers, or any person

or persons in the service of the United States, or acting in the

department of commissary or quartermaster-general of this com
monwealth, shall be permitted to have, keep, or possess, within the

city of Boston, a greater quantity of gunpowder than four hundred

pounds; and the powder so had and possessed within the said city
shall be kept in a place approved of by the engineers of the said

city, either under ground in a vault, or in a stone or brick building

secured against explosion by fire.
5. Any gunpowder which shall be found in the possession of, or
which may be had or kept within the city of Boston by any officer

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or officers, or any person or persons whatsoever, acting in behalf

or under the authority of the United States, or by any agent or
servant of such officers or persons, and all gunpowder possessed,

had, or kept by any officer of the commissary or quartermaster

general's departments of the State of Massachusetts, or persons

acting under the authority of these departments, contrary to the

provisions of the preceding section, may be seized by any two or
more of the engineers of the city of Boston, and the same may be
libelled and condemned and sold, and the proceeds thereof distrib
uted, as is by law provided for the forfeiture of gunpowder in other
cases within said city.
6. No person, except on military duty in the public service of
the United States, or of this commonwealth, shall keep, have, or
possess in any building or in any place, or in any carriage, or on
any wharf or on board of any ship or other vessel within two hun
dred yards of any wharf, or of the main land in the city of Boston,
gunpowder, in any quantity exceeding one pound, in any way or
manner other than by this and the eight following sections, and by
the rules and regulations hereinafter mentioned, may be permitted
and allowed. And all gunpowder had, kept, or possessed contrary
to the provisions of said sections and of such rules and regulations
shall be forfeited, and liable to be seized and proceeded against in
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the manner hereinafter provided.

7. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell any

gunpowder, which may at the time be within the city of Boston, in
any quantity, without first having obtained from the engineers of
said city a license, signed by the chief engineer or by the secretary
of the board of engineers, on which shall be written or printed a
copy of the rules and regulations by them established, reiative to
keeping, selling, and transporting gunpowder within said city;
and every such license shall be in force for one year from the date
thereof, unless annulled by the board of engineers, and no longer;
but such license may, prior to the expiration of that term, be
renewed by the chief engineer or the said secretary, from year to
year, by indorsement thereon; provided, always, that the board of
engineers may rescind any such license, if in their opinion the per
son or persons have disobeyed the law, or infringed any rules and

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regulations established by said board of engineers. And every

person who shall receive a license to sell gunpowder as aforesaid,
shall pay for the same the sum of five dollars, and for the renewal
thereof, the sum of one dollar, which sums shall be paid to the
board of engineers, for their use, for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of carrying these enactments into execution.

8. The board of engineers of the city of Boston may establish

rules and regulations from time to time, relative to the times and
places at which gunpowder may be brought to or carried from said
city by land or water, the times when, and the manner in which the

same may be transported through said city, to direct and regulate

the kind of carriages and boats in which the same may be so
brought to, and carried from, and through said city, and to direct
the manner in which gunpowder may be kept by licensed dealers

and other persons, and to direct and require all such precautions as
may appear to them needful and salutary to guard against danger
in the keeping and transportation of gunpowder.
9. All gunpowder which shall be kept, had, or possessed within
the city of Boston, or brought into or transported through the
same, contrary to the provisions of said sections and to the rules

and regulations made as aforesaid, may be seized and taken into

custody by any one or more of the engineers of said city, and the
same shall, within twenty days next after the seizure thereof, be
libelled, by filing into the office of the clerk of the superior court
for the transaction of criminal business, a libel, stating the time,
place, and cause of such seizure, a copy of which libel, or the sub
stance thereof, together with the summons or notice, which such

clerk is hereby authorized to issue, shall be served on the person

or persons in whose custody or possession such gunpowder shall
have been seized, if such person be an inhabitant of this common

wealth, by delivering a copy thereof to such person or persons, or

leaving such a copy at his, her, or their usual place of abode four
teen days at least before the sitting of the court at which the same

is to be heard, that such person or persons may appear and show

cause why the gunpowder so seized and taken should not be

adjudged forfeit. And if the powder so seized shall be adjudged

forfeit, the person or persons in whose custody or possession the

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same was seized, or the occupant or tenant of the place wherein the
same was so seized, shall pay all costs of prosecution, and execution
shall be issued therefor; provided, that it appear to the court that

such person or persons had notice of such prosecution by service

as aforesaid, and in case the person or persons in whose custody or

possession such gunpowder may be seized shall be unknown to the

engineer or engineers making such seizure, or in case such gunpow
der, at the time of seizure, may not be in the custody or possession

of any person, or if it shall appear by the return of the officers

that such person cannot be found, or has no place of abode in this
commonwealth, then said court shall and may proceed to adjudica
tion thereon. And such libel or summons, and also such writ of

execution for costs, shall and may be served and executed in any
county in this commonwealth, and by any officer competent to
execute civil process in like cases.

10. Any person or persons who shall rescue, or attempt to res

cue any gunpowder seized as aforesaid, or shall aid or assist there

in, or who shall counsel and advise, or procure the same to be

done, or who shall molest, hinder, or obstruct any engineer in such
seizure, or in conveying gunpowder so seized to a place of safety,
shall forfeit and pay a fine for each offence, of not less than one
hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be sued

for and recovered by action of the case, by any person or persons

who shall sue for the same in any court proper to try the same;
and it is hereby made the duty of all persons to aid and assist
each engineer or engineers in executing the duties hereby
required.

11. The said engineers, or any of them, may enter the store or
place of any person or persons licensed to sell gunpowder, to
examine and ascertain if the laws, rules, and regulations relating
thereto are strictly observed; and on an alarm of fire may cause
the powder there deposited to be removed, or destroyed, as the
case may require; and it shall be lawful for any one or more of the
engineers of said city to enter any dwelling-house or other place in
the city of Boston, to search for gunpowder, first having obtained
from a justice of the police court in said city a search warrant
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ized to issue, upon the complaint of such engineer or engineers

supported by his or their oath.

12. Any person who shall suffer injury by the explosion of any
gunpowder had, kept or transported within the city of Boston con
trary to the provisions of said sections, and of the rules and regula
tions established as aforesaid, may have an action of the case, in
any court proper to try the same, against the owner or owners of
such gunpowder, or against any other person or persons who may
have had the possession or custody of such gunpowder at the time
of the explosion thereof, to recover reasonable damages for the
injury thus sustained.
13. It shall be the duty of the engineers of the city of Boston
to cause all such rules and regulations as they may make and
establish, by virtue of the authority given as aforesaid, to be pub
lished in two or more newspapers printed in the city of Boston,
and to cause such publication to be continued three weeks suc

cessively for the information and government of all persons con

cerned.

14. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures which may arise and
accrue under the eight preceding sections shall and may be prose
cuted for and recovered, either in the manner therein specially pro
vided, or by indictment, complaint or information in any court
proper to try the same. And said act shall be taken and deemed

to be a public act, of which all courts, magistrates, and citizens

are bound to take notice as such ; and in any libel, action, indict
ment, information, or complaint upon said act, it shall not be nec
essary to set forth any more of the same than so much thereof as

relates to, and may be necessary truly and substantially to describe

the offence alleged to have been committed.*
*The statute of 1833, c. 151, referred to in sect. 14, in the text, contained
in sect. 12 a general repeal of acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith,
which apparently repeals stat. 1792, c. 7; 1801, c. 20; 1803, c. 120; 1807,
c. 137; 1816, c. 26, and 1820, c. 47.

It also provided, that all rules and regulations made and established by
the engineers, under and by virtue of the provisions of former acts, should
continue to have the same force and effect until altered or annulled by the
said engineers, as if this act had not been passed.

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15. Any person who shall keep, have, or possess any gunpow
der within the city of Boston contrary to the provisions of the nine
preceding sections, or to the rules and regulations of the board of

engineers therein mentioned, or who shall sell any gunpowder in

said city without having a license therefor, or contrary to such
license or the rules and regulations aforesaid, shall forfeit a sum
not less than one hundred dollars, and not exceeding five hundred
dollars for each offence; and if any gunpowder, kept contrary to
the said provisions or to such license or to the rules and regulations
aforesaid, shall explode in any building or on board of any ship or
other vessel, or in any place in said city, the occupant, tenant, or
owner of which has not then a license to keep and sell gunpowder
therein, such occupant, tenant, or owner shall forfeit a sum not less

than one hundred dollars, and not exceeding one thousand dollars .
for each offence.

16.

The several fines, penalties, and forfeitures, mentioned in

the ten preceding sections, shall inure to the sole use of the board

of engineers of the fire department of said city of Boston; pro

vided, however, that whenever, on the trial of any prosecution
under the said sections, any one or more of the said engineers
shall be sworn and examined as a witness on behalf of the prose
cution, a record thereof shall be made in court, and in such case the

fine, penalty, or forfeiture shall inure to the use of the poor of the
city of Boston, to be paid over to the overseers of the poor thereof.

17. Whenever any quantity less than ten quarter-casks of gun

powder shall be seized and taken into custody by any one or more
of the engineers of the fire department of the city of Boston, a
libel or complaint may be filed in the clerk's office of the police
court of said city of Boston, and the said police court of said city
shall have jurisdiction thereof; and the like proceedings thereon,
(excepting a trial by jury,) shall be had in said court as are pro
vided for by the fifth section of the act passed on the twenty-fifth
day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty
three, in the like cases of seizures and proceedings before the
superior court, saving always to any party aggrieved by any
final judgment of said police court the right of appeal and trial by
jury in said superior court.
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18. All fines, penalties and forfeitures imposed by the twelve

preceding sections may be sued for and recovered by the chief
engineer, or any one or more of the engineers of the fire depart
ment of the said city of Boston, or by any person thereto author
ized by a vote of the board of engineers of the said fire department.
19. Whoever wilfully and maliciously, by the explosion of gun
powder or any other explosive substance, unlawfully destroys or

injures any dwelling-house, office, shop, or other building, or any

ship or vessel, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state
prison not exceeding twenty years, or in the jail not exceeding five
years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.
20. Whoever wilfully and maliciously throws into, against, or
upon, or puts, places, or explodes, or causes to be exploded in,
upon, or near any dwelling-house, office, shop, building, or vessel,
any gunpowder or other explosive substance, or any bomb-shell,
torpedo, or other instrument filled or loaded with any explosive
substance, with intent unlawfully to destroy or injure such dwelling
house, office, shop, building, or vessel, or any person or property
therein, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not
exceeding ten years, or in the jail not exceeding five years, or by
fine not

exceeding five hundred dollars.

21. Gunpowder manufactured in this State shall be put into

strong and tight casks containing twenty-five pounds, fifty pounds,
or one hundred pounds each, unless the same is well secured in
copper, tin or brass canisters holding not exceeding five pounds
each, and closely covered with copper, brass or tin covers.
22. Each cask containing gunpowder manufactured within this

State, or brought into the same by land or water and landed, shall
be marked on the head with black paint, in legible characters, with
the word gunpowder, the name of the manufacturer, the weight of
the cask, and the year in which the powder was manufactured;
and each canister of gunpowder shall be marked with the word
gunpowder

23. Whoever knowingly marks a cask of gunpowder with the

name of any person other than the manufacturer of the same, or

changes gunpowder from a cask marked with the name of one man
ufacturer into a cask marked with the name of another manufac

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turer, shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty
dollars.

24. The city council of a city and the inhabitants of a town

may order that no gunpowder shall be kept in any place within the
limits thereof, unless it is well secured in tight casks or canisters;
that no gunpowder above the quantity of fifty pounds shall be
kept or deposited in any shop, store, or other building, or in a
ship or vessel which is within the distance of twenty-five rods

from any other building or wharf; that no gunpowder above the

quantity of twenty-five pounds shall be kept or deposited in any
shop, store, or other building within ten rods of any other build
ing; and that no gunpowder above the quantity of one pound
shall be kept or deposited in any shop, store or other building
within ten rods of another building, unless it is well secured
in copper, tin, or brass canisters, holding not exceeding five

pounds each, and closely covered with copper, brass, or tin covers.
They may make a like order in regard to gun-cotton, or other
substances prepared like it for explosion, and, if considered nec
essary for public safety, may restrict the quantity to be so kept

to one-fifth of the weight of gunpowder allowed by this section.

25.

Upon complaint made to a justice of the peace or police

court by the mayor or either of the aldermen, selectmen, or fire

wards of any place, that he has probable cause to suspect, and does
suspect that gunpowder, gun-cotton, or other substance prepared
like it for explosion, is deposited and kept within the limits thereof

contrary to law, such justice or court may issue a warrant directed

to either of the constables of such place, ordering him to enter any
shop, store, or other building, or vessel specified in the warrant,
and there make diligent search for such gun-cootton, gunpowder,
or other substance suspected to have been so deposited or kept,

and to make return of his doings to said justice or court forthwith.

26. Whoever commits an offence against any order made under
section twenty-four, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty
dollars; but the two preceding sections shall not extend to any
manufactory of gunpowdcr, gun-cotton, or other substances afore

said, nor in any case prevent the transportation thereof through

any city or town, or from one to another part thereof.

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FIRE-WORKS.
STATUTES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General

Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons
to keep or sell any fireworks within the city of Boston, in any
quantity, without first having obtained from the chief engineer of
the fire department of said city a license therefor, signed by the
chief engineer or by the secretary of the board of engineers, on
which shall be written or printed a copy of the rules and regula
lations by them established, relative to the keeping, selling, or
storage of fireworks within said city, and every such license shall
be in force until the first day of May next ensuing the date there

of, unless sooner annulled by the board of engineers, and no

longer; but such license may, prior to the expiration of that term,

be renewed by the chief engineer or the said secretary, from year

to year, by indorsement thereon; provided, always, that the board
of engineers may rescind any such license, if in their opinion the

person or persons have disobeyed the law, or infringed on any

rules or regulations established by the board of engineers; and
every person who receives a license to sell fireworks as aforesaid

shall pay for the same the sum of one dollar, and the same sum
for the renewal thereof, and all such licenses shall expire on the
first day of May, annually, and all moneys received for licenses
shall be paid to the board of engineers, for the purpose of defray
ing the expenses of carrying this act into execution.
Sect. 2. Any person or persons who have for sale or keep in
possession any fireworks within the city of Boston, contrary to
the rules and regulations established by the board of engineers
herein mentioned, or who shall sell any fireworks in said city
without having first obtained from the said chief engineer, or his
secretary, a license as aforesaid, shall forfeit a sum not less than
fifteen nor more than fifty dollars for each offence.
SECT. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS

Made and established by the Board of Engineers of the City of

Boston, relative to the sale, storage, and safe-keeping of Fireworks

in said City, in conformity with a law of this Commonwealth,

made and passed on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1853.
SECTION 1.

Any person or persons licensed to sell fireworks

by wholesale or retail shall not be allowed to keep any charged

pieces of fireworks exposed in any windows.

SECT. 2. All rockets, bombs, shells, mines, or other explosive
pieces, shall be kept in tight-covered cases; said cases shall
always be kept closed except when putting in or taking out fire
works, which shall be done as expeditiously as is consistent with
proper care.

SECT. 3. The board of engineers shall keep a record of all

licenses granted and renewals thereof, and shall designate how,
and in what manner fireworks shall be kept, and no alteration
shall be made unless by consent of the board. Any change made
by removal shall be indorsed on the license, and no license shall
be valid for any other place of business, unless so indorsed by the
chief engineer or secretary of the board.
SECT. 4. Licenses will be granted on application to the office of
the chief engineer of the fire department.
At a meeting of the board of engineers, held on Friday evening,
April 29, 1853, the foregoing rules and regulations were unani
mously adopted.
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HENRY HART, Secretary.

SCHEDULE

OF PROPERTY

In charge of Steam Fire Engine Companies Nos. 1, 2,

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, Jan. 1, 1868.

COMPANY NO. 1.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this

Company at the above date:
1 steam engine.

1 set blocks and rope.

1 hose carriage.

8 belts.

600 feet 23-inch leather hose.

100 feet 24-inch cotton hose.

10 hose lines.

300 feet 23-inch rubber hose.

1 life line.

2 horses.
2 set head harnesses.

1 hydrant wrench.
1 blunderbuss pipe.

18 spanners.

1 set wheel harnesses.

2 nozzles.

4 blankets.

1 but strap.

2 fly blankets.
1 halter.

1 enlarging coupling.
2 good lanterns.

1 stable broom.

6 old lanterns.

2 pitchforks.
1 curry-comb and brush.
1 surcingle.

4 oil cans.

1 axe.

1 water pot.

2 pails.

1 coal hod.

1 grain chest.

2 stoves, with pipe complete.

1 set lead bars.

1 copper boiler.

2 spare whiffletrees.

1 wash basin.

1 small hose, with pipe.

1 work bench with vise.

2 shovels.

2 jack screws.

1 grain measure.

1 dozen cold chisels.

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8 files.

4 chairs.

2 monkey wrenches.
1 hammer.

1 mop pail.
1 mop.

1 screw driver.

2 dust brushes.

1 ash pan.

1 horse brush.

1 ash barrel.

1 dust pan.

1 basket.

1 coal sifter.

1 spare gooseneck.

1 spare grate.

2 handsaws.

1 small pipe for hydrant use.

6 spittoons.

11 fire hats.

1 feather duster.

4 iron bedsteads.

1 step ladder.
1 set engine runners.

4 hair mattresses.

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4 palm-leaf mattresses.
4 feather pillows.

1 set hose carriage runners.

2 flue scrapers.

8 comforters.

2 flue brushes.

8 bed blankets.

1 spare hose carriage box.

14 sheets.

1 spare wheel.

10 pillow cases.

1 stable broom.

10 window shades.

1 corn broom.

3 mats.

And a quantity of extra bolts, cotton waste, hemp, packing files

and tools, with which to repair the engine.
TEMPLEMAN C. Twiss,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 1.

COMPANY NO. 2.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company at the above date:
1 steam engine.

2 street blankets.

1 hose carriage.

1 fire axe.

1000 ft. 23-inch leather hose.

3 lanterns.

50 ft. 2-inch leather hose.

4 hose pipes.

1 pair horses.

3 hydrant wrenches.

1 set wheel harness.

14 hose caps.

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4 sets belts and spanners.

1 hand brush.

1 jack screw.

4 iron bedsteads.

2 baskets.

4 hair mattresses.

2 stoves with pipes.

1 coal hod.

4 palm-leaf mattresses.
4 hair pillows.

1 ash pan.

12 sheets.

1 coal sifter.

8 pillow cases.

1 water pail.

10 blankets.

2 corn brooms.

7 bedquilts.

1 dust pan.

5 settees.

1 monkey wrench.

1 table.

6 oil cans.

3 chairs.

1 lb. hemp packing.

1 tool chest.

1 copper wash boiler.

2 duplicate wheels.

1 tin boiler.

5 tons hard coal.

1 flue brush.

1 ton soft coal.

2 scrapers.
2 oil feeders.

1 cord pine wood.

3 spittoons.
1 whip.

1 step ladder.
1 copper wash basin.

3 halters.

1 tin wash basin.

1 light coal wagon.

2 shovels.

2 gallons neatsfoot oil.

1 gallon sperm oil.

1 vise.

1 grain chest.

1 stable broom.

1 feed trough.
1 set blocks and rope.

1 gallon burning oil.

2 hay forks.

8 lbs. cotton waste.

1 curry-comb.

1 ash barrel.

1 horse brush.

2 ladders.

1 mane brush.

8 sheets emery cloth.

4 pipe nozzles.

24 copper flues.
2 spare collars.

2 extra bits.
50 ft. Small rubber hose with

pipe.

1 map.

2 fly blankets.
2 pair spare hames.
1 suction hose line.

4 reducing screws.
1 long handled brush.

6 leading hose lines.

2 duplicate axles.

2 door mats.

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1 mane comb.

2 sponges.

6 lbs. hard soap.

1 bar castile soap.

2 files.
3 bells.

Moses A. JONES,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 2.

COMPANY No. 3.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company at the above date:
1 steam fire engine.
1 hose carriage.

1 table.

1,000 ft. 23-inch leather hose.

100 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.

4 cane bottom chestnut chairs.

2 horses.

6 solid bottom chestnut chairs.

2 pole harnesses.

4 iron bedsteads.

1 settee.

1 bureau (chestnut).

2 lead harnesses.

4 husk mattresses.

1 pair lead bars.

4 hair mattresses.

3 collars.

4 hair pillows.

4 halters.

8 bed blankets.

4 horse blankets.

12 bed sheets.

2 surcingles.
1 curry-comb and brush.

4 pillow slips.

2 pitchforks.

4 white bedspreads.

4 comforters for beds.

1 grain chest.

1 stove.

1 tackle and falls.

2 coal hods.

1 pair hay hooks.

3 water pails.

1 tin boiler.

1 stable broom.

1 copper boiler set in brick.

1 fire poker and shovel.

1 stall hook.

1 iron ash-barrel and sifter.

1 stable shovel.

1 two-bushel basket.

2 shovels.

1 one-bushel basket (very poor).

3 slat gates.

1 corn broom.
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1 hose sink.

23 tons soft coal.

1 hose rope and tongs.

5 tons hard coal.

16 hose hooks and roller.

3 files.

# cord pine wood.

2 mops, and 4 pieces of mopping.

1 cold chisel.

6 spittoons.

2 wood chisels.

40 ft. hand hose and pipe (poor).

2 lbs. rotten stone.

1 bench vise.

6 lbs. cotton waste.

6 wrenches of various sizes.

4 lbs. packing yarn.

6 sheets emery cloth.
4 large oil cans.

2 step ladders.
1 portable furnace.

# bbl. sponge.

1 tallow can.

4 lanterns.

3 small oil cans.

2 gallons sperm oil.
13 gallon neatsfoot oil.

1 extra flexible hose pipe.

2 extra copper hose pipes.
1 woollen carpet for hall.
1 oil-cloth carpet for bath room.

2 gallons burning oil.

L. P. MAYO,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 3.

COMPANY No. 4.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this

Company at the above date:

1 steam engine.

1 bench and vise.

1 hose carriage.

4 bedsteads.

700 feet rubber hose.

4 hair mattresses.

2 horses.
2 set double harnesses.

4 palm-leaf mattresses.
4 hair pillows.

1 lead harness.

8 chairs.

1 stool.
4 blankets (horse).
1 cylinder stove; 1 air-tight
2 fly blankets (horse).
Stove.
1 gooseneck.
1 blunderbuss in good condi 1 grain chest.
2 forks.
tion; 2, poor condition.

3 water pails.

1 stable broom.

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3 brooms.

2 axes.

1 horse brush; 1 curry-comb;

4 shovels.

1 mane brush and comb.

Hay cutter.
Feed trough.

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11 fire hats.

1 pair steps.
2 oil cans.

Copper boiler.

2 fluid cans.

Ash barrel.

16 bed blankets.

Coal hod.

8 quilts. .

1 basket.

1 table.

6 hose lines.

50 feet hand hose.

Gate for doors.

4 horse collars.

Runners for hose carriage.

1 supply coupling.
1 reducer; 1 enlarging coup
ling.

Set of blocks and fall for hoisting

3 lanterns.

hay.
2 open bridles.
4 spittoons.

A small quantity bolts, wrenches.

WILLIAM T. CHESWELL,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 4.

COMPANY No. 5.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company at the above date:
1 steam engine.
1 hose carriage.

1 grain chest.
1 grain measure.

750 feet 23-inch leather hose.

550 feet 23-inch cotton hose.

4 shovels.

2 hay forks.

1 pair horses.
1 pair wheel harnesses.

2 halters.

1 lead harness.

3 buckets.

1
1
1
1
1

1 curry-comb.

pair fly blankets.

pair stable blankets.
pair street blankets.
hay cutter.
feed trough.

3 surcingles.

1 horse brush.
1 mane brush.

2 whips.

1 set runners for engine.

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3 stoves.

1 crowbar.

1 ash barrel and coal sifter.

13 window shades.

2 axes.

Blocks, fall, and hook for hoist

ing hay.

50 feet hand hose.

2 coal hods.

2 corn brooms.

4 palm-leaf mattresses.

1 long handled floor brush.

4 hair mattresses.

1 handled dust brush.

4 hair pillows.

1 dust pan.

4 white bedspreads.

1 piece leather hose condemned.

13 pillow cases.

2 floor mats.

11 sheets.

3 oil cans.

8 comforters.

1 tallow pail.

5 blankets.

1 chain vise.

4 towels.

A small quantity of the follow

ing articles: Neatsfoot oil,
soft soap, castile soap, rot

1 table.
3 settees.

6 stools.

ten stone, matches, 2 lad

ders, 7 sets belts, spanners

3 door mats.

and hose lines.

6 chairs.

4 spittoons.
DANIEL CARTER,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 5.

COMPANY NO. 6.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company at the above date:
1 steam fire engine.
2 brass pipes, with 4 nozzles.
25 feet 10 inches of suction hose. 2 blunderbuss pipes, with nozzles.
1 hose carriage.
1 copper pipe.

1,243 feet 23-inch leather hose. 4 bedsteads; 4 hair mattresses.

100 feet 23-inch rubber hose.
4 palm leaf mattresses; 4 hair
80 feet rubber hand hose.

pillows.

12 feet of small rubber hose for 10 sheets; 8 pillow cases.

hot water.
4 blankets; 8 comforters; 1 table.

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4 reducing connections;
chairs;

DEPARTMENT.

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5 pounds of hemp packing; 28

old rubber valves.

1 role book.

4 enlarging connections; 4 win 3 pounds of red lead; 40 feet of

dow shades, with fixtures.
pine lumber.
1 connection for hand hose ; 1 4 pounds of black lead; 11 parade
bag and 20 pounds of cotton
Waste.

3 bells for engine pole; 7 wicks

2 goosenecks; 5 pounds of salt;

1 gross matches.
1 strainer; 1 match safe; 4
drills.

for lanterns.

1 tin wash bowl; 4 bedspreads.

1 tin tunnel.
4 lanterns.

2 branch connections; 1 start

ing bar; 1 life line.
1 copper boiler for stove; 11

keys to engine house.

4 brass oil cans; 11
badges.

shirts.

silver

1 sprinkling pot.
3 stoves, with pipe complete.
2 coal hods; 1 shovel for stove; 1
poker for stove.

1 poker and 1 shovel for the

engine.

1 quart of linseed oil; 2 hy 2 ash vessels; 1 coal sifter.

drant wrenches.

1 can and 14 gallon of sperm

oil; 2 sets of old link blocks.
1 can and 1 gallon of kerosene
oil.
1

1 grate pattern; 1 WOrn Out

engine grate.
1 spare grate for stove; 1 iron
clamp.

5 pairs of pipe tongs; 1 pair of

can and 2 gallons of hose oil;

tube wrenches.

2 wrenches for wheel caps; 5

1 set of martingales.

1 can and 3 gallon of burning

socket wrenches.

oil.

1 monkey wrench and hammer.

1 can and 6 pounds of tallow; 2 fire fenders for engine wheels.
1 small pipe for hand hose.
1 can and 1 pint of harness

blacking.
8 gallons soft soap;
scraper; 1 ash pan.

flue

3 spars; spokes for engine wheels.

12 wrenches used in repairing

engine.
3 jack screws; 12 files.
2 brushes for oiling hose.

24 pounds hard soap; 1 car 2 brushes for washing hose; 1

grain measure.
riage jack.
1 pound of sponge; 1 set of 2 stove brushes; 1 dust pan.
1 dust brush; 2 feather dusters.
runners for hose carriage.

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brooms;

corn

brooms.

4 duplicate wheels for engine.

6 cold chisels; 2 duplicate arms

2 stable brooms; 1 mat for

for brake of engine.
11 screw taps; 8 sheets emery
engine.
cloth.
3 floor mats; 1 ice chisel.
2 baskets; 1 crowbar; 2 axes. 20 hose hooks; 2 wooden saw
horses; 1 set of ear nets.
1 hatchet; 3 saws; 1 plane.
1 pair steps; 1 mop ; 1 settee. 1 trough for oiling hose; 2 cords
2 flue brushes; 1 vise.
of pine wood.
2 fire buckets; 2 water pails.
6 tons hard coal; 23 tons soft coal.
2 horses; 1 set wheel harness;
1 suction hose line; 1 box for
1 lead harness.
shavings.

4 cast steel shovels; 1 gate 4 horse blankets; 1 surcingle;

for summer use.

6 rubber

spittoons;

2 whips.

1 butt 2 halters; 2 horse brushes; 2

Strap.

1 fire alarm apparatus; 7 span

curry-combs.
chamois skin;

2 forks;

manure hook.

ner belts.

14 spanners; 7 hose lines.

1 set of blocks and rope; 1 hay

11 fire hats; 2 extra axletrees.

1 pair of lead bars and chains,

1 feed trough; 500 pounds of

cutter; 1 grain chest.

Straw.

for winter use.

GEORGE SCOTT,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 6.

COMPANY NO. 7.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this

Company at the above date:
1 steam engine.

1 set of wheel harness.

1 hose carriage.

2 lead harnesses.

2 horses.

2 spare horse collars.

650 ft. 24-inch leather hose.

2 street blankets; 3 surcingles.

50 ft. 2-inch leather hose.

4 lanterns.

150 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.

1 axe.

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DEPARTMENT.

2 crowbars.

1 settee.

2 fluid cans.

1 copper boiler.

4 oil cans.

1 clock.

1 gooseneck, with screw con

1 Wise.

nections.

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1 tool box.

2 brass pipes, with 4 nozzles.

1 closet for tools.

1 blunderbuss, very poor con

1 work bench.

dition.

1 small pipe for use on hydrant.

2 enlarging connections.

1 mop.

3 shovels.

1 wash basin.

2 forks.

1 copper strainer.

2 pails.

1 small coal shovel for stove.

2 brooms.

1 iron ash barrel.

1 duster.

3 horse brushes.

2 stoves, with pipe.

1 large basket.
1 curry-comb.

1 coal hod.
4 iron bedsteads.

1 long hose line.

4 hair mattresses.

8 short hose lines.

4 palm leaf mattresses.

11 window shades.

4 hair pillows.

3 hydrants, wrenches.

22 sheets.

40 feet of small rubber hose, and

a lot of extra bolts, cotton
waste, hemp packing, files,
tools with which to repair the
engine.

9 pillow cases.
8 bed blankets.
6 comforters.
2 tables.
12 chairs.

OLIVER WILSON,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 7.

COMPANY No. 8.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company at the above date:
1 steam engine.
1 hose carriage.
1,050 ft. 24-inch hose.

60 m. small rubber hose with

pipe.
1 gooseneck.

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1 iron bar.

4 palm leaf mattresses; 4 hair

3 shovels; 1 poker for engine.

1 vise; 1 pair pipe tongs.

2 axes; 3 blunderbusses.

11 fire hats; 1 copper boiler.

1 pair steps; 1 brush to wash

pillows.
blankets; 4 bedspreads; 8
pillow cases.
12 sheets; 8 comforters; 4 bol
Sters.

hose.

12 chairs; 2 settees.
1 set of sleigh runners for hose 3 spittoons; 9 window curtains.

carriage.
1 alarm gong; 1 9-foot ladder.
1 set of sleigh runners for en 1 set of extra wheels for engine.
2 books for company records.
gine.
1 grate for engine.
1 fancy nozzle for spraying stream.
2 horses; 3 halters.
1 long hose line.
1 set wheel harness (complete). 1 dust brush; 10 red shirts.
1 set lead harness (complete). 3 lanterns for engine.
2 stable blankets.

1 spare collar; 1 curry-comb; 1

brush.

1 match box.

2 forks; 1 whip; 1 desk.

1

coal

3 small oil cans for engine.

2 bars hard soap; 1 mop.

hod and

shovel

for

StOve.

Wrenches and files for repairing

engine.

4 sets belts and spanners; 6 hose

2 stoves; 1 corn broom; 1 sta

lines.
1 framed alarm card.

ble broom.

2 jack screws; 2 reducing con

nections.

1 hay cutter; 1 enlarging con

nection.

1 feed trough; 2 gates for sum

2 hydrant wrenches.
52-gallon oil cans; small quan
tity of oil.
3 lbs. tallow ; 1 tallow can.

4 gallons soft soap; 2 bushels

Carrots.

Iner use.

1 grain chest; 2 water pails.

Quantity of hard coal; soft coal.

1 set blocks and rope; 1 pair

spare bits.
2 wash basins; 1 pair lead bars.
4 iron bedsteads; 4 hair mat

Pine wood, etc.; 1 ash barrel.

tresses.

1 bushel basket; small quantity

Cotton Waste.

8 ft. of small rubber pipe for frost

pipe on engine.

HosFA ALLEN,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 8.

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COMPANY NO. 9.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this

Company, at the above date:
1 steam engine.
1 hose carriage.
850 ft. 23-inch leather hose.
250 ft. 23-inch cotton hose.
100 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.
2 horses.

1 set of blocks and rope.

1 grain chest.
3 pails.
1 feed trough.
10 belts, and 4 set of spanners.
1 long hose line.

2 stable blankets with surcingles.

10 short hose lines.

2 street blankets.

1 horse brush.

1 hydrant wrench.
11 keys to engine house.
1 gooseneck.

1 curry-comb.

1 fire bucket.

2 brooms.

2 blunderbuss pipes.

1 set of double harness.

4 hair mattresses.

11 hose hats.

4 palm leaf mattresses.

4 hair pillows.
4 bedspreads.

3 shovels, and poker.

1 Vise.

2 ash barrels.

10 bed blankets.

1 spare grate for engine.

7 comforters.

2 halters.

8 pillow cases.

1 jack screw.

16 sheets.

2 hay forks.

6 chairs.

1 box fine salt.

3 stools.

1 grain measure.

2 duplicate engine wheels,

1 wash basin.

1 screw wrench.

2 copper boilers.

2 files.

14 tons soft coal.

1 hammer.

4 tons hard coal.

2 oil cans.

2 sleds to haul engine on.

2 stoves.

1 bedstead.

2 coal hods.

2 desks.

1 whip.

50 ft. hand hose; 25 ft. of it poor.

ALBERT BAILEY,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 9.

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COMPANY No.

10.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this

Company, at the above date:
1 steam engine.
1 hose carriage.
1,400 ft. 24-inch leather hose.
100 ft. 24-inch rubber hose.

1 jack screw.
3 water pails.

25 ft. small rubber hose.

2 looking glasses.

2 horses.

2 stoves.

2 breast harnesses.

1 grain chest.

1 lead harness.

3 shovels.

2 spare collars.

1 coal hod.

6 mattresses.

10 spittoons.

11 woollen blankets.

3 brooms.

6 counterpanes.

1 bookcase.

14 sheets.

1 chandelier.

12 pillow slips.
3 pillows.

1 flesh brush.

1 curry-comb; 1 brush.

2 bureaus.

1 comb.

8 chairs.

4 large oil cans.

1 set engine runners.

2 small oil cans.

1 workbench and vise.

ALEXANDER H. TowNE,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 10.

COMPANY No. 11.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
1 steam engine.

2 street pipes.

1 strainer for suction hose.

4 nozzles.

2 goosenecks.

2 monkey wrenches.

7 lanterns.

1 hammer; 1 hub wrench.

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DEPARTMENT.

3 shovels.

3 settees; 8 arm chairs; 5 plain

1 axe.

chairs.

6 files; 4 cold chisels.

2 fire buckets.
1 oil feeder.

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6 rubber spittoons.
1 table.

4 wooden bedsteads.

4 oil cans.

4 hair mattresses.

2 jack screws.

4 excelsior mattresses.

4 extra spokes for engine wheels. 8 bedquilts.

4 water pails.

4 white spreads.

2 lbs. soapstone packing.

4 white blankets.

10 lbs. cotton waste.

12 sheets; 8 pillow cases.

4 pillows and 4 bolsters.

2 tons soft coal; 6 tons hard

coal.

# cord pine wood.

1 duster; 1 long handle brush.

4 door mats.

2 horses.
1 hose carriage.
1,350 feet 24-inch leather hose. 1 set pole harness.
2 stable blankets; 1 pair fly
100 feet 23-inch rubber hose.
2 hydrant wrenches; 2 reducing
blankets, very poor.

couplings.
8 belts with spanners and hose
lines.
2 blunderbusses.

2 gallons corn oil.

2 gallons sperm oil.

2 street blankets.

2 surcingles.
1 whip.

2 halters, (one very poor.)

1 curry-comb; 1 horse brush.
11 fire hats.

2 chamois skins.

1 vise bench with vise.

2 mops.
1 sprinkler.

3 sponges.
50 feet hand hose ; 25 feet hand
hose for engine.

# dozen bars hard soap.

1 tackle.

1 bucket.

2 stoves with pipe.

1 grain chest.
2 corn brooms.
1 copper boiler.
2 coal hods; 2 small fire shovels. 1 set engine runners.

We have housed, in our engine house, one rotary engine, said

engine being the one formerly used by Engine Co. No. 5, of the
Boston Fire Department.
GEO. L. IMBERT,

Clerk of Engine Co. No. 11.

SCHEDULE

OF PROPERTY

In charge of Hose Companies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,

9, 1: , Jan. 1, 1868.
COMPANY NO. 1.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
1 horse hose carriage.

1 stable broom.

1 horse.

1 corn broom.

1,200 ft. 23-inch leather hose.

100 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.

2 iron bedsteads, poor.

1 harness, with
breastplate.

collar

and

2 palm-leaf mattresses.
2 hair mattresses.
2 hair pillows.

1 stable blanket, with surcingle.

4 pillow cases.

1 street blanket; 1 whip.

8 sheets.

1 halter; 1 G strap; 1 hitch

1 blanket.

strap.
1 hay fork.

1 table.

3 bedquilts.

1 stable fork.

3 chairs.

1 grain chest.
1 two-quart measure.

2 stoves, with pipe complete.

2 shovels.

20 foot hand hose, with pipe

1 oak bucket.

1 set blocks and rope.

4 window curtains.

complete.
1 wash bowl.

1 carriage jack.

2 lanterns.

1 horse brush.

2 fluid cans.

1 curry-comb.

2 oil cans; 1 oil feeder.

1 set hay hooks.

1 mane brush.
1 card.

1 monkey wrench.

1 wrench for hose carriage axle.

1 dust brush; 1 dust pan.

1 oil brush; 1 oil pail.
2 copper boilers for stoves.

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FIRE

2 coal hods and 2 shovels; 2

pokers.
1 iron ash barrel.

1 mop.
1 gooseneck.

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1 water pot.

1 set sleigh runners for carriage.

1 long handled scrub brush.
2 fire buckets (small).
2 small brass pipes.

2 reducing connections.
2 increasing connections.
2 blunderbuss pipes.

8 badges; 8 keys.

1 water bucket.

1 but strap.

1 life line.
1 old bridle.

2 axes.

1 desk.

6 fire hats and 3 fire caps.

7 sets belts and spanners.
7 hose lines.

1 spare iron grating.

Neats-foot oil, fluid, oil, etc.
3 extra sets spanners.

2 hydrant wrenches.

3 hose lines.

1 set shaft bells.

Soap, etc.

1 pair steps for house.

A. L. PEARSON,

Clerk of Hose Co. No. 1.

COMPANY No.

2.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date.

1 hose carriage.
1,200 ft. 23-inch leather hose.
1 horse.

1 harness;

1 breast

plate

and

tugs; 1 set spare reins.

1 stable blanket; 1 surcingle; 1
street blanket; 1 halter.

2 axes; 4 buckets; 5 pipes; 1

gooseneck.
7 hose caps; 9 hats; 7 sets
belts and spanners.

1 grain chest; 2 pails; 1 patent

mop pail.
2 stoves with pipe; 1 coal hod;
1 copper wash boiler.
1 corn broom : 1 stable broom;
1 dust brush.

1 fluid can ; 1 oil can ; 2 lamp

fillers.

1 lantern; 1 signal lantern; 1

hand lamp.
1 set blocks and rope.

2 shovels; 2 forks; 1 brush; 2 hydrant wrenches; 1 carriage

jack and wrench.
1 curry-comb; 1 mane comb.

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50 feet small hand hose and

2 palm leaf mattresses.

pipe.
2 tables; 3 settees; 7 chairs;

8 sheets; 4 pillow cases.

2 benches.

2 comforters.
4 bed blankets.

reducing connection;
increasing connection.

2 white bedspreads.
1 whip; 1 two quart measure.

1 gate for summer use.

1 monkey wrench.

3 window curtains.

1 wash basin.

2 iron bedsteads.

1 long hose line.

2 hair mattresses; 2 pillows.

1 stove shovel; 1 poker.

JACOB SMITH,

Clerk of Hose Co. No 2.

COMPANY No. 3.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
900 ft. 23-inch leather hose.
125 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.

1 curry-comb and brush.

1 horse.

1 C shovel.

1 harness.

1 corn broom.

1 hose carriage.
2 goosenecks.

2 stoves and pipes.

2 wrenches.

2 coal hods.

1 axe.

1 ash barrel.

3 pipes.

1 chamois skin.

9 hats.

1 oil can for hose oil.

8 sets belts and spanners.

8 hose lines; 1 life line.

1 mane comb.

1 stove shovel.

1 quart sperm oil and can.

50 feet hand hose.
-

1 stable blanket and surcingle.

2 iron bedsteads.

2 street blankets.

2 hair mattresses.

1 stable broom.

2 palm-leaf mattresses.
2 hair pillows.

1 carriage jack.
1 whip.

10 sheets.

1 fork.

8 pillow cases.

1 grain chest; 8 bushels grain.

5 blankets.

2 pails.

4 comforters.

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2 white spreads.

3 window shades, with fixtures.

6 chairs and 6 stools.

Small quantity of soap and

1 table.

1 wash basin.

blacking for harness.

3 spittoons.
1 water pot.

1 lantern for foreman.

1 set of bells.

1 gate for summer use.

1 halter and chain.

1 boiler.

HoRATIO ELY,

Clerk of Hose Co. No. 3.

COMPANY NO. 4.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
1 hose carriage.
1,500 feet 23-inch leather hose.
250 feet 23-inch cotton hose.

9 chairs.

1 horse.

2 iron bedsteads.

1 harness.

2 hair mattresses.

1 settee.
1 table.

1 stable blanket and surcingle.

2 palm-leaf mattresses.

1 street blanket.

2 hair pillows.

2 hay forks.

2 pillow cases.

1 manure fork.

4 sheets.

2 shovels.

2 blankets.

1 fly blanket.
2 goosenecks.
3 hydrant wrenches.
1 hose pipe.

2 comforters.

2 white spreads.
1 pail.

4 hose caps.

1 wash basin.
40 feet small hose and pipe.

5 fire hats.

1 tin boiler.

11 sets belts and spanners.

12 sets hose lines.

1 copper boiler.
2 drag ropes.

2 stoves, with pipe.

2 corn brooms.

2 coal hods and shovel.

1 stable broom.

1 stove poker.

1 lantern.

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1 carriage jack.

4 spittoons.

2 oil cans.

1 tackle and fall, with hooks.

2 fluid cans.

1 gallon soft soap.

1 hose brush.

# bar castile soap.

2 horse brushes; 1 mane brush. 1 bar chemical soap.

1 life line.
1 curry-comb.
1 chamois skin.

3 reducing couplings.

1 sponge.
1 grain chest.

1 blunderbuss.

1 feather duster.

Part of a box of salt.

1
1
1
1

2
9
1
1

1 whip.

spare bit.
dust brush and pan.
long handled brush.
brush for oiling hose.

hose straps.
fire jackets.
mop.
brass pipe.

3 gallons neatsfoot oil.

1 can patent hose grease.

1 quart sperm oil.

1 water pot.

3 sponges.
1 step ladder.
B. F. THAYER,

Clerk of Hose Co. No. 4.

COMPANY No. 5.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
1,350 ft. 23-inch cotton hose.
150 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.
1 horse.

1 poker.
1 axe.

1 harness.

2 pipes.
2 goosenecks.

1 hose carriage.

2 hydrant wrenches.

1 carriage jack.
1 carriage wrench.

5 hose lines.

1 stove with pipe.

6 set belts and spanners.

1 increasing connection.

1 coal hod.

9 fire hats.

1 cast-steel shovel.

1 water pot.

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DEPARTMENT.

2 oil cans.

4 blankets.

1 copper boiler.
1 brush for cleaning hose.

3 hair mattresses.

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3 palm-leaf mattresses.

1 curry-comb.

3 hair pillows.

2 water pails.

3 comforters.

1 stable broom.

3 settees.

1 ice pick.
1 pitchfork.

12 chairs.

2 lanterns.

1 manure fork.

1 blanket for horse.

1 trough for washing hose.

1 brush for washing hose.

1 block with fall.

30 ft. of small hose.

2 wooden horses.

1 wash basin.

2 sponges.
1 halter.

1 grain chest.
1 steel die for marking property.

3 iron bedsteads.

1 record book for alarms.

10 sheets.

1 small expense book.

8 pillow slips.

Soap, oils and small stores.

SILAS LovELL,

Clerk of Hose Co. No. 5.

CoMPANY No. 6.
The following is a full and accurate statement of all property
belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
1 hose carriage.
500 ft. 23-inch leather hose.
800 ft. 23-inch cotton hose.

2 brooms.

1 carriage jack.
3 stoves and pipes complete.

100 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.

1 coal hod and shovel.

1 horse.

4 buckets.

1 harness.

1 axe.

1 stable blanket.

1 copper boiler.

1 street blanket.

2 goosenecks.

1 halter.

2 hydrant wrenches.

1 grain chest.

3 lanterns.

1 manure fork.

1 monkey wrench.

1 shovel.

1 fluid can.

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CITY

No. 20.

DOCUMENT.

1 oil can.

9 fire hats.

1 Screw driver.

8 sets belts and spanners.

1 curry-comb.
1 horse brush.

1 reducing connection.
1 increasing connection.

1 dust brush.

1 pipe.

1 feather duster.

1 mane brush.

1 chamois skin.
1 iron bedstead.

2 sponges.
1 slat gate for summer use.

1 hair mattress.

1 oak bucket.

1 palm-leaf mattress.
1 hair pillow.

1 desk.

1 comforter.

8 hose lines.

1 gallon hose oil.

2 blankets.

1 hose brush.

4 sheets.

1 iron ash barrel.

2 pillow cases.

1 coal sifter.

5 settees.

2 brass pipes.

1 stool.

50 ft. of small rubber hose and

3 chairs.

pipe.
JACOB SHERMAN,

Clerk of Hose Co. No. 6.

COMPANY NO. 8.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
1 horse; 1 hose carriage.

1,100 ft. 23-inch leather hose.

150 ft. 23-inch rubber hose.
1 harness; 1 stable blanket.
1 street blanket; 1 halter.
30 ft. hand hose and pipe.
2 hose pipes; 3 lanterns; 1

string bells.
9 badges; 9 keys; 2 bolts; 1
hose strap.

6 set

spanners;

9 hats; 4 caps;

6 hose lines.

3 hydrant wrenches; 1 goose

neck; 1 match box.

1 axe; 2 reducers; 2 enlarging

couplings.
2 copper boilers; 1 stove screen.
1 stove and pipe; 1 coal hod.

1 barrel manure; 1 grain chest.

2 fluid cans; 2 oil cans.

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DEPARTMENT.

2 pails; 1 wash basin; 1 feather

duster.

1 monkey wrench; 4 shovels;

2 forks.

1 set hose runners; 1 whip.

2 iron bedsteads; 2 hair mat
tresses.

2 palm-leaf mattresses; 2 hair

1 wheel jack; 1 corn broom; 1

stable broom.

pillows.

6 sheets; 4 pillow cases;

1 table; 4 chairs; 1 settee.

blankets.

1 comforter.
1 curry-comb; 1 horse brush.
1 surcingle; 1 stirrup; 1 two 1 set blocks and ropes.

quart measure.
WILLIAM BLAKE,

Clerk of Hose Co. No. 8.

HOSE COMPANY, No. 9.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date.
1 horse,

1 shovel and scraper.

1 harness.

2 stable buckets.

1 spare collar and breast plate. 2 surcingles.

1 halter.

1 pair spare hames and traces.

1 pair short reins.
1 pair lead reins.

1 can harness blacking.

# box salt.

1 pair long trace lengtheners.

1 pair short trace lengtheners.

1 string bells.

1 saddle and harness.

3 sponges.
1 curry-comb and brush.
1 card and mane comb.
1 foot hook.

2 stable blankets.
2 street blankets.

1 grain measure.
1 hay fork.
1 set hay hooks.

1 set pulley blocks.

600 feet 23-inch leather hose.
1,250 feet 23-inch cotton hose.
1 hose carriage.
1 whip.

1 fly blanket.

# can tallow.

1 pair earnets.

6 old hose caps.

1 manure fork.

1 hand pole for carriage.

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CITY DoCUMENT. No. 20.

4 feet stove pipe.

1 copper gooseneck.
2 sets rolls for hoisting hose.

3 corn brooms.

6 spanner belts.
15 spanners.

8 hose lines and 7 belts.

1 dust pan and brush.

1 wheel jack.
2 axes.

1 hose brush.

3 hydrant wrenches.

1 ash barrel.

1 small pipe.

1 coal sifter.

1 lb. rotten stone.

2 reducing couplings.
2 enlarging couplings.

1 lb. black lead.

2 blunderbusses.

1 chamois skin.

1 hose strap.

1 stamping iron.

1 piece old hand hose.

1 match safe.

1 monkey wrench.

4 rubber spittoons.
2 stoves, with funnels.

1 lantern.

1 coal hod.

2 mats.

1 step ladder.

6 chairs.

14 ropes for hoisting hose.

# lb. cotton waste.
# ton coal.

2 settees.
1 table.

1 framed list of boxes.

2 iron bedsteads.

2 slat gates.
1 quart sperm oil.

2 hair mattresses.

2 gallons hose oil and can.

1 gallon combination oil.
1 bar castile soap.

4 blankets.

6 small bars common soap.

1 feather duster.

3 comforters.

2 palm-leaf mattresses.
10 sheets.

8 pillow cases.
2 bedspreads.

1 scrub brush.

T. W. GOWEN,

Clerk of Hose No. 9.

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DEPARTMENT.

COMPANY No.

10.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date:
-

1 hose carriage.
8 belts and spanners.

1 coal hod and poker.

2 axes.

2 oil cans with oil.

2 hydrant wrenches.
6 hose ropes with hooks.
2 hydrant pipes.

1 sponge.
1 wash-basin.

1 screw wrench.

1 boiler.

1 writing table.

2 ropes in hose tower.

8 door keys to house.
8 badges for members.

1 arm chair.
2 common chairs.
2 Settees.

2 table lamps.
3 hand lanterns.

1 broom.

1 box wheel grease.

550 feet 23-inch leather hose.

4 couplings.

Stove and pipe.

1 carriage jack.
2 pipes.

1 small stove shovel.

1 record book.

1 large shovel.
M. M. GooDALE,
Clerk of Hose Co. No. 10.

SCHEDULE () F PROPERTY
In charge of Hook and Ladder Companies Nos. 1, 2, 3,
Jan. 1, 1868.

COMPANY No. 1.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date.
18 ladders.

1 hook and ladder carriage.

6 guy ropes.

24 shirts.

2 hooks.

1 black walnut table.

5 crotch poles.

3 chairs.

4 axes.

5 settees.

4 rakes.

1 stove and funnel.,

2 shovels.

1 boiler.

1 auger.

2 oil cans.

2 belts.

1 dozen forks.

2 hammers.

2 spare wheels.

6 dogs.

1 set runners.

6 bolts.

6 ladders of different lengths.

1 monkey wrench.
1 hand pump.

24 hats.

3 lanterns.

24 keys.
1 piece hand hose.
WILLIAM N. YOUNG,

Clerk of Hose Co. No. 1.

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DEPARTMENT.

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COMPANY No. 2.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this

Company, at the above date.
16 ladders.

4 sheets.

5 crotch poles.

2 blankets.

2 hooks.

1 spread.
1 whip.
1 jack-screw.
1 copper boiler.
1 curry-comb.

4 axes.
4 rakes.

- 5 guy lines.
9 dogs.
2 hammers.

1 shovel.

1 bucket.

4 forks.

3 lanterns.

2 brooms.

1 hook and ladder carriage.

2 stoves complete.

1 pair of horses.
1 pair of wheel harnesses.

2 coal hods with shovels.

2 street blankets.

2 dogging hammers.

2 stable blankets.

9 ladder straps.
2 belts for doggers.

2 fly blankets.
2 halters.
3 fire hooks.

1 horse brush.

4 bolts and keys for dogging

ladders.

5 crotch poles.

2 water pails.

4 axes.

1 chamois skin.

7 rakes.

1 jack-screw.

5 guy lines.

1 iron bar.

1 bucket.

20 fire hats.

3 lanterns.

20 hook and ladder keys.

1 bedstead.

13 chairs.

1 hair mattress.

7 settees.

1 palm mattress.

6 spittoons.

1 bolster.

1 mop and mopping.

1 grain chest.
1 feed trough.

1 hair pillow.
5 pillow cases.

200

CITY DoCUMENT. No. 20.

2 desks.

2 small brushes.

Small quantity of soap.

1 dust pan.
JOSEPH E. THAYER,
Clerk of Hook and Ladder Co. No. 2.

COMPANY NO. 3.

The following is a full and accurate statement of all property

belonging to the City of Boston, and intrusted to the care of this
Company, at the above date.
1 hook and ladder carriage.

9.axes.

30 ladders.

4 rakes.

18 fire hats.

6 hay forks.

5 axes.

3 shovels iron.

4 rakes.

12 dogs for ladders.

1 auger.

2 dog belts.

1 iron bar.

6 bolts with keys to splice lad

1 hand force pump.

2 fire hooks with ropes.

ders.
4 lanterns.

4 brooms.

21 fire hats.

2 shovels.

21 leather badges.
21 silver badges.
24 parade shirts.

12 dogs.

2 dog hammers with 2 belts.

6 bolts with keys for splicing.
6 guy ropes.
9 crotch poles.
5 hay forks.
4 lanterns.

6 oil cloths, 12 ft. square, for

covering up goods.

1 hand force pump.

1 iron bar.

1 auger.
1 iron vise.
1 saw and hammer.
8 chairs.
4 settees.

1 reservoir wrench.

1 grain chest.

1 monkey wrench.
8 straps to carriage.

1 feed box.

4 fire hooks, 2 with ropes.

1 four quart measure.

8 guy ropes.
9 crotch poles.

1 carriage jack.
1 carriage wrench.

1 hay cutter.

FIRE

DEPARTMENT.

201

1 monkey wrench.
1 mop pail and mop.
1 sprinkling water pot and 40 ft. hand rubber hose with pipe.
broom.

4 wooden bedsteads.

2 stoves with pipe (complete). 8 mattresses.

1 set sleigh bells.
4 hair pillows.
1 coal hod and shovel and poker. 10 sheets.
2 horses.

3 bed blankets.

2 wheel harnesses.

8 comforters.

2 lead harnesses (poor).

1 whiffle tree,

4 white spreads.
8 pillow cases.

1 whip.

1 refreshment table.

1 set lead bars.

1 office table.

3 street blankets.

6 rubber spittoons.
1 rope and blocks.
1 set hay hooks.

2 fly blankets.
3 halters.

1 horse brush.

1 two-gallon can ; 1 gallon oil.

1 one-gallon can ; 2 lbs. tallow.

1 chamois skin.

1 two-quart can ; 1 quart sperm

1 curry-comb.

oil.
1 set sleigh runners.
1 bar castile soap; 2 gals. soft 1 two-quart lamp filler (can).

soap; 1 bar chemical soap.

4 sponges.

3 spare axe handles.

2 copper wash basins.

5 spare rake handles.

1 grindstone.

1 copper kettle.

2 tons hard coal.

2 water buckets.

1 foot soft Wood.

Besides the above, there are stored here:

9 settees.

1 hand hose carriage; 4 span

2 spare wheels to engine.

ners; 1 hydrant wrench.

1 set engine runners to hand
engine.

1 feed box.

1 hay cutter.
1 horse; hose carriage with one

thousand feet of good hose.

J. B. PREscott,

Clerk of H. & L. Co. No. 3.

26

|:

Scho l-house;
Latin
slight
Caused Small
gas
upsetting
by
in
musical
store;
trifling.
damage
stove;

carpenter's
in
fire
Slight
tak
tar
of
barrel
by
Caused

Occu
tenements,
Wooden

families.
Irish
by
pied
houses.
Tenement

Remarks.

dealer.
Provision

slight. Slight
Damage
damage.Slight
damage.
StrumentS.

Carpenters.

store.
Stove

fire. ing
damage. Slight
fire.
shop.

Insurance.

$600

$5,100

$600

$5,100

R.
I
F
ETC.,
S.,
M.
L.
A.
S.
E.
cor esponding
alarms
of
Number
25.
year,
last
month

Loss.

Washington
1000
Street,

Street,
Webster
of
Foot

Hudson
&
Curve
Cor.
sts.,

House,
Jeffrey
old

1868.
TO
1867,
1,
JAN.
FROM

Place,
Ashland
17

Street,
Somerset

Street,
Portland

Street,
Bedford

Location.

15.
alarms,
of
number
Whole
$5,100
Insurance,

Street,
Federal

Place,
Temple

Street,
North

Street,
Fleet

Street,
Blackstone

CausewaySaratoga
Street,
Street,

Wharf,
Tea

$5,100.
LOSS,
Hour.
Occupant.
or
Owner
Box.
Date.

McLaughlin,
Edward

Ltandish,
S|
&
othrop

Scho l-house,
Latin
43

8Jan.
Maxwell,
William
||
65
P.M.
1
.45

Wisbee,
B4
&
atson

Hitchborn
|
13
Block,

Market,
Gerrish
21

Moses
|
C17
&
Pond
o.,
Benjamin
|
Leeds,

C43
&
Given
o.,

Pond,
C.
||
75

23|

14

152

37

10.15
|
2
A.M.

5.48
2
P.M.

6.23 P.M.
6
6.55
8
9.15 A.M.
4
A.M.

1.58
|
11
P.M.

#
5.4
29

A.M. 20
5.00
12
A.M. 25
8.10
P.M. P.M.
8.20
11.30 28
|
25
A.M.
0.05

A.M.
5.40
30
P.
2.25

1867.

i:

11

19
20
20

11
17

10

Feb.
2

::

12

8.25
A.M.

S
| haw's
Union
Air,

Old
Broadway
Horse

Paul
&
C
o.,

AH.
|.
Allen,

18

Loss,
$2,600.

G.
W.
Cutter
&
C
o.,

|John
J.
Ridgeway,

Jarvis
Danforth,

|Engine
Company,
|Wo.,
hipple
C&

R.
R.
Co.,

Chamberlin
Brothers,

Old
Colony
&
N
ewport

Methodist
Church,

R.
Depot,

Watkins,

A.
Giles,

Joel
Dix,

53
72

24

132
127

52
16
132

154
56

18

12

2.10
P.M.

Insurance,
$2,600.

$2,600

Failed
return
to
amt
&
loss
i
ns.

loss
of
i&
nse.

return
the
amt

Parties
failed
to

Number
alarms
of
corresponding
month
last
year,
13.

354
Washington
Street,
882
Washington
Street,

N5 orth
Russell
Street,

Whole
number
of
alarms,
16.

1 ock
D
Square,

Tudor
Street,

Repeated
alarm,
|

Broadway,
Boston,
So.

Foot
Wells
of
Wharf,
8
|$2,600
2,600
No.
5 erchants
M
Row,

98
Chelsea
E.
St.,
Boston,

Furnishing
Store,
Charlestown,
High
St.,

79
Chambers
Street,

Thacher
Street,

Endicott
Street,
|

ing.

fire.

Hats
and
caps.

slight.

counting-room
;sIn
light

Dwelling-hou
se;
damage

belonging
to
Thomas

Several
horses
were
burnt

aCaused
dby
efective
flue.

Department
called
by
the

damage

Caught
from
stove
in
count

Mantle-shelf
in
dwelling

Furniture
Warehouse.

Slight
fire
in
wooden
build

Furniture
establishment.

Blacksmiths.

Whipple.

Slight
fire.
Damage
slight.
Damage
slight.

alarm.

ing-room.
Grocery
store;
slight.
Slight.

house.

|:

6.28
|
7
caught
store;
Trimming
300
Street,
Washington
389
Shepard,
N.
E.
53
P.M.

burned
well
pretty
loss. P.M.
ant
ret'rn
6interior
6
Church,
Grace
34
TTemple
|
$16,540
building
the
of
Street,
.40
he
JParties
C5
&
Keating
F.
por
upper
mill;
Planing
to
failed
Street,
Portland
7o.,
6
Mar.
A.M.
.44
.tion;

Chase,
B.
G.
31
valuable
three
Stables;
return
to
Failed
3.25
|
17
P.M.
Street,
Beacon
132

bed
by
caused
fire;
Slight
Street,
Endicott
84
12
A.M.
9.35
15

C60
&
Kendall
s15
in
Fire
dam
Street,
Fulton
P.M.
7.15
22
too.,
rehouse;
CSaw
&
Everett
W.
126
A.M.
2.25
12
sts.,
F
First
of
Cor.
mill.
planing
and
o.,

damaged.
badly
was

WStables,
|
300
shop.
1he1.45
C27
25
P.M.
300
Street,
Grove
North
ity
lwright

|69
C8
&
Kendall
Beal,
roof.
on
fire
Slight
Street,
Merrimac
A.M.
9.45
15
o.,|
Location.
Occupant.
or
Owner
Box.
IHour.
Loss.
Date.
Remarks.
nsurance.
from Street,
|
furnace.
V150
6
|150
9
A.M.
D5.12
|
25
weline
in|g-house.

burnt.
horses
loss.
of
amount

slight.
Damage
Hall,
Music
42
A.M.
8.20
22
small.
Damage
Place,
Cove
56
P.M.
9.19

fire.
taking

slight.
age

fire.
Slight
Street,
Endicott
P.M.
10.20
||
14

821
9
P.M.
fire.
Slight
Street,
Hawkins
.04

C19
fire.
Slight
Place,
7
P.M.
7.50
||
anton

fire.
Slight
Street,
May
South
72
P.M.
2.22
25

Out.

sit:200
$17,290
cor esponding
alarms
of
Number
22.
year,
last
month

19.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

Insurance,
Loss,
$17,290.
Street,
Summer
King,
E.
C.
||
42
11.10
|
25
P.M.

alarm.
Repeated
734
6
P.M.
.05
alarm.
Second
126
A.M.
2.35
12

1867.

#
in upper
caught
fire
store,
Fish
cotton
from
story

Dwel ing-house,
fire
slight

Dwel ing-house,
fire
slight

Bo k-binders. Walker,
Frank
ladder,
a
feet,
35
fromdistance
fell
7,
No.
Co.
En gine
of
member

caused
Store,
oil
and
Lamp

damage Caused
gas.
of
explosion
by

counting-ro m
in
dwelling Caught
a
in
fire
Slight

spreading.
fire
by
Caused
chimney.
from
andCaught
leg.
his
broke

story.
third
in
Caught
stable.
in
fire
Slight

house;
Wooden

Dwel ing-house.

explosion.
by

yard.
lumber

Sparmaker.

fire.
on Slight
roof.

fire.
Slight

attic.
in

Stored.

fire.
Slight
slight.

house.

$13,500

500

$18,000

||
4,000

cor esponding
alarms
of
Number
14.
year,
last
month

Portland
&
Sudbury
Cor.
Com ercial
266
Street,
Street,
Kneeland
WVillage,
ashington 106

Boston,
E.
St.,
Chelsea

Com ercial
Street,

Street,
Meridian
11
Street.
Commerce

Street,
Franklin
Boston,
alarm, South
Second

Street,
Meridian
120

Street,
Street, Cambridge
Causeway

alarm,
Second

Street,
State

streets,

Co.,
&
Snow
Franklin,
Office,
Tel.
Franklin

Co.,
&
Stewart
H.
L.

Manahans,
James

Donahoe,
Patrick
Co.,
&
Moore
A.

Lovejoy,
Loyal

Son,
&
Pigeon
Mosely,
G.
J.

37

1
April

37 127

21

154 154 128 14 56

41

37 21

P.M. 7.21
2.10
P.M.

P.M.
7.30

P.M.
11.45

17 18

20

20

18.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

Insurance,
Loss,
$18,000.

Street,
Wharf, Sudbury
Central

26 174

36 162

25 26

26 27

#
Confectionery
cause
shop;

connected
flue
in
Defect

Dwel ing-house
milli
dam and
furnace;
from
Caught

building
unknown;
Cause

slight.
damage
Tenement;

mill.
planing
and
Sawing

mill.
planing
from
Spark
chimney.
out
Burning

manufactory.
Furniture
4,000

manufactory.
Blacking

range.
cooking
with

undergoing
repairs.

goods.
India
West

Remarks.

slight.
Damage

shoes.
and
Boots

unknown.
Cause

unknown.
Cause

slight.Damage
Damage
slight.Clothing
store.

store.
nery

slight.
age
unknown.

alarm.
False

Machinists.

Ac idental.

Printing.

Occupant.
or
Owner
IBox.
Loss.
Location.
Hour.
nsurance.
retrn amount
to
Failed
Co.
Goods
Elastic
Union
loss.
of
Leavitt,
&
Chase

East
6
for
Home
Joseph
St.
74
P.M.
1.25
1,500
Street,
Brookline
Street,
Meridian
T500
|
154
P.M.
7.26
Woods,
H.
homas
Street, 29
Bulfinch
11
Frye,
F.
Joseph
34
A.M.
11.30

E1,500.
|
P.M.
8.22
Street,
Chauncy
43
Flint,
R.

Cchayer,
|
41
A.M.
S3.15
&
2,900
3,400
Street,
Devonshire
orman
T12.00
9
Street,
Davis,
Mrs.
M.
hacher

SAvenue,
14
A.M.
E12.30
|
Tteam-tug
astern
ransport,Stillman
Street,
Rear D.
|
12
yard,
Stone's
P.M.
11.17
P0,500
54
A.M.
14.24
|
10,500
Street,
Lincoln
Wallis,
aul

A.M.
9.45
Street,
Green
41
Brown,
Albert
||
23
85

Street,
Oneida
65
P.M.
9.18

Street,
Causeway
|isbee,
5
A.M.
B2.11
&
Watson
5,000
|
Mr.
|
17
A.M.
7.01
150
Street,
Salem
10
Stern,

Street,
Milk
19
Chatel,
M.
||
41
A.M.
12.15
2,000
2,500

A.M.
12.45
Street,
Friend
16

Street,
Cove
Dingley,
T.
John
56
P.M.
4.15
$400

Street,
House,
Street
Elm
18
P.M.
7.45

enfee
and
destitute

CRobert
&
Farley
2,500
o.,300
Markham,
&
Rhodes
Adams,
H.
Charles

Foster,
&
Merriam
5,000

females.
bled

5:

11

12 12 15

17 17

19

30

31

#
got
badly
hands
Dennis
lighter,
the
Nolan,
Street,
Maverick
Nolan,his
Mr.
152
A.M.
10.45

42
Street,
Cambridge
P.M.
2.05
23
gunpowder.
of
Explosion
LaSecond
building.
|
F5
&
Merriam
alarm.
A.M.
2.24
m31
poster,
ligh|ter's
Street,
Second
136
P.M.
6.10
||
16
chimney.
out
Burning
Street,
Market
No.
14
Campbell,
Alexander
||
C16
|
8500
furnace.
from
1ause
|
7
P.M.
500
1.25
Cnot
&
Steadman
B.
D.
37
Street,
Broad
P.M.
5.06
|
||
14,000
known.
14
ause
o.,

Street,
DLaGrange
1wel2.55
|
1
June
Dingley,
T.
John
53
P.M.
$150
ing-house.

Camount
&
Mitchell
W.
slight.
Damage
loss.
of
o., L.
Brock,
M.
slight.
Damage
CFailed
&
Doane
P.
S.
slight.
Damage
ret'rn
to
o., F.
P.M.
5.43
alarm.
Second
212
4
P.M.
alarm.
False
Street,
Beverly
.16

Street,
Meridian
1namuel
S7
154
P.M.
ITreadwell,
|
3,300
3,300
1.55
cendiary.

Street,
1False
|
10
121
P.M.
alarm.
1.53
12.15 Third
|
8
alarm.
False
154
A.M.

112
|
22
A.M.
alarm.
False
1.43

DL90
I90
|
ittlehale
nrake,
cendiary.
W94
|
56
Evans,
P.M.
10.50
||
24
Street,
Utica
I1,200
illiam
ncendiary.&

burned.

-|

$31,185
$33,335

cor esponding
alarms
of
Number
26.
year,
last
month

18.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

Insurance,
$33,335.
Loss,
$31,185.

Cun ingham,David
Francis
C150
&
Monroe
o.,

Co.,
&
Marshall
N.
H.
McDonald.
William
!
|

|:

of stable;
member
jr.,
cLP.M.
in
fire
Slight
95
3
aancaster
r.15
penter's Esselborn
horses
sixty
were
alarm.
Second
A.M. in
9.22
fire deptment,
of
exertions
&
3store;
DCo.,
|
||
$4,200
Street,
sBoylston
9po.15
4
O
|
53
A.M.
W.
rug
nt.a3neousJoseph
1A.M.
32,000
Street,
LHawkins
|
95,000
4
Hale,
Joseph
21
arge
.12struck
saved
all
were
cDr.
Hal
3,000
Codman,
W.
ombustion.strick,
thro'the
which,
stable,
the
1Roxbury,
|
2
July
82
P.M.
as
for
in
sent
fire;
Large
0.57 Street,
burned.supposed
badly
was
5,
Hose
lightning.
by
Wright,There
S.
B.

by
set
hay;
with
filled
Barn
Wharf,
C.
R.,
R.
Colony
Old
12.35
|
7
P.M.

crack
fire
damage;
Slight
Street,
Marion
27
2.30
4
P.M.
|

Occupant.
or
Owner
Box.
Hour.
IDate.
Loss.
Location.
Remarks.
nsurance.

seven.
but

alarm.
False
117
P.M.
6
.03

Sistance.
-

Chimney.
8.40
|
6
65
A.M.
|
boys.

shop.
erS.

$20,890
$19,390

cor esponding
alarms
of
Number
21.
year,
last
month

12.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

Insurance,
$20,890.
Loss,
$19,390.
R$1,500
John
55
P.M.
10.50
||
24
June
Street,
Utica
94
||
ichardson,
alarm.
Second
56
P.M.
11.05

1867.

#
Supposed
|
||
4,000
var
from
caught

d3,000
Total
turpen
estruction

families.
Irish
by
Occupied
||
ac idental. 1,000
Works;
tine

closet piled
a
in
Caught
for
Incendiary.
horses
Coalboiler
the
against
high
became heated;
and
wall
eby
xtinguished Stable;
acci used
store;
paint
and
Oil

Smoke-house with
500
connected
es
fish
pickled
the

chimney.
foul
out
Burning

Whe lwright
|
$1,200
black
and
saved.
all
carriages
and

C11,000
|
9,000
unknown.
fire
of
ause

fuel.
of
storage
the
basement.
in
nish

Chimney
|
fire.
on
tablishment.

shop.
Smith
Carpenter.
dental.
9.
Hose

2,150
1,000

$55,700
$78,850

1,800

$1,000 400 1,200

cor esponding
alarms
of
Number
28.
year,
last
month

Devonshire
&
Milk
Cor.

St.,
Broad
Wharf,
Harris

Washington
554
Street,

Garden,
and
Cambridge

Orleans
&
Webster
sts.,

16.
alarms,
of
number
Whole
Street,
Causeway

$55,700.
Insurance,

Pope,
&
Gilman
Folsom,
Street,
Central
15

Street.
Winter
23

Street,
Foundry
Street,
alarm. Broad
Second

Street,
First
Streets,

Co.,
&
Woodward
W.
E.

Brother,
&
Cobb
D.
C.

Bodenbrown,
William

$78,850.
Loss,

Co.,
&
Schaffer
James
Co.,
&
Kittredge
J.
Welch,
&
Torrey
Reed,
&
Haley

41

Torrey,
&
Bowker

Stetson,
P.
Charles
Co.,
&
Riley
Peter

Robbins,
Edwin
Roeth,
W.
G.

126

21 53

47 47

:
|#
M

A.M.
8.52

P.M.
4.16

A.M.
4.30

25

153

P.M.
10.33

A.M.
1.48

1
12 15

16

16

17 29

10

3
Aug.
s:

41

P.M.
7.25

A.M.
10.06

A.M.
12.00

A.M.
7.05

25

1
Sept.

# '.: ##

16

A.M.
4.50

A.M.
11.15

20

14
Aug.

1867.

Date.

saloon,
eating
Brown's

umb,
L
&
Lockwood

C&
Duty
P.o.,
N.
arrabee,
L&
Lock

Hooper,
Sam.
Hon.

Lilley,
John
urney,
G
&
Dyer

Miller,
A.
R.
Hallock,
Prof.

ore,
G&
Kent

Occupant.
or
Owner
|

$1,200
$2,600

return
to
Failed
loss.
of
amount

Insurance.
Loss.

2,500

,000
1|5,000

2,800
3,500

$700

12.
year,
last
month
corresponding
alarms
of
Number

ornhill,
CSt.
&
Court
Cor.

Street,
Bennington
Street,
Canal

Street,
School

Row,
Merchants

$1,200.
Insurance,
$2,600.
Loss,

8.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

Street,
Canal
160

Location.

store.
Junk

slight.

ashes.

accidental.
foundry;
Iron
incendiary.
Supposed
stables.
and
store
Hay

rooms.
photo.
in
Caught
amage
d
;store
Umbrella

defect
by
caused
fire;
Slight
range.
cooking
in
plumb
of
rear
in
fire
Slight
the
by
caused
shop;
ing
of
arrel
bignition
a

Avenue.
Harrison

burn
the
by
caused
Alarm
street.
the
in
oil
of
ing
junk
of
burning
Partial
by
extinguished
store;
the
of
action
prompt
department.
fire
upsetting
by
caused
Alarm
on
store
in
lamp
kerosene

Remarks.

#
three
value;
much
of
Thenot
and
old
were
buildings

spontaneous
;
damage store;
store;
Furniture
damage shop;
shop;
Blacksmith
Furnitureworkshop
in
caught
Junk by
oc
part
upper
cupied
families.
Irish

lad
a
from
thrown
were
der
injured.
slightly
7 and
No.
Engine
of
members

with iron
connected
shed
Coal
slight.
dam'ge
wrks;

furnace.
from
Caught

combustion.

trifling.

1,200
1,800

2,500

1,500
2,500

mills.
Oil

slight.

return
to
Failed

families.
Irish

Sugar-house.

amount 1,800
loss.
of

return
to
Failed

($11,500
$20,300

loss.
of
amount

cor esponding
alarms
of
Number
13.
year,
last
month
|

Street, Street,
Washington
577
Washington
581
Street,
Federal
366

12.
alarms,
of
number
Whole
$11,500.
Insurance,

Wharf, Repeated
Sargent's
Repeated alarms.
|
Repeated
|
alarms.alarms.

alarm.Border
Repeated
Street,

Sturgis
5
Place,

Street,
Federal

alarm.
Second

Street,
New

several
and
Cronan
Mrs.

Refin'y,
Sugar
State
Bay
Works, Edward
Wire
Shawmut
Nickerson,
G.
Co.,
&
Follett
Farrar,

$20,300.
Loss,

Co.,
&
Crocker
Rogers,

building,
of
owner

Norway
5
Works,
Iron
Brothers,
&
Boyce
Jackson,
Robert

Squires,
Emerson, Sidney
John

Locke,
Simeon
Shea,
John

P.M.
5.10
8

157
A.M.
1.15
28

156 24
A.M.
1.25
165
P.M.
5.26

56
P.M.
9.05
28

families,

53
P.M.
10.48
28

53
P.M.
11.55
30

12.50
|
1
14
A.M.

Oct.

A.M. 1.32
1.10
A.M. 3.40
A.M. A.M.
5.02
|
1
125

2.15
2
46
A.M.

#
fire.
above
the
of
Rekindling

in
supposed
shed;
Wood
||
$600

ofof
explosion
the
by
Caused
Wiss
M|
&
were
areburned
they
that
badly
so
can Waltz
a
Mrs.
benzine.

Extinguished
|
Com
Hose
by

Cdamage
abinet-maker;
Damage |
|
extin
slight;

ing-house:
slight.
Shed damage
|
dwell
with
connected

9.
Engine
by
guished
InRemarks.
surance.

raeturn
Co
|
shop.
rpenter's

cigars.
and
Wine
Cabinet-maker.
|
3,200

Hard
Store.
Dwel ing-house.Ware

slight.
DamageDamage
|
slight.
Planing
|
6,000
mill.
Filemakers.
|
1,000

cendiary.
|

9.
No.
pany

Drug ists.

store. Incendiary.
Flour

slight.
died.

loss.
of

12,500 1,200

1,000

800

12,500 1,200

1,000

800

t amount
Failed

$600

8,300 9,000 1,000

50

Loss.

Com ercial
205
Street,

Washington
761
Street,
Street,
Boylston
106

Street,
Federal
383

Street,
Place, Blackstone
Chickering

Street,
Washington
Street,
Liverpool

alarm,
Repeated

Location.

Place,
Meridian

Broadway,
72

Wharf,
R.
E.

mill,
planing
Bennett's
Occupant.
or
Owner

Spaulding,
&
Coffin

Robertson,
A.
John

Co.,
&
Bartlett
W.
CD.
&
Carruth
J.
o., O.

Weatherbe ,
H.
G.

Railroad,
Eastern

Murphy,
Patrick

French,
&
Howe

Munroe,
William

Dexter,
&
Haven
Hirschauer,
A.

Fitch,
Jonas

Box.

153

56

A.M.
2.55

A.M.
4.18

Hour,

Zelink,
John

Co.,
&
Hurley

Bruce,
A.
P.

43 14 17

#
#.
:
:
'

P.M.
P.M. 11.21
10.05
P.M. 4.35

14 14 16
Date.

1867.
3
Oct.

Kennedy,
C.
T.
Dorring,
H.

62

#
#
:
!
#
17

157

64

162

53

P.M.
12.35

P.M.
9.09

A.M.
9.21

P.M.
7.57

24

24

26

27

P.M.
9.55

31

P.M.
5.18

P.M.
9.56

P.M.
6.30

12

13

14

P.M.
8.23

A.M.
6.05

41

12.26
A.M.
A.M.
12.38

31

A.M.
11.40

P.M.
9.85

30

64

153

P.M.
8.30

30

A.M.
9.08

15

P.M.
8.06

29

Barbour,
T.
Bowers,
Chas.
Co.,
&
Kingman
Brother,
&
Whiton

Widman,
G.
Theo.
Richard,
&
Heard

Lowe,
H.
E.

Byrne,
L.
B
&rooks,
Foye

LOSS,
$35,250.

Leonard,
Joseph

CBanker
arpenter,
&16

Holts,
A.
|w.
*
R.

Street,
Commercial
31

Street,
88
Hanover
Street,
Hanover
90

Lane,
7S&
pring
C
o.,
Krafts
F.

$26,600
$35,250

|300

return
to
Failed
loss.
of
amount

loss.

return
to
Failed

600

$400

to
failed
Parties
of
return
make
loss.
of
amount

23.
year,
last
month
corresponding
alarms
of
Number

Street,
Washington
265

Street,
C87
Friend
&o.,
Berry
W.
George

Place,
RHarvard
&
ogers,
Tupper

Place,
Ohio
8

$26,600.
Insurance,

25.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

Street,
Bromfield

alarm.
Repeated

Street,
State
107

Street,
Webster
137

Street,
Cross
127
Hennessey,
James

Street,
Bedford

manufactory;
Furniture

manufactory.
Picture-frame

fire;
damage
caught
|Bed

commission
and
Auction

manufactory;
slight
Cutlery

rooms.
Photographic
chandlers.
Ship

goods.
|Dry
loft.
Sail

to
confined
was
fire
the

Store.
Furnishing
damage.

Furrier.

store.
Paint,
varnish
and
oil

exer
noble
Through
the
department,
the
of
tions
stories.
upper
two
the

slight.
damage

turner.
Wood
turner.
Wood
Blacksmith.

slight.

house.

store;
supposed
Provision
Dwelling-house;
occupied
families.
several
by
bedding
of
burning
Partial
dwelling-house.
in

incendiary.

1867.

$1,400.
Loss,

$1,400.
Insurance,

18.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

$1,400
||
18.
year,
last
month
corresponding
alarms
of
Number

alarm.
Repeated
P.M.
10.21
Street,
Button-holeMan'y,
Chardon
40
|U
nn
12.42
21
A.M.

Factory,
|B
one
4Roxbury,
129
A.M.
.55
17

alarm.

No.
engfne
by
guished

playing
children
by
Caused
Street,
Fourth
504
Spaulding,
23
D.
J.
;with
e
xtin
matches

foundry;
by
caused
Brass
Connor,
||Hugh
Street,
154
P.M.
9.20
Sumner
23
West
47
barrel;
a
in
hot
ashes

out.
burning

Engine
by
Extinguished
Street,
Leverett
70
Munroe,
Mr.
29
ageneral
without
6,
No.

saloon;
caused
fire
$400
|DH.
ining
$400
Street,
Lindall
T15
Smith,
.
46
A.M.
||5.40
29
boiling
fat
akof
by
ettle

chimney
by
caused
Fire
Hotel,
Court,
Young's
Cornhill
36
A.M.
5.20
28

an
alarm.
1without

slight.
damage

slight.
Damage
5LStreet,
Co.,
indall
Gauge
Steam
Am.
16
A.M.
6.38
26

shop.
Bake

OVer.

Boarding-house.
Clark,
C.
L.
Mrs.
Street,
23
P.M.
9.05
Green
41
18

Pile
hay.
of
Street,
|C
R.R.,
anal
B16
4
Maine
and
A.M.
||2.58
oston

Remarks.
Insurance.
Loss.
Location.
Occupant.
or
Owner
Box.
Hour.
Date.

P.M.
9.30

16

A.M
3.19

P.M.
4.53

#:

16

14
15

83

14

14

A.M.
4.03

:#

35

75

74
17

A.M.
3.14

M.
12.04

P.M.
3.45

#!

Dec.

Hotel,
James
St.

M
&cConnagle,
Gibbens

avender,
L
&
Patterson

o.,
CLane
&
Kingsley,

o.,
C&
Eaton
Stone,

Peyser,
H.

Chickering's,

Rich,
Isaac

Young,

ons,
S
&
Strater
Herman
o.,
C&
Merriam
Barnes,
and
Whitten
Burditt,

Street,
Cambridge
87

Street,
Tremont

alarm,
Repeating

Street,
Franklin
77

Street,
Sudbury
78

alarm,
Repeating
alarm,
Repeating

Street,
Fulton
120

Street,
Park

Street,
F
nd
aabin
4
6

Street,
Lowell

Street,
Canal

Street,
Hawkins
30

Street,
Newton
Street,
Hanover
173
Street,
Bennett
North

Common,

McLaughlin,
T.
George

Drake,
E.
Thomas
House,
Club
Union

Cheever,
James

Craft,
I.
F.

House,
Railroad

CHoitt
&o.,

Cody,
Edwin

School,
Brimmer

Bonnie,
Louis
Harris,
Mr.

6,000

damage.

fire.
slight
store;
goods
Dry

and
caps,
hats,
in
Dealers

slight

manufactory;
Piano-forte

building.
of
Owner

dealers.
Clothing

dealers.
Clothing
12,500

12,500

6,000

.
manufacturers
Furniture

in
defect
some
from
Caught

Coppersmiths.

Company.
Cork

cloths.
in
Dealers

furs.

Steamer
by
Extinguished
damage.
slight
4;
No.
and
Boston
of
yard
in
Hay

No.
Hose
by
Extinguished
ashes
hot
by
Caused
8.

and
Ladder
Hook
8,

No.
Engine
by
Extinguished

flue.
efective
adCaused
by

Co.
Engine
by
Extinguished
damage.
slight
6;
No.
es.
dwelling-hous
Wooden

2,600
107,000

7,000

the
range.
shop.
Machine

R.
R.
Maine

box.
the
in
put

2,000
107,000

600

7,000

1.
No.

Store.
Jewelry

1867.

$150,800.
Insurance,
$166,500.
Loss,

25.
alarms,
of
number
Whole

alarm,
Repeated
P.M.
10.01

si,500's:0800
10.
year,
last
month
corresponding
alarms
of
Number

Sts.
orton
M
&
Salem
Cor.
Taylor,
rnold
|A
17
P.M.
||8.34
24

Place,
Harvard
16
41
A.M.
||6.27
20
Dec.

designers.
and
Modellers
Street,
Hawkins
13
oestler,
K
&
||Loeffler
21
P.M.
||9.08
30

shoe-leather.
Manufacturers
Street,
Hawkins
11
aher,
M
&
Gillion
21
P.M.
||7.07
25
manufactory.
urniture
Street,
F
Dorchester
|&
7,000
20,000
o.,
C||Delaporte
128
P.M.
9.25
26

store.
Clothing
500
500
Levi,
H.

alarm.
needless
fire;
No
Street,
Appleton
P.M.
71
||10.27
21
damaged.
badly
Square,
Fire-board
Washington
house,
orman's
|G
47
A.M.
||4.00
23
.
welling-house
D$500
|Rosnoski,
Street,
Middle
amuel
|S
127
P.M.
||8.40
23

Remarks.
Insurance.
Loss.
Location.
or
occupant.
Owner
Hour,
Box.
Date.

217

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

RECAPITULATION OF THE NUMBER of ALARMs of FIRE, AND THE

LossEs AND INSURANCE ON THE SAME, FROM

Sept. 1, 1829, to Aug. 31, 1830..

**
44
44

44
44
44

1830,

**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
**

1831. .
1832..
1833. .
1834. .
1835..
1837..
1838..
1839. .
1840..
1841..
1842. .
1843..
1844. .
1845..
1846. .
1847. .
1848..
1849..

1850..
1851..
1852..
1853..
1854..
1855..

#:

is 57.

**

1858..

**

1831,
1832,
1833,
1834,
1836,

**

1837,

**

1838,
1839,
1840,
1841,
1842,
1843,
1844,
1845,
1846,
1847,
1848,
1849,
1850,
1851,
1852,
1853,
1854,

1858,

1859,

1860,

1861,

1862,

1863,

1864,

1865,

1866, to Dec. 31,

1859..
1860..
1861..
1862..
1863..
1864..
1865..
1866..
1866..

Jan. 1, 1867, to Dec. 31, 1867..

28

Alarm.

Losses.

Insurance.

110
62
89
159
130
109
159
105
96
113
140
194
232
267
223
289
270
282
339
240
333
169
205
195
174
167
164
161
166
194
172
172
141
188
131
221
64
284

$118,540

$52,750
4,320
40,975
25,713
37,925

23,620
68,195
74,613
69,405
107,440
130,295
32,118
140,004
77,973
102,975
102,611
128,666
164,083
234,591
226,338
172,993
222,273
300,525
123,660
386, 107
492,849
515, 167
150,772
537,604
409,353
258,231
390,657
761,370
521,383
617,213
1,107,569
367,429
858,381
559,749
681,554
408,560
402,115

45,970

55,125
20,238
61,191
58,632
36,920
44,533
90,086
95,252
169,440
155,205
87,159
162,085
216,992
76, 197

Pop'lat'n.
61,392

78,603

85,000

114,366

138,788

192,937
215,315
295,056
106,880
361,047

287,832
233,787
316,207
646,210
471,853
405,928
806,433

160,508

177,902

120,909

493,369
318,067
474,171
382,700
340,765

192,324

No. 20.
CITY DOCUMENT.

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50

25
50

25
50

25
50

25
50

solomon
.
4.
No.
Waterman
Thos.
Wildes
Atkins
Isaiah
Flint
C.
Jacob
25

Waldo
F.
William
Stearns
George
.
5
No.
Hammond
John
Lane
25

25
50

*50
25

25
50

25
50

25
50

25
50

50
25

300
600

#
.
3.
No.
Sampson
A.
Geo.
Sylvester
F.
Benj.
Eustis
Joseph
25
Dupee
T.
Isaac

Carney
G.
James
Jackson
George
.
12
No.
Reynolds
Brewster
Williams
Moses
25
.
7
No.
Warren
Richard
Bailey
Abel
Freeman
Benj.
Harris
W.
John
25 No.
.
8
Baker
Theodore
Hall
F.
Edward
Thayer
W.
Chas.
Dearborn
George
25 No.
.
9
Wilkins
George
Herman
Leapold
Dillaway
H.
D.
Rice
Paul
25 Robert
Rupp
John
Paine
T.
.
10
No.
Crane
Joshua
(Vacant.)
25
.
11
No.
jr.
Everett,
Otis
Mosely
Flavell
Watson
Edward
How
John
25

25
Knapp
William
Hunt
Matthew
Brintnell
Charles
Betton
C.
Ninian
.
1
No.
-

Holman
Belcher
H.
John
.
6
No.
Haviland
Thomas
Lincoln
Joseph
25

WARD.
AND
COMPANY
ACLERKs.
SECOND
ANTs.
Assist
FIRST
EMEN.
For
S ISTANts.

Davis
John
.
2
No.
Abrahams
Benj.
Hobbs
25
Edes
Daniel

A.
P
M
O
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1,130 | Wrenches
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28
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Oil Canisters

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15

294 | Hammers

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183 || Tin Pans

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41

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Caps .
Badges

Torches

Lanterns

76

908 || Candlesticks

1,369
62

21

Hose Boots .
Pipes .

99

47

34 || One Copper Pump.

HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.

NUMBER OF MEMBERS, 48.

DAVID TILLsoN, Foreman.

JAMES STEVENs, First Assistant.

JoHN DAVIDsoN, Second Asst.

WILLIAM GREEN, Jr., Clerk.

1 Four-wheel Carriage and Harness.

1 Ladder, 60 feet long.
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6 Crotch Poles 2 of 25 feet.
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ENGINES, HOSE, H00K AND LADDER AND FIRE COMPANIES.

E N G IN E S .
No. 1.
Otis Munroe.

Nathan Wood.

Joseph Rawson.

James H. Bennett.

Luther J. Webster.

John Abbot.

Samuel W. Hall.

Jonathan Cutler.

William Stodder.

Charles O. Whitman.

Francis Newcomb.

T. G. Hall.

Edward Palmer.

Henry A. James.

Herman Johnson.

George Gautt.

Clark Smith.

William Eaton.

Adin Hall.

Ebenezer Knowlton.

Calvin Dean.

John Rackliff.

Seth Lathrop.
John Phillips.
Franklin Higgins.

Charles Willey.

William H. Farnham.

William Ames.

Joseph E. Holbrook.
Joseph Cermenati.
Benjamin White.

John Davis.

Zeno Crocker.

William B. Wilkins.

E. L. Snow.

Franklin Bagley.
Avery Halbrook.

George N. Peck.
Thomas Sargent.

Isaac Foster.

John Ayrelf.

Israel Lombard.

Charles A. Rawson.

William Carter.

Franklin Munroe.

William Shattuck.
No. 2.

Joseph Bassett.

Amos B. Porter.

Thomas Coburn.

David Parker.

Charles Means.

James Vannever.

Isaac Pierce.

John H. Pitman.

John Pratt, jr.

Charles Geyer.
Benjamin Dodd.
Tapping Kinnison.
Gamaliel Harding.
Charles Cogswell.

John W. Baxter.

William Loud.

Eli H. Holt.

Peter Mair.

Samuel N. Cushing.

George Green.

John Neat.

Mark Clark.

Joseph Webber.

Joseph Watts.

Daniel Lillie.

Constant T. Benson.

William S. Porter.

William H. Hiler.

Nathaniel Service.

John Porter.

Paul S. Turner.

James Patterson.

Gaius Mullet.

Richard Sweetser.

Stephen Wells.

Elisha Meriam.

John Lillie.

Frederick P. Conant.

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No. 3.
Asa Swallow.

William Hay.

John Greenleafe.

Thomas Richardson.
Levi Conant.

John Gordon.

Edward Pelouze. "

Joseph Thayer.
Joseph Leonard.

Beniah Wilder.

Joseph T. Davis.
Henry Sampson.
Dexter Roby.
Henry Hunt.

Luther Russell.

Samuel Pratt.

Amasa Hartwell.

Nathaniel Hill.

William Knight.
Joseph Hayden.

John Conner.

Ebenezer Waters.

Henry Meacham.
Horace Knapp.

Benjamin T. Wells.
Stephen Russell.

Asa Ames.

John Winslow.

Cyrus S. Gould.

Thomas Singleton.

David M. Eaton.

Thomas H. Eaton.

No. 4.

George Amerige.

Shubael N. Hamlin.

John Russell.

William Marden.

Ezra A. Harwood.

Samuel S. Vialle.

Joshua S. Bannister.

Henry Spear.

Samuel P. Adams.

Samuel D. Cazneau.

Tobias Harrold.

Gustavus F. Alley.

John P. Fletcher.

Clark Sears.

John Ford.

Levi Nutt.

James Bailey.

Harvey Redding.

James Powers.

John Mack.

Albert Spear.

E. Hemmenway.
Isaiah Bray.
E. L. Grubery.

Lewis H. Field.

James Learned.

William Elmes.

David Skimmers.

No. 5.

George Andrews.

Isaac Rich.

Ebenezer Collins.

Daniel C. Smith.

Thomas Hatch.

Daniel Grant.

William Parker.

Joseph C. Metcalf.

Samuel Conant.

Stephen Winship.

Frederick Leeds.

William Tuckerman.

Samuel Hudson.

James Dugan.

James Quinn.

Andrew Hall.

Ebenezer Holden.

James Knowland.

Alexander McGooch.

George W. Hastings.

George D. Wise.

Philander Metcalf.

Harrison Bird.

Valentine Simmons.

Sewell Batchelder.

Charles Graves.

Thomas Beals.
William Graves.

Jonathan Healy.

John Timson.

Elihu Jones.

Jonathan Baxter.

Alfred A. Lane.

Thomas Bacon.

John Beaverstock.

Jonas Parker.

William Jemerson.

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DEPARTMENT.

No. 6.
Jacob Tufts.

George Whitehouse.

William Tompkins.

Joseph W. Homer, jr.

Varnum Granger.
Benjamin Stowers.
Thomas Boyd.

William Searles.

Jabez Walcott.

Alfred Clark.

Andrew Garvin.

Tristum Dalton.

Jared Lincoln, jr.

William Pike.

Benjamin Bailey.

Frederick Skelton.

Samuel S. Powers.

Jesse Eames.

John A. Page.
Peley Gardner.
Alexander Mitchel, jr.
Elijah White.
Jotham Rogers.

Francis Grimes.

Timothy Brown.
Joseph H. White.
Benjamin Brown.
George Everett.
Samuel G. Egeny.

James Boyd.
Enoch W. Gardner.

Perez G. Bowker.

Theodore Washburn.

Alexander H. Clapp.
Augustus Reed.
George Shepard.
James Riley.

Lazarus Bowker.
Jonathan Pike.
John Goodwin.

Andrew W. Green.
James Parnal.

No. 7, AND Hose CoMPANY.

James Weld.

R. R. Cook.

C. McKeige.

J. A. Davis.

Jonathan Whitney, jr.

J. W. Osborn.

Oliver Jewett.

S. W. Bradlee.

W. H. Tileston.

P. R. Woodford.

Charles L. Tilden.

John B. Parker.

George Stearns.
Harrington Hatch.
Joseph Pray.

George Spurr.
Johnson Colby.

Elisha G. Perry.

G. M. Thacher.

Ebenezer W. Marsh.

C. J. Everett.
Lewis Ashburn.

Timothy Divoll.

Samuel Salisbury.
James Davis, jr.

G. W. Hawes.

David McClure.

J. F. Williamson.

O. H. Fifield.

James Pierce.

George Riley, jr.

J. S. Bruce.

J. J. Peirce.

S. F. Turner.

William Clarke.

George Phipps.

John Doggett, jr.

Robert Richardson.

John Hatch.

M. F. McClure.

N. G. Wild.

Luther Kendall.

B. F. Munroe.

Nathaniel Lombard.

J. C. Gilbert.

Robert Searls.

Samuel Oakman.

F. S. Hill.

W. G. Eaton.

William Brown.

C. L. Brigham.

George S. Fairbanks.
Henry Hooper.

Thomas Fuller.

Horace Williams.

J. W. Pithin.

John Adams.

G. W. Lloyd.

George Waters.

George Trott, jr.

John Hill.

Alden Shute.

Thomas W. Herrick.
Edward Davis.

J. B. Higginson.
Appleton Bragg.

J. H. Blake.

Charles Hastings.

W. F. Johnson.

Cyrus McClure.

Lucius Reed.

B. B. Whittemore.

Charles Fuller.

G. L. Cunningham.

W. H. Hudson.

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No. 8.

J. V. N. Throop.
John J. Spear.
George Blanchard.
G. Wheelwright.
Elijah Clark.
James Adams, jr.
J. T. Andrews.

Andrew C. Dorr, jr.

Rufus Rice.

William A. Doak.

F. A. Sumner.

G. W. Dyar.

Joseph H. Thaxter.
J. Wheelwright, jr.

G. W. Francis.

William H. Hayward. . Horace Williams.

P. H. White.
H. Holmes, jr.
A. R. Winship.
John S. Harley.

William B. Annin.

D. C. Johnson.

S. Powell.

Samuel Appleton.

William Kilham.

H. Dawes.

C. G. Bullard.

John Cotton, jr.

William Davis, jr.

C. C. Darling.
J. G. L. Libby.
Elisha Mosely.

F. O. Dorr.

George Dennie.

John McDowell.

William Bryant.

Charles Putnam.

William C. Greenleafe.

William B. Dorr.

NO. 9.
Abraham W. Blanchard.

Frederick Boyden.

Laban Thaxter.

William Brown.

Aram Yaulen.

Isaac D. Wose.

Joshua Gilson.

Granville Mears.

John Cummins.

James V. Bates.

John S. Stratton.

Harvey Otis.

Henry V. Spurr.
John Drayton.
Christopher Gore.

Samuel P. Wright.
George B. Edwards.
William Blake, jr.

Jonathan Clark.

John L. Thaxter.

William H. Wilson.

William Holmes.

William Jackson.

Charles Bancroft.
Daniel Livermore.

Andrew Shaffer.

Robert Harrington.
Henry Merten.

Samuel DOWner.

Charles Kilham.

Fellows Lancaster.

William D. Coolidge.

John Robinson.

Kimball Fuller.

Thomas W. Baldwin.

Joseph Shed.
Henry Eayres.

Elliot Leighton.

Seth Cole.

William Gridley.

Wilder Dodge.

No. 10.

Joseph Goodwin.
John Walger.
Thomas Furber, jr.

Thomas How, jr.

John Chandler, jr.

Elisha Tower.

Samuel Fullerton.
William Hillman.

William S. Baxter.

Joseph Hathaway.
John Jay.

Stephen Dyer.

John Chester.

Charles T. Bean.

Norton Newcomb.

James Shepherd.

Edmund Bowker.

Isaac S. Lowe.

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Jacob Baker.

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DEPARTMENT.

Robert Smith.

Moses Woodbury.
John Kenney.

Otis Cutler.

Andrew T. Waterman.

Daniel Hawkins.

Samuel Henley.

Thomas Fitzgerald.
Henry M'Claskey.
William Goalding.
George W. Drurey.

No. 11.

William T. Spear.
Luke Bemis, jr.

George C. Perry.

William Wilson.

William S. Damrell.

Charles Trull.
Albert Crocker.

George E. Briggs.
Nathaniel Sawyer.

George Harring.
Alonzo J. Lepean.
Peter Chapouil.

Lucien B. Hanks.

William Minns.

Charles Watkins.

Zepheriah Tucker.

William M. Russell.

George R. Sampson.

Ebenezer C. Jenkins.

David S. Eaton.

Dunbah B. Harris.

Charles H. Turner.

Jeremiah Allen.

Isaiah Atkins.

Charles B. Conn.

James H. Cutler.

Henry Gardner.

Samuel B. Bowles.

Albert E. Swasey.

Samuel S. Peirce.

George Appleton.
Henry Farmer.

George A. Wood.

Amasa G. Peirce.

William H. Clark.

William Runlett.

Thomas L. Whitney.
William H. Harring.
William Phelps.
John Nye.

Benjamin B. Perne.
Benjamin S. Moulton.
Charles Wyman.

Albert G. Dawes.

Peter C. Jones.

George W. Prentiss.
Benjamin Adams.
Gilbert Sawyer.

Gustavus Horton.

David H. Williams.

No. 12.

James Barry, jr.

John Green, jr.

Theodore C. Allen.

Ephraim W. Edmunds.

Sumner Fuller.

Thomas Gooch.

Aaron Rand.

John Page.

Thomas M. Andrews.

William M. Farnald.

Ebenezer Morton.

Thaddeus H. Mason.

Joseph N. Wheeler.

Martin Barnes.

Jonathan Jewett, jr.

James Warren.

David Weld.

Nathaniel Wose.

Charles Barry.
Edward Spear.

William Whiting.

Charles Barry.

John Felton.

No. 13.

George Ryerson.

Frederick Weld.

John V. LOW.

Lewis Blaisdel.

Moses Thomas.

Jonathan C. Brackett.

Philemon Stacy.
Aaron Stephens.

Edward Power.

Isaac Sheppard.

Dana Bruce.

James W. Simions.

Edward White.

Ebenezer White.

David LoW.

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Edward Dole.

Stephen Nichols.

Simeon Duncan, jr.

Charles Clement.

James R. Steel.

Albert Smith.

Charles J. Baldwin.

Augustus Grant.

Samuel A. Hayward.
Robert Sylvester.
Thomas A. Bettsly.
George Dana.

No. 14.
Nathaniel Trumbull.

Benjamin Stimpson.

Thomas Livermore.

Henry Smith.

Charles Baxter.

William Batchelder.

William Glover.

Joseph Procter.

Luke Dodge.

Luke Fay.
Cushing Bailey.

Minot Tirrell.

Simon E. Bond.

Asa Wheeler.

Daniel Boyden.

Israel C. Rice.

John R. Caldwell.

Samuel Marshall.

Charles Fisher.

Alven Reed.

William Hubbard.

John Tuttle.

Hezekiah Keen.

John Fullerton.

Newell Brown.

William D. Scott.

Josiah Drake.

William Lawrence.

Nathaniel P. Smith.

John R. Spinney.

Kimball Whiting.
Joseph B. Beckford.

Jacob Fowles.

Daniel Morse.

Artemas White.

Joseph Morse.

Aaron H. Sherman.

Jacob A. Smith.

Jonathan Child.

Henry Whiting.
George Dickinson.
Charles Vining.

Thomas J. Odiorne.
Jonathan C. Lawrence.
Thomas Stebbins.

Elijah Alles.
John A. Etheridge.
Thomas B. Murphy.

Jonathan Gates.

James A. Minns.

Elisha Waters.

No. 15.
John Foster.

Cyrus Savage.

Cornelius Turner.

Thomas Doliver.

Eleazer Witherell.

Charles H. Stearns.

Abner Crooker.

Samuel C. Nottage.

George Neat.

George Hillman.

Phillip B. Elliot.

Alexander Lovett.

Israel R. Austin.

Caleb Watts.

Amos Pierce.

Henry W. Fenno.

Ebenezer Stubbs.

Hatch Crooker.

Thomas Munroe, jr.

Joseph Richards.
Nathaniel How, jr.
William Triplett.

Barker Crooker.

Elisha Bass.

William Rice.

James L. Mills.

Henry Floyd.
Joseph O. Bell.
Nathaniel Hervey.

Samuel Winslow.

Charles S. Clark.

Francis Holmes, jr.

Elijah L. Green.
David Pulsifer.

Samuel Batcheltor.

Samuel Vaughan.
Wentworth Stodder.

James S. Tremere.

No. 16.
Ebenezer O. Hawes.
Joshua Seaver.

Ebenezer Hayward.
Dexter Perry.

John Stimpson.
Jotham Bush.

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DEPARTMENT.

Josiah M. Jones.

George Lane.

Charles Lane.

John Barnard.

Laban Smith.

Isaac D. Richards.

Luther Harris.

George Bartlett.

Henry Barnes.
John Lang.

Joshua Sears.

Joshua Stuart.

George D. Ripley.

Oliver Train.

George F. West.
Josiah Cotting.
J. T. Wheelwright.

Joseph Sargent.
John H. Tenney.

Horace Dupee.
Gideon Blassland.

Frederick Bissell.

Charles Sholtz.

Sewell Butterfield.

NO. 17.
Richard Lock.

Hiram Cely.

Isaac Ewell.

William Lock.

Reuben H. Ober.

Amos E. Graves.

Joshua S. Goodale.

James Gerish.

William Morse.

William Allen.

Thomas Jefferson.

Washington Haley.

Barton Wilmouth.

Seth Kingsbury.
Joseph Jordan.

Abner Lock.

John Gould.

Robert Titcomb.

Joseph Young.

G. F. Belser.

Frederick Belsen.

Josiah G. Freeman.

George Thayer.

John Lock.

Peter Hayden.

John Batchelder.

Whitman Leach.

John C. Mardin.

Jeremiah Martin.

Benjamin Parker.

Elijah Bellus.

Caleb Rice.

Alvan Drake.

No. 18.
William Barnicoat.

J. H. Eastburn.

Isaac Swett.

Amoran Holmes.

Edward Elliot.

L. R. Shaw.

John F. Trull.

G. N. Faxon.

Joel Smith.

Samuel A. Allen.

Ezra Forristall.

J. H. Sawyer.

James Arnold.

C. P. Foster.

J. O. Sewall.

David Abbot.

Nahum Fay.

Hollis Thayer.

Addison Bacon.

J. B. Goodwin.

Jacob Ulman.

Thomas Bancroft.

Charles Gaylord.

Allen Whitman.

William Bangs.
R. W. Bayley.

Samuel Hart.

Aaron Walker.

S. G. Hyler.

M. Winneburger.

H. J. Benson.

Jacob Hook.

J. M. Russell.

Charles Bradlee.

H. H. Hart.

T. Austin.

William Burley.
A. H. Bridge.

Heman Holmes.

F. L. Brigham.

Horatio Lock.

Martin Clinkard.

C. O. Barker.
N. H. Crane.

Charles Phelps.
W. Raymond.

Abraham Moore.

Jonathan Davis.

C. S. Russell.

Peter Dunbar.

Norman Seaver.

William R. Stacy.
George W. Kinton.

G. W. Edmunds.

John Sargent.

J. H. Wolcott.

Roland Ellis.

Charles Lane.

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No. 19.
Thomas C. Amory.

John Holman.

William G. Parker.

C. M. Dommett.

Peleg Hayden.
Henry Lewis.

Cephas Carter.

Alanson Post.

J. C. FurneSS.

John Peirce.

William Almy.
Henry Alline.

F. D. Carruth.

J. Robinson.

S. B. Hall.
William C. Hunneman.

Charles Cushing.
James Cushing.

George Reding.
S. A. Shed, jr.
H. H. Stimpson.

Cornelius Hersey.
John Lock.

Robert Lyon.

G. G. Blackburn.

W. E. Chamberlain.

J. Stockwell.

Peter Cudworth.

William F. Stratton.

Otis Merritt.

Thomas French.

John Sawin.

E. T. Farrington.
F. E. Faxon.

E. F. Upham.
Joseph Whall.

J. M. Hastings.

W. W. Wheildon.

B. C. Swasey.
William N. Tyler.
George Woodman.
Phineas Wright.

NO. 20.
Thomas McDuff.

Noah Chase.

James Cushing.
Simeon Dow, jr.
Joseph Lawrence.

Walter Russell.

Caleb Pratt.

John Pierce.

Joseph Kendall.
Joseph Arnold.

William A. Dow.

Edward Toneon.

Josiah L. C. Amee.

Zedekiah Sanger.

Henry Reed.

Edward Battles.
Eba Parker.

Brown.

George Hall.
Nathaniel Courie.

Joseph Pike.

Edward Leed.

HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.

David Tillson.

Levi L. Warrick.

Charles T. Miller.

James Stevens.

Daniel H. Russ.

Jacob Davis.

William C. Rogers.
H. R. Perry.
William Green, jr.
Benjamin W. Adlington. Henry R. Healey.

Charles Whitmarsh.

Nathaniel Graves.

John Trask.

Luther Hills.

Joseph G. Baxter.
Edward Skerry.

Phillip C. Russell.

Asa C. Delano.

John W. Tuttle.

Gibbs W. Eddy.

James StowerS.

John Herner.

James Malcolm.

John F. Homer.

Samuel C. Hall.

Joshua Foster.

Henry Leeds.
John Laggon.

Justin Cook.

Charles Farrar.

G. H. Cunningham.

Benjamin Brazer.

John Davidson.

Thomas Burbeck.

Edward Barrington.

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DEPARTMENT.

John Gardner.

John Cushing.

Peter Glines.

Leonard Holton.

Bradford Chandler,

Joshua T. Sprague.

Calvin Thompson.

John Nicholas.

Edward Tuttle.

Theodore Barker.

William Stebbins.

Eleazer Davis.

F I R. E.

C. O M P A N I E S.

No. 1.
Ninian C. Betton.

John Simkins.

Edward Bell.

Charles Brintnall.

George W. Johnson.

Thomas Dewhurst.

Mathew Hunt.

Nathaniel Clark.

Joseph Austin, jr.

Curtis Stearns.

John Center.

Gilbert Nurse.

William Knapp.

Charles A. Brown.

Samuel Emmes.

Isaac R. Butts.

Thomas Crocker.

John Fenno, jr.

John A. Eaton.

Isaac F. Rowe.

Nathaniel Williams.

NO. 2.

Benjamin Abrahams.

Zenas Snow.

David J. Collier.

Daniel Edes.

Francis Merrifield.

Samuel Wheeler.

John Hobbs.

William Munroe.

Thomas Mair.

John Davis.

William Tothill.

R. T. Robinson.

Alford Wood, jr.

Erasmas Thompson.

Nathaniel Budd.

Richard Pile.

Benson Leavitt.

Isaac Hall.

Alexander Hopkins.

Henry Andrews.
George Low.

Charles French.

John Ellms.

S. H. Barnes.

Isaac Fowle.

Benjamin J. Collier.

No. 3.
Alfred Osgood.
George A. Sampson.
Otis Daniel.
Isaac T. Dupee.
Franklin Nurse.
Joseph Custis.
Benjamin F. Sylvester. Henry Adams.
William Tapley.
Samuel P. Haywood.
Warren Lincoln.
Thomas D. Dyer.

Silas P. Merriam.

Samuel Gould.
Asa H. Rhodes.

David W. Barnes.

William Eaton.

Joseph P. Shaw.
Eleazer Howard, jr.
George Thacher.
John Capen.

Charles G. King.

Charles Harlow.

Daniel Shilliber.

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No. 4.
Jacob C. Flint.

William A. Brigham.

H. S. Chase.

Isaiah Atkins.

Thomas G. Nicholas.

Charles B. Shaw.

Solomon Wildes.

Alanson Smith.

James H. Metcalf.

Thomas Waterman.

Thomas A. Murry.

Abraham Millett, jr.

Nahum Ball.

Samuel Fisk.

Charles Bond.

David Kimball.

B. P. Greenough.

Isaac H. Cary.

William H. Cary.
Ephraim Atwood.

Abraham Mitchell.

William H. Foster.

Albert F. Conant.

Jesse Bird.

No. 5.

George Lame.

George Stearns.

John Hammond.

Aaron Dexter.

William C. Stimpson.

Theodore Dickerson.

William T. Waldo.

Nathaniel Hyde, jr.

John Muzzy.
John Day.
Joseph W. Flint.
John S. Tyler.

Heman Fay.

Samuel G. Simkins.

Edward White.

William H. Burbeck.

George Stearns.

John J. Jerome.

H. M. Willis.

Daniel Brown.

Charles Hersey.
Caleb Whiting.

Eliphalet Jones.

William C. Tyler.
George W. Bryant.

No. 6.

Henry Gooding.
Warren Studley.

Meshach R. Tibbets.

Thomas Haviland.
John H. Belcher.

Reuben Frost.

Samuel E. Gardner.

John Holman.

Nathaniel Fisher.

Charles V. Butler.

George Spinney.

William Dyer.

Joshua R. Stanford.

Joseph Lincoln.

Arthur Scholfield.

Cornelius Bird.

George W. Ward.

David Bailey.
Joseph Warren, jr.
Harrison Fay.
Joseph A. Ballard.

Francis Ripley.
Joseph Mead.

John T. Prince.

Slade Luther.

No. 7.
John W. Harris.

James Tufts.

Benjamin Freeman.
Albert Bailey.

Charles R. Hayward.
Alpheus Cary.
J. S. Withington.

Richard Warren.

Southworth Shaw.

Samuel F. Barry.
George Warren.

Dennis Brigham.

Joseph Seaver.

Frederick Clark.

William Taylor.

Paschal P. Hall.

William Green.

Watson Freeman.

Joseph C. Brigham.

Samuel F. Dorr.

George W. Armstrong.

Charles Bowers.

H. P. Fairbanks.

Theodore N. Hall.

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DEPARTMENT.

No. 8.

George Dearborn.
Charles W. Thayer.

E. Fullerton.

Stephen Hale, jr.

Samuel Baker, jr.

J. B. Pendleton.

Edward F. Hall.

Jacob Richardson.

Richard H. Hall.

Theodore Baker.

J. Vincent Brown.

William H. Mann.

Ebenezer Davis.

John G. Davis.

Isaac Williams.

Charles A. White.

Pearson H. Field.

John Barnard.

N. J. Alley.

Elijah Fuller, jr.

Benjamin H. Green.

J. T. Powell.

Lemuel Little.

William A. Nicholas.

Solomon Hopkins.

No. 9.
Paul Rice.

Paole Brooks.

D. H. Dillaway.
Leapold Herman.
George Wilkins.

David Richardson.

Frederick H. Stimpson.
Charles Stimpson, jr.

Stephen Clark.

William Nash.

Charles N. Chandler.

Thomas Edwards.

John Dexter.

Joel Clark.

Amasa Potter.

Benjamin Burchsted.

Christopher Foster.
George Peirce.

James L. Lovell.

Isaac Ripley.
Enoch Colby.
Moses Haynes.
Joseph Shackford.

Joseph Bates.

No. 10.
Joshua Crane.

Josiah Damerill.

William Johnson.

John Rupp.

Josiah M. Damerill.

Jonathan J. Kendall.

Robert T. Paine.

William Fowle.

Charles F. Kupfer, jr.

William E. Blanchard.

Benjamin V. French.
George M. Gibbens.

Oliver Lincoln.

William Hardwick.

Erie Poor.

John J. Brown.

Nahum Capen.
John Collamore, jr.
Tileston Cushing.

Richard A. Newell.

Edward Haynes, jr.

Artemas Winchester.

John C. Hubbard.

Benjamin Yeaton.

No. 11.
John Howe.

Gardner Brewer.

Granville Ellis.

Edward Watson.

Oliver W. Bird.

Flavell Mosely.

Richard Childs.

Jonathan Ellis, jr.

Henry E. Lord.

Otis Everett, jr.

Samuel Curtis.

John A. W. Lamb.

Calvin Bullard.

Amos Cummings.

Samuel F. Morse.

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CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 20.

John Osgood, jr.

Samuel M. Phillips.

Thomas P. Rich.

Charles Upham.

William Smith.

Samuel Wheeler.

William B. Reynolds.

Joseph F. Trott.

No. 1 .
Moses Williams.

Jonathan French, jr.

Daniel F. Childs.

Brewster Reynolds.

Charles H. Parker.

Daniel F. Hunting.

George Jackson.
James Carney.

P. E. Gay.
William H. Montague.
John M. Mayo.
N. B. Carney.

Henry Curtis.
James Blake.
Samuel Blake, jr.
John H. Blake.

J. W. Lawrence.

Charles Waterman.

Joseph Doll.

A. D. Weld, jr.

John L. Emmons.

John D. W. Williams.
George Davenport.
George Savage.
Stephen G. Bass.

N. B. Engines Nos. 2, 5 and 8 require new houses, and Nos.

1 and 13 to be enlarged. Engine No. 20 has but one pump, and,
from the peculiarity of its construction, is rendered useless in line.
I recommend its removal to one of the public buildings at South
Boston, or elsewhere, and a new engine, to be built on the plan
of No. 14, to supply its place.
SAMUEL D. HARRIS, Chief Engineer.

City Document. No. 21.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

R E QUEST
FOR A

SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
For

WIDENING AND GRADING

HAMILTON STREET.
1868.

CITY

OF

BOST ON.

IN BoARD of ALDERMEN, February 17, 1868.

The Committee on Laying out and Widening Streets respect

fully report that a Special Loan of one hundred and twenty

thousand dollars will be required for the widening and grading
of Hamilton Street, as authorized by an Order of the City Coun
cil, passed January 5th, 1867.
The cost of this improvement by approximate estimate, includ
ing paving and sewer, is about $120,000.00.

The Committee

are of the opinion that the assessments for betterment and the
proceeds from the sale of earth to be removed will cover a con

siderable portion of the expense of this improvement; and, as will

be seen by the last of the accompanying Orders, contemplate
having the Loan for this Street credited with the revenue to be
derived from said betterments, and proceeds from sale of earth.
The Committee would therefore recommend the passage of
the accompanying Orders.
Respectfully submitted.
NEWTON TALBOT,
JOSEPH F. PAUL,
EDWARD A. WHITE,
Committee.

ORDERED: That the Treasurer be, and he hereby is authorized

to borrow, under the direction of the Committee on Finance, the

sum of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, the same to

be appropriated for the widening, grading and paving of Hamil
ton Street, and the construction of a sewer therein.
ORDERED: That the Auditor of Accounts be authorized to

place to the credit of the Hamilton Street Loan all assessments

of betterments and other revenue received on account of said

improvement, and that the amount so received may be used in

part payment of expenses incurred in prosecuting the work.

City Document. No. 22.

CITY

OF

A N NU A L

B O ST ON .

R E PORTS

of The

CITY ENGINEER AND CITY SURVEYOR.

1 86 8.

REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.

Office of City Engineer, Boston, Jan. 30, 1868.

To THE HONORABLE THE CITY CouncIL OF THE CITY OF BosTON:

The following statement of matters relating to my department

is respectfully submitted, in compliance with the seventh section
of the ordinance relating to the Department of Engineering and
Surveying.
As this is the first annual report from this departmentaside
from the one required to be made to the Cochituate Water

Boardwhich has been called for by any rule, order, or ordi

nance of the city, it may not be amiss to briefly review the origin
and progress of this department, and present an outline of its
functions and sphere of operations.

The office of City Engineer was first established by an ordi

nance providing for the care and management of the Boston .
Water Works, passed October 31, 1850. This ordinance re
quired the Engineer to have charge of all the plans of streets,

to make, or cause to be made by his Assistants, for whom he

should be responsible, all surveys, admeasurements and levels,
and perform such other services as might be required of him by
the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, or any Committee of the
City Council. In connection with the Water Works, the En

gineer was required to take such charge of Lake Cochituate,

the aqueduct, lands, reservoirs and other works and property
connected with the Water Works, as the Cochituate Water

Board might from time to time direct; and perform all such
services in relation thereto as might be required of him by the
Cochituate Water Board or the City Council; he was also
required to present to the Cochituate Water Board annually, a

CITY DoCUMENT.No. 22.

report of the general condition of the Water Works and of the

expenses of his department, relating to the same, and such other
matters as he or the Board may deem expedient.
The Rules and Regulations of the Water Board, as adopted
in 1851, conferred upon the Engineer the title of General
Superintendent of the Water Works, and prescribed in detail his
duties in that department. In 1861, the rules and regulations
were revised, the Engineer was relieved of much of the details
of the management of the works, and the title of General

Superintendent abolished. The duties, however, of the Engi

neer, under the revised rules, remain much the same, so far as
his professional services are concerned.

Previous to the passage of the Ordinance above referred to,

the engineering and surveying for the city had been done by
such Engineers or Surveyors as different City Councils or Com

mittees thereof might select; there was no system, and the care,
custody and arrangement of plans were necessarily imperfect.
There were, at that time, twelve volumes of miscellaneous
plans, in which official and unofficial, valuable and worthless

plans were scattered promiscuously; two volumes of Plans and

Descriptions of the Streets of Boston, made by John G. Hales,
in 1819, by order of the Selectmen, which were never officially
adopted, and are only of value now, as showing the widths of the

several streets and alleys at that time; two volumes of profiles

of the streets in East and South Boston, with the established

grades; and one volume of profiles of streets southwest of

Dover Street, made with reference to Ezra Lincoln's system

of drainage for that section of the city.

These were nearly

all the city plans at that time, except a few large plans and
maps on rollers.

For the first two or three years after the establishment of this
department, the accumulation of new plans was so small, that a
few drawers sufficed to contain them all, and very little trouble

was found in arranging them so that any particular one could

REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.

be readily found. A simple classification into Official Plans,

which comprised all plans referred to in Resolves and Orders
of the Board of Aldermen or City Council, or in Contracts and
Agreements; South Boston Plans and Profiles; East Boston

Plans and Profiles; City Land Plans; Plans in Progress;

etc., was all that was then required. Since that time, the accumu
lation has been so rapid that a more extended classification has
been found necessary, and there are now upwards of twenty
different heads under which the plans are now arranged. These
different heads are represented by the letters of the alphabet,
each letter having one or more drawers assigned to it, in which
the plans are arranged by numbers, generally in the order of
their date. The plans are nearly all catalogued, each drawer
or class by itself, and a general index made of the whole. The
following statement shows the present arrangement or system of

classification, and the number of plans in each.

Statement showing the Classification and Number of Plans made or collected
by this Department since 1850, except duplicates and plans bound in volumes.
General Head under which Classified.

DRAweR.

A
C
M
G
H
D
J
R
O
N
T
V
A
C

B and E
and F
and S

Plans from actual survey in the City Proper,

and L

Official Plans, Profiles, etc.,

Boston Harbor and Ancient Plans of Boston, etc.,

Profiles

4-

44

Copies of Plans by other Surveyors

South Boston Plans, Profiles, etc.,
East Boston

44

**

Copies of Plans from Registry of Deeds,

MiscellaneousBack Bay, Public Garden, etc.,
Plans of City Lands, etc., S.W. of Dover Street,
School-house Plans, etc.,

Bridges,
Boston Harbor, etc., large rolled up plans,

A
C

Miscellaneous,

4-

--

South Boston rolled up plans,

Engraved City Plans

Q 1
Q 2
Q 3

Q 4
Q 5

Unfinished Work,

4-

*-

Miscellaneous

44

4-

Towns and Cities near Boston,

Miscellaneous,

Q 6

Total,

4-

#
442
232
564
239
71
485
55
203
114

199t
98
89
31
75
8
10
4
11
13
11
2954

CITY DoCUMENT. No. 22.

The above statements comprise the plans catalogued and indexed.

There are Land and Construction Plans of the Water Works, many

of which are duplicates of plans in the Water Department, and

which are not entered in the catalogue or index, to the number of
about three hundred. Besides the foregoing, there are complete
plans of the streets of East Boston, fifty-two in number, drawn
upon a scale of forty feet to an inch, which exhibit the survey
lines and measurements, lineal and angular; the front lines of all
buildings, fences and other structures, with offset distances indi

cating their exact position by figures, in relation to the true line

of the streets; the widths of all the streets; the dimensions of
all the blocks; the wharves, docks, and the location of the har

bor lines as at present established. These plans, and the sur

veys required to prepare them, were made by John Noble, Esq.,
for many years Engineer and Surveyor to the East Boston Com
pany. Great care was taken in their preparation, and, together
with the note-books of surveys, furnish to this Department the
means of determining at once the lines of any street.

A similar

set of plans of the streets of South Boston, thirty-seven in number,

and drawn upon the same scale, have been prepared by Henry
W. Wilson, Esq., under the direction of the Commissioners
on South Boston Streets. These plans, like those of East
Boston were prepared with great care and labor, and indi
cate the lines of the streets except the twenty feet ways as

determined and agreed upon by the said Commissioners, and the

encroachments, and the location of granite monuments or bounds,
one hundred and ninety-six in number, put down by order of the
Commissioners to preserve and indicate the lines, and facilitate

the labor of giving them. In addition to these sectional plans

of South Boston is a general plan of the whole, on a scale of
two hundred feet to an inch, drawn in this office, which is the

official plan of the streets, signed by the Commissioners and

referred to in their report and description of the lines of the
streets. There are also large plans on rollers, of South Boston,

REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.

made from surveys by Mr. Wilson, under the direction of this

Department.

These are on a scale of forty feet to an inch,

were authorized by an Order of the Board of Aldermen, passed

March, 1858, and served as a basis for the subsequent plans

above referred to. The system inaugurated by the first City
Engineer, E. S. Chesbrough, Esq., of making duplicates of all
official plans, and binding them in volumes, has been maintained;
and there are now six volumes of these plans containing two

hundred and fifty-seven plans; forty-two plans already copied,

but not yet bound; forty-nine plans partly copied; and seventy
one plans yet to be copied, so that, when all the official plans up
to the present date are copied and bound, there will be about
eleven volumes.

Three volumes of the grades of the streets on the Neck lands,

southwest of Dover Street, at South Boston, and at East Boston,

have also been prepared in this department; which show the

grades worked out in detail for the curbstone on each side of
the street. The system in vogue before, and for several years

after the establishment of this office, of showing the grade of a

street by a profile on the centre line thereof, was one liable to

occasion mistakes, and for several years has been abandoned,
and the present system adopted; which requires, in all official
plans establishing the grade of a street, a plan of the street, show

ing the curbstones on each side, and a separate profile of each

side of the street, indicating doors, windows, etc., if the street is
built upon.

There is also one volume of thirty-eight sheets of plans and

profiles of all the streets in low district, known as the Church
Street and Suffolk Street districts.

There are, of plans not made or copied in this office, two vol
umes of plans of South Cove and miscellaneous plans, containing

about one hundred and sixty-six sheets, which were purchased

a few years since, and were formerly the property of Francis
Jackson, Esq.

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 22.

Aside from the plans above referred to, which are in the
special charge and custody of this department, there have been
five volumes containing one hundred and thirty-one plans of the
sewers, showing their sizes, grades, location, areas of estates

assessed, etc. These plans were prepared by virtue of an Order

of the Board of Aldermen passed in August 1857, under the
direction of this department, by Wm. H. Bradley, Esq., the
present efficient Superintendent of Sewers, at that time, an
Assistant in this department and are in the custody of the
Sewer Department; besides these volumes, are three hundred and
forty-eight plans in sheets, also in said Sewer Department. Also
twenty plans of the Public Lands on the Neck, showing the lots
sold, to whom and when, the dimensions, areas and price per

foot; these are in the custody of the Public Land Department,

duplicates being preserved in this office. Also two volumes,
containing seventy plans of the School-house Lots, and one vol

ume containing twenty-six plans of other Public Building Lots,

which are in the custody of the Public Building Department.
Also seven plans of the estates in South Boston, prepared by
Henry W. Wilson, Esq., for the Assessors Department, and kept
in that office. Also a large number of plans made for the
Water Department, duplicates of which have not been retained
in this office. Although the foregoing statements indicate a vast
amount of work done by or under the direction of this depart
ment since 1850, yet a more vivid idea may be given by com

paring the total amount done previous to 1850, as indicated by

the plans then in the custody of the city, with that done since,
as indicated by the plans which have since accumulated.

All

the plans in possession of the city in 1851, except Water Works

plans, were comprised in seventeen volumes; whilst those which

have since been made, if all bound in similar books, would make
one hundred and twenty-five volumes.
The following statements of the number of persons employed
in this department for each year since 1850, also of the total

REPORT OF

CITY

ENGINEER.

annual expense for engineering and surveying for the same time,
will be found of some interest, and will also indicate a com

paratively steady increase in the business of the office and in the

duties of the Engineer and his Assistants.

Statement of the number of persons employed under the direction of this

Department, including the City Engineer and Assistant; and also of the
amounts paid for Engineering and Surveying for each year from January
1851 to the end of the fiscal year 1866.

Amount paid

YEARs.

#$ *2.

Appropriations

2- 2

for Engineer's

""

or Engineer's

Departments.

's #
3 :
Z.

Jan. 1851 to May 1852....

May 1852

from

Amt charged
charge
TotALs.

Department
and Salaries.

$5,377 95

$758 97

$6,136 92

6,183 46

1,563 90

7,747 36

*4

1853. . . .

13

**

1853

**

1854. . . .

18

7,232 76

1,503 75

8,736 51

1854

44

1855. . . .

14

9,378 44

128 75

9,507 19

**

1855

44

1856. . . .

14

9,128 49

150 00

9,278 49

**

1856

44

1857. . . .

14

9,431 14

150 00

9,581 14

1857

44

1858. . . .

17

9,062 82

2,047 31

11,110 13

**

1858

44

1859. . . .

20

9,467 36

3,891 78

13,359 14

**

1859

44

1860. . . .

18

9,995 41

1,935 75 | 11,931 16

1860

*4

1861 . . . .

18

10,278 48

3,843 33

14,121 81

**

1861

44

1862....

21

10,601 85

5,762 05

| 16,363 90

**

1862

44

1863. . . .

22

| 10,346 82

6,444 08

16,790 90

**

1863

44

1864. . . .

23

9,191 54

3,469 14

| 12,660 68

**

1864

44

1865. . . .

16

|| 11,186 09

36 62

11,222 71

**

1865

st

1866. . . .

24 | 12,924 32

4,498 97

|| 17,423 29

**

1866

44

1867. . . .

28

16,057 64

7,504 33

|| 23,561 97

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CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 22.

The foregoing statement comprises all the items of expendi

ture for engineering and surveying which are to be found in the

Annual Reports of the Auditor, and

thing except certain payments by
surveys on the line of the Works,
which amounts do not appear in

undoubtedly includes every

the Water Board for land
and sundry small surveys,
the published reports, and

could only be obtained by an examination of the books of the

Water Board. It is also possible that in my examination of

the Auditor's Reports, I may have omitted some small amounts;
but as the object in preparing the above statement was not so

much to exhibit exact figures as to present a comparative view

of the growth of the business of the department, these omissions
may be deemed unimportant. A certain proportion of the in

creased expense of this department since 1858 is, of course,

owing to a general advance in the wages of employs, amount
ing to about thirty-five per cent; an increase which is certainly

as moderate as that of the other departments, and one which

applies mainly to the subordinates in the office, and not to the
head of the department, as will be seen by a comparison of the
salaries ten years since with those of last year, from which it
appears that the salaries of the heads of the departments gen
erally have been increased forty to one hundred per cent, while
that of the City Engineer has been increased only seven.
The policy in regard to defraying the expenses of this

department has "never been uniform. In some years, the cost

of engineering and surveys for special objects has been charged
to certain departments, and paid out of the appropriation for
those departments, or from a special appropriation: for in
stance, the cost of the surveys and plans of the streets of

South Boston and East Boston was paid from the appropriation
for laying out and widening streets; the engineering for the
South Bay improvements was paid for from the appropriation
for the Public Land department, and for South Bay Lands.
The Sewer department paid for the surveys and plans of the

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CITY

ENGINEER.

11

location, sizes and grades of sewers; and so on in many other

cases.

As it is not always easy to draw the line between

what may be styled current and special work, I would suggest

the expediency of an ordinance, requiring the cost of all work
done by or under the direction of this department to be paid
from its appropriation. This would ensure a uniform and
definite system, and the Auditors' reports, then, would present
to the public, under the general head of engineering, the actual
cost thereof, which is not now the case.

The Report of the City Surveyor, which is appended, exhibits

very fully the nature and amount of work done under his

special charge, as required by the present ordinance.

The following statement shows the nature of the work which

has been under my special direction and supervision.

South Boston Flats.

*

Estimates have been made, by request of the Mayor, of the

cost of building Eastern Avenue, from the foot of Summer Street

to the end of section one, including a bridge over Fort Point
Channel; and of extending B Street from First Street to said
Eastern Avenue.

Considerable time and attention have also

been devoted to the consideration of schemes and plans for the

concentration of the freight business of the Southern and West

ern roads, at tide-water on these flats, and the general question
of the occupation thereof.

Annexation of Roxbury.
By request of the Commissioners appointed by the Mayor to
consider and report upon

the question of the annexation of

Roxbury, a plan was prepared of Boston proper and Roxbury,

showing the sewers built and proposed in the vicinity of the

boundary line between the two cities, and the location and areas

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CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 22.

of the low districts in each city which are below a proper

drainage level. This plan, and such surveys as were requisite,

were made early in the year, and upon very short notice. The
plan, so far as the names and location of the streets in Roxbury
are concerned, was hastily compiled from a plan by H. F.
Walling, made in 1856, and, of course, contained many inaccu
racies and omissions. A new plan has since been prepared,
showing Boston as it now is, with all the streets, courts, places,

squares, churches, school-houses ahd other prominent public

buildings; the location of the horse-railroads, fire-alarm boxes,
etc., etc. This is now in the hands of the lithographer, and
will soon be published. Besides the preparation of the plan
above referred to, for the Commissioners, a great number of
calculations of areas, etc., were made by their order, and a
variety of estimates and calculations were made by request of
the Cochituate Water Board, relative to the distribution of
water, and the cost thereof.

Albany Street Wall.

Plans and specifications for this structure, two hundred and
seventy-one feet in length, from Dover Street towards Troy
Street, were prepared in 1866; but the work was not com
menced until early in 1867. A contract was made by the Com
mittee on Paving with Boynton Brothers, and the work has been

satisfactorily completed, at a cost, including superintendence, of

$14,041.00.
South Boston Streets.

All surveys required by the Commission on South Boston

streets have been made by Henry W. Wilson, Esq.; the official
plan, however, hereinbefore referred to, was made in this office,
under my direction, during the past year.
This work was commenced in 1865, and the amount expended
to January 1, 1868, has been as follows, viz:

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REPORT OF CITY ENGINEER.

To H. W.

Wilson and Assistants

For Stone Monuments and setting the same

For Compiling City Records .
For Stationery, Drawing Paper and Materials
-

Amount expended to January 1, 1868

To this add H. W. Wilson's bill,

$6,656 68

665 65

168 00

57 70

$7,548 03

rendered January 1, 1868, but

not yet paid .

Labor, etc., Setting Monument .
Compensation of Commissioners
-

and Clerk

$768 75
7 50

$6,000 00
-

Making the total cost of Surveys,

Plans, Monuments, etc.

6,776 25
-

$14,324 28

The foregoing amounts were or are to be paid from the appro

priation for laying out and widening streets.
Surveys of Public Building Lots.
Surveys and plans of eight Station-house lots, twenty-two
Engine-house lots, and five of other public buildings have been
made during the year for the Public Building Department.
This work of making complete surveys and plans of all the pub
lic building lots was commenced in 1865, and would have

been completed before the present time, but for the pressure of
other work of more immediate necessity requiring the services
of the party specially assigned to this particular work. Dur
ing the present year, it is probable these surveys and plans will
be completed, including those in the newly-acquired district of
Roxbury.

New Lunatic Hospital.

Levels have been taken over about ninety-five acres of the

land in Winthrop, purchased as a site for a new hospital for the

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CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 22.

insane, and a plan prepared, showing the contour of the ground

as intersected by horizontal planes, at intervals of two feet.
This plan will be of great service in determining the most
suitable position of the structure, in case it is built, and in
deciding on the best manner of grading the grounds.
Broadway Extension.
A plan has been made for extending Broadway from Federal
Street, in South Boston, to Albany Street at its junction with
Way Street, and thence to a point on Washington Street, oppo
site Pleasant Street. The plan proposed, and upon which the
estimates were based, provided for the extension on a high
grade, crossing Foundry Street, the Old Colony and Newport
Railroad, Fort Point Channel, Lehigh Street and the Boston
and Albany Railroad, by iron bridges. The portion between
Federal and Foundry streets to be filled solid, the filling to
be retained by substantial stone walls; the portions between
Foundry Street and the Old Colony and Newport Railroad, and
between Fort Point Channel and Lehigh Street, to be built
upon cast-iron columns, in a manner similar to the bridge in
Berkeley Street, over the Boston and Providence Railroad; the

portion between Lehigh and Albany streets, to be filled solid

and retained with stone walls, the same as the section between

Federal and Foundry streets.

The estimated cost of the struc

tures, according to the plan above referred to, was

$395,000.

Water Works.

The duties of the City Engineer, in connection with the Water

Works, have been greatly enhanced by the great work now in
progress at Chestnut Hill, and a very considerable portion of
his time has necessarily been required in connection with this
work alone. As a detailed statement of the progress of this work

during the past year will be published in my Annual Report to

the Cochituate Water Board, it is unnecessary to particularize

REPORT OF CITY

15

ENGINEER.

now, and I will only say that the work has been prosecuted with
all possible vigor, and more was accomplished last year than I
anticipated. With equal energy, the work will be nearly, if not
quite completed by the close of the present year.
During the year, surveys have been made of lands on the
margin of Dug Pond, in Natick.

Several examinations of cer

tain portions of the Aqueduct have been made.

Observations,

for two months, at the East Boston Reservoir, were taken, to

determine the points of leakage, and the amount, and a plan for
repairs has been prepared and submitted to the Board.

A plan

for certain alterations in the Pipe Bridge across Mystic River,

to accommodate the extension of the Mystic Water Works to
Chelsea, has also been prepared, in conjunction with the engineer
in charge of said extension.

In connection with the annexation of Roxbury, considerable

time has been devoted to the preparation of estimates and cal
culations in reference to a proposed extension of the pipes in

that district, the sufficiency of the supply, etc., etc.

Bridges.
It will be seen by reference to the sixth section of the Ordi
nance relating to the Department of Engineering and Surveying,
that it is made the duty of the City Engineer to make an ex
amination, annually or oftener, of all the bridges, and report as
to their condition, etc.

This duty is a new one imposed upon this department, and, so

far as the Report is concerned, has never before been assigned

to any department.
The following is a list of the bridges which the city has to
maintain, viz:
TO SOUTH

BOSTON.

Dover St. Bridge, across the mouth of the South Bay.

Federal Street Bridge, across Fort Point Channel.

Mt. Washington Avenue Bridge, across Fort Point Channel.

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TO EAST BOSTON.

Chelsea Street Bridge, across Chelsea Creek.

Meridian Street Bridge, across Chelsea Creek.

Point Shirley Bridge, across Chelsea Creek.

Albany Street Bridge, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Ferdinand Street Bridge, over Boston & Albany Railroad.
Tremont St. Water Pipe Bridge, over Boston & Albany R. R.
The first six bridges are over tide-water, and are in the care
of the several superintendents, under the direction of the Com
mittee on Bridges.

The Albany and Ferdinand Street bridges are in the care of

the Superintendent of Streets, under the direction of the Com
mittee on Paving.
The Tremont Street Bridge supports the water mains, and is
under the care of the Water Board.

Dover Street Bridge.

This bridge was built by a Corporation, under the name of
the Proprietors of the Boston South Bridge, at a cost of
$56,000, and was opened to public travel October 1st, 1805.
It was conveyed to the city by deed, dated April 19, 1832, and
made free and a public highway.
In 18589, the portions inside of the Commissioners' lines were
built solid, and that over the flats and channel, outside of said

lines, was rebuilt as a pile structure. The total cost, including

a new pier and house for the Superintendent, was $62,564.97.
The average annual cost of repairs for a term of seven years
immediately preceding the rebuilding of the bridge was about

$2,600.00, and for a term of seven years ending with the fiscal
year 186667, the average annual cost of repairs was $2,394.45.
This bridge is now in very fair condition, and will require no

extensive repairs the present year. The

pier on the southerly

side of the bridge, west of the draw, is in quite a shaky condi

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tion, and, whenever the bridge is widened, as proposed, to sixty

feet, should be rebuilt, or materially strengthened.
A proposition to widen this bridge, in connection with Fourth
Street in South Boston, and Dover Street, as far as Harrison

Avenue, was considered by the Committee on Streets of last

year, and the estimated expense was $22,000.00.

Federal Street Bridge.

This bridge was built in 182728, by a corporation called
The Boston Free Bridge Corporation. It was surrendered
to the city in September 1828.

In 185758, the bridge was widened, and, with the exception

of such of the piles as were sound and in good condition, was
substantially built anew, including piers, new sliding draw,
horse power machinery, stable, etc., at a cost of $50,842.56.

The average annual cost of general repairs on this bridge, for

a term of six years, ending April 30, 1857, was $2,292.36; and
for a term of seven years, ending April 30, 1867, it was
$1,405.38.

The principal repairs required on this bridge, the present

year, will be on the draw and machinery and the piers. The
tracks, upon which the draw rolls, need levelling up; in some
places new rails and wheels are wanted, and in replacing the

wheelsboth the travelling wheels and the cog-wheelsit

would be well to provide duplicates, to be kept on hand, in case
of accident. Some repairs are also needed in the running gear
under the barn. A portion of the westerly pier needs replank
ing; the westerly truss of the draw should be recovered; guard
timbers, projecting beyond the surface of the planking of the
water ways, should be put in; and sundry small repairs made
on the gates and railing.

A proposition to widen this bridge, in connection with

Federal Street, to a width of seventy feet, was considered by
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the Committee on Streets, of last year, the expense of which

was estimated at $24,500.00.

Mount Washington Avenue Bridge.

This bridge was built in 1854, and accepted by the city April
30, 1855. The total cost to the city was $61,607.70. There
was expended for general repairs, for eleven years, ending

April 30, 1867, $26,920.65, being an annual average expense of

$2,447.33.

There will be a considerable amount of repairs required upon

this bridge the present year, chiefly upon the draw. The chords
of the trusses are in very bad condition, the ends of many of the
braces are rotten, and the wood-work generally needs renewing.
The stringers and timbers which form the bulkhead on the out

side of the sidewalks are in many places rotten and pressed out
of place. The railing needs repairs in some places, and some
measures, perhaps the driving of spur-shores, will be necessary
to resist the crowding of the bridge on the westerly side of the

channel towards the draw. The bridge and draw have been
repeatedly cut off, and yet the movement still continues. Some
portions of the piers require re-planking, and it is very likely a
portion of the flooring of the bridge is defective, and will have
to be renewed. A more careful examination of the flooring will
be made soon, which will determine this point.

Meridian Street Bridge.

By an Act of the Legislature, passed May 15, 1855, Henry
D. Gardner and others were made a corporation by the name
of the East Boston Free Bridge Corporation, and authorized to
build a bridge across Chelsea Creek, from Condor Street, in
East Boston, to Pearl Street, in Chelsea.
The franchise

became the property of the East Boston Company, and the

bridge was built under the superintendence of a joint committee
of the City Council, and afterwards purchased by the city.

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ENGINEER.

The total cost to the city, including surveys, plans, models,

amount paid the East Boston Company, and the additional
amount expended for piers, guards and gates, was $56,889.85.
It was opened for travel in December 1856. There was
expended for repairs during nine years after it was built, the
sum of $11,545.64,- an average annual expense of $1,282.85.
An examination of this bridge, in 1866, revealed the fact
that it was in a positively dangerous condition, and unsafe for
public travel, and it was decided to rebuild the entire structure,

except the draw and pier, which it was then thought could be

made good with slight repairs.

Plans and specifications were made in this department, and a
contract made with William A. Kenrick, July 2, 1866.

By

request of the Chairman of the Committee on Bridges, I

re-examined the draw, and reported to him, as follows, viz:
OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER,
CITY HALL, Boston, March 28, 1867.
CHARLEs R. McLEAN, ESQ.,

Chairman of Committee on Bridges:

SIR, I have examined the draw of the Meridian Street

Bridge, and find its condition to be very much worse than it

appeared a year ago, when examined in connection with the rest
of the bridge. It was then thought that very slight repairs would
be needed; but, since the removal of the old bridge and a portion
of the flooring of the draw itself, the concealed defects have become
apparent, and it appears that the bottom chords of the trusses are

so badly decayed that new ones will be necessary for the safety of
the structure. There will also be required some additional braces
in the trusses, some new timbers in the gallows-frame, and an
additional suspension rod.

There will also have to be new and

more substantial fender-guards, to protect the bridge from vessels

approaching the draw. The estimated expense of repairing the
draw and building the new fender-guards is $7,000.
Respectfully submitted.
N. HENRY CRAFTs,

City Engineer.

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Accordingly, almost the entire frame-work of the draw was

re-built, and new fender-guards were built.

The bridge was

completed, and open to travel early in 1867. The work was

superintended by Mr. B. F. Prescott, under the direction of the
Committee on Bridges and the City Engineer, and is believed to
be one of our most substantial and well-built pile structures.
The total cost of the bridge, as rebuilt, and the repairs on the
draw, amounts to $73,749.53.

No repairs of any great amount will be required this year,

unless it may be on the moving gear of the draw.

Chelsea Street Bridge.

This bridge was built in 1834, by Benjamin T. Reed and
others, who were incorporated as proprietors of the Chelsea Free
Bridge. It cost $8,277.76, and was opened to public travel in
October 1834.

In 1848 it was re-built, at a cost of $4,678.15,

by the Ferry Company, who had previously become the pro

prietors. May 6, 1850, the Mayor and Aldermen, by virtue of
an Act of the Legislature, laid out that portion of the bridge
within the limits of Boston, as a public highway. In 1855, by
virtue of an order of the City Council, there was paid to the

town of Chelsea $8,473, on condition that said town would give .

a bond to the City of Boston in the penal sum of $10,000, to
keep that portion of the bridge and road, in the limits of the
town, in good order and repair for the future.
This bond was given July 12, 1855, and the bridge is now a

public highway, which the two cities of Chelsea and Boston are
bound to keep in repair.

The cost of repairs on this bridge, since 1850, has been

$9,721.61, an annual average of $648.10.
The bridge itself is now in very good repair, and will need

very little outlay this year; but the draw and pier are in very
bad condition, and should be re-built. The chords and braces
of the trusses are rotten, so also are most of the floor timbers.

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ENGINEER.

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When the draw is re-built, I would recommend that it be made

wider, the present width being only twelve feet.
Chelsea Point Bridge.
This bridge was built by Joseph Burrill and others, who
were incorporated in 1835, as the Proprietors of Chelsea Point
Bridge, and was opened to public travel in the fall of 1839.
Its cost was $1,100.

That portion of the bridge within the limits of the city was
laid out as a public highway July 1, 1850. In 1851 the bridge
was re-built at a cost, to the City of Boston, of $5,720.73.

The repairs since 1851 have been very slight, not averaging
$100 a year.
The stringers and bulkhead of this bridge are rotten and
need renewal, otherwise the bridge is in fair condition.

Albany Street Bridge.

In 18567, a wooden bridge, with a pile structure for the

approaches, was built over the Boston and Albany Railroad at a
cost of $23,231.48. This kind of structure was adopted in lieu
of an iron bridge with stone abutments and retaining walls, on
account of the costly plan which was then proposed for the
latter structure. In 1863, the bridge was reported in bad con

dition, and I was called upon to examine it, and it was found
that the piles, which had been coated with coal tar, with a view
to their preservation, were already very much decayed with dry
rot, and in many places the caps of the piles had been broken

by the weight of filling or by heavy loads. The coal tar coat

ing was removed from all the piles, and the decayed portion cut
away. Mud sills were put in, and timber shoring used where
the piles were much weakened. The expense of these repairs
was $1,238.12.
a cost of $300.
the old structure.

In 1866, the bridge itself was strengthened, at

These are all the repairs that were made on

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In May 1867, the Board of Aldermen authorized the erection

of an iron bridge, with stone abutments and retaining walls,

and this department was called upon to prepare plans and

specifications. A plan was accordingly prepared for a wrought
iron lattice bridge, the bars to be made of angle-iron, and the
span of the bridge to be sixty-two feet. Subsequently, an
agreement was made with the Boston and Worcester Railroad

Corporation, by which the span was increased to seventy-three

feet, to admit of the widening of their tracks, the Corporation

agreeing to pay the additional cost.

A new plan was then made, substituting for the lattice bars
panels of boiler plate, thus making a solid plate girder, similar
to those erected by the Railroad Corporation and by the city, at
Tremont Street. Specifications were also drawn and printed;
but a less costly plan on the lattice principle having been
submitted to the committee having the matter in charge, by Mr.
Clemens Herschel, it was decided to adopt that. Plans and
specifications for the abutments and retaining walls were also
prepared; and, in July, a contract was made with Messrs. Clapp
and Ballou for their erection, and for the removal of the old
bridge.

This contract has been so far completed as to allow of the

erection of the bridge, which is now in progress, under a con

tract made in September with Messrs. McKay & Aldus. It is

probable that the entire work will be completed, and the street

open to public travel, by the first of March. The cost of the

entire work to January 1, 1868, including superintendence, was
$47,332.89.

Ferdinand Street Bridge.

This structure was built in 18645 by J. E. & N. Brown, by
virtue of a contract which was approved by the City Council,
but was never executed.

It is an iron structure known as

Bolles's patent, resting upon stone abutments.

It was accepted

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in 1865, and has received no repairs since that time, except

painting of the iron work, which was done last year at a cost of
$90.00. There is no heavy travel over this bridge, and
although it is far inferior in point of stiffness to the plate-girder
bridge over the railroad at Tremont Street, it is a very good
bridge for the locality.
Tremont Street Water Pipe Bridge.
This structure was built in 186667, at the same time that

the Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation built the adja

cent road-bridge. The cost of the bridge and the abutments
was $11,245.28; which was paid from the appropriation for
laying out and widening streets. The cost of removing and
relaying the water pipes was defrayed by the Water Depart
ment. By the present arrangement, the sidewalk on the
westerly side of the bridge, which was formerly obstructed by

an elevated platform covering the pipes, with steps at each end,

is now entirely clear; and at the same time, the water pipes are
now easily accessible for repairs, while formerly they were
encased in an iron box or tube, made of boiler-plate, and laid

so close together that it was extremely difficult to get at them

to make any repairs. No repairs have been required on this
bridge during the past year.

Berkeley Street Bridge (over the Worcester Railroad).

Although this structure is not one for the care and mainte
nance of which the city is responsible, yet the several petitions

for the acceptance of the street, including the bridges, which

have been presented from time to time, have furnished the
occasion for examinations of this bridge, with especial reference
to its fitness and safety.

Reports and estimates in relation to this structure have been

made to the Committee on Streets, and to the Mayor, at different

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times; and propositions have been made

by the President of

the Water Power Company, in reference to suitable repairs of

the bridge, or a rebuilding of the same; but no definite result
has yet been reached. As this street has already become a
great thoroughfare and of great public convenience, it is very
important that it should be rendered safe; and it is hoped that
satisfactory arrangements may be made at an early day, by
which the street and bridge may be put in good and safe
condition.

STATEMENT OF THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEER

ING AND SURVEYING FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1867, AS
PAID FROM THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

Salaries of City Engineer and City Surveyor,

Assistants, Surveyors, Levellers, Draughtsmen,
Rodmen, etc. .

. $17,745 38

Incidental expenses, viz., car fares, tolls, travelling

expenses, and small supplies for office

451 97

Books, stationery, drawing paper and materials

734.2%

Instruments, and repairing same .

Braid for binding, and cloth for backing plans

.
-

923 95
96 95

Plan of estates on Blackstone, Centre, Brattle and

Elm streets, and Dock Square (Alexander Wads

worth) .
Iron sounding rods
.
Wooden stakes

86 00
62 62

36 22

Repairs and small supplies (not included in inci

dentals) .
Printing

Expenses of Committee

22 70

13 90

17 25

. . $20,191 21

Total

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ENGINEER.

The following amounts for engineering and surveying have

been paid from other appropriations:

Chestnut Hill Reservoir.

Salaries of resident Engineer and assistants,

from January 1, 1867, to January 1, 1868, .

Draughtsmen on gate house, plans, etc.

Incidental expenses, instruments, etc.

$3,828 00
1,044 00

55 34

$4,927 34
South Boston streets, bills rendered for work

done in 1867, but not yet paid .

..

776 25

Broadway extension.
Add amount, as above, paid from appropriation
for this department
..

$20,191 21

Total for engineering, for the year 1867.

$26,287 05

The whole number of persons employed during

the past year, and paid from the appropriation
for this department, was
The number employed on the engineering and
draughting for Chestnut Hill Reservoir was

20

Total

392 25

Besides the foregoing, a party of three, under Mr. H. W. Wil

son, has been employed a portion of the time on surveys for the

South Boston Commission, and for the extension of Broadway.

Respectfully submitted,
N. HENRY CRAFTS,

City Engineer.

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City Surveyor's Office, Boston, Jan. 7, 1868.

To N. HENRY CRAFTs, Esq., City Engineer:
Sir,In conformity with the 15th Section of the Ordinance
relating to the Department of Engineering and Surveying, I
submit the following

REPORT:

The following surveys for street widenings, extensions, etc.,

have been made under my direction during the past year:
Fort Hill.

The estates on Fort Hill have been surveyed the past year,
with the exception of those abutting on Oliver, Belmont, Battery
march and Hamilton streets, and Washington Square, which

were surveyed previously; and plans of the same have been

nearly completed, showing the buildings, the proposed laying
out of new streets, and the widening of the present ones.
Profiles of these streets have also been made, showing the

proposed grades to which the streets will have to be cut down.

It will be necessary, before the work progresses much farther,
to run base lines over the hill, located from fixed monuments,

that will not be disturbed by the removal of the hill, in order to

re-locate the new lines of the streets after the buildings have
been demolished and the streets cut down to grade.

For the past year, it has required a party, consisting of an

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engineer and one assistant, to watch the progress of the excava

tion in Oliver Street, Washington Square and Belmont Street, to
give grades and measure the work done by the contractors.
The excavation in these streets has been completed to grade.
It is apprehended, however, that in the coming spring consider
able quantities of earth will slide off from the steep side slopes
into these streets, by the action of the frost. Should this be
the case, it will probably be necessary, before this earth is
removed, to have it carefully measured, and an accurate account
kept of the quantity.
Federal Street.

A survey of this street between the foot of Summer Street and

First Street in South Boston, and plans showing the estates on
both sides of the street with the proposed line of widening on
the easterly side to seventy feet, with the takings from each es
tatethe street being now about fifty feet in width.

The Board of Aldermen passed a resolve to widen this street

in May, but it was not acted upon in the Common Council till
near the close of the year, and then failed to pass.
Also a survey and plan of Federal Street between Williams.
and High streets, showing the line of widening with the takings
from each estate.

Another plan of this street was made, between Milk and Sum
mer streets, showing the fronts of the estates, prepared for the
purpose of making the assessments under the Betterment Law.
High Street.
A survey and plans showing the estates on both sides of the
street between Congress and Summer streets, with the widening
to fifty feet and takings from each estate on the northerly side
between Congress and Federal streets.
This street was widened on the northerly side between Con

gress and Federal Streets by a resolve approved July 16, 1867.

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Williams Street.

A survey and plan of this street with the estates on both sides
of it, and the widening and takings from each estate on the
southerly side between Federal and Congress streets.

This street was widened on the southerly side by a Resolve

approved July 12, 1867.
Congress Street.

A survey of several takings on this street between Williams

and Purchase streets, where the city has widened during the
year.
Summer Street.

A survey from Church Green to Federal Street, and a

plan showing the estates made for the purpose of fixing upon
a contemplated line of widening on the northerly side between
High and Federal streets.
No widening made.
Richmond Street.

A survey of this street between Hanover and Salem streets,

and plan showing the estates on both sides, and the widening

principally on the easterly side, making the street about forty

feet in width when widened. Widened by a Resolve approved
May 11, 1867.
Also a plan of the street from North to Salem Street, made
for the purpose of making the assessments under the Betterment
Law.
Devonshire Street.

A survey of this street between Milk and Water streets, and

a plan showing the estates on the easterly side through to Con

gress Street, and the widening on the same side, making the
street forty-eight feet in width.

Not widened.

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Dorchester Street, (Washington Village.)

A survey and plan for the widening of this street, varying
from forty-five to fifty feet in width, between Middle Street and
the Old Colony and Newport Railroad bridge.
Widened between Middle and Tuckerman streets by a Re
solve approved July 15, 1867.
Extension of Kilby Street.
A rough survey for the proposed extension of Kilby Street,
from State Street to Faneuil Hall Square, and several plans
showing the estates with various routes for the proposed exten
sion of that street; but as it was decided by the Board of

Aldermen, after several hearings, not to extend this street, no

accurate survey and plans were made.
Change Avenue.
A survey of the estates on both sides of this Avenue, and a

plan, showing the proposed line of widening, and the takings

from each estate on the westerly side, making the avenue about
forty-three feet in width. Not widened.
Adams Street.

A survey of this street and the estates on both sides, with a

plan, showing the widening to forty-five feet, and the takings

from each estate, also a discontinuance of a portion of the street.
Widened by a Resolve approved November 8, 1867.
Washington Street.
A survey for the purpose of ascertaining the areas of the
estates on both sides of the street between Kneeland and Warren

streets, and a plan of the same made early in the year to facili
tate the making of the assessments under the Betterment Law.

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West Street.

A survey and plan of the street, with the widening on the

Carter Estate, at the corner of Washington Street. Widened
by a Resolve approved March 29, 1867.
Also another plan of the street, showing the fronts of the
estates for the purpose of making the assessments under the
Betterment Law.

Tremont Street.

A survey for the widening of this street between Boylston

Street and the Boston and Albany Railroad Bridge, and plans
showing the takings required from each estate to make the street

sixty feet in width.

The general plan of the street, with the

estates, was made several years ago.

Not widened.

Extension of Broadway.
A survey for the proposed extension of Broadway, sixty feet
in width, from Federal Street in South Boston to Washington

Street opposite Pleasant Street, and plans, showing the abutting

estates and the takings from each estate. Also profiles of por
tions of Lehigh, Way, Albany, Curve, Hudson and Tyler streets,
showing the proposed grades it would be necessary to raise
those streets to, if Broadway should be extended at high grade

as proposed, passing over Foundry Street, the Old Colony &

Newport Railroad, Lehigh Street and the Boston & Albany
Railroad.

The Board of Aldermen passed a resolve in November to ex

tend this street from Federal to Albany Street, but the Common
Council non-concurred and the subject was referred to the next

City Council (1868).

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Church Street District.

A rough survey and plan of this territory, with all the estates,
was made in the early part of the year. This plan showed all
the buildings and the proposed widening of the streets, generally
to forty feet in width. Another plan was also made, after the
completion of the above plan, showing the proposed laying out
of the territory into new streets and lots. These plans were
made for a temporary purpose, only to be used by the Committee
on the Church Street District and by the City Council during
the discussion of the question as to what action the city should
takewhether to raise the grade of the territory and widen the

streets, or to take all the property within the District and

demolish the buildings and lay out new streets and lots.
In the month of November, the City Council passed a Resolve
in favor of taking all the property lying within this District,
under the Church Street Act (so called), for the purpose of
raising the grade of said territory, and laying out new streets
and avenues thereon. This was merely an expression of

opinion of the City Council, without actually effecting any result.

By the advice of the City Solicitor, it was deemed necessary
that there should be an accurate survey made, and a plan of the

streets, and of each estate in this District, with a description of

each parcel of land, before the city could take the property; as
a description of each parcel of land to be taken, giving the
bounds and dimensions of the estate, is required by the Act to

be filed in the Registry of Deeds within sixty days from the

time the property should be taken.
This accurate survey was ordered immediately after the pas
sage of the Resolve above referred to, and two parties of

Surveyors were put to work at once, and continued on the same

without interruption, working days and evenings till the last week
in December, when it was found impossible to complete the plan,

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so that the subject could be brought before the City Council of

1867 in a tangible form. The surveys are all completed, but
the plan is not yet finished, as there are a great many conflicting
boundary lines to be first settled, and the ownership of the fee
of the unaccepted streets ascertained.

The above statement shows some very extensive surveys for

street improvements, more so than have been made during any

one year since the City Engineer's Office was established in

1850,especially the surveys of Fort Hill, Church Street District,
the widening of Federal Street from the foot of Summer Street
to First Street, in South Boston, the extension of Broadway, and
the widening of Tremont Street from Boylston Street to the
Boston and Albany Railroad Bridge. There have been so
many large surveys, some of which were going on at the same
time, that in order to complete them as soon as they were
wanted, it has been found necessary to require the assistants at
times to work evenings on the plans, and to pay them for extra
time.

This increase of work is owing, undoubtedly, in part, to the

passage of the Betterment Law in 1866, which necessitates the

widening and improvement of streets on a larger and more com
plete scale (in order that the City may derive any benefit from
it) than under the old law.
The above list of streets that have been surveyed and plans
made, show the principal work that has been done under my
especial charge as City Surveyor during the past year; but there
has been a great amount of work done besides, in this depart
ment, of a miscellaneous nature, such as the giving of grades
-

and lines of streets, surveys and plans for the Paving, Sewer,
Public Building and Public Land Departments, surveys and

plans for Water Works, measurement of contractors' work,

drafting of plans, etc.

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Duties of the City Surveyor.

Besides the duties performed by the City Surveyor in taking
charge of the surveys, etc., above enumerated, a large portion of
his time is occupied in acting as Secretary of the Committee on
Laying out and Widening Streets, and in keeping the books and
performing the duties in relation to widening streets under the
Betterment Law, as provided in the Ordinance relating to the
Department of Engineering and Surveying, as follows:
SECTION 12. Said Surveyor shall act as Secretary of the Com
mittee on Laying Out and Widening Streets, of the Board of
Aldermen, and shall furnish said committee, or such commission

as may hereafter be intrusted by the City Council with the con

sideration of matters appertaining to the laying out, widening, or
extending streets, with such plans and information in relation to

any projects under consideration by them as they may require.

He shall keep a full and accurate record of all their doings; and
he shall have special charge of all surveys and plans relating to
the laying out, widening, extending and grading of streets.
SECTION 13. Said Surveyor shall prepare all orders, resolves,
and other papers relating to street widenings, extensions, and
alterations which said committee may require; and shall furnish
the City Solicitor with all necessary descriptions for deeds of land
bought or taken to lay out, widen, or extend a street, or for any
special contracts or agreements relating thereto.
SECTION 14. Said Surveyor shall keep a set of books showing
all the debits and credits to each estate, the whole or a portion of

which may be taken to lay out, widen or extend a street, or which

may be assessed under any Betterment Law; and if, in the opinion
of the said committee, the work of keeping such a set of books and
other records relating to street improvements, requires any special
clerical assistance, the said Surveyor, with the consent and
approval of said committee, may employ a suitable clerk, whose
salary shall be fixed by said committee, and paid from the appro
priation for laying out and widening streets. All bills for assess
ments made under any Betterment Law shall be deposited by said
Surveyor with the City Treasurer for collection.
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CITY DoCUMENT. No. 22.

Survey of Roxbury.
As soon as practicable, I would recommend that an accurate
survey of all the streets in Roxbury should be commenced and
carried forward as fast as the current work in this Department
will permit; and the lines of the streets determined upon as far
as they can be, from monuments on the ground, and from the
plans and records of that city.
And I think it will also be found necessary to have profiles
of all the streets made, showing the buildings, steps, fences, etc.,
so that grades can be fixed where they are not already estab
lished, and where, in some cases, it will be found advisable to

change and revise the old grades formerly established.

The annexation of Roxbury must necessarily increase the
work in this department very considerably.
East Boston Streets.
I would recommend that the lines of the streets in East Boston

be permanently fixed by stone monuments placed in the ground

in a similar manner to those fixing the lines of the streets in
South Boston.

Notices of intention to build.

There have been received, at this office, Notices of intention

to build five hundred and twenty-four buildings during the past

year two hundred and seventy-four in Boston Proper, one
hundred and ninety-six in South Boston, and fifty-four in
East Boston. The year previous (1866) there were received
Notices of intention to build three hundred and seventy-two
buildings; showing an increase of one hundred and fifty-two
buildings in 1867 over 1866.
Undoubtedly more buildings have been built than the above
notices indicate, as some persons omit to give notice, the Or
dinance requiring such notice to be given only on public streets.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. W. DAVIS,
City Surveyor.

City Document. No. 23.

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CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

IN COMMON CouncIL,
February 20, 1868.

The Joint Special Committee appointed to prepare orders

establishing the Salaries of the several City and County Officers,
for the year beginning April 1, 1868, beg leave to recommend
the passage of the accompanying orders.
The changes proposed in the amounts paid at present are as

follows: The Mayor's Clerk, an increase of $200; the City

Treasurer, for Clerk hire, an increase of $3,800; the Auditor of
Accounts, for Clerk hire, an increase of $400; the Clerk of the

Common Council, an increase of $200; the City Messenger, an

increase of $400; the Assistant Messenger, an increase of $100;

the City Clerk, for Clerk hire, an increase of $1,800; the City
Registrar, an increase of $200 for himself, and $1,000 for Clerk
hire; the Secretary of the Board of Engineers, an increase of
$300; the Assistant Superintendent of Health, an increase of $400;
the Chief of Police, an increase of $500; the Clerk of Police, an
increase of $300; for Clerk hire in the Assessors' Department, an
increase of $3,000.

Respectfully submitted,
For the Committee,
FRANCIS RICHARDS, Chairman.

ORDERED: That the salaries of the following officers, for the

year beginning on the first day of April, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-eight, shall be as herein mentioned, to be paid
quarter yearly, unless otherwise directed, subject to deduction

of any and all sums due from such officers to the city.
SECTION 1. The salary of the Mayor shall be, as fixed by the
Convention of the City Council, on the 21st day of November,
1864: viz, at the rate of Five Thousand Dollars per annum,
commencing with the first Monday of January.
SECT. 2. The salary of the Mayor's Clerk shall be at the
rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per annum.
SECT. 3. The salary of the City Treasurer shall be at the
rate of Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per annum, for
performing the duties of City and County Treasurer and Col
lector; and there shall be allowed him the sum of Eleven

Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars per annum, to be paid to his

clerks; and he shall account for all fees, moneys and com
missions which he shall receive in said capacity.
SECT. 4. The salary of the Auditor of Accounts shall be at

the rate of Four Thousand Dollars per annum; and he shall be

allowed for clerk hire the sum of Four Thousand Nine Hundred

Dollars per annum; and he shall account for all sums of money
received by him.

SECT. 5. The salary of the City Clerk shall be at the rate of

Four Thousand Dollars per annum; and he shall be allowed
the further sum of Sir Thousand Four Hundred Dollars, to be
paid to his assistant clerks (one of whom shall be required

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 23.

to prepare the annual voting lists); and he shall account for all
fees for recording mortgages of personal property, and for all
other sums of money received in his official capacity.

SECT. 6. The salary of the Clerk of the Common Council

shall be at the rate of One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars per
annum.

He shall be allowed for clerk hire Five Hundred Dol

lars per annum.

SECT. T. The salary of the Clerk of the Committees of the

City Council shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Two Hun
dred Dollars per annum.
Sect. 8. The salary of the Messenger of the City Council
shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars per annum.
SECT. 9. The salary of the Assistant Messenger shall be at
the rate of Five Hundred Dollars per annum, payable monthly.

ORDERED: That the salaries of the following officers, for the

year beginning on the first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty.eight, shall be as herein mentioned, to be paid
quarter yearly, subject to the deduction of any and all sums due

from such officers to the city.

SECTION 1. The salary of the City Engineer shall be at the

rate of Three Thousand Dollars per annum, to be in full for all
his time and services.

SALARIES.

SECT. 2. The salary of the City Surveyor shall be at the rate

of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per annum, to be in full
for all his time and services; and he shall act as Secretary of
the Committee on Laying out and Widening Streets, without
additional compensation.
SECT. 3. The salary of the City Solicitor shall be at the rate
of Five Thousand Dollars per annum. The salary of the Assis
tant Solicitor shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars per annum. The salary of the Clerk, appointed by the

Solicitor, shall be at the rate of One Thousand Dollars per
annum.

SECT. 4. The salary of the City Registrar shall be at the

rate of Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars per annum, and
he shall be allowed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per
annum, to be paid his Principal Clerk, and Seven Hundred
Dollars per annum, to be paid his Assistant Clerk. He shall
account to the city for all fees for entering and publishing

intentions of marriage, and for interments of the dead; and

for his Assistant Registrars he shall be paid a sum not ex
ceeding fifteen cents for information furnished concerning each
birth.

SECT. 5. The salary of the Water Registrar shall be at the

rate of Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars per annum.
SECT. 6. The salary of the Harbor Master shall be at the
rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per annum.
SECT. 7. The salary of the Librarian of the Public Library
shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars per
all Illllll.

SECT. 8. The salary of the City Physician shall be at the

rate of Two Thousand Dollars per annum; which sum shall
include compensation for furnishing certificates to disabled sol
diers.

SECT. 9. The salary of the Port Physician shall be at the

rate of Six Hundred Dollars per annum; and he shall pay over

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 23.

to the City Treasurer all fees received by him or his assistant

in their official capacity. The salary of the Assistant Port Phy
sician (if such officer is needed), shall be Seventy-five Dollars per
month, and sufficient house-room and board either at Deer
Island or Gallop's Island.

SECT, 10. The salary of each Sealer of Weights and Meas

ures shall be at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

per annum; and each Sealer shall be allowed the further sum

of Sir Hundred Dollars per annum, to be paid monthly, for the

services of an assistant; provision for transportation of stand

ards to be made by the Committee on Markets and Weights

and Measures.

ORDERED: That the salaries of the following officers, for the

year beginning on the first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, shall be as herein mentioned, to be
paid quarter yearly, subject to the deduction of any and all
sums due from such officers to the city.
SECTION 1. The salary of the Superintendent of Fire Alarms
shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars per annum; and
he shall perform such services as may be required of him by
-

the Committee on Bells and Clocks, without further compensa

tion.

SECT. 2. The salary of the Superintendent of the Public Library

shall be at the rate of Three Thousand Dollars per annum.

SALARIES.

SECT. 3. The salary of the Superintendent of Common Sewers

shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per
annum. He shall act as Secretary to the Committee on Sewers
and Drains; and said Committee shall allow him the use of a

horse and vehicle, at the expense of the city, for which they
shall approve the bills.

SECT. 4. The salary of the Superintendent of Streets shall be

at the rate of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per annum.
He shall act as Secretary to the Committee on Paving; and said
Committee shall allow him the use of a horse and vehicle, at the

expense of the city, for which they shall approve the bills.
SECT. 5. The salary of the Superintendent of Public Build
ings shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
per annum. He shall act as Secretary to the Committee on
Public Buildings; and he shall be allowed the use of a horse and

vehicle, at the expense of the city, the bills for which shall be
approved by said Committee.

SECT. 6. The salary of the Superintendent of Public Lands

shall be at the rate of One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars
per annum; and he shall act as Secretary to the Committee on
Public Lands.

SECT. 7. The salary of the Superintendent of Health shall be

at the rate of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per annum;
and the Committee on Health shall allow him the use of a horse

and vehicle, at the expense of the city, and have the same kept
at the city stables.

SECT. 8. The salary of the Assistant Superintendent of

Health shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars per annum.
He shall account for all sums of money received by him as fees,

in connection with his office; and he shall also act as Secretary

to the Committee on Health.

SECT. 9.

The salary of the Superintendent of Faneuil Hall

Market shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars per annum;

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CITY DoCUMENT.-No. 23.

and he shall account for all sums of money received by him in

his official capacity.
SECT. 10. The salary of the Deputy Superintendent of Fan

euil Hall Market shall be at the rate of One Thousand Two

Hundred Dollars per annum.

SECT. 11. The salary of the Superintendent of Faneuil Hall

shall be at the rate of Five Hundred Dollars per annum. He
shall account for and pay over all sums of money received by
him for the city in his official capacity.

SECT, 12. The salary of the Superintendent of Lamps shall

be at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars per annum, which sum
shall be in full for all his services; and the Committee on Lamps
shall allow him the use of a horse and vehicle, at the expense of

the city, for which they shall approve the bills.

SECT. 13. The salary of the Superintendent of the Mount
Washington Avenue Bridge shall be at the rate of One Thousand
Eight Hundred Dollars per annum, which salary shall be in full
for his services, and for all and any assistance he may employ.
SECT. 14. The salary of the Superintendent of the Federal
Street Bridge shall be at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars per annum; and he shall be allowed the use of the
building on said bridge, and a horse at the city's expense, for
the purpose of opening and closing the draw, the said com

pensation and privileges to be in full for his services and the

services of such assistants as he may employ.
SECT. 15. The salary of the Superintendent of the Dover
Street Bridge shall be at the rate of Nine Hundred Dollars per
annum; and he shall be allowed the use of the house on said

bridge, free of rent, the said compensation and privileges to

be in full for services of himself and assistants.

SECT. 16. The salary of the Superintendent of the Meridian

Street Bridge shall be at the rate of Seven Hundred Dollars per
annum, the same to be in full for his services and the services of

such assistants as he may employ.

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SALARIES.

SECT. 17. The salary of the Superintendent of the Chelsea

Street Bridge, shall be at the rate of Three Hundred Dollars per
annum, the same to be in full for his services and the services of

such assistants as he may employ.

SECT. 18. The salary of the Superintendent of the Boston

Lunatic Hospital, shall be at the rate of One Thousand Eight

Hundred Dollars per annum; and he shall be allowed sufficient
house-room, free of rent, and board for himself and his family in
said Hospital; which compensation and privileges shall be in
full for his services as Superintendent of said Hospital, and also
as Physician to all the Public Institutions at South Boston.

SECT. 19. The salary of the Master of the House of Cor

rection shall be at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred

Dollars per annum; and he shall be allowed sufficient house

room in said building, free of rent, and board for himself and

family; but no other fees or perquisites shall be allowed him.

SECT 20. The salary of the Superintendent of the City Hos

pital shall be at the rate of One Thousand Eight Hundred Dol.

lars per annum; and the Trustees shall allow him what, in their
opinion, shall be sufficient house-room in said building, free of
rent, and board for himself and family; but no other fees or
perquisites shall be allowed him.
SECT. 21. The salary of the Superintendent of the Common
and Public Grounds shall be at the rate of One Thousand Eight
Hundred Dollars per annum.

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CITY DocuMENT. No. 23.

ORDERED: That the salaries of the following officers, for the

year beginning on the first day of April, one thousand eight

hundred and sixty-eight, shall be as herein mentioned, subject
to the deduction of any and all sums due from such officers to
the City; and of all fees received by the officers mentioned in
this order, for attendance as witnesses or any other service,

except as provided in the Police Ordinance, or in the Police

Rules or Regulations.
SECTION 1. The salary of the Chief of Police shall be at the
rate of Three Thousand Dollars, per annum, payable quarterly;
and he shall be allowed the use of a horse and vehicle at the

city's expense.
SECT. 2. The salary of the Deputy Chief of Police shall be
at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars per annum, payable quar
terly.

SECT. 3. The salary of the Clerk of the Police Department

shall be at the rate of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per
annum, payable monthly.
SECT. 4. The salary of the Captains of Police shall be at the
rate of Four Dollars per day, payable monthly.
SECT. 5. The salary of Lieutenants of Police shall be at
the rate of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents per day, payable
monthly.

SECT. 6. The salary of the Sergeants of Police shall be at

the rate of Three Dollars and Twenty-five Cents per day, payable
monthly.

SECT. 7.

The salary of the Officers of the Detective Force

shall be Three Dollars and Fifty Cents per day, payable monthly.

SECT. 8. The salary of the Officers of the City Prison under

the Court House shall be at the rate of Three Dollars and

Fifty Cents per day, payable monthly.

SECT. 9. The salary of the Superintendent of Hacks and
Carriages shall be at the rate of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents
per day, payable monthly.

SALARIES.

13

SECT. 10. The salary of the Superintendent of Trucks and

Wagons shall be at the rate of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents

per day, payable monthly.

SECT. 11. The salary of the Superintendent of Pawnbrokers

shall be at the rate of Three Dollars and Fifty Cents per day,
payable monthly.

SECT. 12. The salary of the Day and Night Officers of the
Police Department shall be at the rate of Three Dollars per day,

payable monthly.
SECT. 13. The salary of each of the Officers appointed by
the Mayor and Aldermen to take charge of Truant and Vagrant
Children, shall be at the rate of One Thousand Two Hundred

Dollars per annum, to be paid monthly.

ORDERED: That the salaries of the following officers, for the

year beginning on the first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, shall be as herein mentioned, subject to
the deduction of any and all sums due from said officers to the
city.

SECTION 1. The salary of the Chief Engineer of the Fire

Department shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Dollars per
annum, payable quarterly; and he shall be allowed the use of a
horse and vehicle, at the expense of the city, the bills for which
shall be approved by the Committee on the Fire Department.

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CITY DocuMENT. - No. 23.

SECT. 2. The salary of the Assistant Engineers shall be at

the rate of Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars each per annum,
payable quarterly.

SECT. 3. The salary of the Secretary of the Board of Engi

neers shall be at the rate of One Thousand Three Hundred Dol

lars per annum, payable quarterly, which shall be in full payment
for all the services which may be required of him by the Mayor

and Aldermen, the Chief Engineer and the Board of Engineers.

SECT. 4. The salary of the Foremen of the respective Hook
and Ladder Companies, and the Foremen (of the hose) of Engine
and Hose Companies, shall be at the rate of Two Hundred and
Twenty-five Dollars per annum, payable quarterly.
SECT. 5. The salary of the Assistant Foremen, Clerk, Rake
men and Axemen, Stewards of Hook and Ladder Companies num
bered 1 and 4, Hosemen of Engine and Hose Companies, and mem
bers of the Hook and Ladder Companies shall be at the rate of
Two Hundred Dollars each per annum, payable quarterly.
SECT. 6. The salaries of the men employed permanently
shall be at the following rates:

Enginemen, Three Dollars per day, payable monthly.

Firemen, Eighty Dollars per month; and Drivers of Engines,

Hose and Hook and Ladder Companies, Seventy-five Dollars per
month, payable monthly.

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SALARIES.

ORDERED: That the salaries of the following officers, for the

year beginning on the first day of April, one thousand eight

hundred and sixty-eight, shall be as herein mentioned, subject
to the deduction of any and all sums due from such officers to
the city; and the number of days' service of the First and
Second Assistant Assessors shall be certified according to the

ordinance; but no pay shall be allowed for revising assess

ments, except for the time actually therein employed, and the
Secretary shall issue no certificate to any Assessor, or First or
Second Assistant, for such service, until such Assessor shall have
filed with him a statement of the several revisions for which he

claims payment, and the time he has devoted to each case: pro
vided, however, that no payment for revising shall be allowed
exceeding ten days' service.

SECTION 1.

The salary of each of the Four Principal Assess

ors shall be at the rate of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

per annum, including the allowance provided for by the General

Statutes of the Commonwealth; and there shall be allowed this

department the further sum of Seventeen Thousand Dollars to be

paid for clerk hire, to be disbursed under the direction of the
Joint Committee on the Assessors' Department.
SECT. 2. The salary of the First Assistant Assessors shall be

at the rate of Sir Dollars; and the salary of the Second Assist
ant Assessors at the rate of Five Dollars, for each and every
day of actual service.

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CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 23.

ORDERED: That the Auditor and Treasurer be directed to pay

to the several officers of Suffolk County the amounts prescribed

by law to be paid by the County of Suffolk.

City Document. No. 24.

CITY

OF

BOST ON .

R E QUEST
Fort AN

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
FoR

PUBLIC

B UILDING S.
1868.

CITY

OF

B O STO N.

In Common Council, Feb. 20, 1868.

The Committee on Public Buildings would respectfully report,

that there will be needed to defray the expenses of the public
building department, during the remainder of this financial
year, an additional appropriation of ten thousand dollars.
The original appropriation for this department was $58,000;
and the cause of the deficit is the large amount which has been
expended in altering and rebuilding engine and hose houses, as

required by orders of the City Council. The estimated ex

penses for repairs on these houses were six thousand dollars;
and there has been expended for that purpose the sum of
$17,900.75, as follows, viz: on engine house No. 3, for building
new hose tower, alteration of stable, and raising the whole

building to accommodate the new engine, $3,848.19; on engine

house No. 5, for building a new stable and hose tower, and en

larging the house, $6,912.09; on hose house No. 6, for building a

stable and hose tower, $4,076.89; on hose house No. 4, for

repairing stable and building a hose tower, $1,348.25; on hook

and ladder house No. 3, for new floor to stable and first story,
and partitions for rooms in second story, $1,715.33.
The Committee would also ask for an additional appropria

tion for repairs on grammar school-houses.

The original

appropriation was $84,000, and the following amounts have

been expended by order of the City Council, which were not

provided for in the above appropriation: For rebuilding the

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 24.

exterior walls of the Lawrence school-house, $9,000; and for

refitting and furnishing the old Franklin school-house, which

has been made a grammar school, $6,000.

The Committee would therefore ask for an additional appro

priation of eight thousand dollars, to defray the expense of
ordinary repairs, care and supplies of grammar school-houses.
For the Committee.

FRANCIS RICHARDS,
Chairman.

City Document. No. 25.

CITY OF BOSTON.

REQUEST
FOR

AN

A DI) ITI () NAL APPROPRIATION

FOR The

FIRE DEEPARTMENT.
1 86 8.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

In Board of Aldermen, Feb. 24, 1868.

The Committee on the Fire Department beg leave to repre
sent, that the appropriation for the department, during the
present financial year, has become nearly exhausted by expen
ditures, authorized by orders of the City Council, but not
contemplated when the estimates for the year were submitted.
The extraordinary expenditures, which have caused the
deficiency, are as follows:

The purchase of 5,000 feet of Hose, .

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44

. $10,000

New Corporation Badge, including

the Southern District,

1,113

The purchase of one new Steam Fire Engine and Hose

Carriage,

For repairing old Steam Fire Engine No. 3,

4,250

1,500

For furnishing Hose 10 as a Horse Hose Company,

Total,

1,000
. $17,863

To meet the ordinary expenses of the department to the first

of May next, an additional appropriation of fourteen thousand
dollars will be required.

Respectfully submitted,
For the Committee,

FRANCIS RICHARDS,
Chairman.

City Document. No. 26.

CITY

OF

BOST ON .

R E QUEST
FoR

A D DITIONAL

AN

APPROPRIATION
Fort

FIRE

ALARMS.
1868.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

In Board of Aldermen, March 2, 1868.

The Joint Standing Committee on Fire Alarms beg leave to

represent, that, owing to expenditures authorized by orders of

the City Council, but not contemplated when the appropriations
for the year were made, an additional appropriation will be
required to meet the ordinary expenses of the department
during the remainder of the financial year.
The following is a particular statement of the expenses to
March first, furnished in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8 of the Joint Rules and Orders of the City Council.
Salaries

Extra Labor (renewal of lines)

New Machinery and altering and repairing old

Wire

Carpenter Work
Blacksmith Work and Castings

Insulators

Sulph. Copper and other Chemicals .

Battery Cups .
Repairing East Boston Cable .
Damages to Roofs .
Printing and Stationery .
Hoisting and Carting Bells
-

2,164 00
1,018 32

902 16

901 16

209 58

106 22

132 26

87 50

80 00

40 14

194 72

178 62

Damage to Lawrence School-house, caused by break

age of Machinery .
Hardware and Tools

$10,934 00
1,269 00

Mason Work

92 57

102 62

97 25

|-

96 75

33 12

Cartage, Horse Hire, etc.

Bed Clothes and Washing
Paints, Oils and Painting

Amount carried forward

$18,639 99

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 26.

Amount brought forward

Plumbing
Car Fares, Postage, etc. .
Committee Expenses
Miscellaneous Bills .

10 98

110 69

396 05

323 77

$18,639 99

$19,481 48

Balance of Original Appropriation

18 52

$19,500 00

The expenses not contemplated when the appropriations for

the year were made are as follows:
.

$400 00

New machinery and altering old .

.
Carpenter work .
Moving bells
Extending wires to Roxbury to connect with one signal

1,344 90

Faneuil Hall

box

Total

499 12
178 62

450 00

. $2,872 64

The amount required for the remainder of the year is

$2,500 for the following items:
Salaries

. $1,256 00

444 00

500 00

Unpaid bills rendered .

Ordinary expenses
.
Unpaid bills for machinery .
Total

300 00

. $2,500 00

The Committee would, therefore, respectfully request an addi

tional appropriation of two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the Committee,
C. T. WOODMAN,
Chairman.

City Document. No. 27.

CITY OF B O STON.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE
ON

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
FOR WATER.

In Board of Aldermen, Feb. 24, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest,

S. F. McCLEARY,
City Clerk.

C 1 TY

OF

BOST ON.

In Board of Aldermen, Feb. 24, 1868.

The Joint Standing Committee on Water, to whom was

referred the request from the Cochituate Water Board for an

appropriation of $250,000 for forty-eight inch mains to con

nect with the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and also for $200,000
for the extension of the Cochituate Water Works in the Rox

bury District, having carefully considered the subject, would

respectfully recommend the passage of the accompanying

orders.
For the Committee.

JOSEPH F. PAUL,
Chairman.

ORDERED: That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow, under

the direction of the Committee on Finance, the sum of two hun

dred and fifty thousand dollars, the same to be expended by the

Cochituate Water Board in purchasing and laying pipes to con
nect with the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and to be added to the

appropriations heretofore made for said Reservoir.

ORDERED:

That the Cochituate Water Board be authorized

to extend the water works in the Roxbury District of the City

of Boston, at an expense not exceeding two hundred thousand
dollars.

ORDERED: That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow,

under the direction of the Committee on Finance, the sum of

two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended by the Cochitu

ate Water Board, in purchasing and laying principal mains

and service-pipes, and establishing hydrants in the Roxbury
District of the City of Boston.

City Document. No. 28.

CITY

BOST ON .

OF

R. E PORT
OF

THE

BOSTON COMMISSIONERS
ON THE

A N N EX ATION
OF

DORCHESTER AND WINTHROP,

1868.

In Board of Aldermen, February 24, 1868.

Ordered to be printed, and sent down.
G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

In Common Council, February 27, 1868.

Concurred.
CHAS. H. ALLEN, President.

CITY

OF

BOST ON.

In Board of Aldermen, April 2, 1866.

ORDERED: That whenever the City Council or Selectmen of
any city or town, whose territory adjoins that of the City of
Boston, shall notify the City Council of Boston, that in accord
ance with a vote of their respective bodies, they are empowered
to consult with the authorities of Boston with a view to the

annexation to the City of Boston of their city or town, it shall

be the duty of His Honor the Mayor of Boston, to appoint three
Commissioners from the citizens of Boston, to meet an equal
number from the city or town making the request. Said Com
missioners shall take the whole subject into consideration, and
those appointed on the part of Boston shall report to the City
Council the financial, industrial, and sanitary condition of the
city or town applying for admission, with such suggestions as
they may think proper regarding conditions which would make
such annexation mutually desirable.
Passed.
Sent down for concurrence.

G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

In Common Council, April 12, 1866.

Concurred.

JOSEPH STORY, President.

Approved April 14, 1866.

-

F. W. LINCOLN, JR., Mayor.

CITY

OF

B OST O N .

The Commissioners appointed by the Mayor of Boston, (in

pursuance of the foregoing order,) to meet Commissioners on
the part of the towns of Dorchester and Winthrop, respectfully
submit the following
R E PORT

to the City Council of Boston:

Your Committee have given a careful consideration to the

various matters to which their attention was called by the fore

going order. They have visited the towns of Dorchester and

Winthrop, and have examined various points in the town of
Dorchester, proposed to them as convenient boundaries in view
of the annexation of a part only of said town. They have also
had several interviews with the Commissioners on the part of
these towns, and have obtained such information as prepares

them to report, in detail, if the City Council desire it, upon the
financial, industrial and sanitary condition of both of these
places.
While your Committee are of the opinion that it may become
desirable, if not necessary, at some early day, to annex a portion,
at least, of the town of Dorchester, in order to complete the

elaborate system of drainage and harbor improvements, which

has been devised for the benefit of Boston by the various
Commissions which have had, and now have, these subjects in
charge, they believe that it is inexpedient, at present, to press
the question of the annexation of either town.

So far as Dorchester is concerned, your Committee think that

the majority of the citizens of that town are not, at present, in

ANNEXATION OF DORCHESTER AND WINTHROP.

favor of annexation,at least, not in favor of the annexation of

a part, only, of the town.

But the reasons which especially control your Committee in

the result to which they have arrived are these: After a very
careful consideration of the subject, in all its bearings, your
Committee are of the opinion, that the question of the annexa
tion of Dorchester and Winthrop needs to be considered in
connection with the question of the annexation of the other

adjoining towns. Petitions have been already presented to the

Legislature, for the annexation of Dorchester, Charlestown,
Chelsea, Winthrop, and, possibly, of other towns, which peti
tions have all been referred to appropriate committees.
If it is deemed desirable by the citizens of Boston to annex

more of the adjoining towns, your Committee think that the best
interests of the city require that it should all be done, as nearly
as possible, at one and the same time. The questions involved
in the consideration of this subject of further annexation of terri

tory, are too important to be disposed of except upon some

comprehensive and systematic plan.
Instead, therefore, of reporting further at the present time
upon the precise questions submitted to them in the order
under which they were called to act, your Committee venture

respectfully to suggest, as at least within the general scope of

their duties,

That His Honor the Mayor be requested by the City Council

to apply to the Legislature for the passage of an act, authorizing

the appointment of Commissioners by the Governor, who shall

consider and report to the next Legislature upon the whole

subject of the annexation of further territory to the City of

Boston.

JOHN P. PUTNAM,
AVERY PLUMER,
NATHANIEL C. NASH.

City Document. No. 29.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

REQUEST
Fort

A D DIT I O N A L

AP P R O P R IAT I O N
Fort

HEALTH

DEPARTMENT.

1868.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Board of Aldermen, March 2, 1868.

TO THE HONORABLE THE CITY COUNCIL:

Gentlemen, The Committee on Health respectfully report,

that there will be required an additional appropriation of
$15,000 to meet the wants of the Health Department for the
present financial year.
The amount appropriated
Balance Roxbury appropriation
-

. $232,400 00

$233,772 61
. 225,421 32

Expended of this amount to March 1st

Balance

.
-

Amount required for balance of financial year

1,372 61

$8,351 29

$15,000 00

This deficiency of fifteen thousand dollars has been caused by

excess of expenditures, over amount appropriated as follows:
Increase of wages to employees and additional labor,
* Purchase and exchange of horses

Hay, grain and straw

All other accounts

Total amount required

$10,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
$15,000 00

For the Committee.

G. W. MESSINGER,
Chairman.

*Amount required in estimates of 18667 ($10,300) was reduced by joint

special committee on auditor's estimates, to $7,300.

City Document. No. 30.

CITY

AN

AMENDMENT
OF

P0 L I C E ORD IN A N C E.
1868.

In Board of Aldermen, March 2, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
S. F. McCLEARY,
City Clerk.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

In Board of Aldermen, Feb. 17, 1868.

ORDERED:

That the Committee on Ordinances consider

and report such amendments as are required in the Police

Ordinance, on account of the annexation of Roxbury.
Passed: sent down for concurrence.

G. W. MESSINGER,
Chairman.

In Common Council, Feb. 20, 1868.

Concurred.

CHAS. H. ALLEN,
President.

Approved, Feb. 22, 1868.

NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF,
Mayor.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Board of Aldermen, March 2, 1868.

The Joint Standing Committee on Ordinances, who were

instructed to consider and report such amendments as are
required in the Police Ordinance, on account of the annex

ation of Roxbury, having considered the subject, would respect

fully recommend the passage of the accompanying ordinance.

For the Committee.

JOSEPH F. PAUL,
Chairman.

CITY

OF

B O S TO N.

IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT.

AN

ORDINANCE

TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ON THE POLICE.

Be it ordained by the Aldermen and Common Council of the City

of Boston, in City Council assembled, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Ordinance on the Police, printed on
page four hundred and sixty-eight of the Laws and Ordinances
of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, is hereby
amended, by striking out the first three lines of the first

section, and inserting in place thereof the following words:

The police department shall consist of the Chief of Police,
one Deputy Chief of Police, one Captain of Police for each
police district, and such number of lieutenants, detectives, ser
geants, patrolmen and stewards.

AUDITOR'S MONTHLY EXHIBIT,

MARCH 4, 1868.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

GENERAL AND SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS

FOR 1867-68.
MONTHLY

EXHIBIT.

OFFICE of THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS, CITY HALL,

March 4, 1868.

To the Honorable City Council :

Gentlemen, The undersigned, in compliance with the 3d

Section of the Ordinance on Finance, herewith presents an Exhibit

of the General and Special Appropriations for the present finan
cial year of 186768, as shown in the books in his office,
March 1, 1868, including the March Draft, being eleven
months' payments of the financial year, exhibiting the original
appropriations, the amount expended, and the balances of each
unexpended at that date. Under the head Expended is in
cluded $947,350 debt paid off.
Respectfully submitted.
ALFRED T. TURNER,
Auditor of Accounts.

GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Amount of each
OBJECT of APPROPRIATIONs.

Appropriation.

Adams School House

$12,000 00
4,000 00
1,200 00
72,000 00
16,000 00

Advertising .
Annuities

Albany Street Bridge

Armories
Bells and Clocks
Boston Harbor

2,000 00

9,300 00
14,000 00

Bridges.
Cemeteries

7,700 00

+400,000 00

City Debt
City Hospital

91,000 00

Common, etc.

*54,050 00
225,000 00
20,000 00

County of Suffolk.
Engineer's Department.
External Health Department.
Fire Alarms .

Interest and Premium

Markets

Meridian Street Bridge.

Militia Bounty
Mount Hope Cemetery
Add Revenue Received, $11,460.88

New Lunatic Hospital .

Old Claims .
Overseers of the Poor

Public

979 20

7,952
7,204
28,905
1,610
2,973

523,047 65

72,369 85
209,407 88

6,441 03

16 52

8,346 34

413,608
5,435
46,159
1,758

47
84
29
97

30,022 00
*14,673 14

25,381 85

*114,428 03

4,200 28
262

25,000 00

35.000
246,803
395,679
23,369

$63,720 32

69,789

Public Institutions, viz:

House of Industry

#118,398 65

House of Correction .

78,000 00

752 17

110,227 75
03
1,237 97
00
16,300 00
86
5,544 53
37
88,508 59
85
1,630 15
5286,063.20 to be prov.

Lunatic Hospital
Steamboat Henry Morrison .
Pauper Expenses

$55,500 00

105,326 51
61,042 40
47,883 55

13,000 00
12,000 00

7,355 78

General Expenses at City Office :

6,000 00

4,844 4l

9,775 41

Carried forward

65
81
41
80
91

3,663 49
10,450 15

11,313 33
225,426 27

1,500 00

80
00
35
19
59

18,389 20

$51,300 00

415 55
5,421 57

37,721 ''
280 57
40,582 00:410,500.00 adv. by Tr.

252,348 39
#
96

Buildings

2,433 49

6,720
947,350
83,047
46,845
196,094

Public Bathing

11,566 51

Paving, etc. .
Police

16,474 61
5,778 78

4,526 09

8,200 00
*38,002 50

344 84

39
22
45
43

21,483 48
162,714 71

77,805 69
$255,507 17

Incidental Expenses
Lamps.

$340 73
1,522 48

855 16

55,525
10,221
1,584
3,878

21,500 00
*21,763 48
233,772 61
936,656 12

$11,659 27
2,477 52

7,500 00

106,378 20

Fire Department .
Harbor Dredging .
Internal Health Department .

Bal. Unexpended.

Expended.

13,072
16,957
7,616
3,224
4,644
1,155

14
60
45
59
22
59

$4,015,480 26, $3,747,964 12 $842,950 22

*To these appropriations have been added the balances brought from 186667.
f Excess of $547,350.00 taken from the Debt Sinking Fund.
i To these appropriations have been added the balances from Roxbury appropriations.

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 31.

ORJECT of APPROPRIATIONs.

Brought forward .
Public Lands

Public Library.
Printing and Stationery .
Reserved Fund .
Salaries .

". Unexpended.

Expended.

s"15.4% 26$3,747,964 is

$842,950 22

7s

9,461 22

*18,102
*43,258
30,000
#167,950

00
11
00
00

8,640

46,758 62 83,500.51 adv. by Tr.

#102,16167

98.

14,046 02

52,950 00.
82,654 17

115,000 00
19,507 50

15,953

Schools and School Houses, viz:

High and Grammar School Instructors

Grammar Schools, Public Buildings,

#382,654 11
86,022 76

Grammar Schools, School Committee,

35,900 00
12,500 00

Salaries Officers School Committee

Primary school instructors

| #178750 00.

Primary Schools, Public Buildings

Sealers of Weights and Measures

.
-

Stony Brook Sewer .

War Expenses .
Water Works .

6,800 00

2,885 33

64
39
68
49

7,409
1,151
1,533
11,448
5,850
22,413
6,144

$51,56471
1,700,000 00 1,694,150 00
$23,688 67
1,275 00
10,000 00
3,855 43
179,000 00. 136,317 61
550,000 00
130,487 50

Water Works, Interest and Premium,

Widening Streets .
-

66,840
12,528
5,266
40,116

$13,679 59

175'864 67

74,250 00

Primary Schools, School Committee,

Sewers and Drains
State Tax .

372,142 74.
10,511 37
87,667 09 $1,644.33 to be prov.
22.916 28
12,983 72
11,973 81
526 19

*277,261 16

36
20
32
22
00
67
57

42,682 39
419,512 50

256,861 88

20,399 28

$7,959,023 04:56,973,185 88.51,566,416 08

Add Revenue received since May 1,

Advanced by Treasurer
From Debt Sinking Fund
Total

11,460 88

14'06051|Less to be pro547,350 00

Total appropriations made by the City Council for 186768

Total balances from 186667

Balances of Roxbury appropriations .

Total appropriations and balances

7,707 53

* ss $1,558,708

. $8,531,894

70

vided for.

s",742,435

55

00

127,388 42
89,199 62

$7,959,023 04

*To these appropriations have been added the balances brought from 186667.
| To these appropriations have been added balances from Roxbury appropriations.
t The following amounts have been transferred from the Reserved Fund to the following general
appropriations, viz:
Meridian Street Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common, etc. . . . . . . . . .
Public Bathing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

, Schools,

Public Buildings . . . . . . . . . .

Public Buildings.
Public Lands . .
Fire Alarms . . .
Widening Streets

. .
. .
. ..
. .

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

$1,800
4,000
5,000
4,000
4,250

00
00
00
00
00

.
5,000 00
. . . . . . - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . 6,000 00
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 00
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50,000 00

AUDITOR's MonTHLY EXHIBIT.

SPECIAL

APPROPRIATIONS.

[Under this head the appropriations in some instances are only the balances
brought from last financial year, and in others, balances and additions made to
them the present financial year.]
Loan, Revenue,

Object of Appropriations.

Expended.

or from

Unexpended.

Reserved Fund.

$26,527 74

$19,267 70

36,896 36

20,395 73

7,000 00
3,750 00

3,257 38
3,750 00

Albany Street Damages (loan) .

Albany Street Grading (loan)
Albany Street South of Dover Street
(from Dedham Street Grading)
Apple Island (reserved fund)
Back Bay and Surface Drainage (revenue)
Central Charity Bureau (revenue and
loans) .
Chestnut Hill Driveway (loan) .
Chestnut Hill Reservoir (loans).
City Hospital Lodge (reserved fund).
Dedham Street Grading (loan)
Dover Street (loans).
Engine House No. 1 and Ward Room
Ward 12 (loans)
-

125,410
1 11,305
535,116
17,200
18,174
4,704

Grammar School House, East Boston

(reserved fund)
-

9,091 82.
45,156 37
428,693 86

116,319 08
66,149 22
106,422 52

17,196 50

3 50
2,021 89

38,000 00

29,264 57

8,735 43

13,500 00

500 00

75,000 00

16,152 78
2,225 00

2,479 11

56,20846
18,791 54
64,231 50
768 50
17,132 33
2,867 67
159,036 63 *120,143.43 adv.by Tr

65,000 00
20,000 00
29,893 20

4,000 00

3,612 16

387 84

23,991 55
17,785 43

22,473 76

1,517 79

17,762 42

23 01

212,166 94

91,800 88

120,366 06

27,453 52
106,000 00

3,779 55

23,673 97

51,406 04

43,232 15

90
59
38
00
67
ll

14,000 00

Grammar School House W. 7 (loans)

Harrison Avenue Flats (loan)
Hose House No. 1 (loans).
Oliver Street (revenue)
Primary School House, Thacher Street
(reserved fund)

3,742 62

43,232 15

$7,260 04
16,500 63

People's Ferry Drops (loan and re

served fund) .
School House, Richmond Street (loan)
Soldiers Relief (revenue and balance
Roxbury appropriation).
-

Soldiers

and

Sailors

Monument

on

Boston Common (bal. appropriation)

Wells School House (loans)
West City Stables (reserved fund)
-

Advanced by Treasurer .

7,000 00

54,593 96
7,008 978847 to be prov'd for.

$1,509,608
##1.102.404
41, $590,3568 53
129,143 43 Less
to be
97
provided for
$1,698,751

* 41

$596,347 56

RECAPITULATION.
A.

Expended.

Unexpended.
l

General

$8,531,894.4336,973,185 88 $1,558,708 55

Special
-

1,698,751 97. 1,102,404 41,

-

- -

- -

596,347 56

$10,230,646 40,88,075,590 29 $2,155,056 11

City Document. No. 32.

CITY

OF

BOST ON .

REQUEST
FOR

A D DIT I O N A L

AP P R () P R IAT I () N
For

PAVING DEPARTMENT.
1868.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

In Board of Aldermen, March 9, 1868.

The Committee on Paving would respectfully report, that an
additional appropriation of ten thousand dollars will be required
to meet the wants of the Paving Department during the re
mainder of the financial year.

The original appropriation for the department was two

hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The deficit has been
caused, in part, by the annexation of Roxbury, and partly
from the fact that a larger sum has been required for the
grading and care of the streets than was anticipated at the
commencement of the year.
Your Committee, therefore, request that the Committee on
-

Finance be authorized to provide the means to meet the

deficiency.
For the Committee.

BENJAMIN JAMES,
Chairman.

City Document. Mo. 33.

CITY

OF

BOST ON .

R E QUEST
For AN

A DI) ITIONAL

APPROPRIATION
Fort

LAYING OUT AND WIDENING STREETS.

1 86 8.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Board of Aldermen, March 9, 1868.

The Committee on Laying Out and Widening Streets respect
fully report, that an additional appropriation of thirty thousand
dollars will be required before the close of the present financial
year, for the payment of unsettled claims for street widenings
and extensions, which have been made during the past and
previous years by authority of Orders passed by the City
Council.

The appropriation asked for, at the beginning of the present

financial year, was $200,000; the amount granted was $160,000.

The unexpended balance of loans brought from 1866, and

added to this appropriation, was $67,261.16, making the total
appropriation on hand, May 1, 1867, $227,261.16. An addi
tional appropriation of $50,000 was made January 3, 1868,
making the total appropriation for the year, to the present time,
$277,261.16.

The amount of claims and bills already paid

from this appropriation is
. . . . . .
In addition to this, orders to pay have passed,

$270,261 88

and are in the hands of the Auditor, amount

ing to . . . . . . . . . . . . .
There yet remain claims unsettled for widenings

129 08

and extensions which have been made during

the past and previous years, estimated at .

98,556 95

. .
. .

$368,947 91

Leaving a balance unprovided for .

$91,686 75

Making a total of . . .
Deduct appropriations .

.
.

277,261 16

CITY DocuMENT. No. 33.

The Committee are of the opinion that only a portion of the

above balance of unsettled claims will be adjusted and paid
before the close of the present financial year. They estimate
that for this purpose thirty thousand dollars will be sufficient.
Respectfully submitted,
.NEWTON TALBOT,
JOSEPH F. PAUL,
EDWARD A. WHITE,
Committee.

City DocumentNo. 34.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

REQUEST
Fort AN

A D DIT ION A. L.

A. P. P R O PR IATION
For ThE

DEPARTMENT
of

ENGINEERING

AND SURWEYING.
1 86 8.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Board of Aldermen, March 9, 1868.

The Committee on the Department of Engineering and
Surveying respectfully represent, that the appropriation for
said department will be inadequate to the requirements thereof
for the present financial year.
The original appropriation was
.
Of which there has been expended to date
-

Leaving unexpended and available .

$20,000 00
18,389 20

$1,610 80

There will be required:

For the March Pay-roll .

For the salaries of the City Engineer and the
City Surveyor .
For Incidental Expenses, stationery, instru
-

$1,098 50

1,375 00

300 00

ments, drawing materials, etc.

$2,773 50

Deduct amount unexpended and available, as

-

$1,610 80

Estimated additional amount to be appropriated,

$1,162 70

above

The deficiency has been occasioned by an increase in the

salary of the City Engineer, by an increase in the wages of the
employees (by vote of the Committee), and by extra time and
services made necessary by an extraordinary pressure of work.
The Committee, therefore, respectfully ask for an additional

appropriation of one thousand two hundred dollars.

For the Committee.

ALBERT S. PRATT,
Chairman.

City Document. No. 35.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

R. E. P. O. R. T
on

FEES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT

CITY

EIOS PIT A. L.
1868.

CITY

OF

B O STO N.

In Common Council, March 12, 1868.

The Joint Standing Committee on the City Hospital, who

were requested to furnish a detailed account of the amount of

fees paid by patients in the City Hospital for medical treatment

during the past year, beg leave to report, that, in reply to a
request for such an account from the Trustees of the institution,
they have received the communication and report appended
hereto.
For the

Committee,
*

G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

CITY HospitAL, BosTON, Feb. 25, 1868.

AT a meeting of the Trustees of the City Hospital, held this

day, the following report of a committee appointed by them at
a former meeting was accepted, and a copy ordered to be sent

to the committee of the City Council on the City Hospital:

The committee to whom was referred the subject brought

before the Trustees, by an order of the City Council, of which

the following is a copy:

ORDERED: That the Committee on the City Hospital be

requested to furnish a detailed account to the City Council of
the amount of fees paid by patients at that institution for medi
cal treatment during the past year
beg leave to
REPORT:

One of your Committee was present at a meeting of the

Committee from the City Council, and heard the communica
tion made to them by Mr. Carney, a member of the Common

Council from Ward Two, with whom the order originated. His
statement was as follows:

A Mr. Hamilton, of Montreal, was treated in the hospital

in the latter part of 1866, or early in 1867, and in addition to
the charge agreed upon for board, nursing, and attendance,

which was twenty-five dollars per week, paid to Dr. Williams a

fee of one hundred pounds in gold; a payment regarded as an

extortion.

These facts can be substantiated by Dr. R. P. How

ard, of Montreal.

A Mr. Locke, of Bradford, Mass., under similar circumstances,

paid Dr. Williams a sum additional to that fixed by the Super
intendent upon his admission to the hospital.
Other cases were referred to, but without names, dates, or
figures, and were not, therefore, made the ground of any further

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 35.

complaint, excepting as they contributed to a general impres

sion that they were of quite common occurrence.
In view of the order and the statements above made, your

Coumittee recommend that the following reply be made to

them.

The Trustees of the City Hospital, in answer to the inquiry

made of them by the Committee of the City Council, and the
statements reported to them, beg to offer the following facts.
The Records of the Hospital show that Mr. Hamilton of Mon
treal was the 326th patient; admitted Oct. 28, 1864; sixty-five
years of age; treated by Dr. Williams; discharged Nov. 26,

1864; occupied rooms in the central building, and paid there

for $40 per week. It is remembered, too, by the Superinten

dent that he occupied one room, at $25, and a private nurse with
him occupied another at $15. Mr. Oliver Locke was the
1220th patient; admitted Sept. 20, 1865; a farmer, of Brad
ford, Mass.; aged sixty-five; was treated by Dr. Williams,
and discharged Nov. 8, 1865; occupied a room by himself in
the central building, paying therefor $10 per week. That any
thing beyond these charges was ever paid by either of the par
ties named, the Trustees have no knowledge, neither has the
Superintendent. No such fees ever came to them, nor any
account of them.

The Trustees provide suitable medical or

surgical attendance in all cases; and they can only say now that
in both these instances it would have been identically the same,
whether they paid an additional fee or not. Since these in

quiries have been made, the Trustees have ascertained, by per

sonal application to the visiting physicians and surgeons
connected with the Hospital, that of the 4,838 patients admit

ted since it was first opened, thirty-two have, by fee, gift, or

otherwise, made to them pecuniary recompense for their ser
vices. None of these thirty-two were citizens of Boston, and
all of them were paying patients; that is, they occupied sepa
rate rooms, for which they were charged. This whole matter is

CITY

HOSPITAL.

an entirely new one to the Trustees. They are placed in con

trol of an institution erected for the reception of persons who,
by misfortune or poverty, may require relief during temporary
sickness, and they are allowed to admit other persons, and,

when compensation therefor is made, afford separate apart

ments and more accommodations than those which are customary

when no compensation is made. While it is not a wholly free

Hospital, and it was contemplated from the beginning that every
patient should pay, according to his ability, and while, in carry
ing out this purpose certain portions of the buildings were set
apart for paying patients, yet a preference has always been
given to those most needy, and paying patients have only been
taken to fill up the rooms not otherwise occupied. And the
result has been, that no patient unable to pay, and coming within
the rules adopted at the outset, has ever yet been refused
admission. The number of such applicants has been steadily
increasing, until, of the total number now in the Hospital, (219)
but three are paying patients.

Dr. Williams is at the Hospital regularly on Monday, Wednes

day and Friday of each week, remaining there from nine in the
morning until twelve, and sometimes till one or two o'clock in
the afternoon. Besides the patients in the institution, he pre
scribes for the out-patients, such, only, as are unable to pay fees
for medical attendance at their homes.

These last calls, alone,

upon him during the past year averaged three hundred and forty
one and a quarter per week. Bearing in mind the time thus
cheerfully and gratuitously given, and the incalculable good done
to the most needy portion of our population, the trustees have
not felt that it would be quite a fair recognition of his invalua
ble services to call upon him for a strict account of transactions
reported to them as rumors, rather than as charges, not from the
patients themselves, as no complaints have ever been made to
them by either of the persons referred to. The Trustees
understand, however, that in the instances cited he advised

CITY DocumENT. - No. 35.

patients coming to him from a distance to enter the Hospital

rather than take lodgings elsewhere, and that they were aware
at the time his fees would be the same in one case as the other.

And the Trustees firmly believe, that he acted solely and sin
cerely in the interest of the Institution, with the view of bring
ing to it an income for rooms otherwise lying vacant, giving it a
reputation in other places, and, by all such various influences as
could be brought into action, enhancing its opportunities for
good, and widening its sphere of usefulness. And they can
hardly be mistaken that such has been the result; for they are
constantly being made aware that our own citizens, for whom it
was primarily established, are resorting to it with more and
more freedom every year, and that it has the confidence and
support of every class in our community. For nearly the whole
of the past two months, it has been taxed to its utmost capa
city, and the question has soon to be met, whether we should not
ask for further appropriations to enlarge its accommodations.

The Trustees repeat, that these inquiries are entirely new to

them. They will receive from them the most careful considera
tion, and it will be their aim to take such action, if any seems
to be required, as will best accomplish the purposes for which
the Hospital was erected and is to be maintained.
Signed,

JOHN T. BRADLEE,
THEO. METCALF,
S. T. SNOW.

By order of the Board of Trustees,

JOHN T. BRADLEE,
President.

City Document. No. 36.

CITY

OF

BOST ON.

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A UDITOR'S ESTIMATES.
1868-69.
FROM MAY 1, 1868, TO APRIL 30, 1869;

WITH THE REPORT OF THE JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY

COUNCIL ON THE SAME, AND THE APPROPRIATIONS

AND TAX RECOMMENDED BY THEM.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Common Council, March 5, 1868.

Referred to the Committee on Finance, with such as the Board

of Aldermen may join, with power to print.
Sent up for concurrence.
CHAS. H. ALLEN, President.

In Board of Aldermen, March 9, 1868.

Concurred, and Aldermen Talbot, James, Richards, Cobb and
Braman were joined.
G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

CITY

B O S T ON .

OF

Office of the Auditor of Accounts,

City Hall, February 26, 1868.
CHAs. H. ALLEN, ESQ., President of the Common Council:
Sir, The undersigned, Auditor of Accounts, in conformity

with the requirements of the fifteenth section of the Ordinance

on Finance, has the honor of herewith submitting an estimate of
the amount of money which will be required to defray the
expenditures of the CITY of BosTON and the CouNTY OF SUF
FoLK, for the financial year 18689, commencing with the first
day of May, 1868, and ending with the thirtieth day of April,
1869.

The Estimated Expenditures amount to

The Estimated income amounts to

Leaving the amount to be raised by taxation,

Add to which, 3 per cent for the amount of taxes
which will not be paid into the Treasury dur
ing the financial year,
-

$7,056,076
1,378,650
$5,677,426

170,323

Requiring, in the judgment of the Auditor, a gross

tax of

$5,847,749

The amount raised by taxation for the City of Boston last

year was $6,656,411; and by the City of Roxbury, $519,973.50,
giving a total of $7,176,384 50.

As estimated above for the

next financial year commencing May 1, 1868, a tax of $5,847,

749 will be required, being $1,328,635.50 less than that of last
year for the two cities. This decrease of the amount of taxa
tion the coming financial year, for the consolidated cities, in face
Of the greatly increased amounts asked by the several depart

CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

ments, necessarily occasioned by the annexation of Roxbury to

our city, is caused by the reduction of the State tax from
$5,000,000 to $2,000,000; of which amount, the consolidated
cities pay $723,140, Boston paying $1,694,150 and Roxbury
$113,700 last year; and also the reduction in the amount of

premium required to pay off the gold debt from $443,000 to

$98,500.
The Committee of Finance of the Massachusetts House of

Representatives have not reported, as yet, the bill for the assess
ment of the State Tax; but from information derived from the
Hon. George Walker of Springfield, chairman of that Commit

tee, I learn that the maximum amount to be assessed upon the

several cities and towns of the Commonwealth will not exceed

$2,000,000, our proportion of which in round numbers is placed

in the estimates.

The amount asked for the payment of school instructors is

increased $76,100 more than it would ordinarily be, in conse
quence of the recommendation of the Treasurer and Auditor of
Accounts of a change from quarterly to monthly payments of
said instructors.

The first year's change involves thirteen

months' payment to the High and Grammar, and fourteen to the

Primary School teachers. This change, I confidently believe,
from my personal knowledge, is needed, from the actual and

sometimes pressing wants of many of the female teachers

engaged in this important service; and I am happy to say that
it has met the unanimous approval of the Joint Committee of
Public Instruction of the City Council. With this alteration
in the mode of payment, the Treasurer intends to pay the teach
ers at one of the school-houses in different sections of the city,
thereby rendering it unnecessary for so many young ladies to
come monthly to City Hall from distant portions of our city to
receive their salaries. It will also greatly simplify and facili
tate the business of the Treasurer's and Auditor's departments.
*Since this report was written, the Committee on Accounts of the City Council have also
unanimously approved of this change.

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

The following table exhibits the amount of the Appropriations

of last year, compared with the Estimates for the coming
financial year, showing the increase and decrease of each.
Estimated
1868-69.

Adams School-house .
Advertising . . . . . .
Annuities . . . . . .

$12,000

2,000

Albany Street Bridge.

Armories . . . . .
Bells and Clocks .
Boston Harbor .
Bridges . . . .
Cemeteries . .
City Debt. .
City Hospital
Common . .

6,000

County of Suffolk
Engineer's and surveyor's Departmen
Fire Alarms . . . . . . . . . . .

Fire Department . . . . . . . . .
Grammar School-house, Ward 14
Harbor Dredging . . .
Health Department . .
Interest and Premium
Incidental Expenses .
ps

Markets

| Decr'se.

. . . . .
.
.
.

- - - - - - - - -

. . . . . . . .

Meridian Street Bridge.

Militia Bounty . . . . .
Mount Hope Cemeter

#'

New Lunatic
Old Claims . . . . . .
Overseers of the Poor
Paving, etc. . . . . .
Police . . . . . . . . .
Public Bathing . . . .
Public Buildings . . .
Public Institutions, viz:
House of Industry . . . .
House of Correction . . .
Lunatic Hospital . . . . .

Quarantine Establishment
Steamboat H. Morrison

Pauper Expenses . . . . .
General Expenses at City Office
New Building for Pauper Girls

000
4

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)00

Public Lands . . . . . . .

Public Library . . . . . .
Printing and Stationery .
Reserved Fund . . . . . .
Salaries . . . . . . . . . .

Schools and School-houses, viz:

High and Grammar School Instructors
Grammar Schools, Public Buildings . .
Grammar Schools, School Committee
Salaries Officers, School Committee

Primary School Instructors . . . . .

Primary Schools, Public Buildings.
Primary Schools, School Committee
Amount carried forward . . . . .

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

Estimated
1868-69

1867-68.

*
$795,541
6,200 . . . . .

Amount brought forward . . . . . . . $5,086,635

Sealers of Weights and Measures . . . . .
6,800
Sewers and Drains . .
State Tax . . . . . .
War Expenses . . . .
Water Works . . . .
Water Works, Interest

. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
and Premium

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

Widening Streets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50,000
1,700,000
10,000

50,000
724,000
5,000
161,000
564,000
200,000

179,000

550,000
160,000

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.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

$536,300
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600

. . . . . . ... ...
. . .
976 000
. . .
5,000
. . .
18,000
14,000 | . . . . .
40,000
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|$7,056,076 $849,54181,535,900

$7,742,435
Add Roxbury Appropriations, which includes
State and County Tax . . . . . . . . . .

*
Decr'se.

Increase.

519,973 50
$8,262,40850

Total decrease of Appropriations as above, .

increase

44

44

Net reduction as compared with City of

Boston Appropriations, 186768,

$1,535,900 00
849,541 00

$686,359 00

INCOME.

Estimated Income 186869, .

ti

186768, .

Estimated increase of Revenue, .

$1,378,650 00
1,279,900 00
$98,750 00

PERCENTAGE ON THE TAXES.

3 per cent on amount ($6,462,535) required

last year, .

193,876 00

3 per cent on amount ($5,677,426) required

the coming year,

Total decrease of percentage,

170,323 00
$23,553 00
*-i

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

RECAPITULATION.

Net decrease of appropriations, .

Roxbury appropriations, etc., of last year, not
included in comparative table, .
Increase of Income,
.
Decrease of percentage,
-

$686,359 00
519,973 50
98,750 00
23,553 00

Total decrease from last year of the amount

required to be taxed as previously stated, .

$1,328,635 50

Should the State tax not be increased over the maximum as I

have placed it, with the increase of taxable property by the

annexation of Roxbury, there will be a considerable reduction
of the tax from last year to meet the amount required by
these estimates. The tax levied by the City of Boston last year
was at the rate of $15.50 on each thousand dollars of property,

and by the City of Roxbury $19.

Annexed to this report will be found the communications
which I have received from the several boards, departments and
committees, giving in detail the items which compose the totals
of the respective demands.

All of which is most respectfully submitted.

ALFRED T. TURNER,

Auditor of Accounts.

AUDITOR'S ESTIMATES, 186869.

EXPENDITURES.

An estimate of the amount of money which will be required

to defray the Expenditures of the CITY OF BosTON and County
OF SUFFOLK for the financial year 186869, commencing with the

first day of May, 1868, and ending with the thirtieth day of
April, 1869. *
ADWERTISING.For subscription and adver
tising in daily and weekly newspapers of the
city

$6,000 00

ANNUITIES.For payment of annuities granted

by the City Council, at sundry times, to dif.
ferent persons, in settlement of claims for land
damages and accidents
-

1,200 00

ARMORIES.For rent and repair of armories,

gas light, etc., provided for the Volunteer
Militia, as required by the Acts of 1866, chap.
219, sec. 94, and for incidental expenses and
encouragement of the Militia. See page 27 .
[The amount paid out for rent of armories is reim
bursed by the State.]

16,000 00

BELLS AND CLOCKS.For repairing, wind

ing up, regulating, and general care of the
public clocks, and for ringing church bells in
different parts of the city to denote the hours

of the day.

See page 27

Amount carried forward

2

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2,225 00

$25,425 00

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

Amount brought forward

BOSTON HARBOR.For cost of manning, sup
plies and repairs of the Harbor Master's boat,
and other contingent expenses of that depart
ment, which includes the preservation of the

$25,425 00

islands and channels, and keeping the harbor

free of ice and other obstructions; including

the salary of the Harbor Master, etc.

page 28

See
-

9,300 00

BRIDGES.For repairs of the three bridges

leading to South Boston, and the bridges be

tween East Boston, Chelsea and Winthrop;"

also for the salaries of several superintendents
of said bridges. See page 29

15,000 00

CEMETERIES, ETC.For care and improve

ment of the several Burial Grounds belonging
to the City, except Mount Hope; care, housing,

and repairs of the funeral cars and harnesses;

cost of registration of births, deaths and mar

riages, and other contingent expenses of the

City Registrar's department, including the
salary of the City Registrar and clerks. See
page 29

11,490 00

CITY DEBT.For the annual appropriation for

the reduction of the City Debt, as required by
the ninth section of the ordinance on Finance,

being 3 per cent on the capital of the debt

4.17,000 00

CITY HOSPITAL. For the current expenses

of carrying on this institution.

See page 30 .

85,000 00

COMMON, PUBLIC SQUARES, ETC. For

care and improvements on the Common, Public

Amount carried forward

$563,215 00

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

$563,215 00
Amount brought forward
Garden and Public Squares of the city, includ
ing care of the trees on the streets, and the
44,167 00
salary of the superintendent. See page 31

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.For the usual gross

expenditures on county account, such as salaries

of the Sheriff Assistant Clerks of the Supreme

Judicial and Superior Courts, Constables of
the Courts, Chaplain of the Jail, Keeper of the
County Court House, Registry of Deeds and
Probate Offices, Indices for the Registry of
Deeds, Fees of Witnesses, Jurors, Coroners and
Commissioners, Judges and Officers for commit
ments to State Industrial School at Lancaster,
and Reform School at Westboro'; keeping in

repair and furnishing the Court House, the Jail,

the Registry of Deeds, and the Probate Offices,
also fuel, light, printing and stationery for the
County Courts and Offices,

240,000 00

ENGINEER'S AND SURVEYOR'S DEPART

MENT. For the expenses of the Civil Engi

neer's Department, including salaries of the

City

Engineer and City Surveyor.

page 33

See
25,000 00

FIRE ALARMS. For the salary of the Super

intendent of the Telegraphic Fire Alarm and
his assistants, and all other expenses of opera

ting and keeping the same in order.

page 34
-

See
40,000 00
-

FIRE DEPARTMENT. For payment of the

Chief and Assistant Engineers, Clerk, Officers,

Amount carried forward

$912,382 00

CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

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$912,382 00
Amount brought forward
and members of the Fire Department, and all
other expenses of the Department. See
page 36

197,870 00

GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSE, WARD 14.

For the erection of a new Grammar School.
house on the corner of Dale and Oneida Sts.,

Roxbury, contracted for by the authorities of

that city previous to annexation. See page 54,

68,000 00

HARBOR DREDGING. For expenses of run

ning the dredging machine Gen. Tyler, in
cluding the pay of the engineer and others

employed on the machine and scows.

See
2,000 00

page 28

HEALTH DEPARTMENT. For the expense

of sweeping and cleaning the streets, lanes and
squares; collecting house-offal, abating nui
sances, purchase of horses and keeping horses
in the city stables, construction and repair of
carts, wagons, harnesses, etc.; also the salaries
of the Superintendent and Deputy Superinten
dent of Health, City Physician, and Milk In
spector. See page 38 .

277,500 00

INTEREST AND PREMIUM. For the pay

ment of the interest and premium on the City
Debt proper (exclusive of the Water Debt), and
the interest on such temporary loans as may
be needed during the year in anticipation of
the taxes

615,000 00

[The interest on the Water Debt is provided for

under the head of Water Works.

Amount carried forward

The interest on
-

.$2,072,752 00

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Amount brought forward

$2,072,752 00
all the debt of the city is payable in specie or its
equivalent, on all bonds issued previous to Sept. 1,
-

1864, since which date, all bonds have been issued

at six per cent per annum interest; principal and

interest payable in currency.]
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES. For cost of all

public celebrations, including the Fourth of

July; expenses of committees; entertaining
strangers and delegations from other city gov

ernments; rewards; legal expenses and judg

ments against the city for accidents; also other

expenditures not provided for under some other

head

75,000 00

LAMPS. For cost of gas, oil, fluid, gas fixtures,

lamp posts, lanterns and all other expenses of
lighting the city, including the salary of the
Superintendent and his clerk. See page 41

326,400 00

MARKETS. For the contingent expenses of

the Market Houses, such as fuel, gas, police,
night watch, public scales and weigher, and all

the expenses of the markets, including the sal

ary of the Superintendent. See page 43

9,000 00

[The expense of keeping the buildings in repair is

charged to Public Buildings.]
MILITIA BOUNTY. For compensation of the
Volunteer Militia for their services, as required
by the Acts of 1866, chap. 219, 146 .

50,000 00

[Whatever is advanced by the City on this account

is reimbursed by the State.]
Amount carried forward

. $2,533,152 00

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CITY DOCUMENT. NO. 36.

Amount brought forward

. $2,533,152 00

MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY. For amount

required by the Trustees for care and improve

ment of the Cemetery, over and above their
income. See page 44 .

12,000 00

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. For the gross

estimated expenditures of this Board.

page 44

See

58,000 00

[All their income for the support of the poor of

other cities and towns, for the burial of the State's
poor, is paid into the City Treasury.]
OLD CLAIMS. For the payment of such bills
and accounts against the city as have been

audited and allowed in former years, but which

not having been called for in those years must .

be re-provided for in this appropriation bill, as

at the close of every financial year all unex

pended appropriations and all other balances

remaining in the Treasury are absorbed by the
Sinking Fund

1,500 00

PAVING, GRADING AND REPAIRS OF

STREETS. For the expense of paving, grad
ing and repairing streets, etc., including the sal
ary of the Superintendent, Clerk, and pay of all
the employs in this department. See page 46,

300,000 00

POLICE. For the general expenses of the

Police Department, including the salaries of

the Chief and Deputy, Captains, Lieutenants,
Sergeants, Detectives and Patrolmen, all in
come of the department being paid into the
City Treasury. See page 47
Amount carried forward

544,984 00

. $3,449,636 00

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Amount brought forward

. $3,449,636 00

PUBLIC LIBRARY.For the salaries of the

Superintendent, Librarian, and Assistants; for

the purchase of books, cost of fuel, light,
furniture and other incidental expenditures

for carrying on the Library.

50,000 00

See page 49

PUBLIC BATHING.For the expenses of car

rying on the Public Bathing Establishments

during the summer months, etc. See page 51,

25,000 00

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.For the ordinary re

pairs on the Public Buildings and Wharves

belonging to the City, including Engine Houses,
exclusive of the School-houses, County Build

ings, and City Hospital, which are otherwise

provided for; also, for fuel, light and furniture
for the public offices, and cleaning of the same;
also, salaries of the Superintendent of Public
Buildings, Janitor of City Hall, and Super
intendent of Faneuil Hall. See page 52

60,000 00

PUBLIC LANDS.Grading of land belonging to

the City, and other expenses of the Public

Land Department.

12,000 00

See page 55

[The proceeds from the sales of the public lands are

specially appropriated for the payment of the debt of
the City.]

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.For the gross ex

penditures required for carrying on the In
stitutions at South Boston, Deer Island and
the Quarantine Stations at Gallop's and Deer
Islands, including the cost of running the
steamboat Henry Morrison; for the support

Amount carried forward

. $3,596,636 00

CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

16

Amount brought forward

.#3,596,636 00

of Criminal State Paupers; also, an amount

for the erection of a home on Deer Island for

Pauper Girls, viz:

.
House of Industry

$129,000 00

House of Correction

80,000 00

Lunatic Hospital

60,000 00

Erecting new home at Deer Island

.
.
.
for Pauper Girls
.
Steamboat Henry Morrison
Support of Criminal State Paupers

30,000 00
14,000 00

at State Reform School at West

boro, the Nautical Branch of the

same, the State Industrial School
for Girls, and certain prisoners in
House of Correction in other coun

ties; also, for transportation of

.
.
State Paupers, etc.
Quarantine Establishment .

15,000 00
8,000 00
7,000 00

Office Expenses .

See page 55.

343,000 00
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PRINTING AND STATIONERY. For the

Printing, Binding, Blank Books, Stationery, etc.,

required by the City Council, and in the various

public offices, not chargeable to some other ap

propriation. See page 59

30,000 00

RESERVED FUND. This amount to be re

served for such purposes as the City Council

may hereafter decide to appropriate it

250,000 00

SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

For all the expenses of carrying on this de

Amount carried forward

. $4,219,636 00

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

17

Amount brought forward

.$4,219,636 00
partment, including the salaries of the sealers
and their assistants. The fees received by the
-

sealers are paid into the City Treasury.

page 60

See
-

6,200 00

SALARIES. For payment of the salaries of

the Mayor, Mayor's Clerk, City Treasurer and
clerk hire, City Clerk and clerk hire, Auditor

of Accounts and clerk hire, City Solicitor, As

sistant City Solicitor, Solicitor's Clerk, Clerk
of the Common Council and his clerk, Clerk
of the Committees, Messenger and Assistant

Messenger of the City Council, Assessors and

clerk hire for Assessors Department, and other

salaries not chargeable to some other appro

priation

113,000 00

SCHOOLS AND

SCHOOL-HOUSES. For

the expenses of all the Public Schools, such as

salaries, fuel, apparatus for warming and ven

tilating, ordinary repairs and rent of school

houses and school-rooms, furniture, school
books and other books, printing, stationery,

maps, philosophical, and other apparatus, care

of cleaning the houses, and other incidental
expenses, as per estimates of the Committee on
Public Buildings of the City Council on page
52 and the School Committee on page 62:
W1z :

HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.

Salaries of Instructors

$506,350 00

Salaries of Superintendent and

others

Amounts carried forward,

3

17,500 00

$523,850 00 $4,338,836 00

CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

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Amounts brought forward $523,850 00$4,338,836 00

Care and repair of School-houses,
and fuel for same, as estimated
by the Committee on Public
Buildings

90,000 00

Expenses by the School Committee.

46,820 00

PRIMARY SCHOOLs.
Salaries of Instructors.

260,750 00

Care and repair of School-houses,

and fuel for same, estimated by
the Committee on Public Build

ings

Expenses by the School Committee

80,000 00
11,820 00

1,013,240 00
SEWERS AND DRAINS.For constructing
new sewers and repairing old ones, and all

other expenses of this department; all the in

come from assessments on those liable to con

tribute to the cost of the sewers being paid

into the City Treasury. See page 66
.
.

50,000 00

STATE TAX. For the City of Boston's propor

tion of the amount which will be assessed by
the State for 1868, including that of Roxbury,
being 36.157 per cent of $2,000,000, in round
numbers

724,000 00

WAR EXPENSES. For preparing military

and naval Record as ordered by the City Coun
cil, and payment of any unsettled claims in

curred for War purposes,

Amount carried forward

5,000 00
$6,131,076 00

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Amount brought forward

19

.$6,131,076 00

WATER WORKS.For the necessary expen

ditures for carrying on and extending the

works as per estimate of the Cochituate Water
Board. See page 66 .
$161,000 00
For interest and premium on the
debt for the net cost of the works,

564,000 00
725,000 00

WIDENING AND EXTENDING STREETS.

For the expenses of such widenings and ex

tensions as it may be necessary to make during

the financial year; also of outstanding demands
against the City, on account of widening and
extending streets, being for claims which have
occurred for work done and land taken under

orders of previous years of the City Govern

ment, not yet liquidated. See page 69 .
.
Total estimated expenditures for 186869,

200,000 00
$7,056,076 00

Say seven million fifty-six thousand and seventy-six dollars.

Estimated Expenditures, as above .
.$7,056,076 00
Estimated Income, as stated on page 23.
. 1,378,650 00
-

Balance to be provided for, .

.$5,677,426 00

To meet this sum, in time for the service of the

financial year, will, in the opinion of the Audi

tor, require a gross tax of

$5,847,749 00

From which deduct three per cent for the amount

of taxes which will not be paid in during the
.
.
-

170,323 00

We have the amount required as above, .

.$5,677,426 00

year; say

ALFRED T. TURNER,
Auditor of Accounts.

AUDITOR's OFFICE, February 26, 1868.

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

INCOME186869.

Estimate of the income of the CITY OF BOSTON and the COUNTY

oF SUFFOLK, for the financial year 186869; commencing with

the first day of May, 1868, and ending with the thirtieth day of
April, 1869.
ARMORIES.Amount receivable from the State

for rent of Armories furnished by the City for

the Volunteer Militia, as required by the Acts

of 1866, chap. 219, sect. 96. See page 27

CITY HOSPITAL.-Income from patients. See
page 30

$10,000 00

6,000 00

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.For fines, costs,

fees, etc., payable into the County Treasury by

the officers of the various courts; by the Sheriff
40,000 00

of the County, etc.

COMMON, ETC.Rent of greenhouse on the
Public Garden, etc. See page 31 .
CORPORATION

TAX.From

1,200 00

the State of

Massachusetts, the City of Boston's share of

the Corporation Tax
FEES, ETC.From the City Clerk for fees for
recording mortgages of personal property, for

300,000 00

licenses, and for use of Faneuil

Hall .
. $1,200 00

From City Registrar for certificates

of marriage intentions

1,500 00
2,700 00

FIRE DEPARTMENT.From Sales of old ma

terials.

See page 36

Amount carried forward

400 00

$360,300 00

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

$360,300
Amount brought forward
HARBOR DREDGING.Receivable for dredg
ing done for private parties and other depart
6,000
ments. See page 28

00

00

INTEREST.Receivable for interest on bonds

and mortgages due the city, on deposits, and

on outstanding taxes

75,000

00

25,300

00

50,000

00

HEALTH DEPARTMENT.From the sale of

house offal, street manure and ashes; use of

teams employed by and charged to the paving
and other departments; abating nuisances, etc.
See page 38.
MILITIA BOUNTY.Receivable from the State

in reimbursement of what the City may be

called upon to advance to its Volunteer Militia,
under the requirements of the Acts of 1866,

chap. 219, 146 .

MARKETS.Income from the sales of fuel fur

nished the tenants out of the stock purchased

by the City for the use of the market-houses,

and fees for weighing at public scales

[The rents of the stalls, cellars, etc., are included
under the head of rents.] See page 43.

850 00

OUTSTANDING TAXES. Estimated amount

receivable for outstanding taxes

100,000

00

15,000

00

$632,450

00

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. Collections

by this Board for the support of the poor of

other cities and the towns in this State, and
from State, for the expenses of burying State

paupers.

See page 44

Amount carried forward

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$632,450 00

Amount brought forward

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Income derivable

from all sources.

26,000 00

See page 55

PUBLIC LIBRARY. From the sale of cata

logues and fines collected.

500

See page 49

PAWING. From sidewalk assessments, sale of

old materials, etc.

3,000

See page 46

POLICE. From the Chief of Police, in reim

bursement of the expenses of police officers,

stationed at places of public amusement and
other places at the expense of the city, $4,000
Licenses for trucks, wagons and car
riages. See page 47
..
.
-

2,750

6,750 00
RENTS.Receivable for rents of the Old State

House, market houses, and other city prop

100,000 00

erty
SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Fees receivable by sealers.

See page 60

3,600 00

SEWERS AND DRAINS.From assessments

for constructing new sewers, for the right to

enter old ones, etc. See page 66 .

20,000 00

SCHOOL FUND. Receivable from the State

for the city's proportion of the Massachusetts

School Fund.

UNCLAIMED

7,000 00
DRAFTS. Amount of bills

against the city allowed and charged by the

Auditor to their respective appropriations, but
which will not be called for at the Treasury
Amount carried forward

$799,300 00

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Amount brought forward

23

$799,300 00

office before the commencement of the next

financial year, on or after May 1, 1869.

1,500 00

WATER WORKS. Income from the water

rates, and from all other sources of revenue

from this department, viz:

Water rates

$550,000

Shutting off and letting on water for

waste, repairs, shutting off and letting

on for non-payment of rates, service

pipes and laying same, rents, fines,
sundries,
.
-

7,850

557,850 00
Per estimate Cochituate Water Board.

See

page 66.
WIDENING

STREETS. From

under the Betterment Law.

assessments

See page 66 .

Estimated income for 186869,

20,000 00
$1,378,650 00

Say One Million, Three Hundred and Seventy-Eight Thousand,

Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
ALFRED T. TURNER,
Auditor of Accounts.

AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Boston, February 27, 1868.

COMMUNICATIONS
of

B0ARDS, DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES,

ACCOMPANYING THE AUDITOR'S ESTIMATES
Fort

1868 6 9.

ARMORIES.

CITY HALL, BosTON, Feb. 11, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor:

SIR, The appropriation for Armories last year was sixteen
thousand dollars.

The Committee deem it expedient to ask the same amount as

last year, viz.: sixteen thousand dollars.
The income is estimated at ten thousand dollars, being amount
that will be reimbursed by the State.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. D. BRAMAN,
Chairman of the Committee on Armories.

BELLS AND CLOCKS.

BosToN, February 14, 1868.

TO THE COMMITTEE ON BELLS AND CLOCKS.

GENTLEMEN, 1 estimate the expenses of the Department of

Bells and Clocks for the ensuing financial year to be as follows:
Ringing eight bells to denote the hours of the day,
$800 00
Repairing Bell frames, new ropes, etc.
250 00
Winding and regulating 17 public clocks .
600 00
Cleaning and repairing
do.,
400 00
Illuminating clock on Williams Market
.
T5 00
-

Incidentals

100 00

$2,225 00

Respectfully submitted,
JOHN F. KENNARD,

Acting Superintendent of Bells and Clocks.

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

BosTON, Feb. 17, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor:

SIR, The above estimate is approved by the Committee.
JARVIS D. BRAMAN,
Chairman Committee on Bells and Clocks.

BOSTON HARBOR AND HARBOR DREDGING.

CITY HALL, BosTON, Feb. 15, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts:

DEAR SIR, The Joint Standing Committee on Boston Har
bor have approved the following estimates of expense and in
come in their department for the financial year beginning May
1st, 1868.
BoSTON HARBOR.

Salary of the Harbor Master

Pay of two boatmen
Repairs of boat, etc.
-

.
-

Dredging in the Harbor .

$1,500 00
1,600 00
200 00

2,000 00

Keeping the Harbor free of ice, raising and remov

ing wrecks, and various incidental expenses .

4,000 00

Total expenses

$9,300 00

DREDGING MACHINE.

Estimated expense .

Estimated income

$2,000 00
6,000 00

Respectfully submitted, "

JARVIS D. BRAMAN, Chairman.

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29

BRIDGES.

CITY HALL, Boston, Feb. 15, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts :

DEAR SIR, The Committee on Bridges estimate the ex

penses of bridges, for the ensuing financial year, as follows:
Dover Street Bridge (including salary of Super
intendent) .
$2,400 00
Federal Street Bridge, do.
4,000 00
-

Mount Washington Avenue Bridge, do.

Meridian Street Bridge, do.

Chelsea Street Bridge, do.

Winthrop Bridge, care and repairs

Contingencies .
-

Total

.
-

4,600 00
1,500 00
1,100 00

400 00

1,000 00

$15,000 00

For the Committee,

NATHANIEL SEAVER, Chairman.

CEMETERIES.
To THE COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES:

The undersigned would respectfully submit the following as

an estimate of the amount required in his department during
the financial year 18689:

Salary of Registrar

one clerk at

44

female copyist .

44

44

44

. $2,200 00
. 1,500 00

700 00

360 00

Laborers in the Cemeteries, including Superintendent

of Copps Hill .
. 2,300 00
Collecting Births, and indexing the same
. 1,100 00
-

|-

Amount carried forward

. $8,160 00

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CITY DOCUMENT. NO. 36.

Amount brought forward .

$8,160 00
Repairs of Tombs, walls, fences, etc.
.
. 1,000 00
For transcribing old Records
. 1,000 00
Records, blanks, indexes, blotters, printing, sta
tionery, etc.
.
.
.
.
500 00
Returns of physicians' certificates .
.
300 00

Red gravel for burial grounds25 loads @ $800

Care of House of Reception .
.
Storage of City Hearse .
..

200 00

Plants, shrubs, etc.

100 00

..

130 00
100 00

$11,490 00

Estimated income during same period, from the issue

of marriage certificates
.
. $1,500 00
-

BosTON, Feb. 15, 1868.

N. A. APOLLONIO, City Registrar.

At a meeting of the Committee on Cemeteries, held this day,
the above estimate of expenditures for the financial year 18689
was approved.

ALBERT S. PRATT, Chairman.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, ESQ., Auditor of Accounts.

CITY

HOSPITAL.

BosToN, Feb. 12, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, ESQ., Auditor of Accounts:

DEAR SIR, I have the honor herewith to transmit to you
the Estimates adopted by the Board of Trustees of the amount

required for the support of the City Hospital for the ensuing
financial year, and also the estimated Income for the same term.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN T. BRADLEE, President.

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

31

EXPENSES.

Supplies

Salaries and Labor

Fuel
.

Buildings and Grounds .

Medical Supplies .

Furniture

$42,250
18,500
10,000
1,000

00
00
00
00

7,250 00
6,000 00
$85,000 00

Income from Pay-patients.

$6,000 00

BosTON, Feb. 21, 1868.

At a meeting of the Joint Committee on the City Hospital,

held this day, the above estimates were approved.

G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.

COMMON AND PUBLIC SQUARES.

OFFICE of SUPERINTENDENT of CoMMON AND SQUAREs,
CITY HALL, BosToN, Feb. 12, 1868.

To the Committee on Common and Public Squares:

GENTLEMEN, The following items, I estimate will be re
quired for the expenses of this Department for the financial
year 186869, ending April 30, 1869.
Superintending and labor in keeping in good or
der and condition the Common, Public Garden

and all the Public Squares in this department;

and care of all the Street trees

Gravel for Malls, Walks .

.
-

$14,000 00

3,000 00

Loam for Common and Squares and street trees,

manure and sods for Common and Squares

Paving new gutters and repairing old do. .

Amount carried forward

3,000 00

1,000 00

$21,000 00

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Amount brought forward

Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Wines, Seeds, and Bulbs .
Team work for this department
New tools, tree guards, trellises, and stakes for
plants and shrubs, and railings to protect grass
-

borders

$21,000 00
1,500 00
1,200 00

800 00

Mason Work.Repairing fountains, Iron fences,

and seats

1,000 00

Feed for deer, swans, geese and ducks

Water rates for fountains on Common, Deer Park,
watering Charles Street, Washington Street be

500 00

tween Franklin and Blackstone Squares .

Building new drains and cesspools on Common .
Painting iron fences, seats and tree guards and

1,000 00

carpenters' work and material

800 00

1,200 00

Clearing snow from paths on Common and Pub

lic Garden, and keeping ice in good order for
skating

1,000 00

Earth and loam for grading grounds in Garden

and Common

New Iron fence for Independence Square, South

Boston. Estimated cost complete
Incidentals

Say forty-four thousand one hundred sixty-seven

1,000 00
12,167 00
1,000 00
$44,167 00

dollars.

INCOME.

Estimated income from rent of Greenhouse and

sales of grass.

Say twelve hundred dollars

$1,200 00

Respectfully submitted,
LYMAN DAVENPORT,

Superintendent Common and Public Squares.

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33

IN COMMITTEE ON COMMON,
Feb. 15, 1868.

*}

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts:

At a meeting of the Committee on Common and Public

Squares, held this day, the foregoing estimates of the Superin

tendent of Common and Squares were approved; and it was
voted to request the Auditor of Accounts to ask for the depart
ment of Common and Squares, for the year 186869, the sum
of $44,167.

Yours respectfully,
BENJ. JAMES,
Chairman Com. on Common, etc.

ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS DEPARTMENT.

OFFICE of CITY ENGINEER, CITY HALL,

BosTON, Feb. 17, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor :

Dear Sir, The expenses of the Department of Engineering
and Surveying, for the year ending April 30, 1869, are esti
mated as follows:

Pay Roll, estimated at $50 per day .

Salaries of City Engineer and City Surveyor
-

$15,650 00
5,500 00

Incidental expenses, Stationery, Drawing Mate

rials, Instruments and repairs of same, travel

ling expenses, etc.

3,850 00
$25,000 00

There will be no income.

Respectfully submitted.
N. HENRY CRAFTS,

City Engineer.
At a meeting of the Committee on the Department of Engi
neering and Surveying, held Feb. 17, the foregoing estimates
were approved.
ALBERT S. PRATT, Chairman.
5

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CITY DOCUMENT. NO. 36.

FIRE ALARMS.

BosTON, Feb. 12, 1868.

To THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE ALARMS.

GENTLEMEN, The following is an estimate of the necessary

expenses of this department for the ensuing financial year:
SALARIES.

Superintendent
Seven Assistants, at $4 per day

$2,000
10,220

One Battery Man and General Assist

626

ant, at $2 per day

$12,846 00
BATTERIES.

5,000 lbs. Sulph. Copper, at 14 cts.

$700

3,000 Zinc Castings, at 14 cts.

600 Porous Cups, at 25 cts.

420

Chemicals

100

150

1,370 00
WIRE.

3,000 lbs. Telegraph Wire, at 14 cts.

1,000 feet Hard Rubber Wire, at 6 cts.
50 lbs. Cotton Covered Wire, at $2,

$420
60
100
580 00

MACHINERY.

5 Bell Striking Machines, at $330

20 Signal Boxes, at $58

One Three Dial Repeater
12 Gongs, at $40

$1,650
1,160
800
480

4,090 00

Amount carried forward

$18,886 00

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Amount brought forward

$18,886 00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Repairing Machinery

Carpenter Work and Lumber

Insulators

. $250

Brackets and other Iron Work .

Trucking, Car fares, and Horse hire .

..
Stationery and Printing .

300

. 300
. . 100
.

150

150

50

80

Water for Motive Power .

..
.

100
50

Plumbing, Mason Work, etc.

Tools, Hardware, etc.

Washing and Bedclothes .

Damage to Roofs and other Property

Paints, Oils, Burning Fluid, etc.

Other Incidental Expenses

40

44

500

2,114 00
ROXBURY EXTENSION.

4 Bells, weighing 20,000 lbs. at 40 cts.

Machinery and Apparatus

Wire

Brackets and Insulators

Labor

Telegraph Posts
Cartage, etc.

* *

$8,000
4,460
1,550
1,500
1,300
1,000

200

Damages to Roofs and other Property,

Incidental Expenses .

70
920

19,000 00
$40,000 00

Respectfully submitted.
JOHN F. KENNARD,

Superintendent of Fire Alarms.

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

Feb. 17, 1868.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, ESQ., Auditor of Accounts:

At a meeting of the Committee on Fire Alarms, held this

day, the preceding Estimates were approved, and it was voted
to request the Auditor of Accounts to ask for an appropriation
of $40,000 for the Fire Alarms Department, 186869.
C. T. WOODMAN,
Chairman.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICE,

BosToN, Feb. 18, 1868.
To THE COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

GENTLEMEN, The following is the estimated amount required

for the expenses of the Fire Department, for the financial year
ending April 30, 1869:
SALARIES.

(As established by City Council of 1867.)

Chief Engineer .

$2,000 00

Secretary of Board of Engineers,

1,000 00

12 Assistant Engineers

5,400 00

14 Enginemen, $3.00 per day

14 Firemen, $80 per month
29 Drivers, $75

44

.
-

15,330 00
13,440 00
26,100 00

28 Foremen of Hose, 225 per annum, 6,300 00

4 Assistant Foremen,)
2 Clerks, 2 Stewards,
178 Hosemen,
30 Axe and Rakemen,

$200

52,200 00

47 Members,
Total salaries .

Amount carried forward

. $121,770 00

. $121,770 00

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37

Amount brought forward . $121,770 00

EXPENSES.

Horse keeping, horse hire, etc. .

Repairs of apparatus, fuel, furniture,

22,000 00

gas, oil, care of reservoirs, etc.

32,300 00

New hose, hose caps, repairing, etc.

3 new hose carriages .

1 new hook and ladder carriage .

18,500 00
1,800 00
1,500 00
$197,870 00

INCOME.

Income from sale of old material, etc.,

$400 00

The above estimate exceeds the appropriation of 186768 by

$38,370 in consequence of the annexation of Roxbury.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN S. DAMRELL,

Chief Engineer.
IN COMMITTEE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT,
CITY HALL, Feb. 13, 1868.

At a meeting of the Committee on Fire Department, held this

day, the foregoing estimates were approved, and it was voted to
request the Auditor of Accounts to ask for an appropriation of

$197,870, for the carrying on of the Fire Department the finan

cial year of 186869.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts.

FRANCIS RICHARDS, Chairman.
Feb. 24, 1868.

At a meeting of the Committee of the Common Council on the

Fire Department, held this day, the foregoing estimates were
approved.
For the committee.

GEO. P. DARROW, Chairman.

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HEALTH

DEPARTMENT.

HEALTH OFFICE, CITY HALL,

BosToN, Feb. 12, 1868.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts:

SIR, The within estimate will be required to defray the ex
penses of this Department for the financial year 186869, end
ing April 30, 1869.
For sweeping and cleaning the streets, cleaning
cesspools, and the removal of snow and ice
from public walks, etc. .

$100,000 00

This includes the pay of Street Foreman and

all laborers on this work.
For the collection of House dirt and offal in city

proper, and Southern District

75,000 00

This amount includes the pay of all labor

on this work.

Hay and grain for stables, south and west

For foreman, feeders, mechanics, at south and west
stables, and clerk hire at office
For new horses and exchange of old ones

23,000 00
22,000 00

10,000 00

Salaries of Superintendent of Health, and Assis

tant, City Physician and clerk, and Milk In
spector

8,000 00

For the collection and removal of Ashes in East

Boston

5,000 00

Stock used in Blacksmiths' department for manu

facturing purposes

Incidental expenses of this department

Lumber for manufacturing purposes .

Stock of shovels, hoes, currycombs, brushes,

blankets, etc.
Amount carried forward

3,800 00
2,000 00
1,800 00
1,800 00

$252,400 00

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

39

Amount brought forward

. $252,400 00
Stock for harness shop, for manufacturing purposes,
1,800 00
-

Stock of paints, oils, varnish brushes, etc. .

1,400 00

For fuel and gas

1,500 00

..

For hubs, rims, spokes, and tools, wheelwrights'

department .
Water rates, 18689
-

1,100 00

900 00

For pasturing horses, horse medicines, and medi

cal attendance on sick horses

500 00

Milk Inspector's department for analysis of milk,

lactometers and stationery

500 00

Removal of offal from East Boston, as per contract

For sawing and planing cesspool and other stock

400 00

Shoeing horses west end stable .

Repairs south end stable .

Ferry passes to East Boston

400 00

300 00

300 00

200 00

Revenue stamps, blank books and stationery

(office use) .

West end stable repairs, etc.

200 00

200 00

City Physician's office, for stationery and surgical

instruments .

200 00

Printing for office other than sanitary purposes,

Special appropriation (nuisance)
.
-

44

44

(urinals)

Total amount required

200 00

10,000 00
5,000 00

$277,500 00

The within estimates have been based upon the expenditures

of the year 1867, and the increased requirements from this

Department for carrying on the Southern District. The excess of

the estimates for 186869 over that of 186768 is $45,100 00,
and of this amount there will be wanted,
For the Southern District .

all other requisitions on this Department

Total as above

$33,800 00

11,300 00

$45,100 00
-

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

The principal portion of the excess of the estimates over

those of last year is in consequence of additional labor re
quired, and of the increase of pay of the laborers employed in
this Department, who petitioned for said increase, which was
allowed to them by the Committee on Health.
INCOME.
Estimated income as follows:
For sale of ashes

offal as per contract

abatement of nuisances

team work, horse keeping, etc., (Paving

Department)

sale of street dirt

$6,000 00
5,500 00
5,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00

conveying prisoners, (Police Department)

sale of old horses

removal of ashes

1,800 00
1,000 00
1,000 00

sale of stable manure

500 00

500 00

all other sources

$25,300 00
The receipts for sale of ashes will be greatly reduced from
those of 1867, in compliance with an order passed the Board
of Aldermen, Jan. 27, 1868, requiring all the ashes collected

within given points to be deposited on Albany Street Flats, so

called.

Respectfully submitted.
-

EZRA FORRISTALL,

Superintendent of Health.
In Committee on Health, Feb. 15, 1868.
*

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts :

At a meeting of the Committee, held this day, the foregoing
estimates were approved, and the Auditor of Accounts is re

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

quested to ask for an appropriation of $277,500.00 for the

Health Department, for the financial year 186869.
G. W. MESSINGER, Chairman.
BosToN, Feb. 24, 1868.

At a meeting of the Committee on Health, of the Common

Council, held this day, the foregoing estimates were approved.

For the Committee.

EDWARD E. BATCHELDER, Chairman.

LAMPS.

LAMP DEPARTMENT OFFICE,

Boston, Feb. 15th, 1868.
To THE COMMITTEE ON LAMPS:

GENTLEMEN, Annexed you will please find my estimate of

the amount which will be required for this department, to meet

the expenses for the financial year, commencing on the 1st day
of May, 1868, and ending April 30, 1869.
Respectfully submitted.
GEO. H. ALLEN,

Superintendent of Lamps.
ESTIMATE.

Gas

United States Revenue tax on gas

Fluid

. .

Lighting, cleaning and care

Underground work

Repairing lanterns

Cast-Iron Work

Amount carried forward

6

$230,100 00

6,350 00
12,700 00
49,000 00
5,000 00
4,500 00
2,000 00

$309,650 00

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$309,650
2,500
1,500
2,500

Amount brought forward

Wrought-Iron work

Tin work, fluid burners, etc.

Gas fittings
Gas cocks

Fluid lanterns

300 00

Gas lanterns .

Carting

Printing, stationery, carriage hire, etc. .

Wood posts, ladders, etc.
Wicking
Salaries of Superintendent and clerk hire
Horse keeping, shoeing, etc. .

00
00
00
00

1,500 00
3,000 00
600 00
700 00
600 00
250 00

2,800 00
500 00

$326,400 00

IN COMMITTEE ON LAMPS,
Feb. 15, 1868.

The above estimates were approved. The increased amount

asked for, over what was required the previous year, is oc
casioned by the increased number of lamps located in the
Southern District, and the lighting of the lamps an additional
number of hours.

It will be noticed that much the larger portion of this estimate

is for gas, United States tax, fluid and lighting and care.
JARWIS D. BRAMAN,

Chairman of Committee on Lamps.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor.

43

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
MARKETS.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts:

I herewith transmit an estimate of the amount which will be

required to carry on the Markets for the financial year of

1868-69.
EXPENSES.

Salary of Superintendent .

$2,000 00
1,200 00

Deputy Superintendent

Keeper of Scales

Watchmen

540 00
-

1,800 00

Extra Police, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Sat

150 00

urday evenings

Fuel
Gas

Cleaning paint, teaming, brooms, dirt casks and

small expenses
Repairing stoves, and warming apparatus
Printing, stationery, cleaning and repairing clocks,

1,200 00
1,200 00
300 00

400 00

140 00

repairing and sealing scales .

Water rates

70 00

$9,000 00
ESTIMATED INCOME.

Rent from stalls in Old Market House

44

cellars

44

outside stands .

44

stalls in New Market House

44

cellars

44

44

$41,466 00
21,120 00

*4

1,995 00
12,120 00
5,850 00

Income from public scales

occupants for fuel supplied them
from city stock

400 00

44

450 00

$83,401 00
CHARLES B. RICE,
Superintendent Faneuil Hall Market.
BosTON, Feb. 5th, 1868.

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IN COMMITTEE ON MARKETs,
Feb. 11, 1868.

At a meeting of the Committee on Markets, held this day, the

foregoing estimate of the expenses necessary for carrying on the
Market Houses, for the financial year 186869, was approved.
C. T. WOODMAN, Chairman.

MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY.

OFFICE TRUSTEEs MoUNT HOPE CEMETERY,

CITY HALL, BosTON, Feb. 18, 1868.

SIR,-The Trustees of Mount Hope Cemetery instruct me to
reply to your note of the first inst., by saying that, in their judg
ment, the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars (the same as last
year) will be required for the needs of the ensuing year.
Respectfully.
CHAS. W. SLACK,
Chairman Trustees.

ALFRED T. TURNER, ESQ., Auditor.

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.

Office or The overseems of the

PooR,

CITY HALL, BosTON, Feb. 18, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts:

SIR,Herewith I send you our estimate of the amount of
money necessary to defray the expenditures of the Overseers
of the Poor, for the financial year commencing May 1, 1868,
agreeably to the requisition.
Yours respectfully,
F. W. LINCOLN, JR,
Chairman.

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Estimate of Appropriation for the Overseers of the Poor for

financial year, from May 1, 1868 to April 30, 1869.
$2,000
For Burials of City, State, and Foreign Poor
Expense of Boston Poor in other Cities and Towns, 3,000
10,000
Expense of City Temporary Home
10,000
Pensions and Grants paid at Office to City Cases
Pensions and Grants paid at Office to Cases hav
ing settlements elsewhere

Fuel and Groceries for City Cases

Fuel and Groceries for Poor belonging to other

Cities and Towns

Supplies for Sick State Poor .

Immediate Relief of Persons having no Settle
-

ment

Clerk Hire

|-

the
00

00
00
00

3,500 00
8,000 00
2,600 00
8,000 00
2,500 00
2,100 00

Transportation of Visitors and City and State

Poor

Office Expenses, Printing, Stationery, Postage, etc.

Salaries of Secretary and Visitors

200 00
300 00

5,800 00
$58,000 00

INCOME.

We may receive from Cities and Towns for the

relief of their Poor

From State, for aid to Sick

44
for Burials of Foreign Poor .
-

$5,000
8,000
2,000
$15,000

Approved at a meeting of the Board of Overseers, held Feb.

17, 1868.
JOHN PRATT,

Secretary.

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CITY DOCUMENT. NO. 36.

At a meeting of the Joint Standing Committee on the Over

seers of the Poor, the foregoing estimates of the expenses of
the Department for the financial year 18689 were approved.
For the Committee.

EDWARD A. WHITE,
Chairman.

PAVING, ETC.
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETs,

CITY HALL, BosTON, Feb. 17, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts :

DEAR SIR, At a meeting of the Committee on Paving held
this day, it was voted to transmit you, in accordance with your
request, the following estimate of the amount which will be re

quired for the actual wants of the Paving Department for the
financial year 186869, amounting to the sum of $300,000 00,
as follows, viz:

For salaries of Superintendent of Streets, fore

men and clerk
For labor

$7,500 00
80,000 00
50,000 00

6,000 00

25,000 00

For grading of streets .

For grade damages
For new paving, cost of bricks, lime, cement,
sand, mason and team work, and master pavers'
bills

For repaving, cost of bricks, lime, cement, sand,

mason and team work, and master pavers' bills

For edgestones, cesspool curbs and corners

For paving stones and block, and North River

flagging stones
.
.
For beach gravel
.
-

Amount carried forward

25,000 00
6,000 00
40,000 00
15,000 00

|-

. $254,500 00

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47

. $254,500 00
Amount brought forward
.
10,000 00
For hill gravel for paving
For repairing streets otherwise than for beach
15,000 00
gravel and labor furnished by the department,
For tools, street signs, numbering streets, print
5,500 00
ing and stationery
For care of streets and removing snow and ice,
6,000 00
during the winter of 186869
-

For miscellaneous

9,000 00
$300,000 00

INCOME.

The department will probably contribute to the ways and

means, by payment into the City Treasury for constructing side
walks, etc., say, $3,000.00.
By order of the Committee on Paving.
CHARLES HARRIS, Clerk.

POLICE.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF of PolicE,

BosTON, Feb. 14, 1868.
TO THE COMMITTEE ON POLICE.

GENTLEMEN,- I herewith submit an estimate of the amount

required to meet the expenditures of my department for the year

ending April 30, 1869.

Respectfully your obedient servant,

JOHN KURTZ, Chief.
EXPENDITURES.

$14,600 00

10 Captains of Police, $4.00 per day, 365 days,

20 Lieutenants,

3.50

Amount carried forward

is

44

25,550 00

$40,150 00

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

Amount brought forward

23 Sergeants of Police, $3.25 per day, 365 days,
-

10 Detectives,

4 Superintendents,
377 Patrolmen,

3.50

44

44

3.50

4t

3.00

44

44

1 Clerk of Police, per annum

1 Chief of Police

1 Deputy Chief of Police

Extra services at places of amusement, all of

which is paid back to the City
Pay of Health department for conveying prisoners
from stations to city prison
Fuel and gas for station houses
Care of and cleaning station houses .

Medical attendance for injured persons

Furniture, bedding, etc., at station houses .
Horse and carriage hire

Feeding prisoners and lodgers at stations .

Removing nuisances and obstructions from streets,

$40,150
27,283
12,775
5,110
412,815
1,200
2,500
2,000

00
75
00
00
00
00
00
00

4,000 00
2,500
8,000
5,000
1,000
3,000

00
00
00
00
00

300 00

1,500 00
150 00
500 00

Badges, rattles, hand-cuffs and lanterns

Water and ice for city prison and station houses,

Advertising and removing stolen property .
Feeding prisoners at city prison
Bedding and washing at city prison .
Repairing police telegraph
Repairs and expenses on harbor police boats
Stationery, printing, postage and telegraphing
Repairs on flags; ropes and stakes used in

1,800 00
500 00

1,200 00
300 00
300 00

2,000 00
5,000 00

shutting off streets and restraining crowds, etc.

Small repairs on station houses
Keeping horse and vehicle

1,000 00

Incidentals for contingencies

2,000 00

600 00
500 00

$544,983 75

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
ESTIMATED

49

INCOME.

Extra services.

Truck licenses.

Hack licenses .

$4,000 00
2,400 00
350 00

$6,750 00
IN COMMITTEE ON POLICE.

CITY HALL, Feb. 15, 1868.

At a meeting of the Committee on Police, held this day, the

foregoing estimate was approved, and the Auditor of Accounts
requested to ask for an appropriation of $544,984.00 for the
Police Department, for 186869.
SAMUEL C. COBB,
Chairman of Committee on Police.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts.

Feb. 27, 1868.
At a meeting of the Committee on Police, of the Common

Council, the foregoing estimates were approved.

For the Committee.

SIDNEY SQUIRES, Chairman.

PUBLIC

LIBRARY.

IN BoARD of TRUSTEEs OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY,

Feb. 14, 1868.

Mr. Lewis presented the following report in reply to the

Auditor's letter.

BosTON, Feb. 12, 1868.

The Committee on Finance, having considered the Auditor's

letter asking an estimate of the amounts required by the Library
for the next financial year, and of the amounts to be contributed

towards the Ways and Means by payment into the City Trea
sury, respectfully report, that there will be needed for the cur

rent expenses of the Institution the sum of Fifty Thousand

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50

Dollars ($50,000 00), and that Five Hundred Dollars ($500 00)
can be contributed to the City Treasury.

A statement of items is herewith appended:

ESTIMATES.

Binding .
Books

Catalogues
Fuel

Furniture

Gas

Incidentals

Pamphlets
Printing .
Salaries .

Stationery
Transportation, etc. .
-

$3,550
6,500
5,000
1,500
1,000

00
00
00
00
00

2,000 00
1,500
1,000
1,000
25,000
1,200

00
00
00
00
00

T50 00

$50,000 00
WAYS AND MEANS.

$375 00

Sales of Catalogues.

125 00

Fines

$500 00

Respectfully submitted,
WESTON LEWIS,

JARWIS D. BRAMAN,
J. WINSOR,

Committee on Finance, pro tem.

A true copy.

Attest:
J. WINSOR,
Trustee in Charge.
BosTON, Feb. 15, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor :

SIR, I herewith transmit to you the Report of the Com

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

51

mittee on Finance of the Board of Trustees of the Public

Library, as it was accepted yesterday by the board, and which

conveys to you the information you asked for in your circular
letter of February 1st, to the heads of departments, etc.
Respectfully.
J. WINSOR, In Charge.
The Committee on the Public Library have approved the
above estimates.

SAMUEL C. COBB, Chairman.

PUBLIC BATHING.

CITY HALL, BosTON, Feb. 19, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor :

DEAR SIR, The Committee on Bathing beg leave to report
that there will be required for the expenditures of the ensuing
financial year 1868, '69, the following amount, viz:
For building new bath houses in Southern Dis
trict
.
.
For water for same .
-

For salaries of superintendents

For repairs, alterations of bath houses
For furniture, stationery, printing, etc.
-

For rents, etc. .

$5,000 00
1,000 00

7,000 00

11,000 00

500 00

500 00

$25,000 00

Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. D. BRAMAN, Chairman.

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SCHOOL-HOUSES.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS,
BosTON, Feb. 13, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts:

DEAR SIR, -I have the honor herewith to transmit the esti
mate, adopted by the Committee on Public Buildings, of the

amounts which will be required for the actual wants of this

department for the financial year 186869.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Salaries of Superintendent of Public Buildings,

Superintendent of Faneuil Hall, and Janitors
of various buildings
Fuel

$9,000 00
8,000 00

Incidental Repairs and Supplies for Public Build

ings

Repairs and Improvements on Police Stations

t
on Engine Houses
&

Gas

New Furniture and Repairs of Old

Repairs and Improvements on Faneuil Hall and
Market

Repairs and Improvements on Public Library

Rents

Care and Cleaning

Water Rates
Total

7,000
6,000
6,000
5,000
5,000

00
00
00
00
00

5,000
2,000
4,000
2,000
1,000

00
00
00
00
00

$60,000 00

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

This department will contribute to the ways and means, by

payments to the City Treasurer as follows, viz:
Rent of Old State House
*

44

44

44

is

44

**

44

$21,000 00
3,000 00
1,100 00

Eastern Railroad Wharf

Bridge Estate
Tenement in Engine Houses

264 00
400 00

House on Fruit Street

$25,764 00

PRIMARY SCHOOL-HOUSES.

Fuel

Care and Cleaning

New Furniture and Repairs of Old .

Heating and Ventilating Apparatus and Repairs
-

of same

Carpenter labor and stock

Painting and glazing
Whitewashing and plastering
Rent of hired rooms

Mason work, laying drains, yards, sidewalks, etc.

Water rates, gas, etc.
Incidental expenses .

Iron work, repairs of fences, etc.

New plumbing and repairs of old
Repairs of roofs, gutters, and conductors
Locksmithing, gas piping, etc.
Total

$25,000 00
15,000 00
8,000 00
5,000
5,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
2,500

00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

500 00
500 00

1,000 00
500 00

$80,000 00

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54

GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSES.

Fuel

Care and cleaning

New furniture and repairs of old

$28,000 00
17,000 00
10,000 00

Carpenters' work and stock

6,000 00

Rent of hired rooms .

4.000 00

Whitewashing and plastering

Painting and glazing

4,000 00
4,000 00

Heating and ventilating apparatus, and repairs of

Salne

|-

Masonry on drains, yards, and paving

Incidental expenses .
Plumbing, gas-fitting, locks, etc.
Slating and repairs of roofs, gutters, conductors,
-

4,000
4,000
3,000
2,000

00
00
00
00

Water and gas bills.

2,000 00
1,500 00

Iron work

500 00

etc.

$90,000 00

The Grammar Department will contribute towards the ways

and means as follows, viz:
Rent of stable on Allston Street School-house
lot

$350 00

GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSE, WARD 14.

The Committee would also ask for an appropriation of

$68,000.00, for the construction and completion of a Grammar
School-house in Ward 14.

The contracts for this building were made before the annexa

tion; but no appropriation was made for it, and the Committee
think that the sum needed had better be included in the appro

priation bill, rather than that a loan should be asked for.

Respectfully submitted.
By order of the Committee on Public Buildings.
JAMES C. TUCKER, Superintendent.

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55

PUBLIC LANDS.
OFFICE of SUPERINTENDENT of PUBLIC LANDs,

CITY HALL, BosTON, Feb. 14, 1868.

To ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts :

DEAR SIR, The Committee on Public Lands, at a meeting

held this day, estimated the expenses of this department for the
next financial year, at Twelve Thousand Dollars.

The proceeds of all sales of the public lands are paid over to
the treasurer, and placed according to law to the credit of the
Committee on the Reduction of the City Debt.
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. W. HALL,

Superintendent Public Lands.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
CITY HALL, BosToN, Feb. 17, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts :

DEAR SIR, The Directors for Public Institutions have adopt

ed the following estimate of the amount required to defray the

expenses of the House of Correction, House of Industry, Luna

tic Hospital, and steamboat Henry Morrison," and for payment
of office, pauper and quarantine expenses, for the financial year
186869.

Respectfully,
J. P. BRADLEE, President.

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CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 36.

HOUSE OF CORRECTION.

Subsistence

$28,000
6,000
10,000
13,000
1,500
1,000

Clothing and bedding.

Fuel and lights
Salaries

Furniture and utensils

Medical department.
Printing, books and stationery .

00
00
00
00
00
00

500 00

2,500 00
8,000 00

Agricultural department

Repairs and alterations

Sewing machines and trimmings

6,000 00
500 00

Water rates

3,000 00

Miscellaneous .

$80,000 00
.

Estimated Income

$10,000 00

HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.

Subsistence

Clothing and bedding

Fuel and lights
Salaries

Furniture and utensils

Medical department .
Printing books and stationery

Agricultural department
Repairs and alterations
Miscellaneous .

$54,500
16,500
13,600
17,600
3,000
1,800
1,000
8,000
9,500

00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

3,500 00

$129,000 00

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

57

The Directors deem it advisable to erect, during

the coming year, a new building for the Pau

per Girls, and therefore ask for an additional
appropriation of .
.

$30,000 00

$9,000 00

Estimated Income

LUNATIC HOSPITAL.

Subsistence

Clothing and bedding

Fuel and lights
Salaries .

$25,000 00
3,600 00
6,000 00

11,000 00
2,500 00
2,000 00

Furniture and utensils

Medical department
Printing, books and stationery .
Agricultural department .
Repairs and alterations .
-

400 00

2,500 00

-*

Miscellaneous .

Water rates

4,500 00
1,000 00
1,500 00
$60,000 00

Estimated income

$6,000 00

STEAMBOAT HENRY MORRISON.

Manning .

Fuel

Repairs .
Rent of dock and Custom House charges .

$4,800
2,000
3,000
3,500

00
00
00
00

Water rates

200 00

Miscellaneous .

500 00

$14,000 00

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PAUPER

EXPENSES.

Support of persons committed to the State Re

form School at Westboro, and the nautical
branch of the same, and to the State Industrial
School for girls at Lancaster, and to other in

stitutions, for whose support the City is liable,

$12,000 00

Transportation of State and town paupers, and

insane and small-pox patients and discharged
1,500 00

prisoners
Miscellaneous .

1,500 00

$15,000 00
OFFICE

Salaries .

EXPENSES.

$5,000 00

500 00

Printing, books and stationery .

Miscellaneous .

1,500 00
$7,000 00

QUARANTINE DEPARTMENT.

Subsistence

$4,000 00
3,000 00

Salaries .

300 00

Fuel and lights

Medical department
Miscellaneous .

200 00

500 00

$8,000 00
Estimated Income

$1,000 00

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59

RECAPITULATION.
Expenditures.

House of Correction

House of Industry
New Building for Pauper Girls
Lunatic Hospital
Steamboat Henry Morrison
Pauper expenses
Office expenses .
Quarantine department
-

$80,000 00

$10,000 00

129,000 00

9,000 00

30,000 00

.
.
.

Income.

60,000
14,000
15,000
7,000

00
00
00
00

6,000 00

8,000 00

1,000 00

$343,000 00

$26,000 00

These estimates include the additional expense incurred by

the annexation of Roxbury.
Feb. 26, 1868.
At a meeting of the Joint Standing Committee on Public

Institutions, held this day, the foregoing estimates, amounting to

$343,000, were approved.
For the Committee.

G. W. MESSINGER,
Chairman.

PRINTING AND STATIONERY.

BosTON, Feb. 10, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, ESQ., Auditor:

I am directed by the Committee on Printing to ask for an

appropriation for Printing and Stationery of Thirty Thousand
Dollars.

NEWTON TALBOT, Chairman.

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

CITY HALL, BosTON,

SEALER's OFFICE, Feb. 12, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor:
DEAR SIR, In compliance with request from your Depart
ment, and the Committee on Weights and Measures, I herewith
transmit an estimate of the amount which will be required to

carry on this department for the financial year, 186869.

Salary of Sealer and Assistant .

$2,100 00

Board of horse

365 00

40 00

50 00
100 00

Shoeing of horse
.
Blank books, stationery, printing, etc.
Repairing wagons .
Repairing harness .

Extra labor

25 00

200 00

Rubber blanket

14 00

25 00

50 00

Sundries, black varnish, acid, etc.

Repairing of standards, tools, shot, etc.

$2,969 00
INCOME.

The estimated income from this department for sealing, regis

tering and transportation of Scales, Weights and Measures will

probably amount to Eighteen Hundred Dollars (1,800.00).
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN D. CADOGAN,

Sealer Weights and Measures, Southern District.

CITY HALL, BOSTON,
SEALER's OFFICE, Feb. 12, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor:

DEAR SIR, The expenses of the Northern District of this

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61

department for the ensuing year are estimated as follows:

For Salaries of Sealer and Assistant

Horse-keeping
Horse-shoeing .

Rubber blanket for horse

. Repairs on wagon, new tires, etc.

Pung
Harness and repairs
Repairs on standards, tools, etc.
Blank books, stationery, printing, etc.
Tripoli, acid, oil, varnish, etc. .

Extra labor

$2,100 00
365 00
40 00
14 00
100 00
70 00

125 00

50 00
50 00

25 00
200 00

$3,139 00
The income will probably amount to eighteen hundred

(1,800) dollars.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
WM. F. REED,

Sealer of Weights and Measures, Northern District.

CITY HALL, Feb. 17, 1868.
To ALFRED T. TURNER, ESQ., Auditor of Accounts:

SIR,At a meeting of the Committee on Sealers of Weights

and Measures, held this day, the foregoing estimates were

approved, and it was voted to request the Auditor of Accounts

to ask for an appropriation of $6,200 for the expenses of the
Sealers of Weights and Measures, for the year 186869.
C. T. WOODMAN, Chairman.

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CITY DOCUMENT. No. 36.

SCHOOLS.

BosToN, Feb. 14, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor:

DEAR SIR, The Committee on Accounts of the School Com

mittee herewith transmit to you estimates of the amounts which

will be required to meet the expenses of the Public Schools of
the City for the financial year commencing on the first day of
May, 1868, and ending April 30, 1869, exclusive of the ex
penses for furniture, repairs, alterations, and building of school
houses.
HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT.

Salaries of Instructors.
4 head masters, 4,000
31
3,000
26 Sub

2,400
11 ushers
1,600
44

Vocal Culture .
Music

.
.
.
.

.
.

Drawing .

French

German .

Extra Teacher (Robinson)

.
.
4 Head-Assistants (High Schools) 1,500

11

44

29 Masters
57 Head

269 .

44

44

44

1,000

Grammar Schools 800

as
44
700

44

15 Sewing Teachers

is

650

*4

$16,000
93,000
62,400
17,600
7,000
5,000
2,500
2,500

00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

500 00
800 00

6,000
11,000
23,200
39,900
174,850

00
00
00
00
00

5,150 00
$467,400 00

The City Treasurer and City Auditor, to meet

the wants of the female teachers, and to facili
tate the business of the City, propose to pay

monthly by sections. To do so, it will require

38,950 00
$506,350 00

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ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Salaries of Officers.
Superintendent of Public Schools

$4,000
1,800
1,800
8,400
1,500

Secretary of School Committee .

Auditing Clerk
7 Truant Officers

Messenger, Assistant Page and Porter

00
00
00
00
00

$17,500 00

Incidentals.

$13,000 00
1,500 00
1,200 00

Books for indigent children

Books for reference .
Blank and record books

300 00

Carriage hire, etc.

3,500 00
1,000 00

Festivals.

Globes, maps, etc.

Music expenses
Printing .

300 00
-

Repairing apparatus, new ones for Roxbury

School census .

Stationery

Slates, crayons, diplomas, etc. .

10,000
2,000
1,000
2,000
2,700

00
00
00
00
00

Anticipated cost to City of exchanging text-books

1,500 00

in Roxbury .

$40,000 00

PRIMARY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

Salaries of Instructors.
340 Teachers (@ 650
Music teacher .

Amount carried forward

$221,000 00
2,500 00
$223,500 00

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Amount brought forward

. $223,500 00

To pay these salaries monthly, it will require

in addition

37,250 00

$260,750 00

Incidentals.

Books for indigent children

$3,500 00

Books for reference, crayons, cards, numerals,

frames, blocks for object teaching, etc.

400 00

Music expenses

300 00

Printing .
Record books .

800 00
300 00

Stationery

500 00

Slates and pencils

1,700 00
$7,500 00

ExTRAORDINARY EXPENSES.

High and Grammar School Department.

Exchange of Pianos in the Girls' High and Normal
High School, Roxbury
44

44

44

44

$600 00
400 00

1,720 00

5 Grammar Schools

Semi-Grands for the Norcross, Rice, and three Rox

bury Schools
Music charts

3,000 00
-

500 00

For the collection of materials for a series of musi

cal text-books .

600 00

$6,820

00

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONs.

65

Primary School Department.

For 15 Pianos in the Primary Schools
Music Charts

$3,000 00

1,320 00
$4,320 00

RECAPITULATION.

Grammar Department.
-

Salaries Officers

Incidentals

17,500 00
40,000 00

6,820 00

Salaries Instructors

Extraordinary expenses

$506,350 00

$570,670 00

Primary Department.
Instructors' salaries

Incidentals

Pianos and Music Charts

$260,750
7,500
4,320.

272,570 00
$843,240 00

In carrying out of the plan of monthly payments, to the

instructors of the High and Grammar Schools there will be
due, at the commencement of the financial year, one month's

salary, and to the Primary School instructors, two months;

hence the required addition of $38,950 for the one, and
$37,250 for the other. The appropriation for incidentals
for the Grammar Schools is only $4,100 more than that of the
closing year, nearly one-half of which is asked for in anticipa
tion of the cost to the city of exchanging text-books in the

Roxbury schools. The appropriation for Primary Schools is

$2,500 more than that of the previous year, which was barely
sufficient, requiring the most rigid care to enable the depart

ment to keep within its limits; the larger part of the increase
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is, of course, for the Roxbury Schools, leaving only a margin for
the increasing wants of this department.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ALVAN SIMONDS,
Chairman Committee on Accounts School Committee.

CITY HALL, Feb. 20, 1868.

At a meeting of the Joint Standing Committee of the City

Council on Public Instruction, the foregoing estimates of the
School Committee were approved, and the plan of the Treasurer
and Auditor of Accounts, for the payment of the school-teachers

monthly, (including the amounts asked for that purpose,) was

also unanimously approved.
For the Committee.

EDWARD A. WHITE, Chairman.

SEWERS.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERs,

CITY HALL, BosToN, Feb. 17, 1868.

SIR,- The Committee on Sewers, at a meeting held this day,

estimated the expenses of this department for the next financial

year at Fifty Thousand Dollars.
The income is estimated at Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. H. BRADLEY, Superintendent.
ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor.

WATER WORKS.

OFFICE of THE CoCHITUATE WATER BoARD,

CITY of BosTON, Feb. 18, 1868.
ALFRED T. TURNER, ESQ., Auditor of Accounts :

SIR, The estimate of this Board for the expenditures and

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

67

receipts of this department, for the ensuing financial year, are

as follows:
EXPENDITURES.

Eastern Division, as per statement annexed

Western Division

$127,500 00
15,500 00

Office at City Hall, salaries of the Water Reg

istrar, clerks, inspectors, printing and sta
tionery

18,000 00
$161,000 00

INCOME.

Water rates

. $550,000 00

Repairs, off and on water, fines and rents .

7,850 00
$557,850 00

STATEMENTS IN

DETAIi.

Expenditures in Eastern Division.

Proving yard, blacksmiths' and machine shops .

$2,500 00

Main and service pipe

40,000 00

Stopcocks, hydrants and boxes .

Repair of streets . .

Meter repairs, tools and tolls

New meters

Salary of Superintendent and pay-rolls

Stable, maintaining of

Relaying wall and grading Marginal Street, ChelSea.

Repairing reservoirs
Repairing bridges .
New house for employs in South pipe-yard
-

8,500
3,000
5,000
5,000

00
00
00
00

36,000 00

1,100 00
-

500 00

20,000 00
2,500 00
3,400 00
$127,500 00
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Expenditures in Western Division.

Repairs and improvements at Lake Cochituate

Repairing conduit and structures
Repairing Brookline reservoir

$4,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00

Purchase of land to increase water area and to

guard against nuisances

Salaries and other expenditures.

Improvement of filtering dam at Pegan Brook

and culvert at Coarse Brook .

3,500 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
$15,500 00

Expenditures in Office at City Hall.

Salaries of Water Registrar, Clerks and Inspect
OrS,

$16,000 00
2,000 00

Printing and stationery

$18,000 00
INCOME.

Water rates,

Off and on, for non-payment of water rates

Off and on for repairs
Pipe laying and repairing.

. $550,000
1,500
1,700
3,000

00
00
00
00

150 00

Rent and sundries

Fines for waste

1,500 00
$557,850 00

Respectfully yours,
JOHN H. THORNDIKE, President.
Feb. 24, 1868.

At a meeting of the Joint Standing Committee on Water, the

foregoing estimates were approved.
For the Committee.

JOSEPH F. PAUL, Chairman.

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

69

WIDENING STREETS.

City Hall, Bostos, Feb. 13, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., Auditor of Accounts:
DEAR SIR,It is estimated by the Committee on Streets that
there will be required for laying out and widening streets, for
the financial year ending April 30, 1869, $200,000. The unset
tled claims at the present time amount to upwards of $110,000,
not including those on Hamilton Street, which it is proposed to
provide for by a special loan.
There will be an income to be derived from assessments

under the Betterment Law, estimated at $20,000.

For the Committee.

NEWTON TALBOT,
Chairman.

R. E. P. O. R. T

of The

JOINT SEPECIAL COMMITTEE

of The

CITY COUNCIL,
oN THE

AUDITOR

OF ACCOUNTS

Fort

1868-69.

ESTIMATES

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

In Common Council, March 19, 1868.

The Joint Special Committee of the City Council, to whom

was referred the Auditor of Accounts' estimates, for the financial
year commencing May 1, 1868, and terminating April 30, 1869,
having duly examined and considered the same, have unani

mously voted to recommend to the City Council the adoption of

the estimates as reported by the Auditor of Accounts, which, in
the opinion of your Committee, will be required to meet the
wants of the City the next financial year.
The amount required, as per estimates, less the income, is
$5,677,426.00, to meet which, the Auditor of Accounts is of the

opinion that a gross tax of $5,847,749.00 will be required, as

$170,323.00, the difference between the amount requisite for the

appropriations and that of the tax, is to meet the deficiencies in

the payments within the financial year.
The Committee concurring in the above opinion, would, there
fore, recommend to the City Council the passage of the two
orders annexed, one making the appropriations, and one laying
a tax to meet the same.

Respectfully submitted.
For the Committee.

NATHANIEL B. SHURTLEFF, Chairman.

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CITY

OF

B O STO N.

In Common Council, Thursday, March 19, 1868.

AN

ORDER

Relating to the Specific Appropriations for the financial year 186869.

It is hereby ordered by the City Council, That to defray the ex

penditures of the City of Boston and the County of Suffolk, for
the financial year which will commence with the first day of
May, 1868, and end with the last day of April, 1869, the fol
lowing sums of money be and the same are hereby respectively

appropriated for the objects and purposes as explained in the

Auditor of Accounts' Estimates, and in the applications of the
various Committees and Boards contained and printed in this
Document.

And it is further ordered, That no money shall be expended,

and no debts be incurred for any object or purpose, for which

a specific appropriation is herein made, beyond the amount

which is so specifically appropriated; provided, however, that
any sums of money which may be subscribed or contributed by
individuals to promote the objects of any of the foregoing appro

priations, and which form no part of the estimated income of

the city, shall be strictly applied, according to the intention of

the contributors, and shall be credited to such appropriations

accordingly; that is to say: For

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ADVERTISING. Six thousand dollars,

$6,000

00

1,200

00

ANNUITIES. One thousand two hundred dol

lars,

16,000 00

ARMORIES.Sixteen thousand dollars,

BELLS AND CLOCKS. Two

thousand

tWO

hundred and twenty-five dollars,

BOSTON HARBOR. Nine

thousand

2,225

00

9,300

00

15,000

00

11,490

00

4.17,000

00

$5,000

00

44,167

00

three

hundred dollars,
BRIDGES. Fifteen thousand dollars,
CEMETERIES. Eleven thousand four hundred

and ninety dollars,

CITY DEBT. Four hundred and seventeen

thousand dollars,

CITY HOSPITAL Eighty-five thousand dol

lars,

COMMON, etc.Forty-four thousand one hun

dred and sixty-seven dollars,
COUNTY OF SUFFOLKTwo hundred and

240,000 00

forty thousand dollars,

ENGINEER'S AND SURVEYOR'S DEPART

MENTTwenty-five thousand dollars,

25,000

00

FIRE ALARMSForty thousand dollars,

40,000

00

ninety-seven thousand eight hundred and sev

enty dollars,

197,870

00

GRAMMAR SCHOOL-HOUSE, WARD 14

Sixty-eight thousand dollars,

68,000

00

2,000

00

277,500

00

$1,457,752

00

FIRE

DEPARTMENT One

hundred

and

HARBOR DREDGINGTwo thousand dollars,

HEALTH DEPARTMENTTwo hundred sev

enty-seven thousand five hundred dollars,

Amount carried forward,

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

Amount brought forward,

77

$1,457,752 00

INTEREST AND PREMIUMSix hundred and

fifteen thousand dollars,

615,000 00

INCIDENTAL EXPENSES-Seventy-five thou

75,000 00

sand dollars,
LAMPS Three hundred and twenty-six thou
sand four hundred dollars,
MARKETS Nine thousand dollars,

326,400 00
9,000 00

MILITIA BOUNTY Fifty thousand dollars,

50,000 00

MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY Twelve thou

sand dollars,
OLD

12,000 00

CLAIMS One thousand five hundred

dollars,

1,500 00

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-Fifty-eight

58,000 00

thousand dollars,
PAVING, ETC. Three hundred thousand dol
lars,

300,000 00

POLICE Five hundred and forty-four thousand

nine hundred and eighty-four dollars,

544,984 00

PUBLIC

BATHING Twenty-five thousand

dollars,

25,000 00

PUBLIC BUILDINGS Sixty thousand dollars,

PUBLIC

INSTITUTIONS Three

60,000 00

hundred

and forty-three thousand dollars, viz:

House of Industry,
$129,000 00
80,000 00
House of Correction,

Lunatic Hospital,

60,000 00

Quarantine Establishment,
Steamboat, H. Morrison,
Pauper Expenses,

8,000 00
14,000 00
15,000 00

Amounts carried forward,

$306,000 00 $3,534,636 00

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Amounts brought forward,

$306,000 00$3,534,636 00

General Expenses at City Office,

New building for pauper girls,

7,000 00
30,000 00

343,000 00
PUBLIC LANDS Twelve thousand dollars,

12,000 00

PUBLIC LIBRARY Fifty thousand dollars,

50,000 00

PRINTING AND
thousand dollars,

30,000 00

STATIONERY Thirty

RESERVED FUND Two hundred and fifty

thousand dollars,

250,000 00

SALARIES One hundred thirteen thousand

113,000 00

dollars,
SCHOOLS AND

SCHOOL-HOUSES One

million thirteen thousand two hundred and

forty dollars, viz:

High and Grammar School In

structors,

Grammar Schools, Public Buildings,

Grammar Schools, School Com
mittee,
Salaries Officers School Committee,

$506,350 00
90,000 00

Primary School instructors,

Primary Schools, Public Buildings,
Primary Schools, School Committee,

46,820 00
17,500 00
260,750 00

80,000 00
11,820 00
1,013,240 00

SEALERS WEIGHTS

AND

MEASURES -

Six thousand two hundred dollars,

SEWERS AND

6,200 00

DRAINS-Fifty thousand

dollars,

50,000 00

STATE TAX-Seven hundred and twenty-four

thousand dollars,

WAR EXPENSES Five thousand dollars,

Amount carried forward,

724,000 00
5,000 00
$6,131,076 00

ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

79

Amount brought forward,

$6,131,076 00
WATER WORKS One hundred sixty-one
thousand dollars,

161,000 00

WATER WORKS, INTEREST AND

PRE

MIUM Five hundred sixty-four thousand

dollars,

564,000 00

WIDENING STREETS Two hundred thou-

sand dollars,

200,000 00

$7,056,076 00

Say, Seven millions, fifty-six thousand and seventy-six dollars.

STATEMENT BY THE AUDITOR." OF ACCOUNTS.

From the amount appropriated by the preceding

order, viz:
$7,056,076 00
Deduct amount of estimated income, as stated on
page 23,
1,378,650 00

We have the amount to be raised by taxation,

$5,677,426 00

viz:

To raise this amount of $5,677,426.00, will, in

the opinion of the Auditor, require a gross tax
$5,847,749 00

of

From which, deducting the amounts which will

not be paid into the treasury within the finan
cial year, say,
We have the balance required, as
above,

170,323 00

provided
$5,677,426 00

C IT Y

O F

B () S T O N .

In Common Council, Thursday, March 19, 1868.

AN ORDER,

Laying a Specific Tar to Defray the Expenses of the City of

Boston and the County of Suffolk, for the financial year
186869.

ORDERED: That the sum of Five Million Eight Hundred and

Forty-sever, Thousand and Seven Hundred and Forty-nine Dol

lars ($5,847,749.00) be raised on the polls and estates taxable
in this City, according to law, to pay the current expenses of
the City of Boston and the County of Suffolk, during the finan
cial year which will commence with the first day of May, 1868,
and end with the last day of April, 1869.
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R EP () RT
of The

STANDING

COMMITTEE
oN

W00 AL AND PHYSICAL CULTURE

AND

MILITARY

DRILL

IN The

P U B LIC

S C H 0 0 L S.

MARCH 10, 1868.

C IT Y

O F

B O S T ON .

In School Committee, March 10, 1868.

WoTED: That the Standing Committee on Vocal and Physical

Culture and Military Drill have leave to report in print.
Attest:

BARNARD CAPEN, Secretary.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In School Committee, BosTON, March 10th, 1868.

In accordance with the requirement of the Rules and Regula

tions, the Standing Committee on Vocal and Physical Culture
and Military Drill submit the following
R E PORT:

In the Department of Vocal and Physical Culture there has

been marked and gratifying progress during the past year. The
results of the introduction of the present system must be apparent
to all who have examined into the subject. The appearance of
the scholars and the testimony of the teachers bear witness to
its success. And the proficiency attained by any particular
school or class is precisely proportioned to the interest mani
fested by the teacher. Each master gives character to his
district, and each teacher to his or her particular room. This
being naturally the case, effort has all along been made to enlist
the confidence and secure the coperation of the teachers in this
work. Classes for teachers have held their sessions regularly
since the beginning of the school year. The interest manifested
has been steadily on the increase, as attested by the gradually

increasing number in attendance. There have been during the

present year classes for the grammar masters, for sub-masters

CITY DocuMENT. - No. 37.

and ushers, and for grammar school assistants,one or more

from each school. The representation at these classes has been

as follows:
MASTERS.

Regular attendants, 14.

Irregular attendants, 3. Non

attendants, 5.
SUB-MASTERS.

Regular attendants, 5.

Irregular, 3. Non-attendants, 1.
USHERS.

Regular attendants, 5.

Irregular, 2.

Non-attendants, 1.

GRAMMAR SCHOOL ASSISTANTS CLASS.

Districts represented, 21. Not represented, 1.

One of the Music Teachers has been a regular attendant upon
this course of instruction; and great benefit has been derived

from the coperation of the two departments.

It must be understood that attendance at these classes is made

strictly voluntary on the part of the teachers, and is, of necessity,

out of school hours. We wish to bear testimony therefore to
the zeal of those who thus give themselves to the work beyond

the strict requirements of their position.

Next in importance to the teachers' classes are those in the
Normal and Training Schools, which are to furnish teachers in

the future. The interest manifested and the progress made in

these classes have been entirely satisfactory. Two hours per
week are given by the instructor to the Girls' High and Normal
School, and one hour to the Training School.
Beyond this Mr. Monroe's work has been that of coperation

with the teachers in their respective rooms, superintending their

efforts in this department and aiding in the instruction. Thus

VoCAL AND PHYSICAL CULTURE, ETC.

far during the present year nine Grammar School Districts have
been visited, as follows:Bigelow, Bowdoin, Brimmer, Chapman,
Dwight, Eliot, Everett, Lawrence and Prescott. The details of
inspection or instruction in each district have been carried out in
accordance with the wishes of the master.

In some cases each

individual scholar has been criticised, from the highest in the

Grammar School to the lowest in the Primary School; and

elsewhere one or more classes have been selected for drill as
models for other classes to imitate.

Each master carries out his

own views in particulars, aiming at the same general results.

In several districts the subordinate teachers are formed into a

class for physical and vocal drill. They meet once a week, and
the master repeats the instructions he has received from Mr.
Monroe.

It is needless to add that, as a rule, in such districts

the most perfect esprit de corps is kept up, and the most marked
progress made.
This Committee received authority in October last to appoint
an assistant in the department under their charge. They were
fortunate in securing the services of Mr. A. E. SLOAN, a gentle

man of long experience as a teacher, and who has given most

assiduous attention to the subject of physical and vocal training,
particularly to the method now pursued in our schools. He com
menced his labors on the 18th of November last.

Since that

time he has visited and given the first elementary steps of in

struction in every Primary School in the city, and is now making
a second round. A few moments spent in any Primary School,
taken at random, will satisfy the visitor of the beneficial results
of this work.

Mr. Sloan's hearty enthusiasm and genial manner

make him sure of welcome and coperation from both teachers

and scholars.

The question very properly comes up: What can be done to

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 37.

secure further progress in this department? Not here or else

where simply by multiplying regulations on the part of the Com
mittee. More depends upon the teachers. We cannot in all
cases expect them to come up to the spirit and letter of our
requirements, when conflicting rules make it for their interest
or for their apparent interest to do otherwise. For instance:
the standing of a Grammar School is now made to depend mainly
on the results of the examinations for admission to the High

Schools. A grammar master who sends to the High Schools the

largest number of pupils, and these pupils with the highest per
centage of excellence upon

examination, may congratulate him.

self that he has kept the best school; and such is likely to be
the impression of the Committee and of the community. But
this high percentage is mainly dependent upon certain studies.
It is therefore for the interest of the teacher to give special at
tention to these particular branches, whatever they are. He will
naturally endeavor to bring forward that on which the Committee
set the highest value. A candidate for admission to the Girls'
High and Normal School may be marked 20 (or 100 per cent)
for excellence in Geography, but for the highest excellence in
Reading can obtain no more than 5 (or 20 per cent). Now so
long as teachers are human, is it to be expected they will give
as much attention, in proportion, to Reading as to Geography?
Again: a pupil may be marked 100 per cent on History, but
cannot obtain 1 per cent on physical or vocal attainments. We
thus practically say to our scholars that Geography and History
are all-important, Reading is of some little consequence, and

Physical Culture is of no account whatever. Is it to be expect

ed that they will pay due attention to these latter most impor
tant branches, in spite of us? Shall we not rather look for just
what we demand what we set a premium upon and but little

VoCAL AND PHYSICAL CULTURE, ETC.

else? The remedy for this state of things, it seems to us, is ob

vious. The teacher must feel that his position and the rank of
his school are not predicated on certain specialities, but upon all
the branches required by the Regulations. And the scholar's
rank on graduation from the Grammar School or admission to

the High School, must be based on his qualifications in every

department,not in certain exclusive studies.
The time has now come, in the opinion of the Committee,
when the physical condition of the scholar should be marked in
the same schedule with his mental attainments.

Public senti

ment possibly may not sustain such a proceeding; but justice to

the children under our charge requires it. The mens sana in
corpore sano has, to say the least, as much significance in the ed
ucation of the child now as it had in the days of Horace.

Something might be said with propriety, perhaps, by this

Committee as to the manner in which Physiology is taught in
our schools. All abstract knowledge merely on this subject,
knowledge which does not lead the child to attend to hygienic
laws,is little better than useless. We could point to many a
child in the schools who would feel himself disgraced if he could
not tell the name of some mountain-top in Kamschatka or Sibe

ria, but who knows little and cares less about the laws of his
physical being. We have not time, however, to discuss here a
subject of so large proportions, and must content ourselves for
the present with a mere hint and suggestion.
One thing that will have a tendency towards correcting some
of the evils we have named will be found immediately practica
ble. In the report of this committee, for 1866, Reading was

spoken of as a means of promoting health. We have evi

dence of the truth of this position in the methods now adopted
for bringing out the voices of our pupils, and improving them as

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 37.

readers. We can therefore encourage this branch by placing

it on a level with others in the scale for admission to the High

Schools. One obstacle stands in the way: it cannot be marked

upon examination with the mathematical precision of answers
in Arithmetic. But certain essential points can be required, on
which there can be no great variation of judgment among exam

iners. The State Normal Schools, for example, make the fol
lowing requirements of candidates for prizes in Reading:
1st.

A fulness of voice which shall enable him to fill, without

apparent effort, the room occupied by the class.

2d. Perfect distinctness of articulation, giving complete ex
pression to each vocal element, and letting the sound of each word
fall clearly upon the ear of the hearer, especially at the end of
every sentence.
3d. Correct pronunciation, with that roundness and fulness

of enunciation and mellowness of tone which only can satisfy and

charm the ear and reach the heart.

4th. Just emphasis, clearly marked, but not overstrained.

5th. He must read naturally and with spirit, avoiding all
affectation and mannerism, and keeping, at the same time clear of
the lifeless monotony, common in schools, and of the excess of
emphasis which so often characterizes poor declamation.

6th. In the reading of poetry his tones must be those of un

affected emotion, free at once from the tameness of prose and from
the too measured cadence of verse.

The adoption of a standard similar to this in our own schools

would tend directly to improve the reading, to aid in a great

degree the vocal culture, and, at least indirectly, to improve the
physical condition of the pupils.

Vocal AND PHYSICAL CULTURE, ETC.

MILITARY DRILL.

The Latin and English High Schools are organized as a regi

ment of nine companies, numbering in the aggregate about four

hundred and fifty pupils.

During the winter months they assem

ble twice a week in Boylston Hall, the Latin School on

Mondays and Fridays, the English High on Wednesdays and

Saturdays, at one o'clock P. M., for military exercises and drill.
One hour at a time is thus spent. In summer, when the weather
is favorable, the schools are drilled together as a regiment, on
the Common, at the same hour.
During the months of May and June last their manoeuvres

were several times witnessed by military gentlemen, who ex

pressed themselves much pleased at the proficiency which had
been acquired by these pupils in so short a time.

On the Fourth

of July an exhibition drill was given under their own officers

on the Common, after which the regiment was reviewed by the

Mayor and City Government.
At the close of the summer vacation the pupils were first in
structed in Major-General Upton's new system of tactics, that
system having been adopted in the United States Army. This
was in many respects like commencing anew. The pupils, how
ever, have learned the drill with surprising rapidity, and are
able at the present time to execute creditably many of the most
difficult movements. This was the first corps in the State to
parade under the new drillon the occasion of the reception of
Major-General Sheridan by the City in October last, when the
regiment formed a part of the military escort.
Says Captain Moore in a letter addressed to the Chairman of
this Committee, The plan of conducting the drills, I think an

excellent one one that cannot be improved upon.

2

For any

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irregularity of conduct during these exercises the boys are held

strictly responsible to the head masters, who are always present
at the drills and are always ready to coperate with me in all
matters pertaining to the best interests of the corps; and to their
exertions is mainly due the excellent discipline which is main
tained.

The officers of the Regiment are appointed by the head mas

ters from the graduating classes each year. Both military fitness
and scholarship are taken into account in these appointments.

Your Committee are happy to bear testimony to the able and

efficient instruction of Captain Moore in the department they
have placed under his charge, and to the interest and copera
tion which has at all times been manifested by the head masters
of the Schools in which these exercises have been carried on.

The drill itself, they are confident, is most beneficial in its effect

upon the health and physical development of the pupils. The

honorable esprit de corps thus established in the relation of the
two schools with each other is not the least among the benefits
which accrue.

The existence of this drill in connection with, and as a part

of the course of instruction in the highest department of our

"Public School system, becomes especially interesting, at the

present time as being in consonance with the plan of a national
military education, recently proposed by Major J. H. Whittlesey,
of the U.S. Army, and now under consideration at Washington.
This plan of Major Whittlesey's is to incorporate a regular mil
itary education, to a limited extent of course, with the ordinary
course of study in our colleges and high schools.

We have

here neither time nor space fully to discuss a subject of so

much importance, nor are we prepared to say that the plan of
Major Whittlesey, in its full extent, would meet with our unqual

VoCAL AND PHYsICAL CULTURE, ETC.

11

ified approbation. We do say, however, that so far as the three

or four years' experience with military instruction in our High
and Latin Schools will prove anything, the experiment is a suc
CeSS.

Appended hereunto is the Report of Captain Moore.

Respectfully submitted.
J. BAXTER UPHAM,

Chairman, pro tempore.

CALVIN J. PAGE.
S. A. GREEN.
-

EZRA PALMER.

H. C. HUNT.
LINUS M. CHILD.
CYRUS C. EMERY.

BoyLSTON HALL, BosToN, Feb. 29, 1868.

J. BAxTER UPHAM, M.D.,

Chairman Committee on Vocal and Physical Culture and Military
Drill.

SIR:- In compliance with your request, I have the honor to

submit the following particulars in regard to the Department of
Military Instruction under my charge.
The following is the Roster of the Regiment as at present
organized:
FIELD AND STAFF.

Colonel,John DAVIs, English High School.

Lieut.-Colonel,J. BARNARD, Latin School.

Major,O. V. BLACKMAR, Latin School.

Adjutant,-J. J. NEwcoMB, JR., English High School.
Sergeant-Major,L. HoLBRook, Latin School.

First Company, English High School.Captain, A. B. Whitney;

First Lieutenant, A. T. Robinson; Second Lieutenant, J. B.
Holton.

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CITY DoCUMENT. No. 37.

Second Company, English High School.Captain, Daniel Cool

edge; First Lieutenant, F.T. French; Second Lieutenant, C. H.
Souther.

Third Company, English High School.Captain, H. B. Walker;

First Lieutenant, Frank C. Stanwood; Second Lieutenant, Henry
S. Pray.
Fourth Company, English High School.Captain, Charles T.

Gallagher; First Lieutenant, H. R. Lovejoy: Second Lieutenant,

Frank E. Babcock.

Fifth Company, English High School.Captain, Samuel H.

Babcock; First Lieutenant, F. B. Morse; Second Lieutenant, J.
J. Cronan.

Sixth Company, Latin School.Captain, S. W. Sleeper; First

Lieutenant, S. W. French; Second Lieutenant, J. W. Warren.

Seventh Company, Latin School.Captain, George H. Tower;

First Lieutenant, C. W. Bird; Second Lieutenant, J. F. Paul.

Eighth Company, Latin School.Captain, J. H. Young; First

Lieutenant, C. W. Hutchins; Second Lieutenant, A. T. Cabot.
Ninth Company, Latin School.Captain, C. T. Thornton; First
Lieutenant, E. B. Russell; Second Lieutenant, A. W. Plympton.

The Latin School formed the right wing of the School Regi
ment until the summer vacation, when all the officers graduated.

Since that time the Latin School has formed the left wing, and
the English High the right. The school that forms the right

wing always furnishes the Colonel and Adjutant, the left wing
the Lieut.-Colonel and Major.
I have the honor to be,

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

HOBART MOORE, Military Instructor,

Latin and English High Schools.

City Document. No. 38.

CITY

OF

BOST ON .

REPORT OF COMMITTEE
ON

LAYING OUT AND WIDENING STREETS,

ON

The WIDENING

OF

DEVONSHIRE STREET,
BETWEEN MILK AND STATE STREETs,
WITH

RESOLVE AND

ORDERS

FOR THE SAME.

1868.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

In Board of Aldermen, April 6, 1868.

The Committee on Laying out and Widening Streets, to whom
was referred the memorial of the United States Commissioners

on the purchase of a site for a new Post-Office, requesting that

Devonshire Street might be widened, having given such attention
to the subject as the time would allow, respectfully submit the
following
REPORT:

It was well understood, in the preliminary proceedings last

year, in obtaining bonds for the estates on Devonshire Street,
that if those estates were selected as the site for the Post-Office,
Devonshire and Milk streets should be widened by the City
Council before the purpose was consummated. The Commis
sioners, therefore, have only secured from the General Govern
ment an appropriation sufficient for the purchase of the lot,
after the streets before named have been widened.

If, then, the Post-Office is to be located on Devonshire Street,

it will be necessary to widen that street, as well as Milk Street,
before the purchase can be completed.
Feeling that there could be no doubt as to the action of the
City Council up to this point, the question then presented itself
to the Committee, whether it wonld not be better, at the same

CITY DoCUMENT. - No. 38.

time, to continue the widening from Water Street to State

Street, so that one of the principal approaches to the Post
Office might be through a street of proper width and conven
ience, and also to afford a much-needed relief to the over

crowded streets approaching State Street from the south.

The Committee, for the purpose of gaining information, gave
a public hearing on Monday the 23d ult. This meeting was
largely attended, and the unanimous opinion expressed by all
who gave evidence, was that the widening should be continued
to State Street. The views thus expressed being in accordance
with our own, we have, after consultation with persons well
versed in such matters, adopted the plan of widening herewith
submitted.

This plan makes a street substantially forty-three feet in

width, in some parts a little less, and in others

more aS

the lines of the estates would allow.

It also makes the street nearly straight from Milk Street to

State Street, which we feel to be very desirable, both because it

will place the new Post-Office, which we trust will be an edifice
comparing favorably with any of our Public Buildings, in view
for a greater distance; and also, no doubt, increase the amount
to be charged for betterments.
We would also state, that it is intended that the Post-Office
shall be set back from the lines of Devonshire and Water streets

five feet; the land in front belonging to the United States, but
to be used as a part of the sidewalk, so that, at the point where

the street will be more likely to be crowded than at any other,

there will be ample space, the sidewalk being from twelve to
thirteen feet wide, and the street between the buildings about
fifty feet in width.
We have by reason of the limited time allowed us, been un

WIDENING OF DEVONSHIRE STREET.

able to give as much attention to the details of the cost of the

widening as we desired.

We estimate that the expense of the widening between Milk.

and Water streets, will amount to $87,000; and between Water
and State streets to $313,000,making a total of $400,000.
The amount of land taken is 10,657 square feet.

We may, in this connection, say, that we were surprised to

find that the value placed by the owners upon their estates on
both sides of Devonshire Street, between Water and State
streets, is much in advance of what they are now assessed.

In regard to the amount to be returned to the City in better

ments, we have made no estimate.

The quantity of land in the estates abutting on Devonshire

Street, between Summer and State streets, is about 167,000
square feet, which will leave, after deducting the Post-Office lot
and the land taken to widen the street, about 136,000 square
feet, that can be assessed.

It is expected by the Commissioners that the betterment on

the lot owned by the Government will be abated, as they pro
pose to allow for public use as a sidewalk, 1,239 square feet on
Devonshire Street, and 575 square feet on Water Street, valued
at about $38,000, and we report a proviso in the order of taking
to this effect.

We are, therefore, of the opinion that it will be wise for the

City Council to widen Devonshire Street, according to the plan
presented, and we report the following orders for widening, and
for a special appropriation, sufficient, as we believe, to cover the
cost thereof.

After consultation with the Auditor of Accounts, we would

recommend that all revenue to be received on account of better

ments or otherwise, should be credited to the cost of this im

CITY

DoCUMENT. - No. 38.

provement; and we accordingly report an order for this pur

pose.

We also report an order for the widening of Milk Street,

which we ask to be considered at the same time, it being a part
of the same improvement.
Respectfully submitted,
NEWTON TALBOT,
JOSEPH F. PAUL,
EDWARD A. WHITE,
Committee.

CITY

OF

B O S T ON .

In Board of Aldermen, April 6, 1868.

REsoLVED: That the safety and convenience of the inhabitants
of the city require that Devonshire Street should be widened
between Milk and State streets, and for that purpose, it is
necessary to take and lay out as a public street or way of the
said city, a parcel of land belonging to the HEIRS OF MARGARET
C. WELCH, bounded as follows, viz:
Eastwardly by the proposed line of widening of Devonshire
Street, there measuring one hundred ninety-one and '', feet;
northwardly by land hereinafter described as taken from MRS.
JoSIAH QUINCY, nineteen and 1%', feet; westwardly by the pres
ent line of Devonshire Street, one hundred ninety-one and Y,
feet; and southwardly by Milk Street, eighteen and #, feet:
containing three thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven
square feet, more or less.

Also a parcel of land belonging to MRS. JosIAH QUINCY (Wil

liam Minot, Jr., Trustee), bounded as follows, viz.: eastwardly
by the proposed line of widening of Devonshire Street, there
measuring twenty-nine and I'', feet; northwardly by land here
inafter described as taken from the heirs of Joseph Rowe,

eighteen and '', feet; westwardly by the present line of

Devonshire Street, thirty-one and '', feet; and southwardly by

CITY DocumENT. - No. 38.

land before described as taken from the heirs of Margaret C.

Welch, nineteen and #, feet: containing five hundred and

Seventy-three square feet, more or less.
Also a parcel of land belonging to the HEIRS OF JOSEPH ROWE,

bounded as follows, viz.: eastwardly by the proposed line of

widening of Devonshire Street, there measuring twenty-seven
feet; northwardly by Water Street, sixteen and I'', feet; west
wardly by the present line of Devonshire Street, twenty-six and
Y', feet; and southwardly by land before described as taken
from Mrs. Josiah Quincy, eighteen and I'', feet: containing four
hundred and sixty-eight square feet, more or less.
Also a parcel of land belonging to the HEIRs of GEORGE W.
CoFFIN, bounded as follows, viz.: eastwardly by the proposed line
of widening of Devonshire Street, there measuring seventy-three

and '', feet; northwardly by land hereinafter described as taken

from George Howe, seventeen and 5 feet; westwardly by the
present line of Devonshire Street, seventy-three and 1', feet;
and southwardly by Water Street, eighteen and rg feet; con
taining one thousand three hundred and thirteen square feet,
more or less.

Also a parcel of land belonging to GEORGE Howe, bounded

as follows, viz.: eastwardly by the proposed line of widening of
Devonshire Street, there measuring twenty-one and #9, feet;
northwardly by land hereinafter described as taken from William

W. Tucker and others, Trustees, seventeen and 's feet; west

wardly by the present line of Devonshire Street, twenty-one and
I'', feet; and Southwardly by land above described as taken

from the heirs of George W. Coffin, seventeen and #, feet;

containing three hundred and eighty square feet, more or less.

WIDENING OF DEvoNSHIRE STREET.

Also a parcel of land belonging to WILLIAM W. TUCKER,

ALANSON TUCKER, SETH E. SPRAGUE, HENRY A. WHITNEY, and
GEORGE P. UPHAM, Trustees, bounded as follows, viz.: east

wardly by the proposed line of widening of Devonshire Street,

there measuring thirty-one and '', feet; northwardly by land
hereinafter described as taken from Charles C. Paine, seven

teen and 1% feet; westwardly by the present line of Devon

shire Street, thirty-two and I'', feet; and southwardly by land
before described as taken from George Howe, seventeen and
*', feet; containing five hundred and fifty-six feet more or less.
Also, a parcel of land belonging to CHARLEs C. PAINE, bounded
as follows, viz.: eastwardly by the proposed line of widening of
Devonshire Street, there measuring thirty-one and I'', feet;
northwardly by land hereinafter described as taken from George
Howe, sixteen and '', feet; westwardly by the present line of
Devonshire Street, thirty-three and I'', feet; and southwardly
by land before described as taken from William W. Tucker and
others, Trustees, seventeen and '', feet; containing five hundred
and forty-seven square feet, more or less.
Also, another parcel of land belonging to GEORGE Howe,

bounded as follows, viz.: eastwardly by the proposed line of

widening of Devonshire Street, there measuring eighty-eight and
I'', feet; northwardly by land hereinafter described as taken

from F. O. Prince and N. T. Dorr, Trustees, six and ##, feet;

westwardly by the present line of Devonshire Street, eighty-eight
and '', feet; and southwardly by land above described as taken

from Charles C. Paine, sixteen and '', feet; containing one

thousand and forty-two square feet, more or less.
Also, a parcel of land belonging to F. O. PRINCE and N. T.
2

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CITY DoCUMENT. No. 38.

DoRR, Trustees, bounded as follows, viz.: eastwardly by the

proposed line of widening of Devonshire Street, there measuring
forty-four and I', feet; westwardly by the present line of
Devonshire Street, forty-four and I'', feet; and southwardly by
land above described as taken from George Howe, six and ##,
feet; containing one hundred and forty-six square feet, more or
less.

Also, a parcel of land belonging to HARRIET D. REED, bounded

as follows, viz: westwardly by the proposed line of widening of
Devonshire Street, there measuring twenty-nine and #6 feet;
northwardly by land hereinafter described as taken from the
heirs of Abiel Smith, seven and f', feet; and eastwardly by the
present line of Devonshire Street, twenty-nine and '', feet;
containing one hundred and eight square feet, more or less.
Also a parcel of land belonging to the HEIRS OF ABIEL
SMITH, bounded as follows, viz: westwardly by the proposed
line of widening of Devonshire Street, there measuring one
hundred ten and I'', feet; northwardly by State Street, twenty
one and '', feet; eastwardly by the present line of Devonshire
Street, one hundred twelve and '', feet, and southwardly by
land before described as taken from Harriet D. Reed, seven

and '', feet; containing one thousand seven hundred and thirty
seven square feet, more or less.
And whereas due notice has been given of the intention of
this Board to take the said parcels of land for the purpose
aforesaid, as appears by the return hereunto annexed, it is
therefore Ordered: That the parcels of land before described
be, and the same hereby are, taken and laid out as a public
street or way of the said city, according to plans of the said

WIDENING OF DEVONSHIRE STREET.

11

widening, numbered respectively 1 and 2, made by Thomas W.

Davis, City Surveyor, dated March 30th, 1868, and deposited in
the office of the said City Surveyor. And this Board doth ad
judge that the expense of widening the said Devonshire Street,
as aforesaid, will amount to four hundred thousand dollars.

It is hereby provided that there shall be no assessment for

betterments upon any portion of the estates on the easterly side
of Devonshire Street between Milk and Water streets, from

which a portion of said land is taken, provided the said estates

shall become the property of the United States, to be used for
the purposes of a Post-Office and other United States offices,
before the said betterment shall be assessed.

ORDERED: That the Treasurer be, and he hereby is author

ized to borrow, under the direction of the Committee on
Finance, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, the same to

be appropriated for the widening of Devonshire Street, between

Milk and State strects, and for damages occasioned by the
change of grade of said street.
ORDERED: That the Auditor of Accounts be authorized to

place to the credit of the Devonshire Street Loan, all assess

ments of betterments and other revenue received on account of

said improvement; and that the amount so received may be used

in part payment of expenses incurred in widening the street.

City Document. No. 39.

CITY

OF

B O ST ON .

& BosTonix S.
& Co"TAAD's:
es:

OPINION
Ol'

CITY SOLICITOR,
ON

Th E

PROPER CONTROL OF THE CITY HALL.

In Board of Aldermen, March 23, 1868.

Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Attest:

S. F. McCLEARY,

City Clerk.

C IT Y

O F

B O S T ON .

CITY SoLICITOR's OFFICE, 2 PEMBERTON SQUARE,

Boston, March 23, 1868.
SIR,

In reply to the question submitted to me by the Board of

Aldermen, by their order passed on the 16th instant, I have to

say, that no committee has authority to appropriate, or to permit

to be appropriated, the rooms in the City Hall, which have been
assigned to the use of either branch of the City Government, or
to the use of any officer or board of officers of the City, to any
other purpose or use whatsoever.

The Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, the Common Council,

and the several Departments, undoubtedly have the control of
the rooms respectively assigned to them, subject only to the
power of the City Council.
Very respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.,
J. P. HEALY.

Hon. GEORGE W. MESSINGER,

Chairman of the Board of Aldermen.

City Document.No. 40.

CITY OF BOST ON.

2:0'":
Scts''es:
---

EST IM. A. T E S

A.E*E*EOEPFIATIONS
ASKED FOR BY THE

COMMITTEE

S C HOOL

TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE

GRAMMAR

SCHOOL

AND

PRIMARY

DE PARTMENT S.
1868.

In School Committee,
BosTON, March 10, 1868.

ORDERED: That the Committee on Accounts be requested to

report in print, as early as possible, to the Members of this
Board, the amount of appropriation asked this year by this
Board; and the purposes for which such appropriations are
required,
Attest:

BARNARD CAPEN, Secretary.

CITY

OF

B O S TO N.

BosTON, Feb. 14, 1868.

ALFRED T. TURNER, Esq., City Auditor :

DEAR SIR, The Committee on Accounts of the School Com

mittee herewith transmit to you estimates of the amounts which

will be required to meet the expenses of the Public Schools of
the City for the financial year commencing on the first day of
May, 1868, and ending April 30, 1869, exclusive of the expen
ses for furniture, repairs, alterations, and building of School
houses.
HIGH AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

Salaries of Instructors.
4 head masters, 4,000
3,000
26 Sub

2,400
11 ushers
1,600

31

44

.
.
.
.

Vocal Culture
Music

Drawing

French
-

German .

29 Masters
57 Head

269

st

44

44

Amount carried forward

00
00
00
00
00
00
00

800 00

Grammar Schools 800

44
st
700

15 Sewing Teachers

93,000
62,400
17,600
7,000
5,000
2,500
2,500

1,000

st

44

00

500 00

Extra Teacher (Robinson)

4 Head-Assistants (High Schools) 1,500
11

$16,000

44

650

6,000
11,000

00
00

23,200 00

39,900
174,850
5,150

00

. $467,400

00

00
00

CITY DOCUMENT. No. 40.

Amount brought forward

. $467,400 00
The City Treasurer and City Auditor, to meet
the wants of the female teachers, and to facili
itate the business of the City, propose to pay
monthly by sections. To do so, it will require
38,950 00

$506,350 00

Salaries of Officers.
Superintendent of Public Schools
.
Secretary of School Committee
-

Auditing Clerk

7 Truant Officers

Messenger, Assistant Page and Porter

$4,000
1,800
1,800
8,400
1,500

00
00
00
00
00

$17,500 00
Incidentals.

Books for indigent children

Books for reference

Blank and record books

Carriage hire, etc.

Festivals

Globes, maps, etc.

Music expenses
Printing

|-

Repairing apparatus, new ones for Roxbury

School Census

Stationery
Slates, crayons, diplomas, etc. .

$13,000 00
1,500 00
1,200 00
300 00

3,500 00
1,000 00
300 00

10,000
2,000
1,000
2,000
2,700

00
00
00
00
00

Anticipated cost to City of exchanging text-books

in Roxbury .

1,500 00
$40,000 00

SCHOOL ESTIMATES.

PRIMARY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.

Salaries of Instructors.
340 Teachers @ 650

Music teacher .

$221,000 00
2,500 00

To pay these salaries monthly, it will require in

addition

37,250 00
$260,750 00

Incidentals.

Books for indigent children

$3,500 00

Books for reference, crayons, cards, numerals,

frames, blocks for object teaching, etc. .
Music expenses
Printing

400 00
300 00

|-

Record books .

800 00
300 00

Stationery

500 00

Slates and pencils .

1,700 00
$7,500 00

EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES.

High and Grammar School Department.

Exchange of Pianos in the Girls' High and Nor
mal

Exchange of Pianos in the High School, Roxbury

$600 00
400 00

5 Grammar Schools .

1,720 00

Semi-Grands for the Norcross, Rice, and three

Roxbury Schools .

44

Music charts

Amount carried forward .

*See page 7 to 10.

3,000 00

500 00

$6,220 00

CITY DOCUMENT. NO. 40.

Amount brought forward .

$6,220 00

For the collection of materials for a series of

musical text-books *

600 00

$6,820 00

Primary School Department.

For 15 Pianos in the Primary Schools
Music Charts

$3,000 00
1,320 00
$4,320 00

RECAPITULATION.

Grammar Department.
Salaries Instructors

Salaries Officers

Incidentals

Extraordinary expenses .

. $506,350 00
.
17,500 00
40,000 00
6,820 00
$570,670 00

Primary Department.
Instructors' salaries
Incidentals

Pianos and Music Charts

$260,750
7,500
4,320
272,570 00
$843,240 00

In carrying out the plan of monthly payments, to the

instructors of the High and Grammar Schools there will be
due, at the commencement of the financial year, one month's

salary, and to the Primary School instructors, two months';

hence the required addition of $38,950 for the one, and

$37,250 for the other.

The appropriation for incidentals

* The following proviso was added by the City Council, provided

that the materials collected for musical text-books, under the head of
High and Grammar School Extraordinary Expenses and included in
this amount, shall be exclusively the property of the City of Boston.

SCHOOL ESTIMATES.

for the Grammar Schools is only $4,100 more than that of the
closing year, nearly one-half of which is asked for in anticipa
tion of the cost to the City of exchanging text-books in the
Roxbury schools. The appropriation for Primary Schools is
$2,500 more than that of the previous year, which was barely
sufficient, requiring the most rigid care to enable the depart
ment to keep within its limits. The larger part of the increase
is, of course, for the Roxbury schools, leaving only a margin for .
the increasing wants of this department.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ALVAN SIMONDS,
Chairman Committee on Accounts School Committee.

The following are the communications received by the Com

mittee on Accounts from the Committee on Music:

BosTON, Feb. 12, 1868.

MR. ALVAN SIMONDs,

Chairman of Committee on Accounts:

DEAR SIR: I send you herewith schedules of the appropria

tions required for pianos, also for charts and other facilities
for musical instruction in our Public Schools.

That for the instruments, as you know, has received the

sanction of the School Board, by unanimous vote. The estimate
for charts, etc., was not supposed by our committee to require
the action of the Board.

Enclosed herewith you have, in brief, estimates for appropria

tion of both kinds; and I send, likewise, in the large envelope,

schedules made in the manner required by you, on separate

sheets.

Very respectfully yours,

J. B. UPHAM,

Chairman of Committee on Music.

*The following order passed Feb. 11, 1868: That the Committee on
Accounts be authorized and instructed to ask for the appropriation of
the sum of $8,720.00 for Pianos, in accordance with the schedule herewith
presented by the Committee on Music.

CITY DOCUMENT. - No. 40.

Appropriation required for Musical Instruments in the High

and Grammar Schools of Boston and Roxbury for the finan
cial year 186869.

Girls' High and Normal School.

Exchange of present instrument for
a full Grand,

$600 00

High School, Roxbury.

Exchange of present instrument for
Semi-Grand, uniform with those
in most of the Grammar Schools,

400 00

Grammar Schools.
Semi-Grands

for

Norcross and

Rice Schools, now without instru

ments,
.
-

1,200 00

Exchange of instruments in five of

the Schools for Semi-Grands, of

uniform quality and pattern with

the rest,

1,720 00

Semi-Grands for three Schools in

Roxbury,
ments,

now
-

without instru
|-

1,800 00
$5,720 00

Appropriation required for Musical Instruments

in the Primary Schools of Boston and Rox
bury, for the financial year 186869.

For the Schools of the City proper,

pianos(7 instruments @ $200 each), $1,400 00
Amounts carried forward,

$1,400 00

$5,720 00

SCHOOL ESTIMATES.

Amounts brought forward,

$1,400 00

$5,720 00

For the Schools of the Roxbury Dis

tricts, pianos (8 instruments, 2 in

each district, @ $200,)
.
.

1,600 00
3,000 00

To the Chairman of Committee on Accounts:

The above-named appropriations for instru

ments in the High, Grammar, and Primary
Schools are, in the opinion of the Music Com
mittee, required for the proper and satisfactory

prosecution of the branch of Public Instruction

committed to their charge.

Very respectfully,
J. B. UPHAM,
Chairman of Committee on Music.

Appropriation required for Charts and other

facilities for Musical Instruction in the Gram

mar Department of our Public Schools, viz:

Music charts for the schools of the

City proper

..

$200 00

Music charts for the schools of the

Roxbury District

300 00

For collecting materials and other

preparations toward the publica

tion of a proper series of musical
text-books for the Schools

600 00

1,100 00

Amount carried fovward

$9,820 00

10. :

CITY DocumENT No. 40.

... Amount brought forward

$9,820 00

Appropriation required for charts and other facil.

...
* .

ities for Musical Instruction in the Primary

Department of our Public Schools, viz:

Music charts for the schools of the
City proper

$800 00

Music charts for the schools of the

Roxbury District

. .

520 00
1,320 00

$11,140 00
- To the Chairman of the Committee on Accounts:
The above-named appropriations for charts and other facili
ties for Musical Instruction in our Public Schools are, in the
opinion of the Music Committee, required for the proper and
efficient prosecution of the branch of education committed to
their care.
Very respectfully,
-

J. B. UPHAM,

Chairman of Committee on Music.

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