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THIRTY-FOURTH AMUAL REPORT
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
CITY OF MANCHESTER,
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1879,
TOGETHER WITH
OTHER ANNUAL REPORTS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY.
MANCHESTER, N. H.
PRINTED BY JOHN B. CLARKE,
1880. isl 3511.07 ht6b
CITY OP MANCHESTER
In Board of Comjion Council. AN ORDER, authorizing the printing of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester.
Ordered, If the Boar.', of Mayor and Aldermen concur, that the Joint Standing Committee on Finance l)e, and tlieyare hereby, authorized to procure, for the use of the inhabitants of said city, the printing of two thousand copies of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manches- ter, including the Reports of the Committee on Finance, the School Board, Water Commissioners and Superintendent of Water- Works, Engineers of the Fire Department, City Marshal, Overseers of the Poor, Trustees, Librarian and Treasurer of the City Library, Committee on Cemeteries, Committee on City Farm, and Com- mittee on Soldiers' Monument, and that the expense thereof be charged to the appropriation for Printing and Stationery.
In Board of Common Council. January 15, 1880.
Passed. JOHN W. WHITTLE, President.
In Board of Mayor and Aldermen. January 15, 1880.
Passed in concurrence. JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor. MANCHESTER GITY GOVERNMENT 1S79.
MAYOR.
JOHN L. KELLY.
CITY CLERK.
NATHAN P. KIDDER.
PRESIDENT OF COMMON COUNCIL. JOHN W. WHITTLE.
CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL.
SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM.
CITY TREASURER.
HENRY R. CHAM BERLIN. 4
CITY SOLICITOR.
WILLIAM R. PATTEN
CITY MESSENGER.
JOHN A. BARKER.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
GEORGE E. MORRILL.
ALDERMEN.
Ward 1. — Richard A. Lawrence. Ward 2. — Benjamin L. Hartshorn. Ward 3. — Joseph F. Kennard. Ward 4. — John M. Stanton. Ward 5. — John Cavanaugh. Ward 6. — Thomas L. Thorpe. Ward 7. — Greeley W. Hastings. Ward 8. — Horatio Fradd.
members of common council.
Ward 1. Ward 2.
Timothy A. Pearson. Wilherforce Ireland. Nahum B. Dickey. John F. Chjngh. Daniel G. Andrews. John A. Wiley. ;
Ward 3. Ward 4. John F. Seaward. John W. Whittle. Arthur E. Clarke. Carl C. Shepard. William M. Shepard. John A. McCrillis.
Ward 5. Ward 6. Leonard Reynolds. Sherburn D. Cass. Edward McLaughlin. Charles W. Eager. William Starr. Robert Laing.
Ward 7. Ward 8.
Uriah A. Cars well. William W. Weber. George B. Smith. Charles H. Hodgman. George K. Brock. John C. Littlefield.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
On Finance. — The Mayor and Alderman Kennard ; Messrs. Ireland, Clarke, and McCrillis. On Accounts. — Aldermen Thorpe and Hartshorn Messrs. C. C. Shepard, Eager, and Carswell. On Lands and Buildings. — Aldermen Eradd and Hast- ings ; Messrs. McCrillis, Seaward, and Wiley. On Public Instruction. — Aldermen Stanton and Harts-
horn ; Messrs. William M. Shepard, Dickey, and McLaugh- lin. On City Farm. — Aldermen Lawrence and Cavanaugh ; Messrs. Eager, Brock, and Starr. On Seivers and Drains. — Aldermen Kennard and Stan- ton ; Messrs. Pearson, C. C. Shepard, and Hodgman.
On Streets. — Aldermen Stanton and Kennard ; Messrs. Hodgman, C. C. Shepard, and Pearson. On Commons and Cemeteries. — Aldermen Fradd and
Hastings ; Messrs. Cass, Smith, and Clough. Fire Department. — Aldermen Hastings and Fradd On ; Messrs. Clarke, Seaward, and Brock.
On Claims. — Aldermen Stanton and Thorpe ; Messrs. William M. Shepard, Ireland, and Carswell. On House of Correction. — Aldermen Cavanaugh and
Kennard ; Messrs. Starr, Brock, and Eager. On Lighting Streets. — Aldermen Lawrence and Harts-
horn ; Messrs. Wiley, Reynolds, and Weber.
On Water- Works. — Aldermen Hastings and Lawrence ; Messrs. Andrews, Weber, and Laing. On Military Affairs. — Aldermen Hartshorn and Hast-
ings ; Messrs. Littlefield, Smith, and Hodgmau.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN.
On Enrollmeiit. — Aldermen Fradd and Cavanaugh. On Bills on Second Reading. — Aldermen Thorpe and Hastings. On Licenses. — Aldermen Kennard and Lawrence. On MarshaV s Accounts. — Aldermen Stanton and Fradd. On Setting Trees. — Aldermen Lawrence and Hartshorn. On Market. — Aldermen Cavanaugh and Thorpe. On Special Police. — Aldermen Lawrence and Stanton.
STANDING COMMITTEES IN BOARD OP COMMON COUNCIL.
On Election Returns. — Messrs. Laing, Andrews, and Cass. On Bills on Second Reading. — Messrs. Clough, Mc- Laughlin, and Littlefield. On Enrollment. — Messrs. Reynolds, Dickey, and Lit- tlefield. 7
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Judge of Police Court.
Nathan P. Hunt.
Clerk.
John C. Bickford.
City Marshal.
Horatio W. Louga.
Assistant Marshal.
William B. Patten.
Captain of the Night Watch.
David Perkins.
Day Police.
Randall W. Bean.
John C. Colburn.
Night Watchmen.
John F. Cassidy. Hiram Stearns. James Bucklin. Z. B. Wright. Thomas Frain. Michael Fox. William H. Newhall. Henry Harmon. Melvin J. Jenkins. Edgar Farrar. Michael Marr. James F. Dunn. Thomas R. Northrup. Ira P. Fellows. Constables.
Horatio W. Longa. William B. Patten. George W. Hamlin. Sidney R. Hanaford. Daniel K. White. Daniel R. Prescott. Albert Story.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Hon. John L. Kelly, ex-officio Chairman. James E. Dodge. Clerk.
Ward 1. Ward 5.
Henry C. Sanderson. Charles A. O'Connor, Charles F. Everett. Denis F. O'Connor.
Ward 2. Ward 6.
James E. Dodge. Abial C. Flanders. Benjamin C. Dean. Brackett B. Weeks.
Ward 3. Ward 7.
William A. Webster. Ezra Huntington. Daniel Clark. Marshall P. Hall.
Ward 4. Ward 8.
George W. Weeks. Louis E. Phelps. Walter M. Parker. Eugene W. Brigham.
SUPERINTENDKNT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
William E. Buck. 9
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Hon. John L. Kelly, ex-officio Chairman. Moses E. George, Clerh. William H. Maxwell. Daniel Sheehan. George H, Colby. Robert Hall. Charles G. B. Ryder. Sayward J. Young. Moses E. George. Isaac R. Dewey.
ASSESSORS.
Charles S. Fisher, Chairman. Joseph H. Haynes, Clerk. Charles H. Brown. Michael Cavanaugh. Joseph H. Haynes. Jonathan Y. McQueston. David 0. Furnald. Henry W. Powell. Horace P. Watts. Charles S. Fisher.
INSPECTORS OF CHECK-LISTS.
Joseph H. Haynes, Chairman. Harrison D. Lord, Cleric. Hiram Forsaith. Michael Kane. Joseph H. Haynes. Isaac Whittemore. Albert J. Nay. Abner J. Sanborn. Harrison D. Lord. Hezekiah H. Noyes.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas W. Lane, Chief Engineer. Ham C. Lowell, Clerk. 10
Assistant Engineers.
Andrew C. Wallace. Sara C. Lowell. Beiijarain C. Kendall. Orren E. Kimball.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Al{)heus Gay, President. James A. Weston, Clerk. Aretas Blood. John Q. A. Sargent. William P. Newell. Andrew C. Wallace. Alplieus Gay. James A. Weston.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Horatio W, Longa. Patrick A. Devine. Jacob W. Mooar.
CITY AUDITOR AND REGISTRAR.
Nathan P. Kidder
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER-WORKS
Charles K. Walker. Arthur E. Stearns, Clerk.
TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY.
Hon. Daniel Clark. Hon. E. A. Straw. Hon. William P. Newell. Hon. Isaac W. Smith. Hon. Samuel N. Hell.* Hon. Moody Currier. Hon. Nathan P. Hunt. Hon. Lucien B. Clough.f
Hon. John L. Kelly, ex officio.
John W. \\\\\[i\{i, ej- ifficio.
• HcslRiied. t Elected. 11
LIBRARIAN.
Mrs. M. J. Buncher,
WARD OFFICERS.
Moderators.
Ward 1. — Daniel H. Maxfield. Ward 2. — George H. Stearns. Ward 3. — David 0. Furnald. Ward 4. — Jeremiah D. Jones. Ward 5. — Roger G. Sullivan. Ward 6. — George Holbrook. Ward 7. — Abner J. Sanborn. Ward 8. — Charles K. Walker.
Ward Clerks.
Ward 1. — Henry S. Perry. Ward 2. — James E. Dodge. Ward 3. — Charles F. Garland. Ward 4. — Stephen B. Stearns. Ward 5. — John Cahill. Ward 6. — George E. Glines. Ward 7. — Frank H. Challis. Ward 8. — James F. Baldwin.
Selectmen.
Ward 1. Ward 2.
Oliver J. Butman. Horace C. Paige. Charles Atherton. John Prince. Frederick Knowlton. Stephen Palmer. 12
Ward 3. Ward «.
William Stevens. George H. Dudley. Frederick 0. McPhersoii. Edwin N. Baker. Samuel Thompson. William G. Westover.
Ward 4. Ward 7.
Ralph Pearson. Elbridge G. Woodman. Sidney Smith. George B. Smith. Wesley E. Holt. Frank W. Favor.
Ward 5. Ward 8.
Thomas O'Connor. Daniel B. Emery. John B. McTiernan. Thomas N. Bond. John Willis. Aaron Q. Gage. REPORT
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITY EARM.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester : — The Mayor and Joint Standing Committee on the City Farm hereby submit their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1879.
The following is the inventory and appraisal of the per- sonal property of the City Farm, made December, 1879 : —
Live stock ...... 11,334 00 Hay, grain, and produce Carriages, farming implements, and other tools Provisions and fuel ....
Bedding and wearing apparel . Household furniture and domestic implements Lumber ......
Permanent improvements as follows : —
868 feet tile 165 feet ditching ..... 125 rods stone wall .... Wind-mill ...... Labor and material concreting barn-cellar
New windows and stone work on barn . 150 15 year. The committee in makinp: the appraisal were aware of this fact, yet they thought the appraisal of 1878 was too large, and reduced it. Had this reduction not been made, the board of paupers and prisoners per day would have been 21 3-4 cents. The above statement is made in justice to Mr. and Mrs. Allen, whose management of the farm, with the increased number of paupers and prisoners, has merited the entire approbation of the committee. JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor, R. A. LAWRENCE, JOHN CAVANAUGH, WILLIAM STARR, G. K. BROCK, CHAS. W. EAGER, Committee on the City Farm.
EEPOKT
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIEE DEPAETMENT.
REPORT
CHIEF ENGINEEE OF THE FIRE DEPAETMENT.
Engineers' Office, Manchester, December 31, 1879.
To His Honor the Mayor, and Grentlemen of the City Councils.
In compliance with sect. 5, chap. 8 of the " Laws and Ordinances " of the city, I herewith submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1879, together with an inventory of property con- nected therewith, and a statement of fires and losses during the year. The department has been called out during the year twenty-two times, sixteen of which their services were required in extinguishing fires, and six were either from burning chimneys or other minor causes, at which their services were not required. The year just closed has been a very unfortunate one, as regards losses, on account of the extreme location of a greater part of the largest fires from our fire stations, and the combustible materials of the two planing-mills.
Of the entire losses by fire it will be seen that $23,200 20
of the same were from buildings over a mile from the City Hall, and some of them at such a distance from water
supply that the department could do but little effective ser- vice after their arrival. At the fire of the residence of Mr. Luther W. Hall, water had to be forced through a long line of hose and up a very high grade, and though the firemen worked with a will ever characteristic of them, their efforts were of little avail. This fire, though not the heaviest total
loss, was the largest " uncovered " one, it being uninsured at the time.
DEFECTIVE CHIMNEYS.
Year after year in the reports of- this department, it will be seen a large majority of the fires have been caused by defective chimneys. No part of the construction of a house is so poorly done as the building of the chimneys, and some radical change ought to be inaugurated whereby this whole- sale and unwarrantable carelessness should be stopped. The prevention of fires is of as much imjiortance as the extiyiguishment of them, and will demonstrate, in a marked degree, its importance and usefulness on the future of our city. It is a duty the city owes to its citizens, to make and enforce ordinances for the safer construction and alteration of the buildings within its limits.
In some cities it is the custom to convene a coroner's court to inquire into the oi'igin of every fire that takes place. There is little doubt that such inquiries would edu- cate our property-holders into taking precautions which might not ever be brought to their notice, and which would at once strike them as a necessity that n'(iuired their imme- diate attention.
ANNUAL l'.\RAI)K.
It is the custom in many cities, both larger and smaller than ours, to require tlieir fire department to appear some 21
day during the year for annual inspection and review. I believe such a parade here would be conducive to the dis- cipline of the several companies, and would tend to awaken an interest in the department, by our citizens, that would
prove very beneficial to it. Such a parade could be made at but little expense, and I would recommend an appropria- tion for that purpose of a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and I feel confident our citizens would feel fully repaid for such an expenditure.
APPARATUS.
3 Steam Fire Engines, located on Vine street. 1 Horse Hose Carriage, located on Vine street. 1 Horse Hose Sled, located on Vine street. 1 Hook and Ladder Truck, located on Vine street. 1 Horse Hose Carriage, located on Maple street. 1 Steam Fire Engine, located in Piscataquog. 1 4-Wheel Hose Carriage, located in Piscataquog. 1 2- Wheel Hose Carriage, at P. C. Cheney Co.'s paper- mill, Amoskeag, manned by men employed at the works. 1 2-Wheel Hose Carriage, Derry mills, Goffe's Falls, manned by men at the mills. 1 Supply VVagon, located on Vine street. All the apparatus is in good condition. The Steamer No. 4, which was in the shop at the time of the last report having a new boiler and other needed repairs, is now in as good condition as it ever was. The Hook and Ladder Truck, which was originally con- structed to be drawn by hand, was found too frail to be drawn by two horses, and has had substantial alterations made, so that, where it scarcely went out at an alarm without some accident requiring repairs, it has proved equal to any emergency required. These are the only extensive repairs "90 made during the year, and by them the apparatus is in excellent condition, and, unless something unusual happens, the expense for repairs will not be very large for some time,
ORGANIZATION.
As the department is now organized, it consists of one hundred and two members, divided as follows : —
1 Chief Engineer. 4 Assistant Engineers. Steam Fire Engine No. 1, — 14 men. Steam Fire Engine No. 2, — as a reserve engine to be manned by detailed men from the department. Steam Fire Engine No 4, — 14 men. 1 Horse Hose Carriage, — 20 men. 1 Horse Hose Carriage, — 12 men. 1 Hook and Ladder Truck, — 25 men. 1 4-Wheel Hose Carriage, — 12 men, Piscataquog. Steam Fire Engine No. 3, — reserve, Piscataquog. 1 Horse Hose Sled, for use of No. 1 Hose Company. 1 2-Wheel Hose Carriage, at Derry mills. 1 2-Wheel Hose Carriage, at Amoskeag.
THE FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH year by year proves its usefulness to the department, and has given but very little trouble during the year except at the time of the damp and heavy snow-storm of November
3, which loaded the wires so heavily with snow as to pull over a chimney on Birch street, to which they were at- tached, and the breaking of the conipt)un(l wire across Merrimack River at Granite bridge. Both were speedily repaired. Let me here state, that, as the wires have been up for some time, they are getting old and arc lialile in 23 future to occasionally break and have to be replaced with new wire, thus causing an increasing expense of this branch of the department. The telegraph has, I think, been very satisfactorily cared for, — the first three months by Mr. James W. Preston, and the remainder of the year by Mr. Tristram Berry, who has visited the battery-room daily, and given much of his personal attention to its care. The North End bell-tower, I think, will need an inspection of its foundation, and probably the strengthening of the same, the coming year. I have had an examination of all the boxes, quarterly, the last one just completed, and I find them all in good order.
THE BUILDINGS occupied by the department, being under control of the " Committee on Lands and Buildings," I have had but little to do with, — though I desire to state that, for the best interest of the department, I think they should be wholly under control of the Board of Engineers, and the repairs of same charged to " repairs of buildings." I would earnestly recommend, as a much-needed improve- ment, the heating of the new engine-house on Vine street by steam, as the cellars of it will never be made useful until some such an arrangement is made. There is so much dampness arising from the basements as to make the hose-towers of but little avail for drying hose, and hose often moulds while hanging in them to dry. 1 would also recommend the finishing-otf of the upper story of this building, and the arrangement therein of an
office for the Board of Engineers and a battery- room, thus removing an objection to the present location of the battery
by those occupying offices under it. This needed change would place the office of the Board where it should be, at 24 the central fire station, and accessible to the whole depart- ment. The estimated cost of tliis is about $400 per section.
THE HOSE of the department needs a yearly increase, as our city is continually extending its limits, thus requiring more to reach a fire in the outskirts. During the year, one thousand feet of fine oak tanned, 2 1-4 inch, and one hundred feet of 3-inch leather hose, were purchased of Samuel Eastman & Co., of Concord. There has also been paid for from the appropriations of this year, and charged to this year's expenses, one thousand feet of hose, ])Ought in 1876, which should go to expenses of that year. Owing to the " sliglit misunderstanding" about the buying of this lot of hose, none has been bought since then until this year, and the department is not so well " stocked up " as in my opinion it should be, and I would recommend the purchase of another thousand feet the coming year.
THE RESERVOIRS.
During the alterations of tbe }»ond on Hanover square, the water supply to several inii)ortant reservoirs has been cut off, and thus the department robbed of some of its " reserve " in case of the giving-out of the water-Works main. This was done by parties but little acipiainted with the needs of the Fire Department. 1 think it an unwise and iiu unsafe act, ami some steps should be taken whereby they may be made available in case of necessity. If the city c(;uncils think otbrrwise, wouhl it not be better to have tliem officially discontinued than renuiin in their j)re8ent cijndition ? 25
firemen's relief association.
This is an association chartered Feb. 4, 1873, according to the laws of the State, and is composed wholly of members of this department, and to which every member is eligible upon the payment of one dollar as initiation fee. It pays a weekly benefit of seven dollars per week to any of its members who are injured while going to, working at, or re- turning from a fire, for a term not exceeding ten weeks, and a funeral benefit of fifty dollars on the death of a mem- ber from any cause. The association had in its treasury at its annual meeting in February, §800.80. This sum has been increased by a donation of -SoO from S. C. Forsaith & Co., as an apprecia-
tion of services rendered at the fire of their planing-mill. I commend this association to the favorable consideration of our citizens.
CONCLUSION.
In closing this report I caimot fail to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Assistant Engineers who have been associated with me, for the cordial and efficient support I have received
from them at all times ; to his Honor the Mayor, and mem- bers of the City Councils, especially the Committees on
Fire Department and Lands and Buildings ; to City Marshal Longa, Capt. Perkins of the night watch, and the police under their charge, for their readiness to assist the work- ings of the department, and by whom many needless
alarms have been prevented ; to Warren Harvey and Aaron Q. Gage, Supts. of Streets in districts Nos. 2 and 10, for
their willingness in the arrangement and supply of horses ; also to the foremen of the several companies, and the mem- bers under their charge, for their willingness and promptness in the discharge of their several duties. 26
The department has been very harmonious the past year, and its members quite fortunate as regards accidents, with the exception of Fred E. Summers of Pennacook Hose
No. 1, who fell down an open stairway at the fire of Nov. 22, breaking his knee-cap, confining him to his bed for nearly five weeks, though he is now able to be up and is improving. I think there should be a better understanding between the Water-Works Department and this Fire Department. I think the Fire Department should alwaya be notified when water is shut off, so that, should a fire occur in that vicinity, no delay would be occasioned by the apparatus locating at a " dry " hydrant, thus necessitating a change in tiie early stages of a fire when " delays are dangerous." Gentlemen, you have an efficient Fire Department, and
I trust it will receive from your hands, the coming year, such support as will keep it at its present standard. Respectfully submitted. THOS. W. LANE, Chief Engineer Manchester Eire Department. ;
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ALARMS, FIRES, LOSSES, ETC., FOR THE YEAR 1879.
fire in 1. — Thursday, January 9, 1.03 a. m.; Box 5 ;
Towne's block, corner Elm and Amherst streets ; loss, $1,758.81; insured for $1,783.81; cause, cigar stub in wood-closet.
2. — Friday, January 10, l.oO a. m.; Box 2(5; fire in_ Chenette's blacksmith-shop, corner of East High and Rus-
sell streets ; loss $125 ; fully insured ; cause, incendiary. 3. — Friday, January 17, 11.30 a. m.; Box 6; fire in building owned by George H. Hoyt, at 133 Hanover street loss f100 ; no insurance ; cause, carelessness. 4. — Wednesday, February 19, 5.40 p. m.; Box 71;
burning chimney ; needless alarm.
5. p. fire at — Friday, February 28, 12.35 m.; Box 24 ; 464 Central street, in house owned and occupied by
Charles E. Cutter ; loss 82,800 ; insured for $2,000 ; cause, defective cliimney. 6. — Saturday, April 12, 8.10 p. m.; Box 21; burning
chimney, at Patrick Burke's, 52 Merrimack street ; need- less alarm.
7. — Sunday, April 13, 5.05 p. m.; Box 71 ; fire in tene- ment house, 118 Spruce street, owned by Mrs. F. L. Stark,
and occupied by Jeremiah Mahoney and Patrick Costello ;
loss $100 ; fully insured ; cause, defective chimney. 8. — Tuesday, April 22, 4.20 p. m.; Box 61; fire in Kimball & Gerrish's tannery, situated in Bakersville, about
1 1-2 miles from central fire station ; loss $13,000 ; insured
for $9,000 ; cause, supposed overheated drying-room
9. iS.20 — Monday, May 5, a. m.; Box 7 ; boiling over of tar kettle on Lowell street near Chestnut; no damage. 10. — Wednesday, May 21,1,45 a. m.; Box 4; fire in building owned by Daniel Connor, rear of 601 Elm street,
and occupied by Mrs. Sarah Shanley ; loss $75 ; fully insured; cause, kerosene lamp. ;
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1.3 11. — Thursday, May 29, 6.30 p. m.; Box ; Bradford's
block. Elm back street, near Bridge ; oily waste in bureau :
loss trifling ; cause, spontaneous combustion.
1'2. — Thursday, August 7. 12.50 a. m.; Box s ; burning
lime at Amory mill ; extinguished without aid from depart- ment. 13. — Monday, September 1,2.10 p.m.; Box 4; fire in shed at corner of Spruce and Chestnut back street, owned
by heirs of William Plumer : loss $25 ; no insurance cause incendiary. 14. — Friday, September 12, 11.20 p. m.; Box 51; fire in planing-mill and box-factory of S. C. Forsaith & Co.;
loss S5,000 ; insured for $3,000 ; cause, spontaneous com- bustion of fine coal.
15. — Saturday, October 4, 7.20 a. m.: Box 71 : fire in barn of William F. Sleeper & Co., in rear of Park-street
ward-room : loss $300 ; fully insured ; cause, carelessness of boys with matches. 16. — Wednesday, October 22,7.55 p. m.; Box 4; fire in planing-mill and box-factory of A. C. Wallace, at lower end of Elm street, near gas-works; loss $1,000; insured for $t)50; cause unknown. 17. — Sunday, November 2,2.50 a.m.; Box 24; fire in residence of Luther W. Hall, on East Park street (IlalPs
Hill) ; loss $0,000 : no insurance ; cause, defective cliinmey. fire 18. — Thursday, November 20, 1.55 a. m.; Box 62 : in house owned and occupied by Charles II. Colburn, on
Taylor street, Hallsville ; loss $1,400 ; fully insured ; cause, defective chimney. 19. — Saturday, November 22, 10.30 a.m.; Box 6; fire
in bed at 448 Chestnut street, occujned by Robert Costello ; damage very slight; cause, matches. 20. — Saturday, Noveml)er 22. 7.25 p. m.; Box 18; fire in linusf owned bv the Misses Maw K. anil l^elinda Pear- ;
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boni, at corner of Merrimack and Lincoln streets, and
occupied by them and Charles F. Gardner ; loss -$550 ; in-
sured for '1350 ; cause, defective chimney.
-21. — Thursday, December 4, 8.40 p. m.; Box 7 ; lire in
wood-shed of Lowell-street school-house ; loss trifling cause, ashes in wooden box.
. 22. — Saturday, December 13, 11.30 a. m.; Box 4 ; burn- ing chimney in tenement owned by A. D. Gooden, Spruce street.
From the foregoing it will be seen that the
Losses by fire for the year amount to . . $82,233 81 Insurance 18,733 81
Total loss uncovered by insurance . . $13,500 00 30
NUMBERS AND LOCATION OF ALARM-BOXES AND KEYS.
No. 3. — Blood's lower shop. Keys at E. P. Johnson & Co.'s office and Samuel Colby's residence, corner of Elm and Young streets. No. 4. — Corner of Spruce and Elm streets. Keys at National Hotel and L. B. Bodwell & Co.'s office. No. 5. — City Hall. Keys at City Marshal's office and G. E. Hall's drug store. No. 6. — Engine-house, Vine street. Keys at engine- liouse. No. 7. — City Hotel. Keys at City Hotel and A. F. Perry's drug-store. No. 8. — Elm, foot of Orange street. Keys at Hardy & Putnam's store, and Charles G. Hastings's residence. No. 9. — Corner of Elm and Webster streets. Keys at George E. Flanders's and J. Freeman Clough's. No. 12. — Blood's shop. Keys private. No. 13. — Corner of Brook and Chestnut streets. Keys at residences of W. Jencks and Lewis Simons. No. 14. — Corner of Prospect and Union streets. Keys at residences of W. Ireland and N. L. Hardy. No. 15. — Corner of Pearl and Chestnut streets. Keys at residence of John Wilson and Sawyer & Gillis's store. No. 16. — Corner of Lowell and Union streets. Keys at residences of Rev. Thouias D. Kealy and R. H. Hassam. No. 17. — Corner of Amherst and Beech streets. Keys at residences of H. P. Watts and Daniel Connor. No. 18. — Corner of Manchester and Maple streets. Keys at residences of H. E. Stevens, A. N. Baker, and E. P. Richardson. No. 21. — Corner of Merrimack and Pino streets. Keys at Jeremiah D. Jones's grocery and residence of J. A. Em- erson. 31
No. 23. — Corner of Central and Beech streets. Keys at residences of E. T. James and Mrs. J. Stevens. No. 24, — Corner of Massabesic and Park streets. Keys at residences of D. M. Goodwin and A, D. Gooden. No. 26. — Corner of Hanover and Ashland streets. Keys at residences of S. L. Fogg and Horace Gordon No. 26. — Corner of Bridge and Russell streets. Keys at McCrillis's carriage-shop and residence of John N. Chase. No. 27. — Corner of Merrimack and Elm streets. Keys at Manchester House, Tebbetts Bros.' and Weeks & Cur- rier's drug-stores. No. 31. — Amoskeag Village. Keys at P. C. Cheney Co.'s paper-mill and residence of Capt. J. M. Varnum. No. 32. — Langdon Mills, corner of Canal and Brook streets. Keys at Hoyt & Co.'s paper-mill and Langdon watch-room. No. 34. — Mechanics' Row. Keys at watch-room and W. W. Hubbard's office. No. 35. — Stark Mills. Keys at Stark watch-room. No. 36. — Corner of Belmont and Amherst streets. Keys at residences of J. L, Campbell, Rodney Porter, and A. G. Faij'banks. No. 41. — Amoskeag New Mills. Keys at watch-room. No. 42. — Manchester Mills. Keys at watch-room. No. 43. — Namaske Mills, Keys at watch-room. No. 51. — S. C. Forsaith & Co.'s shop. Keys at S. C. Forsaith's office and Lowell's iron-foundry office. No. 52. — Barr's brick block, 'Squog. Keys at Barr & Clapp's store and Merrimack House. No. 53. — Wallace's brewery. Keys at brewery office and I. R. Dewey's store. No. 61. — Corner of Elm and Hancock streets, Bakers- ville. Keys at residence of H. W. Longa and M. O'Neil's saloon. 32
No. 62. — Massabcsic street, flallsville. Keys at resi- dences of Charles Cliase and G. W. Dearborn. No. 71. — Corner of Cedar and Pine streets. Keys at residences of T. Collins and Daniel Shelian. Also, keys will be fonnd in the hands of all regnlar police. The true time from Cambridge Observatory will be given at precisely 12|- p. m., and be denoted by one stroke of the fire-bells. 33
INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY-HOLDERS AND CITIZENS.
1. Upon the discovery of a fire, notice should be imme- diately communicated to the nearest alarm-box, keys to which are in the hands of all regular police, also of persons designated by a card on each box.
2. Key-holders, upon the discovery of a fire, or positive information of a fire, will unlock the box, pull down the hook once as far as it will go (without jerking), and then let go. Shut the door and remove the key. 3. All persons giving fire-alarms are requested to remain by the box a moment, and, if no clicking is heard in the
box, pull again ; if you still hear no clicking, go to the next nearest box and give the alarm from that. 4. Never signal for a fire seen at a distance. Never touch the l)ox except to give an alarm of fire. Be sure the box is locked before leaving it. Give an alarm for no cause other than an actual fire. Don't give an alarm for a chimney-fire. 5. Never let the keys go out of your possession unless called for by the Chief Engineer. If you change your resi- dence or place of business where the keys are kept, return the keys to the same officer. 6. Owners and occupants of buildings are requested to inform themselves of the location of alarm-boxes near their property, also all places where the keys are kept. Be sure the alarm is promptly and properly given. 7. Alarms will be sounded upon all the fire-bells in the city, and the number of the box will be given four times for an alarm. 8. One stroke of the bells and gongs, given by the en- gineer in charge during a fire, will be the signal to dis- charge the companies remaining at their houses. Two 3 34 strokes of the bells and gongs will be a signal for the department to limber up. 9. The engineers reserve the right to give one stroke of the bells at any time, and, in case of testing the boxes, each test will be preceded by one stroke of the bells. 35
RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS DEC. 24, 1877.
1. Steamer No. 1 will report for duty on the days of its
first run to all boxes ; on the days of its second run, it will report on the first alarm to boxes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 21,
27, 34, 51, 71 ; on the third alarm to all boxes. 2. Steamer No. 4, same as above. 3. Pennacook Hose No. 1 will report for duty on the first alarm to all boxes. 4. Massabesic Hose No. 2 will report for duty on the first alarm to boxes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 62, 71 ; on the second alarm, to all boxes except 52, 53, 61. 5. E. W. Harrington Hose No. 3 will report for duty on
the first alarm to boxes 42, 43, 51, 52, 53 ; second alarm to boxes 35 and 41. 6. Hook and Ladder No. 1 will report for duty on the first alarm to all boxes.
7. Steamer No. 2 to be kept as a reserve engine, to re- spond to a third alarm. The horses attached to the engine on its first run will return to the house on a second alarm, to be held in readiness to respond to a third alarm, and the engine will be manned by men appointed for that purpose and attached to Pennacook Hose and Hook and Ladder
Companies at all times except when the engine is on duty, 8. Steamer No. 3 to report for duty on first alarm, or
as soon as the horses can get to it, to boxes 52 and 53; to
all other boxes it will report for duty on third a alarm ; and when on duty it will be manned by the men who run No. 3 Hose Carriage at all other times.
9. The whole department will report for duty in all cases on the third alarm. 10. In case of a second alarm from either of the boxes 36
on which the horses double on tlie first engine, they will immediately return and get the engine of the second run.
11. At any time when an alarm of fire is given, the en- gine or hose-carriage that leaves the house first will have
the right to lead to the fire. No running by will be al- lowed, except in case of accident, under penalty of dismissal of the driver from the department. 12-. The companies of the department not called on the first alarm will prepare for a start and hold themselves in
readiness for a second or third alarm ; and, if not needed, one stroke on the bells and gongs, by the engineer in charge, will be the signal for discharge to all companies remaining at the houses. 13. Two strokes on the bells will be a signal for those at a fire to limber up.
14. On the first alarm from boxes 24, 25, 26, 31, 61, 62, the horses of the first and second run will double on to the engine of its first run. 37 ESTIMATED VALUE OF PROPERTY.
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 first-class double-plunger engine and liose- carriage $4,500 00
100 feet 3 inch leather hose . . . . 140 00
1,200 feet 21 inch leather hose . . . 1,200 00 Firemen's suits 200 00 Furniture and fixtures, including har- nesses 500 00
Total amount .... $6,540 00
FIRE KING STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 2.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
(Reserve engine.)
1 first-class double-plunger engine and hose- carriage $3,000 00
E. W. HARRINGTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 3. LOCATED AT PISCATAQUOG.
(Reserve engine.) 1 second-class single-plunger engine and hose-carriage $3,000 00
1 four-wheeled hose-carriage . . . 225 00 200 feet rubber hose 100 00
1,850 feet leather hose . . 1,850 00 Firemen's suits 175 00 Furniture and fixtures including har- nesses 517 00
Total amount .... $5,867 00 The above includes the property of E. W. Harrington Hose No. 3. 38
N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE NO. 4.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 second-class double-plunger engine and • hose-carriage ..... $3,500 00 50 feet rubber hose ..... 75 00 1,250 feet leather hose ..... 1,250 00 Firemen's suits ..... 240 00 Furniture and fixtures, iucluding one pair harnesses ...... 600 00
Total amount .... 1^5,665 00
PENNACOOK HOSE NO. 1.
LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 four-wheeled horse hose-carriage . $600 1 horse hose sled and reel 2,500 feet leather hose ....
Firemen's suits . . . . .
Furniture and fixtures, including 1 har- ness ......
Total amount . . . . 39
EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER NO. 1. LOCATED ON VINE STREET.
1 truck with hooks and ladders . $1,500 00 1 Bangor extension ladder Firemen's suits ....
Furniture and fixtures .
Total amount 40
GOFFE'S FALLS HOSE CARRIAGE.
LOCATED AT DERRY MILLS.
1 two-wheeled hose-carriage $200 400 feet linen hose 2 hose-pipes
Total amount 41 NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas W. Lane, chief engineer, 1937 Ehn, cor. Appleton. Andrew C. Wallace, assistant engineer. Granite st.,'Squog.
Benjamin C. Kendall, assistant engineer, oil Central st. Sam C. Lowell, assistant engineer and clerk, 5 Machine- shop blocks. Orin E. Kimball, assistant engineer, 17 Harrison street.
AMOSKEAG STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1.
George R. Simmons, foreman, 82 Pennacook street, John A. Barker, assistant foreman, 28 Market street. Horace Nichols, engineer, 61 Stark corporation. Henry H. Glines, assistant engineer, 6 Machine-shop blocks. Will A. Butterfield, clerk, 59 Hanover street. George W. Butterfield, driver, engine-house. Vine street. Frank E. Stearns, hoseman, 488 Park street. Jonathan T. Underbill, hoseman, 54 Stark corporation. Ed. H. Currier, hoseman, 307 Hanover street. Artemus C. Barker, hoseman, 455 Maple street. William Henry Stearns, hoseman, 421 Hanover street. Perkins C. Lane, hoseman, 31 Machine-shop blocks. Jame^R. Carr, hoseman, 14 Orange street. John E. Wilson, hoseman, 6 Machine-shop blocks.
N. S. BEAN STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4.
Eugene S. Whitney, foreman, 101 Orange street. Charles E. Ham, assistant foreman, 44 Machine-shop blocks. Edgar G. Abbott, clerk, 543 Chestnut street. Frederick S. Bean, engineer, 101 Orange street. Thomas F. Dodge, assistant engineer, 91 Orange street. Almus B. Gushing, driver, engine-house, 20 Vine street. William H. Dodge, hoseman, 874 Elm street. A. Nearborne, hoseman, corner East High and Jane streets. 42
George W. Bacon, hoseman, 45 Stark corporation. Benton F. Marvin, hoseman, 357 Manchester street. J. Martin, hoseman, 22 Machine-shop blocka. Albert Merrill, hoseman, 101 Orange street. John A. Ankarloo, hoseman, 82 Laurel street. Jeremiah Lane, hoseman, 1441 Elm street.
PENNACOOK HOSE COMPANY NO. 1.
Albert Maxfield, foreman, 28 Machine-shop blocks. Clarence D. Palmer, assistant foreman, 347 Central street. Joseph E. Merrill, clerk, 60 Orange street. John M. Plaisted, driver, engine-house, Vine street. George H. Porter, hoseman, 331 Chestnut street. Will R. Sawyer, hoseman, 57 Main street, 'Squog. Charles B. French, hoseman, 10 Machine-shop blocks. Will G. Chase, hoseman, 35 Market street. Lyman M. Aldrich, hoseman, 375 Park street. Walter L. Blenus, hoseman, 153 Hanover street. James E. Dodge, hoseman, 96 Brook street. Joseph H. Alsop, hoseman, 37 Canal street. Daniel W. Morse, hoseman, 1419 Elm street. George W. Cheney, hoseman, 7 Stark street. Gilbert A. Sackett, hoseman, 551 Chestnut street. Edward A. Durgin, hoseman, 133 Hanover street. Samuel A. Hill, hoseman, 17 Laurel street. Fred E. Summers, hoseman, 35 Market street. Ed. A. Waldron, hoseman, 642 Union street. George F. Maxfield, hoseman, engine-house. Vine street.
MASSAinCSIC HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.
Henry W. Fisher, foreman, 59 Myrtle street. John F. Seaward, assistant foreman, 21 Warren street. Henry G. Seaman, clerk, 14 South street. Walter Seaward, driver, 19 Warren street. 43
Joseph W. Batchelder, hoseman, 413 Pine street. Charles F. Garland, hoseman, 28 Linden street. Reyilo G. Houghton, hoseman, 290 Bridge street. William S. McLeod, hoseman, 66 Nashua street. Simeon R. Stearns, hoseman, 63 Arlington street. Alphonso E. Foster, hoseman, 295 Lowell street. George W. Goodwin, hoseman, corner Wilson and East High streets. John H. Boyd, hoseman, 244 Bridge street.
E. W. HARRINGTON HOSE COMPANY NO. 3.
Horatio Fradd, foreman, 123 Dover street. Ruel Manning, assistant foreman, 95 Douglas street. Joseph Schofield, clerk, 392 Granite street. William Doran, steward, 486 Granite street. John R. Young, hoseman, 273 Main street. James Hunter, hoseman, 93 Water street. Andrew C. Wallace, Jr., hoseman, 81 Parker street. John McDerby, hoseman, 503 Granite street. Edward Young, hoseman, 273 Main street. Edward McDerby, hoseman, 145 Water street. Thomas O'Dowd, hoseman, 270 Main street. John T. Dinsmore, hoseman, 139 Dover street.
EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.
John N. Chase, foreman, 276 Bridge street. A. L. N. Robertson, assistant foreman, 167 Merrimack st. George E. Glines, clerk, 310 Central street. Augustus J. Robie, driver, engine-house, 8 Vine street. Hiram P. Young, fireman, 351 Pine street. Charles Canfield, fireman, 18 Amoskeag corporation. George H. Dudley, fireman, 159 Laurel street. Luther J. Flint, fireman, 29 Lowell street. E. A. G. Holmes, fireman, 224 Manchester street. 44
Harrison H. Cole, fireman, 43 Water street. Winfield S. Leavitt. fireman, 403 Pine street. James Orrill, fireman, 60 Prospect street. Jesse B. Nourse, fireman, 262 Bridge street. John Wilson, fireman, 530 Chestnut street. Charles H. Cross, fireman, 8 Langdon corporation. Ralph Pearson, fireman, 6 Lanrel street. Joseph H. Gould, fireman, 19 Amherst street. Josiah D. Andrews, fireman, 165 Merrimack street. Andrew C. Wiggin, fireman, 84 Middle street.
Dillwyn Breed, fireman, 335 Chestnut street. John W. Chase, fireman, 14 Stark street. George M. Jones, fireman, 165 Elm street. Milo B. Wilson, fireman, 504 Chestnut street. Samuel F. Adams, fireman, 88 Pearl street.
SUPPLY WAGON.
Dennis Sullivan, driver, 83 Amherst street. 45
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS.
Adams, north-west corner of Elm street. Amherst, north-west corner of Vine street. Amherst, south-west corner of Chestnut street. Amherst, north-west corner of Pine street. Amherst, north-west corner of Union street. Amherst, north-west corner of Wahiut street. Amherst, north-west corner of Beech street. Amherst, north-west corner of Maple street. Amherst, north-west corner of Lincoln street. Amherst, north-west corner of Ashland street. Amherst, north-west corner of Hall street. Appleton, north-west corner of Elm street. Appleton, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Arlington, north-west corner of Cross street. Arlington, north-west corner of Warren street. Arlington, north-west corner of Ashland street. Ash, front of No. 32. Auburn, north-east corner of Canal street. Auburn, north-east corner of Elm street. Auburn, front of No. 40. Auburn, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Auburn, north-west corner of Pine street. Auburn, north-west corner of Union street. Bedford, north-west corner of Granite street. Bedford, near No. 36 M. P. W. corporation. Bedford, north-west corner of Central street. Beech, north-west corner of Park street. Beech, front of No. 584. Birch, north-west corner of Lowell street. Birch, north-west corner of Washington street. Blodget, front of primary school-house. Blodget, north-west corner of Chestnut street. 46
Blodget, north-west corner of Pine street. Blodget, north-west corner of Union street. Bridge, north-east corner of Canal street. Bridge, north-east corner of Hobbs street. Bridge, north-west corner of Ehn street. Bridge, front of No. 26. Bridge, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Bridge, north-west corner of Union street. Bridge, north-west corner of Walnut street. Bridge, north-west corner of Beech street. Bridge, north-west corner of Ash street. Bridge, north-west corner of Maple street. Bridge, near No. 242. Bridge, north-west corner of Russell street. Bridge, north-west corner of Linden street. Brook, north-east corner of Canal street. Brook, north-west corner of Elm street. Brook, north-west corner of P. Adams's lot. Brook, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Brook, north-west corner of Pine street. Brook, north-west corner of Union street. Brook, north-west corner of Beech street. Canal, near east corner of Depot street. Canal, near office door of M. L. W. Cedar, north-east corner of Canal street. Cedar, north-west corner of Elm street. Cedar, front of No. 36. Cedar, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Cedar, north-west corner of Pine street. Cedar, north-west corner of Union street. Cedar, north-west corner of Beech street. Cedar, north-west corner of Maple street. Central, north-east corner of Canal street. Central, north-west corner of Canal street. 47
Central, north-west corner of Elm street. Central, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Central, north-west corner of Pine street. Central, north-west corner of Union street. Central, near gate, Merrimack square. Central, north-west corner of Beech street. Central, north-west corner of Maple street. Central, north-west corner of Lincoln street. Central, front of No. 374. Central, north-west corner of Wilson street. Chestnut, north-west corner of Lowell street. Chestnut, opposite High street. Chestnut, north-west corner of Pearl street. Chestnut, north-west corner of Orange street. Chestnut, north-west corner of Myrtle street. Chestnut, north-west corner of Prospect street. Concord, opposite Vine street. Concord, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Concord, north-west corner of Union street. Concord, north-west corner of Walnut street. Concord, north-west corner of Beech street. Concord, north-west corner of Nashua street. Concord, north-west corner of Maple street. Concord, north-west corner of old Amherst street. Dean, north-east corner of Canal street. Dean, north-west corner of Elm street. Depot, north-west corner of Elm street. Depot, west of Franklin street. Elm, front of Pisk's bookstore. Elm, north-west corner of Salmon street. Elm, north-west corner of Cove street. Franklin, opposite Middle street. Granite, north-east corner of Canal street. Granite, norih-west corner of Elm street. 48
Granite, east end of Granite bridge. Green, corner of Elm street. Hanover, front of First Congregational Church. Hanover, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Hanover, north-west corner of Pine street. Hanover, north-west corner of Union street. Hanover, north-west corner of Beech street. Hanover, north-west corner of Maple street. Hanover, north-west corner of Lincoln street Hanover, north-west corner of Ashland street. Hanover, north-west corner of Hall street. Hanover, north-west corner of Belmont street. Harrison, opposite No. 13. Harrison, norlh-west corner of Chestnut street. Harrison, north-west corner of Pine street. Harrison, north-west corner of Union street. Harrison, north-west corner of Beech street. Hancock, north-west corner of River road. Hancock, near Brewery. Hollis, north-east corner of Canal street. HoUis, north-east corner of Uobbs street. Hollis, north-west corner of Elm street. Kidder, north-east corner of Canal street. Kidder, north-east corner of Hobbs street. Kidder, north-west corner of Elm street. Kidder court, north-west corner of Elm street. Langdon, north-west corner of Elm street. Langdon, north-east corner of Canal street. Laurel, north-west corner of Pine street. Laurel, north-west corner of Union street. Laurel, north-west corner of Beech street. Laurel, north-west corner of Maj)le street. Laurel, north-west corner of Lincoln street. Laurel, near No. 244. 49
Laurel, north-west corner of Wilson street. Laurel, near Belmont. Lowell, north-west corner of Beech street. Lowell, north-west corner of Ash street. Lowell, north-west corner of South street. Lowell, front of No. 276. Lowell, north-west corner of Wilson road. Manchester, front of James Bros.' stable. Manchester, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Manchester, north-west corner of Pine street. Manchester, north-west corner of Union street. Manchester, north-west corner of Beech street. Manchester, north-west corner of Maple street. Manchester, north-west corner of Lincoln street. Manchester, north-west corner of Wilson street. Maple, north-west corner of Lowell street. Maple, front of No. 530. Market, near Canal street. Market, near second back street west of Elm street. Market, north-west corner of Elm street. Massabesic, north-west corner of old Falls road. Massabesic, south-east corner of Taylor street. Massabesic avenue. Massabesic, near Mammoth road. Mammoth road. Mechanic, north-east corner of Canal street.
Mechanic, near second back street west of Elm street. Mechanic, north-west corner of Elm street. Merrimack, north-east corner of Canal street. Merrimack, near 111 Amoskeag corporation. Merrimack, north-west corner of Franklin street. Merrimack, north-west corner of Elm street. Merrimack, opposite gate Merrimack square.
Merrimack, north-west corner of Chestnut street. 50
Merrimack, north-west corner of Pine street. Merrimack, north-west corner of Union street. Merrimack, north-west corner of Beech street. Merrimack, north-west corner of Maple street. Merrimack, north-west corner of Lincohi street. Merrimack, near No. 362. Merrimack, nortli-west corner of Wilson street. Merrimack, north-west corner of Hall street. Merrimack, near Belmont street. Middle, north-east corner of Canal street. Middle, near 67 Amoskeag corporation. Myrtle, opposite No. 33. Myrtle, north-west corner of Pine street. Myrtle, north-west corner of Union street. Myrtle, north-west corner of Walnut street. Myrtle, north-west corner of Beech street. Myrtle, north-west corner of Ash street. Myrtle, north-west corner of Maple street. Myrtle, north-west corner of Oak street. Orange, opposite Clark's avenue. Orange, north-west corner of Pine street. Orange, north-west corner of Union street. Orange, north-west corner of Walnut street. Orange, north-west corner of Beech street. Park, near No. 36. Park, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Park, north-west corner of Union street. Park, north-west corner of Maple street. Park, north-west corner of Lincoln street. Park, north-west corner of Wilson street. Park, east end. Pearl, corner of Walnut street. Pearl, corner of Beech street. Pearl, north-west corner of Pine street. 51
Pearl, north-west corner of Union street. Pearl, north-west corner of Ash street. Pearl, north-west corner of Maple street. Pearl, north-west corner of Clark's avenue. Pine, north-west corner of Park street. Pine, north-west corner of Hanover street. Pine, north-west corner of Concord street. Pine, north-west corner of Lowell street. Pine, north-west corner of High street. Pine, north-west corner of Bridge street. Pleasant, north-east corner of Canal street. Pleasant, near 35 Manchester corporation. Pleasant, north-west corner of Franklin street. Pleasant, north-west corner of Elm street. Prospect, between Elm and Chestnut streets. Prospect, north-west corner of Pine street. Prospect, north-west corner of Union street. Prospect, north-west corner of Beech street. Prospect, north-west corner of Ash street. Prospect, north-west corner of Maple street. Prospect, north-west corner of Oak street. Prospect, north-west corner of Russell street. River road, north-west of Elm street. Spring, north-east corner of Canal street. Spring, north-west corner of Charles street. Spring, north-west corner of Elm street. Spruce, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Spruce, north-west corner of Pine back street. Spruce, north-west corner of Union street. Spruce, north-west corner of Beech street. Spruce, north-west corner of Maple street. Spruce, north-west corner of Lincoln street. Spruce, between Chestnut and Elm streets. Stark, north-east corner of Canal street. 62
Stark, near 13 Stark corporation. Stark, north-west corner of Elm street. State, north-west corner of Granite street. State, opposite 57 Manchester corporation. State, opposite 13 Manchester corporation. State, corner of Central street. Summer, corner of Ehn street. Union, north-west corner of Lowell street. Union, north-west corner of High street. Valley, corner of Elm street. Valley, corner of Willow street. Walnut, north-west corner of Lowell street. Walnut, opposite No. 79. Water, near 38 Amoskeag corporation. Water, north-west corner of Elm street. Webster, north-west corner of Chestnut street. Webster, corner of Elm street. Wilson, corner of Park street. Young, corner of Elm street. 53
LOCATION OF HYDRANTS IN 'SQUOG.
A, corner of Main street. Bedford road, near Huntress's. Bowman street, opposite cemetery. C street, corner of Bedford road. Clinton, corner of Dover street. Clinton, corner of Main street. Center, corner of Main street. Center, opposite school- house. Douglas, corner of Quincy street. Douglas, corner of Green street. Douglas, corner of Barr street. Douglas, corner of West street. Douglas, corner of Main street. Douglas, east of Main street. Ferry, corner of Main street. Granite, corner of Quincy street. Granite, corner of Green street. Granite, corner of Barr street. Granite, corner of West street. Granite, corner of Dover street. Granite, corner of Main street. Granite, corner of Second street. Granite, corner of River street. Main, opposite Rice's house. Mast, corner of Main street. Mast, corner of Bowman street. Mast, between Bowman and Main streets. Mast, opposite J. Smith's house. Milford, corner of Main street. Milford, corner of Bowman street. Piscataquog, corner of Main street. School, corner of Main street. 54
School, corner of Walker street. School, corner of Ferry street. Third, corner of Ferry street. Walker, corner of River road. Walker, corner of Third street. Walker, corner of Parker street. Walker, near corner of Main.*
In addition to the above, there are three private hydrants that are available in case of need : — One at S. C. Forsaith & Co.'s machine-shop. One at Lowell's iron foundry. One at J. Hodge's wood-working establishment.
Making 305 in all.
* This Ijydrant has been removed from Main to Walker St., the past summer. REPORT
CITY SOLICITOR
REPORT
CITY SOLICITOR
To His Honor the Ma^or, and the City Councils of Man- chester.
I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of the law department of the city governnjent. There are now pending in the supreme court of Hills- borough County the following actions : —
1. — Mary A. Gould vs. the City.
This is an action to recover damages for personal inju- ries caused by slipping upon the sidewalk at the corner of Elm and Hanover streets. Damages claimed, $2,000.
2. — William Whittle vs. the City.
This is an action brought to recover damages for injury to plaintiff's cellar and property therein, caused by water escaping from the city water-pipe. The water-works con- tractor has been summoned to defend, and has appeared by his counsel, Morrison & Bartlett. Damages claimed, $1,000.
3. — Patrick McBride vs. the City.
In this action the plaintiff claims that he was injured by 58 slipping on the ice in Manchester back street near Pine street, on the -twenty-fourth day of March, 1877. Damages claimed, $1,000.
4. — Annie Shehan vs. the City.
The plaintiff alleges in her writ, that, on the first day of January, 1877, while coming from the Manchester mills, when opposite Prout's block on Central street, she sus- tained severe injuries to her person by slipping on the ice. Damages claimed, $500.
5. — Catharine McGuinness vs. the City. This and No. 6 are water-works cases, in which they appear and defend, by their counsel, Morrison & Bartlett.
This action is for injuries to the person caused by the burst- ing of the water-pipe, making excavation in the highway. Damages claimed, $5,000.
6. — John McGuinness vs. the City.
The plaintiff in this suit is the husband of the plaintiff in the preceding action, and seei^s to recover damages for loss of services of, and money expended in endeavoring to effect cure of, his wife. It is alleged that the wife was injured June 13, 1877. Damages claimed, $-2,000.
7. — Sophia T. Jones vs. the City.
This action is for personal injuries caused by slipping on Langdon, near the corner of Langdon and Elm streets, on the twenty-ninth day of August, 1877. The plaintiff is dead, and the action will probably be disposed of early in the next term. Damages claimed, $2,000.
8. — Leonard Rowe vs. the City.
The cause of action in Ibis case is injuries to plaintiff's carriage, horse, and harness, caused by defect in tlic cover- ing to the culvert at the intersection oi' Chestnut and Han- 69 over streets, and said injuries are alleged to have been received June 9, 1877. Damages claimed, $4,000.
9. — Michael Lavory vs. the City.
This action is brought to recover for injuries to person caused by falling down a cellar-way. The action was tried at the January term, 1876, a verdict for the defendant directed by the court, and a case reserved. Upon consid- eration of the same at the June law term, 1878, the verdict was set aside by the court.
10. — David S. McKay vs. the City.
The plaintiff claims, that, on the twenty-second day of
February, 1878, he fell into a cellar-way on Spruce street, breaking his arm, the railing guarding the same having rotted away. Damages claimed, $5,000.
11. — The City vs. Alfred Quimby.
This action is brought to recover the amount paid by the city to satisfy an execution issued in favor of Charles H. Yarney, with which action most of our citizens are familiar. The amount paid by the city upon said execution was 13,221.99.
13. — Timothy Hayes vs. the City.
In this action the plaintiff claims to have been thrown from his wagon and to have received injuries to his person on the nineteenth day of November. 1878, on Merrimack street; that the accident was caused by running against a load of sand dumped into the street. Damages claimed, $1,000.
14. — Samuel Hayes vs. the City.
The plaintiff alleges, that, on the twenty-fourth day of January, 1879, there was a defect in Hanover street beyond Wilson Hill, on account of which his sleigh was overturned, 60
and his sleigh, harness, and rifle were greatly damaged. Damages claimed, $1,000.
16. — Frank Clement t;«. the City.
This action is brought to recover damages for injuries to person caused by being thrown from his sled, by a defect from snow in the highway, near the-' blue store" in Piscataquog. Damages claimed, $1,000.
17. — Catharine Cunningham vs. the City.
The plaintiff claims, that, owing to a defective sidewalk opposite No. 91 Central street, she slipped and sustained a severe injury to her ankle. Damages claimed, $1,000.
18. — Idella a. Martin vs. the City.
This is an action to recover damages for land taken in lay- ing out Shasta street. The city claims that the plaintitf did not own the land taken. A partial hearing has been had before the county commissioners and wiir be completed at an early day.
19 AND 20. — Charles R. Morrison vs. the City.
These are bills in equity, brought to secure an abatement of plaintiffs taxes for the years 1877 and 1878, he claiming that his mortgaged property should not be taxed wholly to him, and that his property was taxed higher than other property in the city. The opinion of the supreme court as to the liability of the mortgageor has been rendered, and is adverse to the plaintiff'.
The following actions have been commenced and will be entered at the next term of court : —
21. — George A. Crosby vs. thi-: City.
This is an action to recover damages for injuries to car- riage received while crossing the horse-railroad track, on the tenth day of March, 1879. In this action, the railroad 61
has been notified to appear and defend. Damages claimed, $1,000.
22. — David A. Bunton vs. the City.
In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injury to his real estate, caused by raising the grade of Elm street, opposite thereto.
24. — George G. Griffin vs. the City.
This action is for damage to land by flowage, and to mill- privileges from back water, caused by the dam of the water- works at Massabesic lake. The writ is returnable at the next term in Rockingham County, and is the only action in which the city is a party in any other county than our own. Damages claimed, $10,000.
There were twenty actions, in which the city was a party, pending at the date of my last report, and the above state- ment shows the same number now on the docket, the ac- tions commenced during the year being exactly equal to the number disposed of by trial and otherwise,
•That the number should be largely reduced, is evident to every one, and I deem it due to myself to explain why this has not been done. The last January term of the supreme court was held by Hon. C. W. Stanley, and, on account of his being a resident of the city, none of the above actions could be tried at that term. Owing to the inconvenience and increased expense of trying them at Amherst or Nashua, they have been continued to the present time. The next two terms of court will be holden in this city, by some justice not a resident, and it is hoped that nearly all of the above actions will then be disposed of by trial or otherwise.
All of which is respectfully submitted. WILLIAM R. PATTEN, Citi/ Solicitor.
Manchester, N. H., January 1, 1880.
REPORT
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of Manchester.
In compliance with the ordinance of said city, the over- seers of the poor herewith present their annual report for the year 1879. The whole number of families whicli have received assist- ance off the farm during the past year has been forty-nine, consisting of one hundred and seventy-seven persons, all of whom have a settlement in this city. Fifteen of the above number have died. The whole number of persons at the almshouse during the year has been twenty-eight, the average number for the year being twelve and seven-eighths. There have been two deaths at the farm.
The board of overseers are still of the opinion that it would be for the interest of the city to have a less number of prisoners sent to the house of correction, and more pau- pers supported at the farm. 64
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN L. KELLY, Chairman ex officio, MOSES E. GEORGE, Clerk, WILLIAM II. MAXWELL, GEORGE H. COLBY, CHARLES G. B. RYDER, DANIEL SHEEHAN, ROBERT HALL, SAYWARD J. YOUNG, ISAAC R. DEWEY, Overseers of the Poor. REPORT
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
REPORT
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
To the City Councils of the City of Manchester. Gentlemen, — The Board of Water Commissioners have the honor to present their eighth annual report, being for
the year ending December ol, 1879, and with it the report of the superintendent, covering the same period. The last-named report furnishes, in detail, the operations and condition of this department so fully, that little remains to be added. The receipts have been fifty-three thousand one hundred and forty-three dollars and seventeen cents ($53,143.17), being an increase over the previous year of four thousand two hundred sixty-eiglit dollars and ninety-one cents ($4,268.91). The expense of maintenance the past year has been eleven tliousand five hundred ninety-six dollars and twenty five cents (-111,596.25), showing the net receipts to be forty-one thousand five hundred forty-six dollars and ninety-two cents ($41,546.92). This is only three hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-seven cents ($337.87) in excess of the net earnings of the year 1878. The small- ness of the increase is owing, in a great degree, to the fact that the guaranty of the contractors expired by limitation 68
December 31, 1878, and since that time all the repairs have been made at the expense of the city, thus materially increasing this item. The amount expended for service pipes and the exten- sion of water pipes, for the year 1879, is ten thousand three hundred twenty dollars and eighteen cents (110,820.18). The increase undei- this head is mainly due to the large expenditure for cast-iron pipe, a considerable portion of which is now on hand. The purchase of a two-years' suf>- ply of pipe was made in the spring of 1879, in anticipation of a rise in the price of the material. The cost was twenty- eight dollars and seventy-five cents (i28.75) per ton of 2,240 pounds, delivered in Manchester. The works generally are in a satisfactory condition, and no unusual outlay is anticipated the coming year ; but it is well to keep in mind the constant liability to serious and expensive accidents, from various causes, to works of this nature and magnitude, and be prepared to meet all exigen- cies with the least possible delay. Respectfully submitted. ALPHEUS GAY, Chairman, JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor, A. C. WALLACE, ARETAS BLOOD, WILLIAM P. NEWELL, J. Q. A. SARGENT, JAMES A. WESTON, Clerk, Water Commissioners.
Manchestkr. January 1, 1880. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
To the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Manchester.
Gentlemen, — I have the honor to present the Superin- tendent's annual statement of the Manchester Water- Works for the year 1879.
SURVEY OF MASSABESIC LAKE.
The survey of the source of water-supply, — Massabesic Lake, — which was ordered about a year ago, has been com- pleted, and the plans are nearly all made. This work should have been done when the water-works were con- structed, but was deferred on account of more pressing matters. The information to be derived from this survey
is valuable, and will be more appreciated each coming year.
DAM, CANAL, AND PENSTOCK.
No repairs have been required on the dam the past year. To protect and improve the appearance of the north bank
of the canal, loam has been spread upon it and grass-seed sown. A small leak has shown itself in the penstock east of the
avenue, but it is not of sufficient magnitude to warrant the trouble of an examination. 70
PUMPING STATION.
The jjuiuj).s and the machinery connected therewith have done the work satisfactorily. Thoy have been [)ainted and varnished, and all necessary repairs have been made on the house and barn, A wood-slied has been built adjoining the stable, and a higli board-fence between the shed and the pump-house.
Everything about the station is now in good order, and no considerable outlay will be required for some time to come.
RECOUD OF PIT.MPIKG, 1870.
Average Total No. Total gallons Daily aver- No. hours' work MONTHS. stroke |i'r strokes pumjifil in one age gallons for both iminps. p'r luoiuh uioiith. pumpetl.
January 688h. 10 m. 16.59 685,202 42,979.756 1,386,444
•' " February GOO -)t) 16.51 601,326 37.883,538 1,352.983 " " March 629 40 15.61 589,846 38.568,294 1,244,138
April 570 •' 00 '• 15.65 535,278 33,722.522 1,124,086
{ " " May.. 609 00 15.92 581,746 36,629,998 1.181.612 " " June ! 601 00 15.86 570,178 35.916.174 1.197,205 " " July I 688 20 16.02 663,674 41,811,402 1.348,755
August 680 " 10 •' 16.10 657,056 41,392,628 1,335.243
'• " September 649 50 15.59 607,910 38,260.530 1,275,351 j
'• October ... 649 00 15.28 594,962 37,482,606 1,209,116
November. 581 40 •• 15.03 524,502 33,064,622 1.102,154
December. 632 40 " 15.60 5tl3,6K4 37.382,092 1.205,874
Totals and average. 7,.')t
Cost of raising one million gallons into reservoir, $2.78. Cost of raising one million gallons one foot high, 2^j^ cents.
FOUCI-: MAIN.
There have been thirlciMi leaks repaired on the force main, ten of which were in the Dickey swamp. The expense of repairing the ton leaks was about Jf.'inO.OO, three being paid for l>y the company that laid the |>ipo. 71
It will be seen by the above that the expense of mending leaks on this portion of the line is quite large. This is owing to the nature of the material in which the pipe was laid, being a quicksand, and full of water. The cement was all off the bottom of the pipe, and in a few years it will have to be relaid on a higher grade. The force main as a whole is in as good condition to-day as it has been at any time since it was laid.
THE SUPPLY MAIN.
On the supply main, there have be,en seven leaks ; four of these were at the corner of Massabesic and Park streets. The pipe at this point is ten feet deep. Two of the leaks were found to be rust holes near the joint. In repairing the supply main east of Wilson street, the water from the city reservoir is necessarily shut off. In such cases the water is supplied from the reservoir of the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ; but this reservoir being fifty feet lower, a portion of the inhabitants are de- prived of water, and the pressure on all the pipes in the city is correspondingly lessened. In view of the fact that it might take two or three days to repair a leak on the sup- ply main, would it not be advisable to make preparations at an early day to lay a line of pipe in Valley street from Massabesic street to the end of the twelve-inch, opposite the jail ? This would i^equire a twenty-inch pipe to Wilson street, fourteen-inch from Wilson to Beech street, and a twelve-inch from Beech to Elm street.
RESERVOIR.
There has been nothing done to the reservoir or the lands enclosed. The north-east corner of the gate-house has settled slightly, causing a small crack in the brick-work, and the 72 doors to blow down. The injury has been temporarily re- paired.
DISTRIBUTION PIPE.
The number of feet of pipe laid the past year is 1,798. at an expense of $1,213. The pipe laid under the canal on Granite street by the Manchester Print-Works, for which the city paid $550, was ordered to be taken out by the Amoskeag Company, and, in consequence, a new line was laid over the canal and under the bridge. A connection has been made with the company's pipe by a fourteen-inch gate, but this is only to be used in case of fire. The expense of this change to the city was $570. On the 25th day of January a leak was discovered in the pipe supplying Piscataquog, near the east shore of the Mer- rimack River. The water was immediately shut ofif, and a supply furnished by the eight-inch pipe that crosses the river on Granite bridge. The 1st of July a portion of the pipe where the leak was supposed to be was taken up, and was found broken off. The cause of this break was the new sewer, which em{)ties into the river just above, making a new channel and cutting away the sand underneath the pipe. As this part of the pipe is the only portion that has ever broken, it was thought best by the supei'intendent to take out a few lengths
and relay it with thicker pipe. A few pieces of twelve-inch cast-iron pipe, one inch thick, were procured, and, after taking out a number of lengths, a diver was employed to make the connection under water. This he failed to do on account of the large quantity of sand that covered the
pipe. As the facilities were not at hand to remove it, it
was thought best to leave it for a time and see if there was any more change in the channel caused by the sewer. The 73 expense for labor, diver, rafts, and for taking out pipe and examining the bottom, was $150. The pipe that was taken out is worth about $100. Having so much trouble with this line of pipe, it led the superintendent to make some inquiries about the same sized pipe laid under similar circumstances. The pipe laid across the river at Lawrence, Mass., has not been any expense to the city since it came from the hands of the contractors. This is laid on a shifting, sandy bottom. A twelve-inch pipe laid across Gowanus creek, near Brooklyn, N. Y., by J. H. Rhodes, after lying for ten years in twelve feet of water, was cut at the shore ends. The channel was then lowered to fifteen and oue-half feet. This drew the pipe into the water three feet on one side and four feet on the other. After making the connection again no leak was discovered. The number of leaks on cement pipe is two hundred and
fifty-one ; cast-iron, fifteen. The pipe burst on Hanover, Concord, Winter, and River streets, and a six-inch wooden plug blew out of the cast- iron pipe on Elm, corner of Sagamon street. The leaks have been repaired on the cement pipe with a cast-iron clamp-sleeve and lead joints. There have been five of these which caused some trouble by leaking again, but, as a rule, they work well and can be repaired without shutting off' the water.
HYDRANTS.
There have been three new hydrants set the past season, one on Hancock street and two on Walker street. Two have been taken out and longer ones substituted, one on Fearl street and the other on Cedar street, A hydrant was moved on Maple street, three feet, on account of inter- fering with a driveway. One on Main street, corner of 74
Walker street, was l)roken by a runaway team, The one set on Walker street answers as a substitute.
GATES.
After the l)reak in the river referred to above, a twelve- inch gate was set west of Concord Railroad and the gas- works. A six-inch gate was put in on Walker street, cor- ner of Main street, and one taken out on Main street and another on Second street, corner of Granite street.
SCHEDULE OF PIPES AND FIXTURES LAID AND SET IN 1879.
Streets. 75
The following places are where the cement-lined pipe was taken up and cast-iron pipe laid instead: —
StC^ETS. 76
20 inch cast- 77
40 1-2 inch diameter 860 feet, 8 inches.
1,425 3-4 " 37,991 ' 180 1 15 1 1-4 " 1 1 1-2 " 11 2 4 4
Total length of service pipes, 45,521 feet, 1 inch.
Number miles service pipe in street, ^^-g-^
One hundred and five service pipes have been laid this year, as follows : —
97 3-4 inch diameter . . . 2,424 feet, 7 inches. " " ... 156 " 6 " 78
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METERS.
There are two hundred and fifty-one meters in use at the present time, being an increase of twenty-five over last year.
The number of meters owned by the works is two hun- dred and sixty-nine.
The income from the sale of water for the year 1879 has
been as follows : — Received from water and hydrant iCllL .... Received from water (metered) 81
Classification of accounts for the year 18T9 : —
Superintendence, collecting, and re- pairs ..... 82
Classification of accounts to Dec. :}1, 1879 : —
Land and water rights . .*30,858 67 Dam, canal, penstock, and race 101,198 20 Pumping machinery, pump-house,
dwelling, etc. . ' . 88,493 96 Distributing reservoir and fixtures 71,542 36
Force and supply main . 88,674 02 Distribution pipes 245,106 51 Fire hydrants and valves 30,149 99
Tools and fixtures . 10,649 35 Boarding and store houses 919 36 Roads and culverts 2,084 24 Supplies 550 39
Engineering . 22.176 19 Livery and traveling expenses 2.856 64 Legal expenses 563 79 Grading and fencing 11,349 62 Service pipes 27,247 49 Meters, boxes, and brass connections 7,707 72
Total construction account to
Dec. 31, 1879 . . . ^^742,128 50
Current expenses : — Superintendence, collecting and re- pairs .... $33,698 23
Stationery, printing, etc. . . 3,744 41
Office and incidental expenses . 2,962 27 Pumping expenses and repairs 8,992 89 Repairs to dam, canal, races, and reservoir .... 242 30 Repairs to buildings 254 48
Total current expenses to Dec. 31, 1879 $49,894 58 83
Interest $40,678 51
Highway expenditures . . . 14,000 53
f54,679 04
^ Total amount of bills approved
to Dec. 81, 1879 . . $846,702 12
Interest, discount, and labor performed on high-
way transferred, and tools and materials , sold 57,904 10
Total cost not including interest . $788,798 02
Interest and discount to Dec. 81, 1878 .... $200,128 51
Interest for 1879 . . . 86,084 00
Total interest and discount
to Dec. 31, 1879 . $286,212 51 Amount paid toward in-
terest in 1877 . $24,000 00 Amount paid toward in-
terest in 1878 . 26,000 00 Amount paid toward in-
terest in 1879 . 30,000 00
$80,000 00
Total paid toward interest to
Ded 81, 1879 . . . $156,212 51
Total cost including interest, $945,010 53 84
The following amounts have been paid over to the city
treasurer, and credited to the water-works : —
1872, supplies and mate -
rials sold . . .1578 61 1878, supplies and mate-
rials sold . . 177 07 1873, accrued interest on
water bonds sold . 193 26 1873, accrued interest on
state bonds sold . 146 00
1873, water rents . . 1,020 53 1874, supplies and mate-
rials sold . . 607 89 March 12, 1874, highway expendi- tures trans, from
water account . 14,000 53 March 17, 1874, interest and dis- count trans, from
water account . 12,347 25
Sept. 1, 1874, interest and dis- count trans, from
water account . 22.361 74 1874, water and hydrant
rent . . . 30,233 54 Dec. 29, 1874, interest transferred 4,566 25
Dec. 18, 1875, 1 anvil sold . 15 00 Sept. 25, 1875, engine, crusher, and
material sold . . 2,08'.» 45 1875, water and iiydrant
rent . . . 27,119 15
May 20, 1876, derrick sold . 125 00
May 20, 1876, rent of derrick . 24 00 1876, water and hydrant
rent . . . 38,879 47 85
1877, water and hydrant rent 43,823 1878, water and hydrant rent 1878, old plow sold 1879, derrick sold 1879, water and hydrant rent
Total .... Amount appropriated to Dec. 31, 1879 86
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
1 Iron foundiy. 87 88
The following is a list of gates, hydrants, meters, tools,
etc., on hand at the present time : —
GATES.
1 4 in. Eddy spigot. 2 8 in. Boston Machine 2 4 in. Boston Machine Com- spigot (one out of order), pany (one out of order). 2 8 in. Eddy hub. 1 6 in. Ludlow hub. 1 10 in. Boston Machine 1 6 in. Ludlow spigot. spigot. 3 6 in. Boston Machine spigot 2 12 in. Boston Machine (out of order). spigot.
HYDRANTS.
2 Boston Machine.
METERS.
1 1-2 in. Gem. 1 1 in. Union (rotary). 7 3-4 in. Gem. 3 3-4 in. Union (piston). 1 1 in. Gem. 2 5-8 in. Union (rotary). 2 2 in. Desper. 1 5-8 in. Union (piston).
PIPES AND BRANCHES ON HAND.
Pipes.
151 ft. 20 in. cast-iron pipe. 1889 ft. 10 in. cast-iron pipe.
641 ft. 14 in. cast-iron pipe. 1108 ft. 8 in. cast-iron pipe.
. 856 ft. 12 in. cast-iron pipe. 3386 ft. 6 in. cast-iron pipe.
240 ft. 12 in. cast-iron pipe 26 ft. 4 in. cast-iron pipe. (flange pipe). Branches.
2 12 to 8 inch reducers. 6 20 inch sleeves. 6 double 6 on 10. 2 12 inch sleeves. 1 double 10 on 12. 7 10 inch sleeves. 2 single 6 on 12. 6 6 inch cement plugs. 3 single on 14. 3 8 inch cement plugs. 89
2 single 6 on 20. 2 14 inch cement plugs. 2 single 12 on 14. 2 12 inch cast-iron plugs. 3 single 6 on 10. 1 20 inch gate-dome.
3 single 6 on 8. 1 15 inch gate-dome. single 6 on 6. 2 6 inch eight turns.
1 double 6 on 14. ' 1 12 inch eight turns. 1 double 6 on 12. 2 hydrant feet.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS ON HAND AT COURT-HOUSE.
49 ft. 2 inch pipe. 21 3-4 inch T.
47 ft. 1 1-2 inch pipe. 24 1-2 inch T.
208 ft. 1 1-4 inch pipe. 6 1 inch nipples.
211 ft. 1 inch pipe. 70 3-4 inch nipples.
2850 ft. 3-4 inch pipe. 70 1-2 inch nipples.
I'Zl ft. 1-2 inch pipe. 22 1-4 inch nipples. 26 stop boxes. 8 1 inch plugs. 16 2 inch couplings. 23 3-4 inch plugs. 9 1 1-4 inch couplings. 6 1-2 inch plugs. 5 1 1-4 in. couplings R. & L. 11 1 inch unions. 6 1 inch couplings. 10 3-4 inch unions. 45 1 inch couplings R. & L. 10 1-2 inch unions. 41 1 X 3-4 inch couplings. 6 3-4 incli caps. 95 3-4 inch couplings. 10 1-2 inch caps.
83 3-4 in. couplings R. 60 1-2 inch couplings. 3 4 inch clamps 1-2 in. stop. 21 1-2 inch couplings R. & L.17 6 inch clamps 1-2 in stop. 6 2 inch ells. 3 8 inch clamps 1-2 in. stop. 50 1 X 3-4 inch ells. 1 8 inch clamp 3-4 in. stop. 17 1 inch ells. 2 10 inch clamps 1-2 in. stop. 10 3-4 inch ells. 5 12 inch clamps 1-2 in. stop. 22 3-4 X 1-2 inch ells. 3 14 inch clamps 1-2 in. stop. 13 1-2 inch ells. 3 14 inch clamps 3-4 in. stop. 15 1-2 inch lead connections. 27 1-2 inch solder unions. 90 8 3-4 inch lead connections. 18 3-4 inch solder unions. 5 1 inch lead connections. 29 3-4 inch solder nipples. 5 1 1-4 in. lead connections. 24 1 inch solder nipples. 5 1-2 inch corp. stops (bent44 3-4 inch curb stops. union). 41 1 inch curb stops. 6 1-2 inch corp. stops (for 2 2 inch valves. nipples). 1 1 1-2 inch valve. 15 1-2 inch corp. stops (cast- 8 5-8 inch brass unions. iron pipe). 6 3-4 inch brass unions.. 23 3-4 inch corp. stops (cast- 6 1 inch brass unions, iron pipe). 17 brass nipples. • 3 3-4 in. Corp. stops (cement 1 washer cutter, pipe). 1 die plate. 4 1 inch Corp. stops (cement 6 dies R. & L. 1-2 to 1 inch, pipe). 6 taps R. & L. 1-2 to 1 inch, 4 1 1-4 inch corp. stops 2 bushings 1-2 to 3-4 inch, (cement pipe). 2 pipe cutters, 65 lbs solder. 4 extra cutters, 1 20 inch brass spindle. 1 die plate. 1 14 inch brass spindle. 3 dies R. 1 reflector lantern. 13 large meter boxes, 1 coil tin i)ij)e. 4 small meter boxes, 1 coil lead pipe. 1 wood stove, 60 lbs. lead pipe 3-4 inch. 1 glass cutter, 45 feet 5-8 inch iron pipe. 1 meter spanner, 1 lot old 3-4 in. iron pipe. 1 gallon kerosene, 1 2 inch stop and waste. 11 square stop box covers. 91 1 3-4 inch stop and waste. 1 3 gallon can. 4 oil cans. 1 furnace and irons. 11-2 gallon sperm oil. 1 lot of rope. 1 3 cubic feet measure. 1 bench. 1 6 inch gauge. 1 wire cutter. 1 platform scale. 1 roll enamel cloth. 2 wood saws. 2 chains for hydrant. 2 prick punches. 2 wrenches for hydrant. 2 vises. 1 ring. 1-2 side leather. 2 iron rimmers. 1 pair rubber mitts. 1 ice chisel. 4 collars for hydrant. 8 stop wrenches. 1 spoon shovel. 6 stone points. 3 long shovels. 13 hydrant valves. 24 hydrant packings. 1 pair chain tongs. 6 tamping tools. 3 pairs extensien tongs. 29 hydrant nuts. 2 pipe wrenches. 1 iron kettle. 2 meter wrenches. 1 1 bushel basket. 2 monkey -wrenches. 11 hydrant covers. 1 pair blacksmith tongs. 2 wood stop boxes. 1 ratchet driller and 4 drills. 1 kerosene barrel. 2 drill machines and tools. 1 iron brand M. W. W. 1 chain pulley. 1 steel brand M. W. W. 9 special wrenches. 6 hydrant caps. 1 machine hammer. 15 gate wrenches. 2 nail hammers. 8 hydrant wrenches. 1 pair punches. 1 lamp. 2 iron wedges. 2 wheelbarrows. 1 draw knife. 10 dump-barrows. 15 hydrant valves, iron. 2 furnaces and kettle. 1 lot of old picks. 2 tool-boxes. 3 3 pole derricks. 3 paving bammers. 1 4 pole derrick. 9 cold chisels. 9 poles for derricks. 92 6 cold chisels for cast iron. 2 set blocks. 3 mauls. 3 iron bars. 1 tool chest. 58 pounds inch rope. 2 screw drivers. 28 pounds gasket. 5 mortise chisels. 2337 pounds lead. 4 paring chisels. 12 iron pails. 10 moulding tools. 1 wooden pail. 1 plow plane with 6 irons. 1 iron jack for drilling. 1 set match planes. 1 grub hoe. 1 long and short jointer. 1 sledge hammer. 1 fore plane. 1 stone hammer. 2 nail sets. 3 calking hammers. 1 smoothing plane. 6 striking hannners. 1 mallet. 5 calking tools. 3 hand saws. 27 curb stop covers. 1 buck saw. 30 gate covers. 1 iron saw. 6 barrels clay. 1 brace and six bits. 4 20 inch sleeves. 2 extension bits. 4 14 inch sleeves. 1 bevel square. 1 12 inch sleeve. 2 iron squares. 3 10 inch sleeves. 1 grindstone. 7 8 inch sleeves. 4 axes. 5 6 inch sleeves. 3 brad awls. 120 3-4 inch bolts. 2 oil stones. 38 5-8 inch bolts. 1 chain. 355 pounds gasket. 40 blasting tubes. 1 iron rake. 9 R. P. shovels. 1 cap for hydrant. 1 lot of old shovels. 1 lot of wood packings. 1 iron snow shovel. 1 lot of meter packings. 2 wooden snow shovels. 6 torches. 10 picks and handles. 1 foot-lathe and tools. 6 drills, 4 feet long. 1 hydrant brush. 2 drills, 3 1-2 feet long. 1 pair tonga for hydrant. . 93 11 drills, 3 feet long. 11 hydrant rods. 8 drills, 2 feet long. 25 pounds nails. 4 drill spoons. 2 chains. 3 wedges, 18 inches long. 5 cords wood. 9 plug drills. 25 pounds waste. INVENTORY OP FURNITURE, ETC., IN OFFICE. 8 drawing boards. 2 quires drawing paper. 1 wardrobe. 1 lot of book paper. 1 transit. 1 lot of fuel. 1 level rod. 1 book-case. 1 copying press. 1 table. 1 roll manilla paper. 1 12-inch pressure gauge. 1 roll tracing paper. 1 6-inch pressure gauge. 2 drawing tables. 1 bill stamp. 1 library desk. 3 inkstands. 2 waste baskets. 1 lot of drawings. 1 6-foot pole. 1 safe. 3 stools. 1 pair scissors. 1 duster. 1 cork-screw. 1 map of city. 3 bottles ink. 1 map of city framed. 1 case of drawers. 1 map of New Hampshire. 1 stove. 1 level. 1 eraser. 3 transit rods. 1 lot of reports. 1 roll mounted paper. 1 directory. INVENTORY OF TOOLS AT PUMPING STATION. scoop shovel, 3 gallons sperm oil. common shovels, 1 bench. desk. 2 levels. 1-inch auger, 1 waste press. lanterns 1 Scotch driller. 94 3 monkey wrenches. 95 TOOLS AT THE DAM. 1 derrick. 4 mortar hoes. 2 set dog chains. 1 iron shovel. 1 set blacksmith tools. 150 feet hose. 6 pieces sewer pipe. 1 No. 5 plow. 1 force pump. 3 grub hoes. 1 bill hook. 3 bush scythes and snaths. 1 harrow. 2 axes. 1 timber roll. 1 cable chain. 8 sprinkler pots. 1 bellows. 1 lot of lumber. 4 water pails. 3 oil barrels. 8 mason hods. 1 lot of old shovels. 1 lot of wheelbarrows. Respectfully submitted. CHARLES K. WALKER, Superintendent. AUDITOR'S REPORT. To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners. Gentlemen, — Having examined the books of account in the office of Superintendent of Water-Works, I find them a model of neatness and correctly computed, showing the receipts for the year ending Dec. 31, 1879, to be $53,143.17, and the vouchers show that said sum has been paid to H. R. Chamberlin, Esq., City Treasurer. Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH E. BENNETT, Auditor. REPORT SCHOOL COMMITTEE. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. ORGANIZATION FOR 1879. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. JOHN L. KELLY, Mayor, Ex-officio Chairman. JOHN W. WHITTLE, President of the Common Council, ex officio. Ward 1. — Henry C. Sanderson, No. 1 M. S. B. Charles F. Everett, 46 Stark corporation. Ward 2. — James E. Dodge, 96 Brook street. Benjamin C. Dean, Myrtle street, cor. Ash. Ward 3. — William A. Webster, 185 Pearl street. Daniel Clark, Lowell street, corner Pine. Ward 4. — George W. Weeks, 172 Amherst street. Walter M. Parker, Hanover, cor. Chestnut. Ward 5. — Charles A. O'Connor, Haseltine House. Denis F. O'Connor, 173 Central street. Ward 6. — Abial C. Flanders, 308 Park street. Brackett B. Weeks, 382 Central street. Ward 7. — Ezra Huntington, 13 M. P. W. corporation. Marshall P. Hall, 54 Amoskeag corporation. Ward 8. — Louis E. Phelps, 220 Granite street (P.). Eugene W. Brigham, 47 Bowman st. (P.) 100 CLERK OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE. JAMES E. DODGE. SUPERINTENDENT OP PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. WILLIAM E. BUCK. STANDING COMMITTEES. Finance^ Accounts, and Claims. — The Mayor, Messrs. Huntington, Whittle, G. W. Weeks, Dodge, Hall, Parker. Salaries. — Messrs. Phelps, Clark, Sanderson, B. B. Weeks, Huntington. Repairs., Furniture, and Supplies. — Messrs. Sanderson, G. W. Weeks, Flanders, Dean, D. F. O'Connor. Fuel and Heating. — Messrs. Huntii)gton, the Mayor, Whittle, Parker, Everett, Flanders, Phelps. Sanitary. — Messrs. Webster, Dodge, Brigham, Sander- son, Everett. Examination of Teachers. — Messrs. Clark, Webster, Par- ker, Dean, C. A. O'Connor. Text-Books and Apparatus. — Messrs. Dean, Dodge, G. W. Weeks, C. A. O'Connor, Clark. Fmploi/ment of Children and Truancy. — Messrs. B. B. Weeks, Everett, Webster, Phelps, Parker. Music. — Messrs. G. W. Weeks, Brigham, Flanders. D. P. O'Connor, C. A. O'Connor. Drawing. — Messrs. Hall, Brigham, D. F. O'Connor, Dodge, B. B. Weeks. Non-Resident Pupils. — Messrs. Brigham, Hall, Everett, D. F. O'Connor, Flanders. 101 SUB-COMMITTEES. High School. — Messrs. Clark, Dean, Parker, C. A. O'Connor, Hall, Dodge, G. W. Weeks. Ash Street. — Messrs. Dean, Webster, C. A. O'Connor, B. B. Weeks, Phelps. Lincoln Street. — Messrs. G. W. Weeks, Flanders, Hunt- ington, D. F. O'Connor, Clark. Spring Street. — Messrs. Sanderson, Everett, Dodge, Flanders, Parker. Franklin Street. — Messrs. Huntington, Hall, Phelps, Sanderson, Clark. Lowell Street. — Messrs. Webster, Parker, Everett, C. A. O'Connor, Brigham. Manchester Street. — Messrs. C. A. O'Connor, Everett, Dean, G. W. Weeks, Brigham. Wilson Hill and Bridge Street. — Messrs. Everett, Brig- ham, Phelps, B. B. Weeks, Flanders. Training School and Spruce Street. — Messrs. Hall, G. W. Weeks, Clark, Dean, Huntington. Piscataquog School. — Messrs. Phelps, Brigham, Hunt- ington, B. B. Weeks, D. F. O'Connor. Center Street and South Main Street. — Messrs. Brigham, Sanderson, Phelps, B. B. Weeks, Dodge. Anioskeag, Blodget Street., and Stark District. — Messrs. Dodge, Parker, D. F. O'Connor, Dean, Everett. Bakersville and Hallsville. — Messrs. Flanders, Hall, Webster, C. A. O'Connor, Dodge. G-offes Falls and Harvey District. — Messrs. Parker, Clark, G. W. Weeks, D. F. O'Connor, Sanderson. Mosquito Pond, Webster's Mills, and Youngsville. — Messrs. B. B. Weeks, Sanderson, Hall, Webster, Parker. Evening School. — Messrs. D. F. O'Connor, Huntington, Flanders, Hall, Dodge. REPORT SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the City Councils. The Board of School Committee present their annual report. At the time Manchester became a city, in the year 1846, there were eleven schools in operation, with less than four hundred pupils, and costing about forty-five hundred dol- lars a year. From this small beginning, the school de- partment has grown to be a great and vital interest, having the care of seventy-four schools and three thousand schol- ars, and expending annually nearly fifty thousand dollars. This year, for the first time, the expenditure of the entire sum appropriated for all school purposes (including repairs of school-houses), has been under the direction of this board. No other department disburses so large a sum. The management of the finances of the committee, though of less importance than the superintendence of in- struction, is a matter of much interest to the public. The following is a table showing appropriations and expendi- tures for 1879, also the expenditures of the year previous : — 104 • 105 1879. 1878. Whole amouut expeuded by School Com- mittee, including repairs . . . $46,144 39 $47,005 82 Amount expended by City Councils for salaries of School Committee and Superintendent $1,733 38 $1,755 00 Wholeu amount expended by the city for school purposes $47,877 72 $48,760 82 Whole number of pupils enrolled in day schools 3,798 3,515 Average number belonging to schools . 2,859 2,571 Average daily attendance .... 2,648 2,348 Average per cent of attendance . . 92.6 91.3 Cost of tuition in day schools per scholar, based upon average number belong- ing ^2 16 Cost of incidentals, per scholar * dumber of pupils graduated from grammar schools From suburban schools .... Number of pupils admitted to High School from grammar schools .... Whole number admitted to High School . Number graduated from High School Average attendance in Evening School . Number of teachers regularly employed in day schools ...... Number of scholars per teacher in High School Number of scholars per teacher in gram- mar schools Number of scholars per teacher in middle schools Number of scholars per teacher in pri- mai'y schools Number of scholars per teacher in subur- ban schools * Based upon amount expended by the committee, exclusive of teaching and evening schools. 106 A table of attendance at the various schools, and a list of teachers, will be found appended to this report. The items of expense in detail will be found as usual in the city report. We believe that all matters connected with this branch of our administration have been carefully and prudently conducted. The only expenses which may be called extraordinary, were for the new heating apparatus at the High School, and for the removal of the Hallsville school-house. The cost of the former was about twenty-two hundred dollars. One thousand dollars of this was specially ap})roi)riated for the purpose, and the balance was paid out of the appropriation for ordinary repairs. The expense of the change at Halls- ville was three hundred and fifty dollars. Both of these large items of expense were necessary for the health and comfort of the pupils, and could not well have been deferred. The fitting up of the laboratory at the High School was completed at a cost of about one hundred dollars. Various minor repairs have been made upon the buildings, as needed. We have asked for an increase of appropriation for repairs the coming year, in order that some long-needed changes in one or two buildings may be made. The out-buildings connected with the Lincoln-street house are in such a location and condition as to cause com- plaint from citizens living in that vicijiity. It is the wish of the committee to introduce the city water into the clos- ets of this building in the same manner as at the Ash-street and Franklin-street houses. Changes and repairs arc needed in the Training-School building on Merrimack street. The basement of this build- ing has never been put in condition for use. The water- closets are also of the old pattern, and are so near to the school-rooms as to be unhealthy, and, at times, ollensive. 107 The floors of the several rooms will have to be relaid. This building, externally one of the handsomest in the city, has long been in a shabby condition inside. In the matter of fuel, we were fortunate in having a con- siderable supply on hand at the beginning of the year. The expense for fuel will, necessarily, be larger for the coming year. There will be no surplus on hand after the season is over, the price is higher, and the consumption will be greater. For these reasons we have asked for a slight increase of appropriation over last year. Beyond the items of repairs and fuel, we do not antici- pate any increase in incidental expenses for the year to come. We shall, however, probably be obliged to open at least three new schools, and the city councils will be called upon to provide rooms for them. We have reached the utmost limit of our accommodations for primary schools in all that district of the city lying south of Lowell street. Our twenty-seven primary schools, last term, had an average of more than fifty pupils to each school. In the Manches- ter-street building, the children are crowded into the attic, and are obliged to climb up and down a narrow and steep stairway. Their location there is unhealthy, and would be extremely dangerous in case of fire or panic. We ask that you will immediately take steps to erect a new building on the lot owned by the city at the corner of Beech and Spruce streets. There are scholars to fill three rooms at that point, and we suggest that a four-room build- .ing be erected. The lot is of ample size, — one hundred by one hundred and fifty feet. So imperative is our need for these accommodations, that we urge immediate action. The building ought to be ready for occupancy at the begin- ning of the spring term. The growth of the city north of Lowell street will soon 108 require more scliool room in the Ash-street district, for the grammar grade. At no distant day there will also be need for a new building north or east of the Fair Grounds, as the nearest accommodations for that section are at Blodget street, where the schools are already full. A new school will have to be established in Piscataquog. EVENING SCHOOLS. The evening schools on the east side of the river have been removed from their old quarters on Lowell street to Spring street. These schools have cost twelve hundred dollars, with an average attendance of one hundred and twenty-five pupils. They are very practical in their operation, resembling the mixed winter schools in the country. The pupils are of various ages ; some arc just beginning to read, and some are well advanced in the common branches To illustrate the successful working of these schools and the manner in which their advantages are appreciated, we quote the fol- lowing record of some of the pupils, furnished by the prin- cipal : — "Edwin Smith, came from Wales; could read a little ; has attended five terms ; now reads well ; will finish Rob- inson's Practical Arithmetic this term." ' John P. Cronin, twenty-three years old ; has attended five years ; has gained a good knowledge of grammar, his- tory, and geography, in that time, and has been through Robinson's Arithmetic." " John Anderson, came into school five years ago : could not write; could read a little; now writes a good hand, reads and spells well ; is good in graunnai' and arithmetic." •' Henry Messier, came from Canada; has attended four years ; could not read ; now reads well in the Sixth Reader ; writes and spells well, and has ciphered as far as " partial payments 109 There are many other similar examples among the pupils, both boys and girls, of great progress in obtaining a good English education while laboring constantly by day. CONDITION OP THE SCHOOLS. In general, the condition of the day schools has not ma- terially changed in the past year. A few of them are suffering from the inexperience or inefficiency of teachers ; others are too crowded in numbers to be efficient. In some grades the course of study is misadjusted to the age and capacity of the scholars. In very many schools we have found a lack of interest ; they need an infusion of vigor. For various and good reasons, the Superintendent has given less of his personal attention to tlie inner work of the schools this year than formerly. There has been much hasty and inconsiderate discussion upon school matters, in private and in public, disturbing and demoralizing in its effect upon the schools. The school- room is very sensitive to public opinion. Every friend of the schools will be considerate in his criticism, and careful that it is based upon fact and not upon rumor. The public estimate of the condition of the schools is unfortunately often determined by statements published without authority or investigation ; and the acts and discussions of the com- mittee-room, erroneously reported, and misunderstood, have resulted in harm when good was intended. TEACHERS. In the year before us, we ask of the teachers that they will bring to their work all the interest and enthusiasm possible. We suggest that they, together with the Super- intendent, resume their meetings for mutual conference and improvement. At the present time there are an unu- no sually large number of young teachers in our schools who would be benefited by such a course We expect all teachers, young and old. to seek and to use all possible helps in their profession. We look for a generous emulation among them to teach better schools. The good teacher is conspicuous only liy the excellence of his work. The Board would regret to have their attention called to rivalry arising from any motive less worthy than this. WORK FOR THE NRXT YEAR. No radical changes or '-new departures'" are contem- plated. The course of study, by the experience of the last few years, has been found defective at some points. We do not think the work required is too great, but it ap- pears to be unequally distributed in the different grades. There is evidently more work required in the primary schools, in some branches, than can be done thoroughly in the time allowed. The j)riniary teachers are almost unani- mously of the opinion that their scholars go forward to the next grade i)Oorly prepared, in consequence of the exactions of the rules. The teachers try faithfully to do their work thoroughly ; but tbcir time is limited, and they must pro- mote according to the schedule. There ought to be room and time for a more natural classification, according to the cai)acity and temperament of children. The Superintendent has suggested a change in the names of the grades, — that all the schools up to the fourth gram- mar division be called primary. This would be well ; it would be still better to abolish entirely the arbitrary ar- rangement by which a certain numl)er of scholars are kept just so many weeks or months in one room, apportioned Just so much work whether they \)v dull or bright, and periodically pushed forward by classes, whether prepared Ill or not. The large number of new scholars constantly pressing into the lower schools, and the consequent lack of room, has always been an obstacle to any reform in this direction. Hereafter, less arithmetic will be required in the lowest classes of primary schools, and more attention to reading in all classes. When the present course was ar- ranged, the work in arithmetic was increased, requiring children in the first six months to learn the " principles of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division," and mental arithmetic was ordered to be dropped at the first class in the first middle school. Formerly it was continued into the third division of the grammar school. This change is believed to have been a mistake. It is quite enough for children in the first six months of school to learn to add and subtract, and the drill in mental arithmetic may profit- ably be continued through the wliole grammar course. To this end tlie course will soon be revised. We must in some way provide for more thorough work in arithmetic, both mental and written. Under our present course, although children in the primary school may in some instances seem to be surprisingly " quick in figures," we think there are fewer good arithmeticians in the grammar schools than there were ten years ago. We find scholars in the last year of the grammar schools blundering like little children over common multiplications and divisions. The studies of the earlier years should be few and sim- ple. It is a question whether the study of all branches except reading, writing, and arithmetic should not be deferred until the fifth or sixth year of school. Many good teachers think the others would be more thoroughly learned in the remaining two or three years. They are of the opinion that education should run in fewer currents, deep and strong, rather than in so many shallow and diluted 112 streams. So many branches are taught in our schools, that the attention of the pupil can be held to one subject but a few minutes at one time. In the case of the youngest scholars, whose minds are undisciplined, diversity of em- ployment is necessary for the sake of rest and recreation. But the child's mind soon becomes capable of more con- tinuous application, and in the higher grades of school the important branches should receive more extended and closer study. The teaching of a few subjects thoroughly in the early years, insures the power to apply the mind contin- uously and intently to affairs of business in later life. The Board hope to be able to relieve the Superintendent of some of the merely routine duties now imposed upon him by the rules, and so give him more time for personal in- spection of the schools. His presence is needed there to correct evils whose existence is only detected by fre(]uent teachers to wake visits ; to give advice to the younger ; up •the dull schools, and to approve the good ones. Personal enthusiasm, and the power of imparting it to teachers and pupils, is the best gift a school superintendent can covet. If he is a man fit for the position, his own personality will pervade the whole department. pupils' HKALTH. — PRACTICAL EDUCATION. Of late years, two charges against the public schools are often heard. The first is that they are killing our children with hard work ; and second, that they are not thorough and practical in their instruction. These two statements appear to be contradictory. How is it that hard study does not produce thorougb scholars ? We dare not require more work of pu]»ilH, when their health fails under our present reciuiremcnts, It wouhl seem that one or the other of these charges must be untrue. The impression that the amount of study reijuired is ex- 113 cessive, especiall}' in the High School, is so wide-spread that it deserves our attention. - An opinion upon a matter so serious as this, ought not to be given without a knowl- edge of what is actually done in tlie schools, and an inves- tigation of facts in cases where injury is said to have resulted. It should be known in every case exactly what breaks down the scholar. For a better understanding of the responsibility of the schools in this matter, we call attention to the following considerations upon the High-School course of study. First, it is arranged for the TieaHhy student. A sickly boy or girl has no business in any school. Secondly., it is arranged for the industrious student. The lazy scholar is expected to break down, and to be loudest in his complaints. Thirdly, it is arranged to be pursued alone, as the only occupation of the pupil for the time being, undisturbed by other mat- ters beyond a reasonable limit. Under these conditions, we think any boy or girl of suitable age is capable of much harder work than the High School requires. The tasks are not so heavy as those required of students thirty and forty years ago, and at the best academies and seminaries now. We must conclude, either that the children of this generation are physically weaker than their fathers, or that school work in these days is done under unfavorable cir- cumstances. In almost every case where injury to health has occurred, the true cause has been that the pupil carried heavy bur- dens superadded to the tasks imposed in the school-room. A girl, for instance, is attending the High School. She has been tenderly reared, and is delicate in body. She is bright and active ; she has talents for singing, speaking, reading, or acting. Her services are in demand at sociables, in churches, fairs, and private entertainments. She attends lodges, re-unions, parties, balls. She takes lessons in music ; 114 she paints pictures and decorates ware ; and with all this may have a novel or two in hand. These things demand time which belongs to her school. There is a little time left for study, still less for sleep, and none at all for real rest of body and repose of mind, without which study becomes a weariness and vexation of spirit. With boys the case is not much different. By permission of parents, the school is robbed of time which ought to be sacredly set apart for its duties. It is no wonder that occasionally a scholar sinks exhausted in body and mind under these conditions. At the present time there is no cause for solicitude in this matter. We think there are no pupils suffering from overwork. Indeed, the majority of the pvij)ils in the High School, in justice to those who send them there, ought to do more work. The other charge, namely, that a common-school educa- tion at the present day is not thorough and practical, has more foundation in fact. Yet here also it may be shown that the changed conditions under which children are edu- cated has much to do with the result. It is important to inquire wliat factors beside the school go to make education practical or otherwise. It is often remarked that men from the country, educated in the old way, attending school but three or six months in a year, seemed to be better fitted for life than the modern young man is, with all the apparently superior advantages of our schools. Undoubtedly tiiis is true. The difference is due to training outside the schools. Let us see how a boy used to be trained. In the first place, he was taught to work; there was employment at home until the time arrived for the choice of a trade, business, or profession. If a trade was to be learned, he was bound to his employer for a term of years. He worked hard and learned the trade well. If his ambition led to the choice of a profes- 115 sion, his habits of industry gave him a good preparation and won success afterwards. Industry gave him physical health, and saved him from many hurtful habits. He was taught to expect no rewards in life except for long and pa- " " " " tient eifort. Be frugal ; "be industrious ; labor and wait.* These were household maxims. Industrious habits were bred into the boy and followed him through life. Then he was taught obedience. At home and in school, submission to authority was enforced. He heard from the pulpit, from the schoolmaster, and at the fireside, the doc- trine that a cheerful subordination to just authority is the highest duty and dignity of man ; that he must surrender his ignorance and weakness to the guidance of wisdom and strength. Under such training as this, the boy became an inde- pendent, self-reliant, and practical man. Habitual industry and conscientious regard for duty, — these lie at the foun- dation of that character we call practical. The school-boy of to-day generally comes from a home of plenty. He is not obliged to work, for there is no work for him to do. His every want is supplied. He knows the value of nothing, because he earns nothing. He is well fed and nicely dressed ; and, for aught he knows, the com- forts and luxuries he enjoys will always be supplied without effort from him. He grows up surrounded by evidences of wealth ; but the great lesson, that all he sees about him was acquired by toil and sacrifice, is unlearned. His reading- is calculated to give him the same false conception of life. It pictures men and women in ease and luxury, and chil- dren enjoying endless vacations. When at last school life is ended, and the question of employment comes, he has formed habits and tastes for a style of living not only be- yond his means, but beyond his power of earning. He drifts awhile in life, and when finally some business is ; 116 entered, it is distasteful to him to take an humble position his wishes are all opposed to the hard work and self-denial necessary for success, and he fails, or is content with medi- ocrity. This picture may seem overdrawn, yet it represents large classes in the public schools of every city ; and these fur- nish the examples of failure by which the schools are too often judged. It is true the times have changed ; the old life and occu- pations of the country cannot be repeated in the city ; there are new avenues to employment and success : still the sterling qualities we have named are as necessary as ever. You can hardly point to a successful man in Manchester who was not trained to habits of industry and self-depend- ence, nor to a young man reared without them, however well taught in the schools, who gives great promise oi success. Now there are many who insist that the public-school education is responsible for failure in practical life. Too much schooling, they say, not only deprives children of the opportunity for a practical education, but is in itself the cause of a distaste for industrial pursuits, and engenders the false notions of life of which we have spoken. They propose for remedies to cut down the time of schooling to the old-time standard ; to teach nothing but the three R's, and to establish industrial schools. A reduction of school time would rather increase than diminish the evils of idleness and unthrift. Under the present conditions, it is not likely that the children of our prosperous people would be sooner put to work. The schools give a safer training than the streets. The more school, the less idleness. If this is true of the better classes, it is doubly so of the neglected children of the poor in cities, whose only li()j)e for training in habits of industry and virtue is in the public school. 117 It would be difficult to determiue which of the branches now taught in the schools could be dispensed with. The elements of all of them, at least, seem to be needed in these days of widely diffused knowledge. Nor would a system of industrial schools meet the demand. The first objection to this plan is its cost. To the already heavy outlay for buildings and teaching, would have to be added the expense of workshops and tools. The plan is un-American ; it fosters the old-world idea of a paternal government, doing for the people what they ought to do for themselves. This is already the greatest objection to our high schools. The industrial school could not fit for all trades, and so would favor some at the expense of others. It would not produce thorough workmen ; the instruction, necessarily, would be limited and superficial. There is no place to learn a trade or business well except in the midst of the work or business itself, in actual contact with processes and methods carried on for profit and not for play, and under the spur of necessity. We hear it said that the schools are fitting boys to be lawyers and doc- tors, but not to be mechanics and artisans. The fact is, the public school never did fit boys and girls for anything in the technical sense, and never can do it The choice in these days is too often for the professions and light em- ployments, but what have the schools, as such, to do with that ? The end sought by the system of schools supported by the State, is not to produce skilled workmen ; not to qualify for professional success ; not to gratify any ambitious desire of parents or friends. The State has nothing to do with these objects ; it leaves them to other agencies. The prov- ince of the school, beyond laying the foundation for future technical training, is to inculcate principles of industry, patience, self-control, and self-reliance, which, being con- 118 tinued from the school into after life, insure prosperity and happiness. No sensible man will complain that his boy on leaving school is not prepared to step at once into position and wealth, nor will he charge the school with deficiencies for which he alone is responsible. OLD AND NEW METHODS. — JUVENILE READING. We believe in progress, and are ready to adopt changes which have stood the test of time. It must Ije acknowl- edged that some of the innovations of the last twenty-five years have proved valueless. Many of the old ways were better. Thoroughness has been sacrificed for methods which promised to make study a pastime. Text-books have been prepared with the notion that study must be reduced to the minimum, and the pupils be instructed without know- ing it. We want more of the old-fashioned drill teaching. It is a mistaken modern notion that the memorizing of les- sons is not a profitable exercise for children. Why were they given this wonderful faculty if not to be used and developed ? What other way of storing the mind with useful knowledge has been discovered ? Some late methods of teaching tend to weaken the memory. This is also the result of the reading habits of our young people. Children read too much in their earlier years. In quantity and quality their reading is injurious. The old way was to read a few books slowly. The best examples of correct composition, as well as of pure and elevating sentiment in literature, were thus left in the memory, to be a power for good and a joy forever. In these days, children are sub- merged in a sea of reading. The groat mass of it, if not impure or vicious, is utterly profitless to the reader. The best of it is read too rapidly and carelessly to be mentally digested. Until recently this habit lias been confined to the reading outside of the schools, but now it has crept 119 into them. The scholars are not to be allowed to use a reader long for fear of getting "by heart" the old and standard selections, and so the latest magazines and books are to be carried about to them, to stimulate their desire for novelty and sensation. We are glad to know that some of our teachers are at- tempting to counteract the evils of promiscuous reading. The competition for rewards for reading and speaking, so generously provided for in the future by the founder of the Clarke prizes, will tend to the same end. And have we not a right to ask, in the interests of education and morality, that our booksellers and news-dealers will stop the sale of literary trash to our children ? COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE. The privileges of our schools are too great to l^e lost to any part of our population. A very important duty of the School Board is to devise ways and means to bring in the unschooled children. These are of two classes, — the va- grants and idlers about the city, and those kept at work contrary to law. There are enough of the former class about the streets every day in the year to fill two school- rooms. The Superintendent last term turned his atten- tion to the other class. He found at the time the names of more than three hundred children whose time for work had expired. He succeeded in getting about one hundred and fifty of them into school. The investigation of individual cases required weeks of hard work. All sorts of tricks and maneuvers are resorted to by the parents of these children, to prevent their attendance at school. Falsehood is com- mon, and even forgery has been attempted, to prove that a child had passed the school age. Sent out of one mill prom- ising to attend school, they are soon found in another. They have to be persistently followed up, at their homes, in the mills, and in the streets. 120 Three hundred and fifty children came to tlie Superin- tendent's office last school year for certificates enabling them to oljtain work. A record of each individual must be kept. Probably fifty per cent of them will not appear in school again until they are hunted up in the mills, sent out, and followed to the school -house. When we reflect that this work must be continually repeated, it is evident that the Superintendent cannot do it without neglect of other duties. We need the services of a special officer to enforce the provisions of the compulsory school laws. He should not be called a "-Truant Officer" — that is a misnomer. Attendance Officer, or School Marshal, would better indi- cate the nature of his duties. The school laws are stringent enough, but they will not execute themselves. All the large cities in the country are finding it necessary to employ such officers. It will be cheaper to pay for the time and labor of keeping these children in school now, than to arrest and punish them by and by as ignorant criminals and vagrants. We again commend the public schools as worthy of more attention from our citizens at large. Their interest in them should not cease though their children are no longer pupils. Incalculable good might be done by visits and counsel of citizens whose education and influence make them prom- inent in other affairs. The public schools are to be under the direction of the present committee for another year. With the generous sup)>ort of the city councils, the co-o]>eration of our citi- zens, and the purpose on our j)art (o act iiarmoniously and wisely, we hope to leave them better tlian we found them. M. P. HALL, Fitr the Committee. Man( HKSTKH, Jamiiiry 2, ISSU. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. To the School Committee of Manchester. Gentlemen, — In accordance with your rules, requiring an annual report from the Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion, I herewith respectfully submit the following as my third report, the same being for the year 1879, and the twenty-fourth of its series : — GENERAL CONDITION OF THE SCHOOLS. During the past year our city schools, without ostentation, have been quietly and industriously at work, for the most part well performing the duties assigned them. As I have before said, they are not above criticism, and we should welcome every form of it calculated to improve them ; but if those disposed to make common talk of discoverable defects, or condemn the whole system because of imperfec- tions here and there apparently manifest, were thoroughly informed of all the circumstances occasioning the subject of their criticism, there would be far less that is unfavorable. Indeed, it cannot be doubted, that, with a full understand- ing of school affairs, those somewhat inclined to censure would frequently give wholesome praise in place of incon- siderate fault-finding. Our higher grade schools, as a whole, are best doing their proper work. It does not yet seem to be fully acknowl- 122 edged that it is either so imi)ortant or necessary that equally good teachers should be placed in the primary grades ; hence it is, in part, tliat they continue to rank low- est in respect to the character of their work. Another reason is because of the numerous changes which some of these schools are constantly undergoing, together with the frequent overcrowded condition of certain rooms ; and still another cause is the fact that many of the pupils do not understand the English language. A number of these schools consist almost wholly of pupils who are French Canadians ; and, for the most part, they go into the mills for employment as soon as sufficiently old, and ever after- wards school is a secondary matter with them. They will attend only as required by law, and occasionally leave for other towns, or Canada, when required tbus to attend. Some of our best primary teachers are in schools of this character ; but the foregoing facts are sufficient, 1 think, to explain why the primary grades here cannot be expected to be on a par with the higher. Still, much can be done for their improvement by exercising the same care in the selection of teachers for them that is generally taken in the choice of those for the higher grades. As a matter of public interest, it may be further said of the French children in our schools, that, of the same age, they seem to be quite as forward as our own children in the study of arithmetic or drawing ; but in learning to read English they are naturally so long, and attend school so irregularly, they chiefly complete their course of study in the primary grades, thougii two or three second middle schools are largely composed of French pupils. It should also be understood that many of these children in our low- est grade primary schools are between twelve and fifteen years of age. They come direct from Canada, or are sent out of the mills ; and never having attended an English 123 school, they must be placed in the lowest grades, notwith- standing their age. Having attended school three months, though still unable to read English, they enter the mill as desired by their parents and allowed by law. Alternating between school and the mill, being three-fourths of the time in the latter, their progress at school is necessarily slow and unsatisfactory ; hence you will understand the first of the following suggestions for improvement : — HALF-TIME SCHOOLS. Provision for half-time schools, in certain localities, for the benefit of those who are employed in the mills, with a course of study arranged especially to meet their needs, would undoubtedly prove a great boon to those who are oscillating between school and the mill. If satisfactory arrangements can be made with superintendents and over- seers, whereby one-half of the number of children of school age employed by them could be allowed to attend school half of each day, the other half of the number of said chil- dren working in their places for tha«t half of the day and taking their places at school for the other half, the result, I believe, would be highly beneficial to all concerned. At least three very desirable conditions would be attained ; first, there would be effected in a measure, for that portion of our school population most in need of it, a realization of that ideal training which combines study and labor ; sec- ond, the influence of the school would be constantly exerted upon the child operative, and his learning made more cer- tain and progressive ; third, such an arrangement would be in the interests of humanity, providing, as it would, some release from the continual strain of bearing exacting respon- sibility during more hours daily than the physical powers of children can successfully long endure. Were it a fact that all children in our lowest grade pri- 124 mary schools have homes where they would be properly cared for when out of school, we should without hesitation recommend half-time schools for all of those grades ; and we shall make bold to suggest that the experiment be tried in localities where children of second primary grade appear to have excellent home care. A trial of this kind, based upon the plan of allowing one-half of the number usually belonging to these grades to attend but one session of school daily, would, I am sure, result in satisfying you of the desirability and wisdom of reducing the size of our primary schools to two-thirds or three-fourths of their present number, if all of their pupils are to continue on the plan of two daily sessions for each ; l)ecause I am confident, that, with the present size of those grades, it would be demonstrated that those schools conducted on the half-day session plan, half their number attending in the forenoon and the other half in the afternoon, would make as much progress in a term as those other schools of the same grade at which all the pupils should be in attendance two sessions daily. SMALLER SCHOOLS. But in those localities where children would not have proper care out of school, because of the absence of their parents from home during school hours, it would be better to reduce the size of the primary schools to an average number of thirty-six, or a maximum of forty. The average number in our primary schools for the first month of this term was fifty. This number is too large by more than a dozen, and we cannot reasonably expect the best results from attempts at teaching so many as one-third of this nural)er at once. This is especially true of lowest grade primary schools, in which we should have most individual work. Let the mother, with any of her well-tried metiiods, 125 attempt to hold the attention and instruct for ten or fifteen minutes not more than three or four children of primary- school age, and she will fully realize the impossibility of properly controlling and instructing classes of fifteen or twenty such pupils, nor will she be surprised that those having it to do occasionally get out of patience. These lowest grade schools are overcrowded with desks, as well as with pupils. There should be space in each room for a long table or two, containing pictures, splints, blocks, and other material for object teaching, at the sides of which children may stand and be employed either for instruction or for amusement. The primary school thus accommodated, and instructed in small groups instead of long classes stiffly arrayed in the floor as if for dress pa- rade, becomes a typical home to the cliild, and under a proper teacher his first steps at school are " in paths of pleasantness and ways of peace." It must not be inferred that it is not essential that the school shall be an orderly one ; on the contraiy, the pupils should be kept so busy at the table, at their desks, or at the blackboard, one of these groups receiving direct instruction from the teacher, that they will not think of any thing im- proper in school. The first thing, however, necessary to bring about this condition of things, is to reduce the lower grade schools to the proper size, or daily alternate the attend- ance of one-half of their number. To do the former, we must have several more rooms ; and a few more should be provided, though no other change be made than to reduce the number in these schools to what has generally been regarded as the maximum. ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION. The need of more room for schools in the south part of the city is immediate and imperative. The school at the ; 126 corner of Beech and Spruce streets has been full since its organization ; but it is not sufficient to accommodate a third part of the children who are now in our schools and live south of Park street, on Union, Pine, Chestnut, Elm, and the cross streets between them. These children are chiefly in the Manchester-street house, at the corner of Chestnut but to make room for them there, we had to open during the spring term two new schools in the house at the corner of Lowell and Chestnut streets, and transfer thence from the Manchester-street house many children of lowest pri- mary grade, living on Amherst and Manchester streets and the back streets between them. Still they have come so numerously upon us this fall term, that we have had, for the want of suitable accommodations, to open another school on the third floor, or in the garret, of the Manches- ter-street house ; and, moreover, the Lowell-street district has become so crowded that we have also been obliged to open a new school on Spring street for the accommodation of primary-grade pupils living east of Elm. The want of three or four school-rooms in the south part of the city compels very young children, living there, to go several squares north to the Manchester-street house, where they crowd out those living in the immediate vicinity of it and force them up to the Lowell-street house, from which pupils belonging there are pushed across Elm street down to the Spring-street house ; and it should l)e l>orne in mind that children of lowest primary grade are the ones who chiefly sutfer from these inconvenient and improper means of accommodation. It should also be said that nearly all the children in the primary school at the corner of Union and Bridge streets belong to the Lowell-street district, and that the former house will soon be needed for the surplus in the lower grades, which are already uvercrowilod, at the Ash-street house. 127 The best way out of the difficulty, as it seems to me, is for the city to build a oue-story house coutainingfour rooms suitably arranged for primary schools, somewhere near the location of the present ward-room, in ward six, at the corner of Beech and Spruce streets. The school already established there is without proper accommodations ; but a four-room building in that vicinity would probably meet the needs of that school, and furnish additional room in the south part of the city, sufficient for the children living there but not now properly accommodated. Another suggestion, for the improvement of our schools, is, that great care be exercised in the SELECTION OF TEACHERS, Certainly there is nothing of more vital importance af- fecting the well-being of our schools, or the concern of their superintendent, than the selection of a proper and the best possible available teacher for every vacancy that may occur. It is exceedingly important that the qualifications of the candidate be especially considered with reference to the position to be filled ; and truly no one should be given any position as teacher, or advanced from one grade to another, without its being first known from previous successful ex- perience in the grade for which the applicant is proposed, or by examination, that the candidate has sufficient knowl- edge of the principles of the studies to be taught in a required grade, to warrant at least correct instruction in the studies of that grade. In the examination of teachers, the form should be both oral and written, because there is much to be taken into consideration besides mere scholar- ship ; written, in part, because exactness of knowledge, which is in no other way discoverable, is essential in some departments, and its attainment, or the lack of it, should be known ; oral, in part, that the disposition, temperament, 128 general information, culture, judgment, ingenuity, tact, and originality of the candidate, may be discovered, as far as possible, and given due consideration. In the selection of a teacher, it is quite as impoi'tant that we take into account the general characteristics of the candidate as that we require a precise standard of scholarshij), though the latter must be had to an extent sufficient to meet the needs of the position to be filled. Even after a satisfactory examination, the teacher should be put on trial for one term ; and, if his work is found satisfactory, he should then be confirmed, and no further examination be required so long as he remains in the grade for which he was examined. What has just been said will not be found inconsistent with what was said in regard to the same subject in my first report, for the year 1877, and I am still of the opinion that any fair system of examination of teachers would in no way work a disadvantage to the worthy graduates of our Training School ; but even if it should, isn't the city enti- tled to the best instructing talent available from any source that the salaries paid will command ? Not, how- ever, until the salaries paid in our lower-grade schools are much higher than now, need there be any fear that those who might be found superior to our High-School graduates will come from abroad, and it is chiefly from these gradu- ates that material for the Training School is obtained. It is true that nearly all of our teachers are elected sul> ject to examination ; but it not uufrequently happens, that, from immediate necessity of opening a school, the newly- elected teaclier enters the school before being examined, that the matter is neglected until forgotten, and no exam- ination is ever j)asscd. It would jjrobably be a matter of surprise to the school conimittce, to be informed of the numl^er of teachers, in our schools at the present time, who have never Ijeen examined tor the grade in which they are 129 employed, or foi- any grade in the city. It cannot, there- fore, be expected that all teachers are in grades for which they are best adapted, or that all who are not can shew excellent results. Since, however, they may not be respon- sible for the position they occupy, and have, for the most part, become either fair or good teachers, because of the experimental practice they have had upon the school since they took charge of it, a general recasting of our corps of teachers might not be wise ; but, as an official who is held largely responsible for the character of our schools, I can- not but express the hope that in future the utmost care may be exercised in seeing that every newly-elected teacher is in every way, so far as can be ascertained, properly quali- fied for the required position, before allowed to enter upon any of its duties, or at least that the best available is given the preference. It is true that some who are indifferent scholars excel as teachers, but not because they lack good scholarship, — rather because they have qualities which we should have coupled with good scholarship in teachers ; a genuine love for the work, which will make them enthusi- astic and industrious, and a personal magnetism that is the embodiment of great moral power. TRUANCY AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN. There is great need of a truant officer, under the direc- tion of the school committee, to collect from the streets those of school age without employment, and enforce their attendance at school. We are reaching commendably well, through the police department, those disposed to truancy who are enrolled in our schools ; but numbers of the unen- rolled may be daily seen obtaining their education from the public street. The truant officer should also be required to have charge of children of school age employed in the mills, and be 130 obliged to keep permanent records constantly posted, to show a complete history of each child, so employed, from the time he may first enter the mill until lie is no longer of school age. To do this and issue the necessary certificates would occupy nearly the whole of his time during the first month of each term, and no small portion of it during the other school months, if in his daily rounds^he traces out and investigates, at the home of the child, at the school or the mill, the very plausible story the truant will fabricate as an excuse for not being either at school or at the mill on the particular day when he may unexpectedly happen to be interviewed. Months of acquaintance with the ways of the child operative desiring a certificate granting jiermission to work, convinces me that the ways of the '' heathen Chi- nee " are as the light of the sun when compared with the methods resorted to by some of these children to procure such a certificate, and that a truant officer who may have charge of them will need at least one Scripture qualifica- tion, — the wisdom of a serpent. NEEDED CHANGE IN THE GENERAL LAWS. The records pertaining to the employment of children might be greatly simplified, the safety of the State greatly enhanced, the good of the child operative greatly promoted, all without detriment to the mill interests, by proper and needed legislation. An examination of Chapter 91 of the General Laws, which ])ertains to this subject, will also reveal some puzzling inconsistencies : — Skct, 11. No child under fifteen years of age shall he employctl in any manufacturing establishment, unless he has attended some puljlic school, or private day-school, where instruction was given by a teacher competent to instruct in the branches taught in com- mon schools, at least twelve weeks during the year preceding. Sect. 12. No child under the age of twelve years shall be employed as aforesaid, unless he has attended school as aforesaid ; 131 at least six mouths during the year precedius:, or has attended the school of the district in which lie dwelt the whole time it was kept during such year. Sect. 14. Every parent, guardian, master, or other person hav- ing the custody, control, or charge of any child between the ages of eight and fourteen years, residing in any school-district in which a jiublic'school is annually taught for the period of twelve weeks or more within two miles by the nearest traveled road from his resi- dence, shall cause such child to attend such public school for twelve weeks at least in every year, etc. The inconsistency of these sections can best be shown by the statement of a very common occurrence. A child, between the ages of twelve and fourteen years, applies some time between the first of January and the middle of March for a certificate authorizing his employment in the mill, and the school records show that just previous to date the child had attended school the number of weeks required by section eleven, and, therefore, in accordance with the provisions of that section, he would appear to have the right of such employment ; but section fourteen requires that such child shall attend school " for twelve weeks at least in every year," and he cannot have done so previous to the latter part of March. It is true that the child, hav- ing attended school during December and the following January and February, might on the first of March be granted a certificate which should expire on the last of the following November, so that the child might comply with section fourteen by attending school the following Decem- ber ; but the law does not contemplate that we may take the risk of his doing so, or that the schools shall be in ses- sion that particular month for his special accommodation. Again, a child between twelve and fifteen years of age who attends school during the first three months of the year may be employed in the mill during the next nine months but may a child who has attended during January, Febru- 132 ary, and the following December, be employed during nine months from the date of his last attendance at school, not- withstanding he was absent during the nine months inter- vening between the first two months and the last month of his attendance ? Section fourteen would seem justly to pre- clude any further employment until the child had attended another three months ; but section eleven seems to au- thorize employment from date of last attendance, notwith- standing the irregularity of it. The conflict between these sections probably exists because they were enacted in the interests of two distinct classes of children, without sufficient consideration of the way in which the conditions of one section might affect the inter- ests of the class of children provided for by the other section. To remedy these defects and make more definite the rights of the child operative, and, at the same time, to provide more effectually for that degree of education upon the part of the child which his interests and those of the State seem to demand, I would urge the imj)ortance of securing an amendment of the laws, as soon as possible, and suggest the following as points to be attained by such amendment: first, either that no child under twelve years of age be allowed employment in any manufacturing estab- lishment or that such be allowed employment therein for not more than five hours daily, and that such employment be allowed only for such length of time as said child shall attend school three hours daily, — vacations excepted, — subject to rules made by the local school committee for the government of the same ; second, that no child, between the ages of twelve and fifteen years, who cannot legibly write " his own name and read in English a '" Second Reader with commendal)le facility and clearness, shall be employed in any manufacturing establishment, and that no child between twelve and fifteen years of age shall be so employed. 133 unless he has attended some public day-school, or private day-school, where instruction was given by a teacher com- petent to instruct in the branches taught in the common schools, at least twelve weeks since the first of the preced- ing January, and that no certificate be granted for such employment for a longer period of time than one year from the date when said child entered upon the attendance of his last twelve weeks at school The first suggestion is made in the interests of the phys- ical needs of the child. No respectable body of regular physicians could be found to declare otherwise ; and no one observant of the effect of six months' employment, for ten hours a day in the mill, upon the physical condition of the child operative under twelve years of age, can for a moment doubt the wisdom of the change proposed. The aggregate amount of the child's labor for the year would not be reduced by the change suggested ; and, if overseers should refuse to employ children under twelve years of age on the half-day plan, it would be better that a few parents in posi- tive need of the aid afforded by the employment of their children should be helped at the expense of the public, than that numerous children should be so physically im- paired as to perpetuate pauperism, or that some should be employed to support parents who expend the wages of their children chiefly for strong drink, their own toil being lim- ited to " carrying dinners " to their children when they are sober enough to do it, unable to do other work on account of the " room(rum ?)aticks." The second suggestion is intended as a remedy against the employment, for a time, of that class of the rising generation who are ignorant of our language and our institutions. It seems reasonable that the State should insist that her child subjects of foi'- eign parentage should know at least the elements of what we expect other citizens shall obtain (as they do) from the 134 schools. It will doubtless be a matter of surprise to many that any of the age specified could now be found in the em])loy of our manufacturing establishments unable to read English and legibly write their own names ; but such is the fact, notwithstanding they are employed according to law. I account for it in this way. Many " come to the States for higher wages," and though between twelve and fifteen years of age, they do not all learn to read or write in twelve weeks, nor do they all make an effort to do so. Some of this class regard school merely as an irksome place in which they are to stay a specified time before they can be employed in the mill. The proposed change in the law would there- fore have a good effect upon such children while at school, by causing them to learn the required English as speedily as possible. Other points that would be attained by the proposed amendments are harmony and clearness of mean- ing in the sections of the law under consideration. To make the same complete, however, " fifteen years " should be substituted for " fourteen years" in section fourteen, so that a pupil desiring employment in the mill should not pass a part of the interim between fourteen and fifteen years of age out of school, as some now do, simply waiting the time when they shall be " over age." RULES AND REGULATIONS. The " Rules of the School Committee and Regulations for the Public Schools " have been several times amended since they were last i)ul)lished, in 1S74, ami l)ut a limited number of copies of the same are now on hand, llonce it would appear that a new edition should soon be published : and, in order that the members of the present committee, teachers, and janitors, nuiy be informed of the amend- ments already made, I introduce them here, with other amentlments which I would recommend as necessary or proper. ; 135 [Amendments made.] " Chap. I., Sect. 3. After Ninth," insert : Tenth, Non- resident pupils. Eleventh, Sub-committees for the various schools. " " Chap. 11. , Sect. 8. Substitute November or December for " February or March." Chap. IV., Sect. 2. Substitute*" December" for " Jan- uary or February." Chap, v., Sect. 3. Add, ''and he may dismiss the schools in any building during the last hour of the after- noon session, not oftener than four times a year, for the purpose of conferring with the teachers of that building." Chap. VI., Sect. 1. The following words are stricken out : " which shall include a special rate for service in summer, in winter, and in vacations, respectively." Sect. 2. Janitors shall have charge of buildings in the absence of teachers ; shall keep the rooms swept and clean shall in each summer vacation, and oftener if required, thoroughly wash the floors, windows, doors, and other parts requiring it, throughout the house, and clean the flues of stoves and furnaces and boilers ; they shall so manage, etc. Chap. VIII., Sect. 4. Persons desiring to enter the Training School as sub-teachers shall make application, in writing, to the Board, and shall be admitted only by vote of the Board. All applicants shall be examined in the manner prescribed for teachers in other schools. Sections 8 and 9. Subs.titute " twenty-five " for " fifty," in each section. Chap. IX., Sect. 10. All words after the word " com- mittee," near the end, are stricken out. Sect. 12. Non-resident pupils may be admitted to the schools upon such terms as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. All applications for admission of non-resi- dent pupils must be made to the Superintendent, and all 136 questions relating to such pupils shall be determined by the standing committee on non-resident pupils, subject to the rules of the Board. Sect. 23, Paragraph 2. The last nine words are stricken out. Sect. 24. After " February," insert, " and Decoration Day." The amendments recommended I will present without here assigning reasons for the same, further than to say, that, in the light of an experience of nearly three years, I feel that the changes contemplated would prove for the good of the schools and facilitate their proper management. [Amendments recommended indicated in italics or quotations.] Chap. 11., Sect. 3. Add: " The Superintendent being likewise recognized may speak upon any subject before the committee, and have other privileges which are accorded the members of the Board, except the right to vote." Chap. IV., Sect. 6. The committee on examination of teachers shall, at meetings appointed for the purpose, annually in the months of March and December, pul)lic notice of which shall be given, examine all candidates in the man- ner required by law and with especial reference to the posi- tion to be filled. The committee shall report to the Board the names of all api)licants who have been examined by them, together with their recommendations and qualifica- tions ; and no candidate who has not first passed a satisfac- tory examination at one of these times, or at some other public examination of ichich due notice had been given, shall he elected teacher of any school beloio the first division of the grammar grade. All teachers shall be nonmiated by the committee on examination of teachers, or by a special standing committee on nomination of teachers, as the Board may from time to time determine. Chap, v.. Sect. 5. He shall have authority to purchase 137 temporary supplies of fuel for any school, when the same are required for immediate use, and such other ordinary supplies as may he needed for the proper conduct of the schools. Sect. 8. In place of the last words, " report the same to the Board," substitute the following: "each term collect tuition of the same, and pay the amount to the City Treas- urer." Sect. 12. For the rest of the sentence after the words " one hour," in the third line, substitute the following : " daily during the session of the schools, not more than one-half of said hour being in school hours." Chap. VII., Sect. 1. In place of " eight o'clock, a. m.," substitute '• during his office hour," and strike out the words, " until nine o'clock." Chap. VIII., Sect. 8. In the fourth line, strike out the words " more than," and, after the word " week," insert the words " or more." Sect. 9. Make a change similar to the above, in the " fourth line ; and to the end add : The terms of payment specified in this section shall not be binding in special " cases as provided in section twenty-five of chapter nine (if recommendation there made is adopted). Chap. IX., Sect. 2. Teachers must be in their respective school-rooms at least fifteen minutes before the time for opening their schools, for the purpose of admitting the scholars and preserving order ; and they must remain therein duriyig this time, to see that order is maintained, unless assigned duties elsewhere hy the teacher having charge of the building, so also at recess if any pupils are alloived in the room. " Sect. 3, Paragraph 2. In the third line, substitute " 2 for " 1|^ "; and for the words after "hours," in the last whole line, substitute the following ; " but continue two hours throughout the year." 138 " Sect. 10, Paragraph 2. In the first line, change " one to " one-half"; after '' term " insert, " or three half-days a year, two of which may be taken at one time," and to the end of the paragraph add the following: " from the Mayor, chairman of the sul (-committee of the school, and Superin- " tendent, or a majority of the same Sect. 13. In place of the last word, substitute the words " vote of the School Committee." Sect. 17, Paragraph 2. In the second line, after the " " word schools," insert the following : and of the teacher of the highest grade in other buildings, unless otherwise especially provided by tlie Board." Sect. 19. After the Avord " session " in the fourth line, " insert the following : but teachers are particularly cau- tioned against allowing a reduction of more than one or two degrees of temperature, at recess, in cold weather, unless the temperature had previously been above sixty- eight degrees." Sect. 23. Strike out paragraph two, and the first four lines of paragraph four. "• Sect. 25, Paragraph 1. Add : The pay of such substi- tute may, in special cases, be fixed by tlie committee, or Superintendent, employing the substitute, provided that in no case shall the remuneration exceed the amount paid the regular teacher per diem, except by vote of the Board." Chap. X., Sect. 8. In the relation existing among teach- ers in any building, the principal, or the teacher of the highest grade, unless otherwise especially provided by the Board, shall hold priority ; and his (or her) directions shall be followed by the other teachers, in the business, or general management, of the scliools. OUR .SCHOOL SYSTKM. Now that the course of study is al)out to be revised, I 139 would submit for the consideration of the committee whether it would not be well to cause our system of schools to conform to the more methodical arrangement which exists elsewhere. Our present system may be represented as follows : — GRADED SCHOOLS. 140 By this arrangement, having only two classes in each of the eight divisions, w.e should in the elementary schools have sixteen grades, or two less than at present. During the first two years, however, I would have each class divided into two sections for purposes of recitation. Such a division would afford two advantages: first, small groups with which to work, affording the teacher an opportunity to do more individual work ; and second, short periods of time for active mental exercise, and it is well known that chil- dren of the age of those in these grades cannot concentrate their mental powers for more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time. During the third year, and perhaps the fourth also, I would, for similar reasons, divide the larger class into two sections for purposes of recitation, and thus have three groups during that period of time. Another advantage to be derived from an adoption of the plan of retaining pupils in primary schools one year each, instead of a year and a half as at present, would be a par- tial relief of the overcrowded condition of those schools, while the two years' attendance in a single grade might be profitably transferred to the highest division of the gram- mar grade, where there has usually been most spare room, pupils there being required to work a year in each class of that grade.' Of course, such changes as have been suggested would require that the advance made in each room below the master's should be somewhat less than the amount required under the present system. OTHER CHANGES. .It will be correctly inferred from the recommendation already made in regard to the amendment of Chapter IX., Section 3, of the '' Rules and Regulations," that 1 would have no schools in session over two and a half hours * in * Two-hour afternoon sessions, I tliink, would lie better still. 141 the afternoon, from the first Monday in November to the first Monday in February ; and I would also include all the schools of primary grade, as classified under the new arrangement suggested, in the present plan of five-hour sessions a day for primary grades, on condition the new plan of gradation is adopted. Another subject for consideration in the revision of the course of study, it seems to me, should be provision for making promotions at the end of each five months, instead of at the end of four months and then at the end of six months. I believe no little part of the idea that there is necessity for crowding the work of the schools arises from the feeling that nearly as much must be done during the first four months of the year as during the next six. It is during the fall term that there is chief complaint from the teachers that they cannot meet requirements ; and, of course, there is additional embarrassment if that term be shortened, as has been the case, I think, by one or two weeks ever since the present course of study has been in use. Besides, the present unequal times of work before making promotions causes great complexity, and double the amount of work otherwise necessary, in the arrange- ment of the course of study. Another advantage to be attained from the proposed change would be a more eco- nomical use of text-books in penmanship and drawing. Sixteen weeks are hardly sufficient for completing the books used in drawing during the fall term, and pupils who at the end of the term are advanced to the next higher grade of school are obliged to leave those books incom- plete, in order that at the opening of the next term they may take up the books belonging to the higher grade to which they may have been advanced. There are other questions, pertaining to the character and scope of the instruction appropriate to the several ; 142 grades, which should also receive careful consideration and, as the course of study is soon to pass under review, it may not be improper that I should indicate some of the points to which I think attention should be directed. In general,! would recommend that in the lower grades a less amount of arithmetic be attempted, but greater thorough- ness in the development of its fundamental principles. Less time devoted to the study of arithmetic in primary grades would afford greater opportunity for the more impor- tant work of these grades, — reading and writing. In the upper grades of the elementary schools, I think somewhat of the time now devoted to geography and history might more profitably be given to the study of arithmetic and language. READING. In the method of teaching reading to youngest classes, I think there is need of a radical change ; and, with the consent and co-operation of the committee, I shall endeavor to bring it about. The different methods are kiiown as " sentence," "word," " phonic," and '-alphabet." What- ever may be thought of the other methods, the last named is regarded as the poorest, by nearly all leading educators. The " word " and " phonic " methods seem to have most numerous and enthusiastic supporters. I believe that both methods have merits which should not be overlooked, and that best results are attained by using them both, — first ]jresenting the word, and then, at the proper stage, its ele- mentary sounds. The names of the letters of the alphabet present" no mental pictures, ideas, to the mind of the child ;" and he who learns to read through the connnonly stultifying process of the alphabet method, instinctively pronounces words for terms, and even for years, as though they were no more the simis of ideas than were to liim the names of 143 the letters, when first he made tlieir acquaintance, — nor are they to his deadened perceptions. Hence it is that we acquire a mechanical mannerism in our ways of reading, sometimes known (and not unjustly) as the "school tone," which not unfrequently follows us into the maturer years of life, in spite of our reason and our efforts to the contrary. A visit to the public schools of Quincy will reveal what a rational method of teaching reading will do for natural- ness of expression ; but the details we will leave for private consideration, or as the subject of some teachers' meeting. PENMANSHIP. As a drill exercise, instruction in penmanship need not extend over more than half the elementary course ; but in the lower grades it should be taught extensively, systemat- ically, and thoroughly. Fully one-half of the school session should be occupied by pupils of primary grade in the use of the pencil, not, however, exclusively or chiefly in drill exer- cises. Extended use of the pen or pencil should also be carried into the upper grades ; and, if the proper drill exer- cises have been given in the lower grades, tliere may be acquired in the upper grades that freedom, elegance, and individuality which should be as characteristic of our schools as of first-class business life. Penmanship scien- tifically taught is easily comprehended and enthusiastically received by pupils of primary grade, if properly pre- sented them ; and in those grades, therefore, should be acquired the foundation for an elegant handwriting, to be attained by daily practice throughout the course in the preparation of requirements in the upper grades. Such a disposition of penmanship would also relieve the upper grades of the drill exercises, and afford them more time for work better allotted to their greater mejital strength. 144 SPELLING. Pupils in every grade should spell with " silent tongues, pens or pencils "; those in lowest grades, by copying the forms of the words which they read. They will thus early become accustomed to observe closely the parts of which a word is composed. More advanced classes may be given set tasks from the spelling-book, but the words selected for such an exercise should be so far within the comprehension of the pupils that the majority of the class could construct sentences containing the given words, in a way that would show an intelligent use of them. ARITHMETIC. Nothing in arithmetical calculations can be more desira- ble than accuracy. The simplest problem correctly solved is of more value than the most complex without logical processes and true results. We find, however, by an exam- ination of the written tests put into our schools, and observe the same in daily recitation, that there is too great a defi- ciency both in fundamental operations and in ability to apply principles to problems of a kind upon which there has not been specific drill. I think much may be done in all grades to overcome these defects. In the first place, chil- dren should be taught a true conception of numl)ers by means of object illustrations, in order that they may not regard arithmetical characters merely as figures the opera- tions with which they are to remember simply as an exer- cise in mental gymnastics, instead of regarding figures as representatives, or signs, of a definite number which may be applied to common things. When this idea seems to be grasped, then nuist necessarily follow an immense amount of drill, to secure both accuracy and raj)idity of calculation ; at first, witli objects, till every possil)le combi- nation to a limited extent for each of the lower tirades is 145 clearly perceived and understood, and rapidity of accurate calculation must then be secured by numerous and swift daily combinations often repeated. From a drill of this kind the pupil will, at the proper time, pass with intelligent notions to operations in abstract numbers ; and he will also have seen for himself the importance of accuracy, and have acquired a habit of it which if followed up and insisted upon in the higher grades can but overcome the want of it now so manifest. Pupils should be taught to work their prob- lems independent of the answers in the book. They should be taught that they will have no answers to problems aris- ing in the business affairs of life, and that they must acquire habits of accuracy at school by a re-examination of the work of their problems till they know they are free from error, at least in fundamental operations. To secure greater ability to reason upon questions of a class upon which pupils have not received specific drill, I would advise daily exercise in the solution of problems of an applied nature, adapting the questions to the capacity of the child, and forming them chiefly from the practical affairs of com- mon life. By this method, too, children will daily feel that drill in operations of abstract numbers has a practical end which will ever be of service to them. In lower grades, pupils who can readily tell the result of i^^s — 20 = ? are not unfrequently found unable to tell how many oranges, at four cents each, should be given for a dozen lem- ons worth three cents apiece. Problems of an applied nature should be frequently given throughout all grades, to develop the reasoning faculties and illustrate the use of principles taught in operations with abstract numbers ; and none can be found so good for these purposes as those made by the teacher who studies her profession and daily pre- pares mental food adapted to the needs of those under her charge. 10 146 GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. The results attained in the study of geography and his- tory, as taught in our schools, appear quite favorably when compared with those in other studies in which the reason- ing faculties are more largely exercised. I think it would be wise to limit the details of study in geography to our own continent, and the general physical features of the globe. I would also have taught an outline knowledge of South America, Africa, and Australia, what is commonly found in the more general map-questions of the better class of geographies, leaving the text pertaining to other matters of these continents for reading lessons, oral instruction, and subjects for composition. The study of the geography of Asia should be more particular ; and that of p]urope should receive still greater attention, and but little less than the geography of our own country. The study of history, too, I think might be much abridged, without det- riment to our children. Now the whole text-book is required, and pupils master alike the important and unim- portant parts of it. Though they recite in their own language, for the most part, they are nevertheless unal)le to discriminate between the important and the unimportant portions ; and teachers are loath to make selections for fear pupils may be thereby caught on final examinations. It seems to me it would be well to indicate which of the more important events should be learned, the others being loft for exercises in reading, oral instruction, composition, etc. Children would be quite as likely to see the logic of events, if their attention was thus fixed on the great landmarks of our country's history ; and in later readings of the histories of other countries, they would be more likely to distinguish between important and unimportant events. Then, too, there is need of more time in the ui)pcr grades for attention to the more important studies of arithmetic and language ; 147 and more time could be had for these studies, if less should be done in geography and history. LANGUAGE. A correct use of language is more than an accomplish- ment. There is not a vocation of life in which it is not exceedingly . important. In its broadest sense, indeed, language includes reading and spelling, as well as every form of written and oral expression. It is seldom that a person in any trade, profession, or business is troubled because of the lack of a sufficient knowledge of arithmetic to enable him to make all necessary calculations in numbers, so far as the transactions of his business affairs are con- cerned ; but many are greatly disturbed on account of well- known inability to make a proper use of language when they are obliged to write a letter, make out a bill or receipt, draw up a note or other business form, especially if they know the same is to be subject to public inspection. The use of language in one form or another is more general than the use of numbers ; and it is, therefore, quite as important tiiat it should occupy as prominent a place as arithmetic, in our course of study. The construction of sentences in proper form should be the chief burden of the instruction given in all grades below the third division of the gram- mar school, since a correct use of language can be most readily attained by practice in the use of it : l)ut pupils should also be taught enough of tlie principles of language to enalile them, when they have passed beyond the aid of the teacher, to know by a critical application of principles whether they are making a correct use of it or not ; and this necessitates a knowledge of grammar, the study of which is also as disciplinary as the subject of any study permitted in our schools. Then, too, there is propriety in putting the study of technical grammar in the upper grades, ? 148 because greater maturity of mind is needed for its compre- hension ; and I would also advocate in tiie highest grade of the grammar department, where, as here, nine years are spent in the elementary schools, a more extended drill in a study of the principles of language, as they are discovered in an extended knowledge of its syntax. I am aware this may be regarded as an antiquated notion ; but what study can do more to strengthen the reasoning powers and im- prove the judgment, and, at the same time, make sure the foundation for an intelligent criticism of all future use of language, upon which alone pupils must depend for certainty in a correct use of it when they shall have passed beyond school Language, I think, is generally well taught in our schools, and the extended amount of written exercises, in connec- tion therewith, is showing good results in a marked improvement of the use of language as exhibited in exam- ination papers and other compositions in the iiigher grades. I would suggest, however, that more definite and thorough instruction would likely be attained by the use of language blanks, similar to those recently devised by the author of Greene's Grammar, or those devised by Miss Stickney who is at the head of the Boston Training School ; and I hope the committee on revision of the course of study may recom- mend that at least one of these series may be used in our schools. MUSIC, DRAWING, SEWING. Music has been successfully taught in our schools for sev- eral years, and is now uncommonly well conducted under the efficient direction of Prof. J. J. Kimball ; and the influ- ence of music in the schools, as a health-giving exercise, as a promoter of good enunciation and voice culture, and as a pleasant and efhcient aid in allbrding mild means of disci- 149 pline, is, I think, sufficient reason for its continuance. Drawing, however, aside from its immediate influence upon the school, is more useful to the masses, because its princi- ples have a more practical application to the pursuits of life ; but, as now taught, I regard drawing in our schools a partial failure, because it is taught as a matter of imita- tion more generally than from a development of its princi- ples. Hence I would advise that either more or less of it be done ; more, by having it worked up in our schools by a special instructor for two or three years until our teachers can generally teach it properly, or less by having taught only the more common geometrical forms of wliich teachers do understand the principles, together with such other forms as teachers can make a practical use of in giving instruction in other branches of study. It may be fair to consider, if music and drawing are not both thought worth the expense of special instruction, whether, with the ability our teachers should now have to keep up music in the schools for a while, special instruction in drawing may not be afforded. Another plan would be, not to interfere with music, but to employ a less expensive teacher in draw- ing, to work up that study by degrees, the first year being devoted to the lower grades. The foregoing points have been presented for your consideration, because I feel that there is too great a waste of time and money in the present attempt to teach drawing in the elementary schools. While I am loath to suggest a course of instruction for particular schools, different from that pursued by all of the same class, I nevertheless feel that instruction in sewing given to pupils in certain schools by their regular teachers, would be as much in the interests of the members of those schools as either music or drawing ; and I would submit for your con- sideration the propriety of allowing certain teachers the privilege of exercising their judgment in the matter. 150 The suggestions in regard to changes recommended, as opportune in view of the revision of the course of study about to be undertaken, are respectfully offered as the maturer conclusions of one who has passed nearly a score of years as teacher in mixed, grammar, and secondary schools, and for the past two and a half years has more particularly studied the primary grades. In view of the superior education of the special committee on revision of the course of study, I do not feel it necessary to take sj)ace to discuss the character of our High-School course of study. I will only add, as a further suggestion in connection with courses of study, that when a course is made by several persons the result is generally a compromise of their indi- vidual opinions ; and from a natural desire of each to make prominent the studies in which he most believes, there is apt to be in the aggregate more than can be accomi)lished in the required time, since nearly every study is likely to find a special advocate. I think the surest way to avoid the difficulty is first to agree upon the amount of time that shall be daily allowed each study, and then to apportion the amount of work to the amount of time in the aggregate allotted to each branch. I do not doubt the judgment of the special committee, and trust that I shall not be consid- ered presumptuous in calling attention to what I regard as facts commonly overlooked. PUBLIC INFERENCE. This report luis been made, in accordance with its ))ur- port, directly to the School Committee ; and, in considera- tion of the numerous changes suggested, I will say, lest the pultlic draw an inij)ropcr inference, that these recommenda- tions have l)een made because I believe our scliools would l>e impi'oved by their adoption. Our schools have for many years taken high rank among those of our sister cities in 151 New England ; and it is because I would have them main- tain their position that I have made recommendations for new departures. While others are advancing we cannot stand still without suffering by comparison ; and to pro- mote our own interests we should lay hold of the latest results of acknowledged improvements. Schools of all grades throughout the country are receiv- ing more than a usual amount of attention and considera- tion from the people, and I would that our citizens took that additional interest which would make them more largely personal observers of the work of the schools. I am sure our citizens would be the gainers by frequently inspecting them. The schools would be encouraged and strengthened by visits from their patrons, and I can but feel their influence would be reflex in impressing our citi- zens with the beneficent opportunities and superior advan- tages the children of the present day are enjoying at the hands of those who, scholarly, faithful, and skilled, are deserving the high vocation wherewith they are called. There have been general harmony and good feeling between parents and teachers, and between teachers and pupils ; and I may add, in conclusion, that for this and other good results attained by the schools during the past year, chief credit should be given the most important official charac- ter connected with our schools, — the teacher. Respectfully submitted. WM. B. BUCK, Superintendent. December 31, 1879. 152 TABLE SHOWING THE ATTENDANCE AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR 1879. Schools, LIST OF TEACHERS AND JANITORS. HIGH SCHOOL, — BEECH STREET. Principal. — Albert W. Bacheler. Assistant. — Herbert W, Lull. Lucretia E, Manahan. Emma J. Ela. Mary A. Buzzell. INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, — LOWELL STREET. Principal. — Charles E. Cochran, winter term, then closed. TRAINING SCHOOL, MERRIMACK STREET. Higher Department. Principal. — Nancy S. Bunton. Assistant. — Mintie C. Edgerly. Primary Department. Principal. — Martha N. Mason. Assistant. — Elvira S. Prior. GRAMMAR SCHOOL, — FRANKLIN STREET. Principal. — Edward P. Sherburne. Assistant. — Annette McDoel,* one term. Clara G. Fogg, two terms. Lottie R. Adams. Carrie E. Reid. * Resigned. For many years a ver^' faithful and efficient teacher. 154 LINCOLN-STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Principal. — Benjamin F. Dame. Assistant. — Julia A. Baker. Mary J. Fife. Isabelle R. Daniels. Mary F. Barnes. ASH-STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Principal. — Daniel A. Clifford. Assistant. — Anstrice G. Flanders. Rocilla M. Tuson. Sarah J. Greene. SPRING-STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Mary L. Sleeper. Anna 0. Heath. PISCATAQUOG, — NORTH MAIN STREET. Principal. — William M. Stevens. Assistant. — Mary A. Lear. AMOSKEAG. Etta J. Carley. ^ MIDDLE SCHOOLS. No. 1, Blodget Street. — Nellie I. Sanderson. 2, Ash Street. — Mary A. Smith. 3, Ash Street. — Hattie S. Tozer. 4, Lincoln Street. — Anna J. Dana 5, Lincoln Street. — Carrie M. Gilmore. 6, North Main Street. — Florence McEvoy. 7, Franklin Street. — Hattie G. Flanders. 8, Franklin Street. — C. Augusta Abbott. 9, Spring Street. — Clara G. Fogg, one term. Fannie D. Moulton, two terms. 155 10 Spring Street. — Lizzie P. Gove. 11 North Main Street. — Fredrica S. Mitchell. PRIMARY SCHOOLS. No. 1 Blodget Street. — Ella F. Salisbury. 2 Manchester Street. — Clara N. Brown. 3 Ash Street. — Georgianna Dow. 4 Ash Street. — Helen M. Morrill. 5 Lowell Street. — Florence L. Stone. 6 Wilson Hill. — Abbie E. Abbott. Lincoln Street. — Emma F. Beane. Lowell Street. — Nellie B. -Putnam. 9 Manchester Street. — Julia A. Dearborn, two terms. Ida J. Bartlett, one term. 10 Manchester Street. — Nellie Pearson. 11 Franklin Street. — E. Jennie Campbell. 12 Franklin Street. — Martha W. Hubbard. 13 Spring Street. — Ella F. Sanborn, one term. Lucia E. Esty, two terms. 14 Spring Street. — Emma L. Stokes. 15 Center Street. — Jennie F. Bailey. 16 Center Street. — Augusta S. Downs. 17 South Main Street. — Alice G. Lord. 18 Manchester Street. — Maria N. Bower. 19 Amoskeag. — Jennie G. Stebbins. 20 South Main Street. — Sarah D. Lord, one term. Ellen E. McKean, two terms. 21 Bridge Street.* — Louisa R. Quint, two terms. 22 Beech Street. — Florence A. Nichols. 23 Lowell Street. t — Flora M. Senter, two terms. 24 Lowell Street. — Ella F. Sanborn, two terms. 25 Center Street. — Clara E. Woods, two terms. 26 Spring Street. — May R. Fuller, one term. 27 Manchester Street. — Cora M. Dearborn, one term. * Closed during the winter. t 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, new schools. 156 SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. No. 1, Stark District. — Helen G. Kimball, two terms. Susie A. Crosby, one term. 3, Bakersville : — Principal, Addie M. Chase. Assistant, S. Izetta Locke. 4, Goffe's Falls. — Georgie A. Nute. 5, Harvey District. — Mary W. Mitchell. 6, Webster's Mills. — Olive J. Randall. 7, Hallsville. — Mary E. Sylvester. 8, Youngsville. — Susie G. Woodman. 9, Mosquito Pond. — Lana S. George. MUSIC TEACHER. Jason J. Kimball, three days per week. JANITORS. High Sehool, Ash Street, Bridge Street, and Blodget Street. John S. Avery. Franklin Street, Manchester Street, Lincoln Street, and Wilson Hill. John A. Carr. Spring Street, and old High-School House. James W. Preston, two terms. George W. Varnum, one term. Merrimack Street. Rufus Lamb. \Squog Schools, consisting of Center Street, North and South Main Street Schools. George E. Moore. REPORT CITY PHYSICIAN. To His Honor the Mayor, and the City Councils of the City of Mmwhester. I am well aware that I am exceeding the duty imposed upon me as City Physician in thus addressing you ; his duty being defined, to give to either branch of the city coun- cils, or any committee thereof, all such professional advice and counsel as they may require of him. But having, at different times during the past year, been convinced that some changes in the management of the affairs connected with the office might be made, advantageously to the city, as well as a desire to make a general report of services ren- dered, has instigated the following : — During the year the city has been remarkably healthy. Not an epidemic has prevailed, — not a solitary case, even, of typhoid, scarlet fever, measles, chicken-pox, or any disease of that type, has occurred among this city's poor. The pre- vailing disorders have been chest troubles, — the result of habits of life, as a rule. The whole number of visits made was one hundred and twenty-four, including seven at the station-house and fifty- one at the city farm. The number of deaths for the year 158 is four, of which one was caused by consumption, one of Bright's disease, one of old age, and one of enteritis. At the farm there is a sad lack of convenience for the sick. It is a place that necessarily must accommodate the sick, yet there is no provision made about the Imildings for them. At present they are on different floors, and perhaps occupying rooms with others who care little for their wants, or are left alone at a distance, so that their wants cannot possibly be attended to by the matron, were she to give them her whole time. When a prisoner is sick he is con- fined at night with other prisoners, whose company is not apt to hasten recovery. I will take this opportunity to acknowledge my indebted- ness to Mr. Allen and wife, for their willing assistance in the care of tlie sick at the farm ; realizing the imjjortance of good care, much credit is due them, as results show. There is a point of medico-legal interest to the city, and that is the registration of births and deaths. An ordinance, existing, pertaining to the latter, should be enforced, and a new one created for the former. Other cities have such laws, and they are strictly carried out. Very few outside of the medical profession realize the enormity of criminal abortion in tins city. The operation is so generally prac- ticed that the unfortunate does not, occasionally, hesitate to operate upon herself", or submit to the same by an ignora- mus. The boldness and ignorance of these criminals will eventually bring shame and consideral)le expense upon the community, unless thwarted by some such means. If, before granting a burial permit, a certificate of death, by a reputable physician, be demanded, exposure would be so probable that a decided check would be matle. The necessity for a hospital in this city solicits your atten- tion. The Ladies' Benevolent Ir^ociety have demonstrated, so far as they have l>ccn al)le, the practicaliility of such an 159 institution. They, however, are not able, owing to a lack of funds, buildings, etc., to satisfy the demand made upon them, and many worthy applicants are necessarily rejected. A manufacturing city, where there are so many people with- out a home or friends, especially, should have some place where its sick could have proper care. Not a place to supersede the poor-house, but for those who can take care of themselves under ordinary circumstances. There is another matter which has frequently come to mind, and that is the meager salary that the City Phy- sician receives for his services. To be sure, the past year has not so forcibly presented this topic as previous ones, owing to the good health prevailing during that time ; but, as a rule, his services receive very little compensation. Nevertheless, the city has paid roundly for its medical attendance. For several years the sum paid to different physicians has averaged considerably over two hundred dol- lars, besides medicines, etc. Now I would suggest that a competent physician be elected, whose duties should be to care for the sick who rightfully ask aid of the city ; to attend those who need his services at the police station ; to give advice when called upon, either before committees or in coui-t, without further remuneration than his regular salary (expenses if any excepted): and that he receive a fair com- pensation for the same. Other cities about us, as Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill, pay their city physician from one hundred to six hundred dollars per annum. It has been demonstrated during the past year that out- side bills for medical attendance need not occur, and that it is cheaper to employ a physician who will be expected to perform all duties pertaining to his office, than to have sun- dry bills from divers ones, besides paying a regular salary. At the last annual meeting of the New Hampshire State Medical Society, it was recouimended to county and town 160 physicians tliat their pay be made pro rata to the number of visits made. Concord has adopted that system, and pays one dollar per visit. The wants of the medical department of the city may seem numerous and varied, but you must remember that they have never been before presented to you ; that while other branches of the government have continually brought necessary changes to your attention, the cause of the sick poor has been overlooked. GEO. D. TOWNE. City Physician. REPORT TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBRARY. 11 ANNUAL REPORT TRUSTEES OF THE CITY LIBKARY. To the City Councils of the City of Manchester. The Trustees of the City Library herewith present their twenty-sixth annual report of the conditio^ of the library, and, accompanying the same, the report of the treasurer of the board, showing the expenditures for books and peri- odicals, and the report of the librarian, relating to the operation of the library during the year, and the state of the library and other property under her charge at the close of the year. From the report of the treasurer it appears that there has been expended for the purchase of books the sum of one thousand two hundred and twelve dollars and seventy- five cents, and for the purchase oi periodicals the sum of one hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety-five cents, being a total expenditure for these purposes of one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy cents, leaving unexpended in the hands of the trustees at the close of the year, of the sums appropriated for this pur- pose, including the sums received for fines and books lost, a balance of one thousand two hundred and nineteen dol- lars and seventy-nine cents. 164 In addition to the al)Ove sum the treasurer has received thirty-four dollars, derived from the sale of catalogues at the library. These suras, together with the accumulated income of the Dean fund, which now amounts to the sum of two thousand one hundred and forty-two dollars, constitute the funds in the hands of the trustees available for the further increase of the library and to replace such books as may be lost or retired from circulation when so far defaced or worn as to be unsuitable for further use. In the purchase of books the trustees have had in view an increase of all the departments of the library, and, while supplying to the public such reasonal)le number of volumes of current literature as the present demand from those using the library might seem to warrant, they have at the same time endeavored to procure as large a proportion as practicable of works of permanent value. The report of the librarian shows that the library has been open for the delivery of books two hundred and sixty-five days, during which time there have been taken from the library fifty-tlirce thousand five hundred and fifty-eight volumes, — an average of over two hundred volumes per day and an increase of nearly twenty-five hundred over the circulation of the preceding year. In addition to the above number delivered for general circula- tion, ten thousand eight hundred and sixty-one books and magazines have been used in the reading-room, making a total number delivered during the year of sixty-four thousand four hundred and nineteen volumes, and of this large numl)er only eighteen are reported as lost during the year. • The number of volumes in the library at the time of the la^t report was twenty-two thousand Ih-c hundred and eighteen ; since that time there have l)cen added l)y purchase six 165 hundred and eight volumes, by donation three hundred and seventy-seven volumes, and one hundred and four volumes of periodicals have been bound, making the number of bound volumes in the library twenty-two thousand and nineteen, and the total number, including maps and pamphlets, twenty-three thousand six hundred and seven. Fifty-four different periodicals have been reg- ularly received at the library during the year, and when- ever the current volumes have become complete they have been bound and placed upon the shelves for circulation. During the year two hundred and forty-one volumes have been withdrawn from circulation, having become so far defaced and worn as no longer to be fit for use. Of this number sixty-four have been replaced, at a cost of about fifty dollars. The librarian has received for fines, on account of books detained beyond the time prescribed by the regulations, including the balance on hand January 1, 1879, sixty-six dollars and ninety-four cents, of which has been expended, in payment of express charges, stationery, and other inci- dental expenses, forty-one dollars and ninety-four cents, leaving in her hands a balance of twenty-five dollars. The librarian has also received for catalogues sold thirty-four dollars and twenty cents, and for four lost books three dollars and fifty cents, making the total amount of cash remaining in her hands at this date, sixty-two dollars and seventy cents. Annexed to the report of the librarian will be found a list of books presented to the library during the year ; and to the persons who have thus aided in the increase of the library the trustees return the thanks of the city. Among the donations are two hundred and fifty-one vol- umes of Greek and Latin Classics, presented by the Hon. Moody Currier as an addition to the " Currier Donation," 166 making the total number of volumes presented by that gentleman during the last three years one thousand and eighty-one. For several years past the increase of the library has been so rapid that the trustees have experienced consider- able difficulty in finding accommodation for the accessions that have l)een made from time to time, and at the same time continue the division of departments as originally contemplated. If the increase of the lil)rary is to continue, it will be necessary for some arrangements to be made for larger accommodations ; and the trustees can see no better way to meet this requirement at the present time, at the least expense, than by the extension of the present building. The trustees therefore respectfully recommend tliat a committee of the city councils be appointed, who be author- ized in connection with the trustees, with the assistance of the city engineer, to procure for the use of the city councils plans and estimates for such an addition as may be required. The income of the Dean fund has now accumulated to such an amount that the trustees will soon desire to make therefrom purchases of valuable scientific and technical works, the same to be placed in the library in alcoves by themselves, and to be known as the " Purchase of the Dean Fund." In the present crow:ded condition of the library the trustees think it doubtful if it is good policy to make such purchases at the j)rcsent time, or until pro|»cr accom- modations can be provided l)y an extension of the lil)rary building. During the summer a comuuuiication was received from the Hon. Samuel N. Bell, who has been one of the trustees of the library and treasurer of the board from its organi- zation, notifying the l)oard that he had forwarded to the 167 mayor and aldermen his resignation as one of the trustees of the City Library, and resigning the office of treasurer of the board of trustees. From the establishment of the library Mr. Bell has always manifested a lively interest in its welfare and success, and to his attention and management during so long a period the prosperity of the institution is largely due. The board regret exceedingly the loss of the advice and services of one of the earliest friends and most earnest supporters of the library. At a meeting of the board of trustees held in Septem- ber last, his resignation as treasurer was accepted, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: — •' Resolved^ That the City of Manchester owes a great debt of gratitude to Hon. Samuel N. Bell for the zeal, labor, and care he has for many years gratuitously exer- cised ai:d bestowed upon the affairs of the City Library as a trustee and treasurer thereof; since so much of the pros- perity of the institution is owing to his labor, which began with its organization in 1854, we regret his resignation from the board of management." The vacancy thus occasioned in the board of trustees was tilled by the election of Hon. Lucien B. Clough for the unexpired term, and Hon. Nathan P. Hunt was elected treasurer of the board. In October last, a committee of the board was ap- pointed to procure the preparation and printing of a supple- ment to the catalogue, which should contain the titles of the accessions to the library from January 1, 1878, to December 31, 1879. The committee, acting under these instructionSj have contracted with Messrs. Livingston & Kimball for the printing of such catalogue, and it is expected that the same will be completed early in the ensuing year. The trustees are of the opinion that an appropriation of 168 an amount equal to that made for the present year, with a small addition to pay for preparing and printing the sup- plement to the catalogue, will, if no extraordinary circum- stance arise, be sufficient to meet the expenditures required for the library for the ensuing year. In board of trustees, January 12, 1880, read and ap- proved, and ordered to be transmitted to the city councils. JOHN L. KELLY. Mayor ^ and President ex officio. N. P. HUNT: Clerh. TREASURER'S REPORT. To the Board of Trustees of the City Library. The treasurer of the board makes the following report of the receipts and expenditures by the board of the funds received by them on account of the City Library : — 1879. Dr. Jan. 1. To balance as per last report . $1,587 49 To balance of income of Dean fund 1,836 00 To appropriation for purchase of books .... To income of Dean fund . July To income of Dean fund To cash from sale of catalogues May 171 of which apppear at length in the annual report of the city, are as follows : — Gas 1184 80 Salary of librarian Binding Re-binding Fuel Water rates Newspapers Insurance Printing Incidentals RECAPITULATION. Appropriation for 1879 .... Overdraft in the year 1878 . $80 00 Paid trustees for purchase of books 1,000 00 Incidental expenses . . 1,359 78 Balance, Dec. 31, 1879 . . 60 22 12,500 00 Respectfully submitted. N. P. HUNT, Treasurer of Trustees of City Library. 172 January 5, 1880. I certify that I have examined the several items of receipts and expenditures embraced in the foregoing report of the treasurer of the trustees of the City Library, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched. NATHAN P. KIDDER, City Auditor. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. Grentlemen of the Board of Trustees. I respectfully submit to you the annual report of the con- dition of the library during the year ending December 31, 1879: — Whole number of volumes Dec. 31, 1878 174 Whole number of guarantees received 11,654 Number given during the year Whole number of l)Ooks, magazines, etc., used in reading-room .... Average per day ..... Number of persons using books on deposit Worn-out books and laid aside Replaced books ..... Old books repaired at bindery Amount of cash received for fines and on hand January 1, 1879 .... Amount received from January 1 to Decem- .' ber 31, 1879 . . . Amount paid for express, stationery, and othei incidental expenses ..... Balance of fines on hand Dec. 31, 1879 Amount received for 33 new catalogues at 11.00 133 00 For 2 old catalogues at 60 cts. . 1 20 For 4 lost books .... 3 50 175 none were of recent date. I have endeavored by all the means required by the " Rules and Regulations " of the library to obtain the missing books, but in most cases the parties holding them are not to be found. At present examination, for the year 1879, there are eighteen missing books. There are many others out, but holden by responsible persons. I am much gratified that the number is so small, and believe most of them will be returned. Trusting the above report will meet your approval, I am, very respectfully, M. J BUNCHER, Libj'arian. Manchester, N. H., Dec. 31, 1879. DONATIONS TO THE CITY LIBRARY From January 1, 1879, to December 31, 1879. Hon. Moody Currier, Manchester. Two hundred and fifty-one volumes. Greek and Latin Classics. Temple & Farrington, Manchester. Twenty-eight volumes of Chaml)ers's Journal, from 18n0 to 1863 inclusive. Tlie New England Palladium. Vol. 28. Published in 1811, Congress street, Boston. Mrs. Josiah Crosby, Manchester. The Crosby Family. By Judge Nathan Crosby, Lowell. Historical Association, Lowell. Contributions of the old residents of that city. Vol. 1, No. 4. 1879. Frank W. Hackett, Esq., Portsmouth, N. H. The Memoir of Wm. H. Y. Hackett, with selections from his writings. Sampson & Davenport, Boston. Manchester Directory for 1S78. W. C. Gage, Esq., Manchester. The Switzerland of America.- Henry Everett, Publisher, Manchester. One year of the Weekly Times for 1878. 177 A. Bell, Assistant Sec. Dept. of Interior, Washington. Atlas of Colorado. 1879. Franklin Fire Insurance Company, Philadelphia. Semi-Centennial Celebration of that Company, June 25, 1879. James Ludington, Litchfield, N. H. A New Revelation. J. D. MuLLiNS, Chief Librarian, Birmingham, England. The Formation and Management of Free Libraries and News-rooms in Birmingham. S. D. Lord, Esq., Manchester. An Address on Meteorology, delivered before the New Hampshire Board of Agriculture, Jan. 8, 1879. H. W. Howgate, U. S. a. A Memorial to Congress to secure an adequate appro- priation for the improvement of the Mississippi. John Jay Knox, Comptroller of Currency. The Annual Report for 1878. CoBDEN Club, London. Reciprocity. A letter addressed to Thos. B. Potter, M. P., by Sir Louis Mallett, C. B., March 17, 1879. Rev. J. Chapman, Kingston, N. H. An Historical Address on the One Hundred and Fif- tieth Anniversary of the Congregational Church in Kingston, N. H. N. P. Kidder, City Clerk, Manchester. Jhe Animal Report of the Expenditures of the City of Manchester for 1878. E. M. Bowman, City Clerk, Nashua. Annual Report of the Expenditures of the City of Nashua for 1878. Mrs. Mace Moulton. Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., June, 1845. 12 178 Miss Mary Bean, Librarian. Twenty-second Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library in Brookline, Mass. 1870. Wm. Rice, Esq., Librarian. Annual Report of the City Library Association, Spring- field, Mass. 1879. Feom the Several Boards of Trustees. Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Fall River for 1879. Annual Report of the City Library Association of the City of Springfield, Mass., for 1878. Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peal)ody Listitute, Mass. 1879. Annual Report of the Trustees of the Newton Free Library, Newton, Mass. 1878. Forty-first Annual Report of the Executive Conimittee of the Hartford Library Association. 1879. Seventh Annual Report of the Board of Trustees and Librarian of the Free Public Library of the City of Lawrence, Mass. 1878. Nineteenth Annual Report of the Directors of the Free Public Library at Worcester, Mass. 1878. Twenty-ninth Annual Rei)ort of the School Conimittee, together with the Fifth Annual Report of the Direc- tors of the Bigelow Free Library, Clinton, Mass. 1879. Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Lil)rary in Boston, 1.S79, and Bulletins Nos. 46 and 47. Thirtieth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Astor Library, New York. 1878. Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the President, Treas- urer, and Lil)rarian of the Mercantile Library Asso- ciation of San Francisco. 1878. 179 M. Fen Jomard, Paris. Introduction a L' Atlas des Monuments de la Geogra- phie. 1879. Twenty-seventh Annual Report to the Councils of the City of Manchester, England, on the working of the -Public Free Libraries. 1878-79. Unknown Sources. A Guide for Sportsmen. Published by Peck & Snyder, New York. 1879. Cornell University Register and Catalogue, Ithaca, N. Y. 1878-79. All about Santa Barbara, California. The Sanitarium of the Pacific Coast. 1878. Exercises at the Inauguration of Samuel C. Bartlett as President of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. 1877. Eulogy on Hon. Tappan Wentworth, A. M., Munifi- cent Donor of Dartmouth College. 1876. The Annals of the Army of Tennessee and Early West- ern History. 1878. American Literary Bureau for the Season of 1879. U. S. Congress. Fifty-three volumes of Public Documents. Smithsonian Institute. Nine volumes, viz. : — Three volumes Brazilian Biographical Annuals. Portugal International Exhibit at Philadelphia. 1876. Argentine Republic Exhibit at Philadelphia. Annual Report of Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institute for 1877. Miscellaneous Collections. Yols. 13, 14, 15. Interior Department, Washington. Annual Report of the U. S. Life-saving Service. June, 1878. 180 A. B. Thompson, Secretary of State of New Hampshire. Four volumes, viz. : — General Laws of New Hampshire. Reports to the Legislature. 1878. Journal of the Senate and House, June session, 1878. New Hampshire Laws passed in June session, 1878. Treasury Department, Washington. Annual Report of the Secretary on the State of the Finances for the year 1878. REPORT CITY CIVIL ENGINEER To the City Councils of the City of Manchester. As the first City Civil Engineer elected in Manchester, I feel it to be my duty to report in regard to this department, though not specially required to do so by the ordinances of the city establishing the office. When accepting this office, April 9, 1879, I received from the city clerk's and civil engineers' offices in the city, as the property of the city, one. hundred and eighty drawings of lands, streets, and sewers, and one book of profiles of sewers, made in 1856 by James Slade, civil en- gineer of Boston (the map and report which should accom- pany this book having been lost), and from the city library six Weston's maps of Manchester. To these have been added, by myself and assistant, one hundred and twenty drawings, being mostly copies of land plans of the Amos- keag Manufacturing Company, and of plans of several individuals, which have been kindly loaned me for the pur- pose of copying. The expense of this department, exclusive of fitting up the office (excepting furniture already in office), has been — 182 $1,022.50, not including $45, the estimated value of mate- rials on hand. The amount of work which has been done the past year in the several highway districts to which my attention has been called, is as follows, according to my measure- ments and those of the highway superintendents or surveyors : DISTRICT NO. 2. — (City Proper.) ON NEW STREETS. Webster street, Elm to River road, graded. Appleton street. Chestnut nearly to Elm, graded. Chestnut street, Appleton to Clarke, graded, with a stone culvert 50 feet long, 5 by 5 feet, over Ray brook. Pennacook street, Chestnut to Pine, graded. ON OLD STREETS. Elm street, Webster to Monroe, graded and graveled. Elm street, ditch on east side from Clarke street to Ray brook, for draining Elm street north of Clarke street. Harrison street. Elm to Union, graded and thoroughly graveled, and has. been severely used by stone-teams for the Amory mill and other heavy teaming without serious- injury to the roadway. Amherst street, 275 feet west of Union, and Union at crossing of Amherst, graded and graveled. Amherst street. Hall to Belmont, and Hall at crossing of Amherst, graded and graveled. Lowell street, Ashland to Belmont, graveled. Merrimack street, Lincoln to Wilson, graded and east half graveled. Granite l)ridge replanked with 3-inch spruce lumber. 183 MACADAMIZING. Lowell street, Elm to Chestnut, gutters paved and edge- stones set. Chestnut street, Hanover to Amherst, gutters paved and edgestones set. Merrimack street. Elm to Franklin, gutters paved and edgestones reset. The portion from the back street to Franklin paid for by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com- pany. COBBLE PAVING. Granite street, south half, from Concord Railroad to the canal bridge, paved and south edgestone set. Park street, Pine to Union, east half of north edgestone furnished and set, and part of gutter repaved. Concord street, Maple to Nashua, north gutter paved. Manchester street, Maple to Lincoln, north gutter paved. Hanover street, 150 feet east of Wilson, south gutter paved. Hanover street, stone culvert extended under north gutter from Hall to Belmont street. STitEET CROSSINGS. Forty concrete, four stone. HANOVER SQUARE. The stone culverts at each end of the pond have been extended 100 feet into the pond. At the west end a stone weir, 6 feet wide, with an 18-inch cast-iron outlet pipe, hav- ing a Ludlow patent gate for drawing off the water in the pond, has been put in. A wall, 604 feet long and 4 feet high, was built around the pond, and the bottom of the pond raised to a grade of 15 inches fall in the length of the pond, and graveled, and the square was filled and 184 graded back from the wall. The water line was lowered 10 inches, making the average depth of water 3J feet. The pond was diminished in area to 21,000 square feet, or less than one-half its former area, and to about one-third its former cubic capacity. MERRIMACK SQUARE, A fine hammered Concord granite curbing, 46 feet in exterior diameter, has been set around the soldiers' monu- ment. The space around the l)ase of the monument to the curbing has been graded and sodded, as have also the edges of new walks in the square and the two triangular beds east and west of the monument. The wall around the pond has been repaired. GRADING FOR CONCRETE. Sidewalks, 6,(555 lineal feet, or 5,176 square yards. Merrimack square, 671 square yards. CONCRETE TOP-DRESSING. Concord square, 790 square yards. Merrimack square, 334 square yards. SEWERS AND DRAINS. There have been laid of Akron pipe, 600 feet of 18-inch in Lowell street ; 1,550 feet of 12-inch in Union east back street, Elm west back street, Harrison, and other streets, for repairs ; 196 feet of 10-inch in Chestnut street and branch drains ; 338 feet of 8-inch for cessi)ool branches and branch drains ; 265 feet of 6-inch for cesspool branches and two drains across Elm street, near North street ; six- teen cesspools and two man-holes. The expense of genci-al repairs on all streets in District No. 2 has been !?1,500. 185 DISTRICT NO. 10.— (PiSCATAQUOG.) GRADING STREETS. Mast street, west end, north gutter paved, 187 feet. Walker street, Second to Third. Dover street, Granite to Clinton, east gutter paved, 150 feet. Parker street, 200 feet east from West street ; south gutter paved. Winter street, 300 feet from west end. Main street, Granite to 150 feet north of Douglas ; west gutter paved. WILKINS STREET. This is a new street laid out by the mayor and aldermen from the " old Mast road " to the " new Mast road," one- fourth of a mile long, and built at the expense of Mr. George W. Wilkins, over whose land it runs, and who also gave the land for the street. COBBLE PAVING. Douglas street. Main to West, both gutters paved. feet, — Granite street, not graded ; gutters paved 484 total length. Granite street, block paving relaid, 341 square yards. Main street, Manchester and North Weare Railroad to Piscataquog river, east of horse-railroad, 521 square yards, and 63 feet of east edgestone set. The amount of gutter paving, as above, 1,070 square yards. GRADING FOR CONCRETE. 2,721 square yards, and three concrete street-crossings. 186 SEWERS. Sewer in Walker street extended from Second to Third street, 301 feet of 12-inch Akron pipe, with four cesspools. One cesspool near Ferry street in Third street. DISTRICT NO. 11. The wall around the " eddy " at Amoskeag has been raised an average of 2^ feet for 338 feet in length, on the east side of the highway, and at the west end of the north culvert the wall has been raised 3 feet, and the wings ex- tended 38 feet in all, north and south of the culvert, to support the embankment. The west gutter has been paved and a strong railing placed on top of the walls. The ex- pense of the walls was •f-A25.74. At the west end of Amoskeag Falls bridge, commencing li')0 feet west of the bridge, and on the north line of the highway, a stone wall has been built 320 feet long, 15| feet high and 7 feet thick at the bottom at the east end, and 6^- feet high and 4 feet thick at the bottom at the west end, with coping course averaging 24 x 8 inches. A stone cul- vert, 2 feet square, has been built under the highway at 400 feet west of the bridge. A strong railing has been placed on top of this wall the entire length. The expense of this stone-work was >j)l,561.78 ; and this stone-work, and that at the " eddy," were done by Alpheus Bodwell, con- tractor. The plank sidewalk on the south side, and the roadway, have been raised to correspond in height with the wall. Late in the season an agreement was made between the committee on streets, on the part of the city, and the agent of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, on the part of the company, to take down and relay in cement mortar the north and south wings of the west abutment of the Amoskeag Falls In-idge, and put in a brick piling from 187 the wing wall of the company's dam, — each party to bear one half of the expense. This was to be done as security against freshets. The piling, 30 feet long, 6^ feet high, and 1 foot thick, has been put in, nearly on the north line of the highway ; but the cold weather coming on suddenly, nothing was done to the abutment. DISTRICT NO. 3. Nutt road, on each side of the Concord and Portsmouth Railroad, has been raised and securely railed on both sides. Calef road has had two culverts rebuilt, and another cul- vert which extended but half-way across the road has been lengthened, and these and other culverts put in good order. Levels were taken on Pine street south of Young street for the purpose of disposing of the large body of water which in the spring usually floods these streets for some distance, and there was found to be 7 feet fall toward the south in 1,900 feet for the east ditch, which would need to be lowered an average cut of 4 feet to produce that fall. This cut has not been made, — the surveyor for this district considering the culvert too small under Nutt road and the Concord and Portsmouth Railroad, with which this ditch would connect, and the expense too great for the ap- propriation allowed him. DISTRICT NO. 9. My attention has been called to two bridges on the old Derry road. One is across the Cohas brook near the Joy place, which has a span of 25 feet and rests on log abut- ments which are continually rotting and settling so that the bridge and road to it are 2 feet under water in time of freshets, as I am told. The. timbers and many of the planks were much decayed. The planks have been re- placed by new ones, and the bridge put in condition till 188 another season, when further repairs or a change will be necessary. As this bridge is nearly 450 feet up stream on the same brook from a bridge on the Mammoth road, which is never flooded, and has, stone abutments in fair condition, the wood-work of which needs some repairs, 1 have thought it may be advisable to have but one bridge, and to change the Derry road accordingly for about 1,000 feet. The other bridge on the Derry road is across Little Cohas brook, near the Londonderry line, at the south-east corner of the city, and will need considerable repairs the next year. LINES OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. I find a strong disposition of abutters to encroach upon streets and highways, by fences or buildings, even when the lines are well defined. In many cases, owing to losing the original bounds, or inaccuracies of the original measurements, it is a difficult matter to establish the lines to the satisfaction of the land- owner or engineer. I have several times been applied to by surveyors of highways and others to give lines, upon old highways especially, and, from not having reliable land- marks to work from, I have advised the abutters to petition the city councils to widen and straighten such highways. In one case I found a highway of the recorded width of four rods, with two good walls forty-six feet apart, thus narrowing the highway twenty feet. In another case, lots have been laid out within a few years with a street fifty-five feet wide over a highway of the recorded width of four rods. A fifty-feet business street has been narrowed sixteen inches by the encroachments of the two oi)posite brick buildings, and on another fifty-feet street a brick building occupies six inclics of the sidewalk. Twice the city marshal was called upon to remove ob- 189 structions from sidewalks, they not being removed on request of the superintendent of streets. Complaints were made to the mayor and committee on streets in regard to an old highway leading from the south River road (opposite the entrance to Pine Grove cemetery) to the " Peter Mitchell place," so called, near Merrimack river. This highway, where it crossed the Concord Rail- road, had a gate on the west side of the railroad which interfered with the free passage of the people living below, and being so near the railroad, made a dangerous crossing when the gate was closed. During the past summer, one man, with a horse and wagon, would have lost his life had not his companion gone and opened the gate in time to prevent a collision, the wagon clearing the engine only by about twenty feet, as the train of cars rushed swiftly by. I was ordered to locate the highway, which I have done according to the best information to be obtained by records and inquiries of old residents in the vicinity. According to the records, in the city clerk's office, of the town of Derrytield, I judged this highway to be a part of one laid out September 4, 1788, by the town of Derryfield, from William Smith's ferry at the east side of Merrimack river to the Chester town line, and to correspond with one laid out in 1789 by the selectmen of Bedford to the same ferry on the west side of the river. While doing this work I met with opposition : one of my bound stakes, three feet long, was taken up and thrown away ; but I made per- manent marks on a rock and tree by which the line can easily be retraced. Complaint was made to the city mar- shal, and the case brought before the police court, and the grand jury, but as yet no trial has been had before a higher court. Another, and the greatest source of trouble, in regard to lines in this city, and which in time will lead to almost 190 numberless lawsuits, is the use of two standards of meas- urements, — one the United States, or only legal standard of measurement of this country, which is used by all engi- neers and land-owners except the Amoskeag Manufactur- ing Company, and the other is the standard of this company, which is one and a half inches in one hundred feet longer than the legal measure. When and where this company's measure was first used is unknown, as they first began to lay out their land by the legal standard ; and as the use of this measure is disapproved by the company's engineers and all workmen who have occasion to use it, I would recommend that some action be taken by you by which the United States standard measure should be used here- after in laying out lots and streets in this city. GRADES OF STREETS. I find that the profile drawings of grades of streets, in my office, do nut show, in many cases, the grades as built. Grades for sidewalks have, without doubt, been correctly given by the engineers, and in many cases have been changed by the property-owners, or by the workmen em- ployed by them, as it is a saying of some people, that "If we pay for our sidewalks we are going to have them as we want them." I know of but four cases where my grade has been changed, and I have twice stopped the workmen when con- creting for not following the grade given, and the work allowed to proceed only on the proper grade. As thediaw- ings for grades have no official signature upon them, I have taken the liberty to change the grade ; raising in some places to three feet at most, and lowering in others four feet and less, when I deemed the interest of the city and property-owners required it, and generally to the satisfac- tion of all concerned, and elTecting a saving to the city when the streets are graded, of not less than iflO,000. 191 SETTING TREES. There has been, and is now, no regular system for set- tmg trees, as to distance from each other or from the lines of streets. On one street I found trees set within two years, that were 6, 7, and 8 feet from the street line in a dis- tance of 500 feet, and, in one case on Elm street, on account of trees, one gutter was set 3 feet farther from the line than the opposite gutter was set from its line of street. In other places I have varied the width of sidewalks to accommodate the trees. SEWERS AND DRAINS. But few cities in this country are better situated for per- fect drainage ; and there are none in which the drainage is, in many respects, more defective. In this, as in other cities, since the construction of the water-works, sickness has increased, and sewers have often become " elongated cesspools " of disease and death. The problem of sewerage is agitating the whole civilized world, and is one in which all are interested in seeking for a solution, as opinions differ as widely upon this as upon almost any other question. Upon two points, however, all agree : First, the instant removal of all sewage matter from streets and buildings; and, second, to ventilate as thor- oughly as possible all sewers and drains, and pipes leading to them. As to the first of these points, Manchester is somewhat deficient, for some of its sewers appear to be made for their contents td run " up hill," or so nearly level as to produce no current. As to the second point, Manchester has done almost nothing. During the past year, at my suggestion, three perforated man-hole covers have been put into the Elm-street sewer, north of Merrimack street, and more should have been put into this and other sewers in the city. This system of perforated man-hole covers has 192 been adopted in all the large cities of this country and Europe, for the reason, that, as the man-holes are located at or near fhe center of streets, and farther away from side- walks and buildings, the foul air or gas escaping there is diffused through a larger quantity of air and better draught, and produces the legist injurious effect uj>on health. It is a well-known philosophical principle that "• two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time." A sewer cannot be full of water and full of air or gas at the same moment. The water when entering a sewer carries air with it, and the air within the sewer is consequently compressed ; if compressed into half its former space, a pressure of fifteen pounds to the square inch is exerted, which forces the foul air and gas, and sometimes water, through the water seal-traps (they being the weakest part of the system) into the buildings, which is shown by the bubbling noise in sink and other pipes, and by water flow- ing into rooms through sink or bath-tub. Another source of trouble is that many sewers are not low enough to properly drain the cellars or basements of the buildings located near them ; and this causes much inconvenience and expense to individuals and the city. One of these sewers is that in Elm street from Spruce to Concord street, which, when more than half full, will flow back into the basements of many of the buildings between those streets, and in one shower last spring was fifteen inches more than full at Amherst street. To rem- edy this defect, a system of sewerage has been proposed, of building a sewer in Franklin and Granite streets, from Mar- ket street to the river under Granite bridge, with four over- flow sewers from Elm to Franklin street, at Market, Merri- mack, Central, and Granite streets, and with branches to Elm cast and west back streets, and in Canal street from Central to Auburn, for drainage about the height and pas- 193 senger depots. By making the outlet at Granite bridge, the sewerage is discharged into swift-running water, instead of into dead water, as does the present outlet of the Elm- street sewer, which will soon become a nuisance, expensive to abate. While I would prefer to have the overflow sew- ers ruH directly to the river, through Bridge, Stark, and Central streets. I have, on account of expense and the interference with private property, proposed the above sys- tem, as being cheaper, etfective, and in public streets. An order passed the city councils last summer to extend a sewer, supposing it to be of sufficient depth, but before beginning the work two excavations were made and the sewer found to be two and one-half feet and three and one- half feet below the surface. Another location was deter- mined upon, and the sewer built. It has been decided by the proper committee to relay, next year, another sewer fifteen hundred feet long, to a deeper grade. A twelve-inch sewer was opened the past year, and found to liave a six-inch branch drain extending eight inches into, and effectually closing it. Another sewer was found where a six-inch branch drain stopped at six inches from the sewer without entering it, thereby allowing the sand to wash in and close both sewer and drain. I have repeatedly called the attention of sewer workmen to the necessity of always entering their branch drains or sewers into the mains, on a curve turning down stream. CONCLUSION. In conclusion, I wish- to express my thanks to the mayor and gentlemen of the city councils with whom my official duties have brought me in contact, for the uniform kindness and courtesy shown me at all times. To the superintend- ents of streets and highways in districts Nos. 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, — especially Nos. 2 and 10, — and their workmen, for 13 194 their readiness in accepting and following my suggestions, I return my thanks. To the civil engineers and citizens from whom I have received drawings and information valu- able to this department of the city, I am under great obli- gations. Respectfully submitted. A. G. STEVENS, City Engineer. Dec. 31, 1879. REPORT COMMITTEE ON CEMETEEIES. To His Honor the Mayor, and the City Councils of the City of Manchester. Gentlemen, — The Committee on Cemeteries herewith submit their annual report for the year 1879 : — VALLEY CEMETERY. The Sub-Committee on Valley Cemetery would submit the following report for 1879. There is but little for your committee to note in presenting their report, there having been no appropriation the past year, either for fencing or improving the grounds. Yet we deem it an act of injustice not to refer to some of the demands necessary in order to put the grounds in keeping with the good reputation of our city, and we would again suggest an annual appropriation of fifteen hundred or two thousand dollars, until the iron fence which is built on the north and a portion of the east side shall be continued until it shall inclose the grounds, and thus beautify as well as afford protection. The committee also desire that a drive shall, at no distant day, be made, connecting the two sides, thus afford- ing an opportunity to visit all parts of the Valley without 196 being compelled to leave the grounds. Since the new building was completed, the large and cumbersome notice that formerly stood near has been removed to the gate-way, and the triangular piece left vacant by removing the old " tool-house " has been converted into a plot of flowers, the plants being the generous gift of Messrs. J. T. Smith &, Son. Mr. A. H. Hartshorn has had charge during the past year, performing his duties in an acceptable manner. Below we present a financial statement for the year 1879: — Cash unexpended previous year .... 8899 13 Lot sold 50 00 $949 lo Expenditures. Care of grounds to 15 Incidentals .... New building .... Cash on hand .... 197 300 00 1,053 11 ^2,153 52 $724 198 thought the trade was fully completed : but when the sur- veys were made and the grades established, owing to the advance in materials and labor, Mr. Lowell declined to ful- fill the contract, unless we made an advance in the price agreed upon. The committee did not see fit to accede to the advanced rates demanded, and so nothing further was done in regard to the matter. We are still of the opinion that it should be the policy of the city to make such annual api>ropriations as will allow the committee to gradually extend the fence until it shall be completed in accordance with the original design. Much inconvenience and considerable uncertainty have occurred in many instances in regard to the location and numbers of the lots where the wooden stakes have decayed, or been pulled up and lost. To remedy this growing evil, and to prevent, hereafter, any errors in consequence of decayed stakes, the committee conceived the idea of sui> plying each lot with a brick, hard-burnt and indestructil)le by soil or weather, with the number stamped upon the side and end. As the cost was less than the wooden stakes, arrangements were made with the Messrs, Head, of Hook- sett, to supply enough for all the lots now laid out in the grounds, and perhaps some more. It is l)elieved to be a wise and prudent arrangement. During the year considerable grading has been done to meet the wants of the public, and several of the main ave- nues that were sandy and soft have been graveled, and thereby greatly improved. To meet a growing necessity and in accordance with the wishes of many i)eople making interments in the winter season, we engaged the sui)crintendont's services from December to May, at reduced rates, tluis keeping every- thing in readiness for burials any day in the year. The avenues have I)een kept oj)en, the j)aths shoveled out, and, 199 during the cold season, a fire kept at the office for the accommodation of tliose having business at the grounds. During the year private enterprise has done much to beautify and adorn the lots in Pine Grove Cemetery. To foster and encourage this feeling on the part of lot-owners, the city should do what it can, reasonably, in making the grounds tidy and attractive. As fast as circumstances will allow, the old wooden fence, now greatly dilapidated and requiring something in outlay annually for necessary repairs, should give place to iron, and in a few years the inclosure would be complete and the expense not burdensome. It is believed to be an unwise policy to expend the receipts from the sale of lots in current expenses. In the judgment of many of our best people, the amount realized from sales should be reserved as a fund for future use. This plan has been adopted by many cities, and exhibits a wise forethought in caring for man's final resting-place. The old superintendent, Mr. W. C. Chase, has liad the care of the grounds during the past year. Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH KIDDER, SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM, JOHN B. CHASE, Sub- Committee. TREASURER'S REPORT. To the Oommittee on Cemeteries. Gentlemen, — In obedience to the requirements of law and usage, I lierewith report to you of all money received by me on account of the cemeteries during the year ending Dec. 31, 1879. All money by me received has been paid directly to the city treasurer, and all bills of expenditures have passed through the committee on accounts, and then been paid by the city treasurer. Full and complete details of all such bills will be found elsewhere in the city annual report for 1879. PINE GROVE. Cash received for forty-three lots sold . . 81,053 11 Paid H. R. Chamberlin, City Treasurer . . $1,053 11 I have also twenty-eight deeds of lots written, the total sum of which is seven hundred and fifteen dollars (8715). Most of these deeds I expect will be paid for. I am of the opinion that some of the lots will not be paid for, and, con- sequently, removals will have to be made to the public grounds. THE VALLEY. Cash rec'd of Chester C. Dimick for lot No*. 47U • 850 00 " Cash paid l\. R. Chamberlin, City Treasurer . . $50 00 J. P. JAMES, Treasurer of Committee on Cemeteries. 201 Manchester, N. H., Jan. 1, 1880. I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of Jacob F. James, treasurer of the cemeteries, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched. NATHAN P. KIDDER, *• City Auditor. At a meeting of the committee on cemeteries, held at the mayor's office Feb. 2, 1880, the foregoing reports were unanimously accepted. SYLVANUS B. PUTNAM, Clerk of Committee on Cemeteries. A. H. DANIELS, WM. G. HOYT, S. B. PUTNAM, JACOB F. JAMES, CHAS. H. BARTLETT, JAMES A. WESTON, CHAS. E. BALCH, H. R. PETTEE, JOHN B. CHASE, JOSEPH KIDDER, Committee on Cemeteries. REPORT OF THE BUILDING GOMMITTEE OF THE SOLDIERS' MO:^UME]:^T. To the City Councils of the City of Manchester. Gentlemen, — The undersigned Building Committee of the Soldiers' Monument, having completed the work as- signed them, beg leave to submit their final report. The appointment of your committee bears date of July 3, 1877, and gives authority to expend a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). Notices were imme- diately issued to architects and designers that an opportu- nity would be oifered to compete for a design for a soldiers' monument, fixing a time and place for the exhibition of their productions. In response to this invitation, a large number of designs were presented, — the authors generally appearing in person and explaining their respective works. Your committee, after a patient and careful examination, selected, with re- markable unanimity, the design presented by Mr. George Keller of Hartford, Conn., and subsequently, by direction 204 of your honorable body, the services of Mr. Keller were secured to furnish the working plans for the execution of the work. As soon as these plans and the specifications were pre- pared, propositions were invited . for the erection of the monument. Upon an examination of the bids tendered it a{»peared that the sum appropriated was insufficient to carry out the design. The propositions were therefore all rejected. Thereupon a second invitation was extended for proposals, which elicited such sharp competition, owing to the scarcity of work of this kind, that the design has been fully and satisfactorily carried out within the appropriation, and a handsome balance left. • A full description of the monument having been given at the dedication and in the public prints, furnishing the names of the contractors and artisans, it seems unneces- sary to repeat it in this report. Following are the names of parties receiving money by authority of your committee, and the amount ' received by each : — Campbell Sc Hanscom John B. Clarke (cash paid out) George Keller Robert Ellin . Levi L. Aldrich Warren Harvey •H. W. ITerrick Ellis & Patterson Lamsoii & Marden Head &. Dowst John Conway . F. H. Challis & Co. Warren Harvey and others 205 Charles H. Reed 238 Concord Railroad J. H. Nutt & Co. John Jackson . Manchester Water- Works Pettee "»; Whittle Walter Neal . Johnson & Wilson E. G. Haynes . Frederick & Field George Hazlett Piper & Hawley George P. Atwell J. A. Weston . M. J. Power . Making the cost of the monument And leaving an unexpended balance of On the 8th day of July, 1879, a resolution was passed by your honorable body, as follows : — " That the Building Committee of the Soldiers' Monu- ment be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to contract for and erect a suitable iron fence around the sol- diers' monument ; also to grade and concrete around said monument, — the expense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for soldiers' monument." Under this resolution your committee proceeded as far as the funds at their disposal would allow, everything author- ized being completed except the erection of the iron fence. 206 . $171 ACCOUI^T OF HENRY R. CHAMBERLTN, CIT7 TBEASVBEB, FROM December 31, 1878, to December 31, 1879. 208 Dr. Henry B. Cliamherlin, Treasurer, in accovnt with the To Cash in the Treasury, January 1, 1879 $24,791 41 Temporary Loan . Savings-bank Tax . Kailroatl Tax Literary Fund Insurance Tax City Hall and Stores City Farm City Scales Police Court . Pine-Grove Cemetery Valley Cemetery . Board of Inmates at State Reform School City Teams . Overdrafts Licenses of Shows Dog Licenses Sewer Licenses Rent of Hearse Tuition . Interest on Taxes . Rent of Tenements Taxes collected on List of 1S71 " " " 1872 u u u 1373 " " '' 1874 '' " " 1875 " " 187G " '• " 1877 " " 1878 a u u 1879 City Aqueduct Cost on Non-Resident Taxes Cost on Resident Taxes Water Rent .... Highway District No. 10, Team Work and Stone Lumht'r . Aniuunt carried forward 209 City of Manchester (ending December 31, 1879). Or. By Unpaid Bills, January 1, 1879 $23,329 Paupers off the Farm . City Farm City Teams . Highway District 'No. 1 " '• " 2 " '' " 3 U U u ^ " " " 5 (( U U Q U U U T U (C il g (( (C U Q " « " 10 " " " 11 " a u 12 " " " 13 New Highways Granite Bridge Amoskeag-Falls Bridge Reservoirs Commons Sewers and Drains Valley Cemetery . Pine-Grove Cemetery Fire Department . Police Department City Officers . Lighting Streets . Militia . Printing and Stationery Incidental Expenses City-Hall Building City Library . Paving Streets Watering Streets . Discount on Taxes Amount carried forward 14 210 Di Henry E. Chamherlin, Treasurer, in account with the Amount brought forward $421 724 45 Rent of Ward Room ..... Horse Railroad, for Sand .... J. D. Bell, damage to Lamp-post . Water-works, for Work by District No. 10 . Tickets to the Grand Stand on Dedication Day Horse sold Transportation of Horses .... Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Macadaraiz ing Merrimack Street .... r. P. Colby, use of Bulletin Board William Ware, Discount on Bill . Unpaid Bills. January 1, 1880. 211 City of Manchester (ending December 31, 1879). Cr. Amount brought forward . . . 8 140,360 42 FIlSrAJ^OE OOMMITTEE^S EEPORT. The undersigned, Joint Standing Committee on Finance, certify that we have examined the foregoing account of Henry R. Chamberlin, City Treasurer, and find the same correctly cast and supported by proper vouchers. W. IRELAND, J. F. KENNARD, JOHN L. KELLY, Joint Standing Committee on Finance. REVENUE ACCOUNT. ACCOUNTS OF APPROPRIATIONS. TEMPORARY LOAN. Dr. To balance from old account . . $1,900 00 Manchester and Amoskeag Na- tional Banks . . . 24,000 00 City and Second National Banks 5,000 00 Amoskeag and Manchester Na- tional Banks . . . 13,000 00 Paid Louisa Wilson 216 INTEREST 217 PAUPERS OFF THE FARM. To appropriation .... 218 Paid John J. Shea, groceries fur- nished Mrs. J. Reardon 24 00 John J. Shea, groceries fur- nished P. J. Hanley . 6 00 John J. Shea, groceries fur- nished John Murphy . 5 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished Timothy Sullivan 100 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished David McKay . 31 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished Mrs. D. Healy 61 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur- nished Robert McMahon 26 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished John Finerty . 6 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished Mrs. J. Loughlin 27 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished Daniel Sullivan 2 91 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur- nished Charles C. Robinson 2 05 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur- nished John Murphy . 15 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur- nished Mrs. P. Fox 5 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished Mrs. J. Mackin 5 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur- nished Ella Logne 1 00 Daniel Sheehan, groceries fur nished Mrs. J. Reardon 4 00 B. Brosnahan, groceries fur nished John Joyce 60 00 219 Paid B, Brosnahan, groceries fur- nished Hannah Harrison . • 38 00 B. Brosnahan, groceries fur- nished Margaret Shanley . 16 00 E. A. Moulton, groceries fur- nished J. Murphy . . 57 00 E. A. Moulton, groceries fur- nished Michael Kelley . 60 00 E. A. Moulton, groceries fur- nished Alex Shine . . 34 00 Michael Kearns. groceries fur- nished Mrs. Ellen Rhodes . 58 00 W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished E. Hodgman . 4 26 W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished John Game well . 2 00 W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished Margaret Burns . 3 00 W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished Catherine Otis . 4 00 W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished Mary Burns . 5 00 W, F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished David McKay . 20 00 W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished William Horan . 20 00 W. F. Sleeper & Co., groceries furnished Mrs. John Logan 4 00 Hardy & Putnam, groceries furnished John Collins . 11 76 Hardy & Putnam, groceries furnished N. Corey . . 1 47 Hardy & Putnam, groceries furnished J. Q. Farley . 3 95 220 Paid Hardy & Putnam, groceries furnished Mrs. Sarah Wy- man 89 43 Mrs. Mary Reardon, groceries furnished Stephen Spain . 43 00 Adams & Lamprey, groceries furnislied Mrs. T. Doherty . 70 00 Adams & Lamprey, groceries furnished Thomas Walker . 1 00 Brooks & Hayes, groceries furnished Patrick Regan . 12 10 Brooks & Hayes, groceries fur- nished Maurice Fitzgerald . 1 00 Brooks furnished Anna Connor . 1 00 M. E. Griffin, groceries fur- nished P. J. Hanley . . 50 00 John H. Mitchell, groceries furnished Mrs. Bresnehan . 9 00 John H. Mitchell, groceries furnished Samuel A. Cheney 2 00 Fisher & Garland, groceries furnished Mrs. Sarah Seavey 27 35 Stearns & Farmer, groceries furnished Chapman family . 1 61 Stearns & Farmer, groceries furnished Mrs. Bishop . 132 00 Stearns & Farmer, groceries furnished Logue family . 9 00 Sawyer & Woodbury, groceries furnished Ellen Mullen . 18 10 Barr & Clapj), groceries fur- nished W. W. Wliittemore . 28 15 0. D. Sawyer, groceries fur- nished Ellen Mullen . . 26 00 1 222 Paid G. H. Porter, wood furnished Mrs. Thomas Tuck . . 1 00 G. H. Porter, wood furnished Mrs. John Logue . . 6 25 G. H. Porter, wood furnished Thomas Doherty . . 12 50 G. H. Porter, wood furnished Patrick Regan . . . 16 50 G. H. Porter, wood furnished Maurice Fitzgerald . . 1 50 G. H. Porter, wood furnished Mrs. Henry Nichols . . 1 00 G. H. Porter, wood furnished Mrs. Doherty ... 1 50 E. P. Johnson & Co., wood and coal furnished James Callahan .... 4 25 E. P. Johnson & Co.. wood and coal furnished Mrs. Moulton .... 26 84 Luther t^'octor, wood fur- nished Catherine Otis . 7 50 L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood fur- nished Mrs. Sarah Seavey . 1 75 L. B. Bodwell tfe Co., wood furnished Maurice Fitzger- ald 4 09 L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal fur- nished Mrs. Bresnehan . 2 22 R. Laing, wood furnished Mrs. Otis 3 50 M. V. Garland, wood fur- nished Catherine Otis . 2 63 C. C. Perry, wood furnished Mrs. Bishop . . . 39 00 223 Paid Peter Gaines, wood furnished Sarah VVyman . . . 1 00 James Kennard, wood fur- nished Mrs. Seavey . . 12 50 M. Harrington, wood fur- nished Mrs. Seavey . . 1 00 M. Harrington, wood fur- nished Mrs. Bresnelian . 8 00 M. Harrington, wood fur- nished Samuel A. Cheney . 2 50 J. F. Wyman, wood furnished Mary Berry ... . 1 50 J. F. Wyman, wood furnished Mrs. Sarah Wyman . . 1 00 Sylvanus Brown, coal fur- nislied J. Q. Farley . . 4 00 S, Brown, wood furnished Mrs. Sarah Wyman . . 1 00 Dickey, Young & Co., coal furnished E. Hodgman . 4 25 John Davis, wood furnished Mrs. Seavey ... 1 90 Mrs. 0. J. Doble, board and care of Mrs. Anna B. Ayer . 79 00 C. C. Webster, board and care of D. 0. Webster . . 40 00 Franklin Webster, board and care of David Webster . 37 00 Franklin Webster, board and care of D. 0. Webster . 48 00 M. M. Prescott, board and care of Eben Foss ... 78 00 Women's Aid Society, board and care of Mrs. J. H. Stearns .... 16 00 224 Paid V. M. Curran. l)oar(i and care of Mis. W. W. Whittemore 25 00 P. A. Deviiie, burying Mrs. Thomas Doherty . . 15 00 P. A. Devine, burying Thomas Mackin .... 15 00 P. A. Devine, burying Mrs. Timothy Sullivan . . 15 00 P. A. Devine, burying Mrs. Patrick Fox ... 15 00 F. L. Wallace & Co., burying child of G. W. Chapman . . 14 00 Melendy &, Poor, burying David Webster ... 4 00 Fairbanks & Pearson, burying Mrs. W. W. Whittemore . 17 50 Fairbanks & Pearson, burying D. 0. Webster . . 16 00 Fairbanks & Pearson, burying Sarah Seavey ... 16 00 Fairl)anks & Pearson, burying Mrs. J. Collins and child . 28 50 Fairbanks & Pearson, burying Caleb W. Heselton . . 7 50 S. J. Young, cash paid out . 2 50 '65 M. E. George, cash paid out . 59 Robert Hall, cash j)aid out . 20 50 C. G. B. Ryder, cash paid out 15 75 C. M. Dodge, professional ser- vices ..... 3 00 J. W. D. McDonald, profes- sional services . . . 75 00 Geo. D. Townc, professional services .... oO 225 Paid L. Melville French, profes- sional services ... 20 00 J. G. Sturgis, professional ser- vices ..... 9 50 J. Sullivan, professional ser- vices ..... 5 00 Town of Groton, N. H., medi- cal attendance on Mrs. Franklin Page ... 16 00 Dr. Abbott, professional ser- vices ..... 2 00 J. A. Wiley, medicine, etc. . 32 94 Z. F. Campbell, medicine, etc. 6 10 L. K. Mead, medicine, etc. . 16 oO Tebbetts Bros., medicine, etc. 37 78 State Reform School, board of inmates .... 3,608 88 N. H. Insane Asylum, board and care of John Connolly . 259 38 N. H. Insane Asylum, board and care of Martha J. Dunn 257 -11 N. H. Insane Asylum, board and care of Blbridge Gerry 254 81 N. H. Insane Asylum, board and care of C. W. Haselton 265 73 N. H. Insane Asylum, board and care of Asenath H. White .... 174 31 N. H. Insane Asylum, board and care of John J. Murray 203 12 N. H. Insane Asylum, board and care of Bridget Sculley 47 90 Geo. H. Tanswell, cotton cloth for David Webster . . 2 92 15 226 Paid Plumer & Holton, clothing for children of W. W. Whitte- more ..... 6 00 Edwin Kennedy, clothing for D. 0. Webster . 2 Parker & Co., bed and bedding Geo. B. McLane, boots and shoes .... Geo. W. Dodge, boots and shoes John Cayzer, shoes Geo. VV. Thayer & Son, shoes D. M. Goodwin, use of stove . R. M. Rollins, digginu- grave for Mrs. W. W. Whitteniore Walter 0. Gaskill, robe for David Webster . Wm. B. Patten, expenses to Concord, N. H., with insane person .... Etta F^mcrson, car-fare to Low- ell and return Mary Gannon, car-fare to Low- ell J. B. Ricker, car-fare to Great Falls .... Edith Jones, car-fare to Bos- ton, Mass. .... Margaret Carr, car- fare to Lowell .... Mary J. Biownell, car-fare to Lowell .... J. A. Barker, transportation of paupers ... Fogg & James, hack-fare of J. E. Tilton to city farm 227 Paid Edwin Kennedy, clothing for Eben Foss .... 3 75 U. S. & C. Express Co., express on the body of C. Haseltine 1 00 228 Paid Wm. C. Rogers & Co., hard- ware, seeds, and phosphates 22 Daniels & Merrill, hardware, seeds, and phosphates John B. Varick, hardware, seeds, etc. .... J. F. Woodbury & Co., black- smithing .... W. H. Hill, blacksmithing J. B. McCrillis & Son, dump cart J. B. McCrillis & Son, balance on wagon .... J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairs on wagons, iron-work, etc. . Pike & Heald, stove, hardware, etc Thos. A. Lane, plumbing, etc. Hutchinson Bros., tank, pump, plumbing, etc. S. C. Forsaith & Co. . A. B. Webster, iron-work and blacksmithing . . . 10 10 H. F. Thompson, blacksmith- ing 13 45 D. M. Goodwin ... 8 00 J. W. C. Pickering, clothing . 12 00 Plumer & Holton, clothing . 48 10 J. S. Masseck, dry goods . 83 21 Barton & Co., dry goods . 3 53 Piper & Hawley, dry goods . 7 62 G. Flanders, ice . . . 6 18 Nasiiua Bedding Company, comforters ... 22 50 229 Paid Head & Dowst, lumber . 7 J. H. Maynard, lumber . A. C. Wallace, lumber . H. W. Herrick, heifer . J. Otis Clark, meats t)ennis Kerwin & Son, meats . Clough & Towle, meats . S. D. Cass, meats . J. A. Wiley, medicines . Tebbetts Bros., medicines F. Allen, salary as superinten- dent ..... F. Allen, paid for labor . Hannah Perkins, labcfr . Margaret Kelly, labor . Mary A. Murphy, labor . Leander Jenkins, labor . Patrick Reynolds, labor Patrick Bresnahan, labor I. P. Emery & Co., tin-ware, brooms, etc. ... 25 08 Mitchell & Heath, boots and shoes ..... Carl C. Shepard, crockery, etc. D. A. Simons, chairs, cottage- bed, etc. .... F. F. Dearborn, one yoke of oxen ..... F. F. Dearborn, pasturing cat- tle J. Stickney, leather, findings, etc Parker & Gordon, mattress . G. Flanders, ice . 230 Paid Wm. W. Hubbard, lumber 8 J. Hodge, lumber . Concord R. R. Corp., freight David H. Barr, repairing mowing-machine J. J. Abbott, painting . Wm. Stevens, tobacco . J. J. Bennett, mason-work Amoskeag Manufg Co., mor tar sand ... F. R. French, one bull . Amoskeag Axe Co., axes P. Preston, making cider D. W. Clark, roller, night box, etc. J. S. Holt & Co., soap and swill .... Wm. G. Hoyt, manure . John S. Folsom, manure Manchester Mills, one vat F. A. Fox & Co., filing saws J. Peabody, seed corn . Edwin Branch, halter, blan- kets, etc. . . . . 231 To commons . 13 paving macadamizing . Granite bridge horse sold transportation on horse balance overdrawn . Paid C. L. Davis, straw. H. A. Horton, carrots . Samuel Mullen, hay F. D. Hanscom, carrots . Ira Moore, carrots . W. H. Reed, carrots L. Shelters, hay Wm. Moore, hay . George H. Wiggin, hay . Nathan Parker, hay E. P. Johnson & Co., hay Waterman Smith, hay . City farm, hay N. B. Hull, straw . R. N, Whittemore, straw Wm. Moore . Barr & Clapp, oats and salt H. Pradd & Co., grain and feed .... Pettee & Whittle, grain and feed .... Manchester Gaslight Co., gas Wm. H. Hill, blacksmithing J. F. Woodbury & Co.. black smithing . 232 Paid M. C. Clark, blacksmithing . 28 84 J. H. Cram, blacksmithing , 22 25 Edwin Branch, whips, bits, repairing, etc. . . . 31 72 F. N. McLaren, whips, bits, repairing, etc. ... 6 50 A. V. Esty, whips, bits, re- pairing, etc. . . . 34 70 H. C. Ranno, whips, bits, re- pairing, etc. . . . 47 13 T. L. Thorpe, horse covers . 14 00 John Esty, repairing harness . 7 10 John Esty, set of street har- nesses . . . . 150 00 A. B. Webster, repairing cart 20 00 D. F. Cressey & Co., repairing cart 5 58 J. F. Conway, repairing cart . 2 50 J. B McCrillis & Son, sled, iron-work, and repairs . 170 25 J. A. Sanborn & Co., repair- ing carts .... 203 72 J. B. Varick, ointment, pail, etc 3 71 J. M. Chandler & Co., salt, brooms, ginger, flannel, etc. 12 36 John A. Wiley, liniments, sponges, etc. . . . 28 05 J. Trncsdale & Son, horse blankets .... 7 50 C. D. Welch, one pair horses . 425 00 R. A. Lawrence ... 6 00 Concord R. R. Corp., freight on horses . . . • 11 00 283 Paid J. P. ScoUey, soap, harness- dressing, etc. 234 Or. Paid Warren Harvey, superintend- 235 Paid A. Robie, teamster 236 Cr. Paid C. C. Webster, superintendent $72 A. J. Sawyer, lumber . J. B. Varick, nails reserved fund, amount trans- ferred . . . . labor of men and teams 237 Paid David Dickey, 2d, superintend- ent 1142 40 Daniels & Merrill, hardware, plough, road-scraper, etc. . 22 labor of men and team By reserved fund, amount trans- ferred . \ . . . 238 Cr. Paid H. M. Clough, superintendent $313 86 labor of men and teams . 203 33 $517 19 HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 9. Dr. To balance from old account 867 41 appropriation . Paid Alphonzo Boyce, superintend't labor of men and teams . By reserved fund, am't transferred HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 10. To balance from old account . appropriation .... sewers and d rains, labor and stone .... Manchester Horse Railroad, sand Manchester Water-works, labor reserved fund, am't transferred Paid A. Q. Gage, superintendent . Temple tfe Farrington, time- book ..... G. F. Han.son, blacksmithing Pettcc A' Whittle, cement J. S. Kidder & Co., cement . 239 Paid J. B. Varick, hardware . . 36 78 George P. Atwell, curbstone . 31 50 A. H. Lowell, cesspool covers 11 10 John Barnes, blacksmithing . 17 72 F. C. Dow, rubber boots . 3 50 Stephen Austin, carpenter work 1 95 A. C. Wallace, lumber . . 85 26 Head & Dowst, lumber . ». 14 30 Chas. Bunton, repairing picks 1 10 labor of men and teams . 725 19 .,301 55 HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 11. Dr. To balance from old account . . $14 37 appropriation .... 550 00 reserved fund, am't transferred 150 49 $714 86 Cr. Paid F. D. Hanscom, superintend- ent, labor and teams . . $388 62 Carl C. Shepard, lanterns . 2 00 J. Hodge, lumber ... 9 30 William C. Rogers, hardware 19 47 Daniels & Merrill, hardware . 5 83 A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . 10 38 labor of men and teams . 279 26 $714 86 HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 12. •Dr. To balance from old account . . $186 63 appropriation .... 300 00 $486 63 240 Paid city farm, labor and teams . 8173 99 By reserved fund, am't transferred 312 64 HIGHWAY DISTRICT NO. 13. To balance from old account . $54 09 appropriation .... reserved fund, am't transferred Paid Eben Carr, superintendent Wm. Campbell, supt. H. K. Tilton, stone labor of men and teams 241 LAND DAMAGE. To balance from old account . . $63 75 appropriation .... 100 00 reserved fund, am't transferred 1,696 25 Paid Charles Williams, extension of Pennacook street . . $1,860 00 WATERING STREETS. To balance from old account . . $7 55 appropriation .... 1,200 00 reserved fund, am't transferred 550 27 Paid Manchester Water-works $530 00 B. F. Fogg, plumbing 5 25 Pike & Heald, repairing sprink ler . 4 15 J. B. McCrillis & Son, repair ing water-carts . 144 A. Q. Gage, teamster Geo. W. Butterfield, teamster A. B. Gushing, teamster A. Robie, teamster H. S. Reed, teamster city teams labor and teams 242 LIGHTING STREETS. To balance from old account . . $280 52 appropriation .... 5,500 00 J. D. Bell, for damage to lamp- post ..... 11 55 Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas $2,918 67 Manchester Gas-light Co., lan- terns, signs, setting glass, etc 95 I. R. Dewey, lamplighter A. H. Lowell, lamp-posts, lan- tern-frames, etc. D. M. Goodwin, repairing street lanterns, etc. Daniels & Merrill, street lan- tern ..... Wm. C. Rogers & Co., glass . Nathaniel Tufts, street signs . Manchester Mills, wood spirits Nathan P. Kidder, express on glass .... Tristram Berry, repairing Ian terns .... S. L. Flanders, oil, matches etc. .... H. Fradd & Co., oil Tliorp & Marshall, brass lamp and repairing lanterns Pike cfe Lleald, repairing Ian terns .... By reserved fund, am't transferred . 243 PAVING STREETS. Dr. To appropriation .... $2,000 00 Bartlett & Laing, overdraft . 30 94 reserved fund, am't transferred . 350 97 Paid J. McDerby & Son, concreting $25 66 C. H. Robie, concreting . Henry Thomas, cutting flag- o-ino' . • o^"o • • Joseph Tirrell, cobble paving M. D. Stokes, block paving- James Kennard, cobble paving F. G. Stark, cobble paving C. G. Hastings, paving . R. M. Rollins, flagging . H. H. Nojes, cobble paving A. Bodwell, edgestone . Emma L. Richardson, cobble paving Lamson & Marden, black smithing . Bodwell & James, stone labor and teams Balance to new account 244 MACADAMIZING STREETS. Dr. To balance from old account . $22 94 appropriation .... 1,000 00 Amoskeag M'f'a; Co., labor on Merrimack street . 166 26 reserved fund, am't transferred . 389 72 .,578 92 Cr. Paid Manchester Water-works $30 00 A. H. Lowell, iron castings 5 53 Kimball & Gerrish, tallow 1 00 A. Bodwell, stone . 21 60 Lamson & Marden, stone chips, sharpening tools, etc 23 31 J. T. Garland, stone 27 68 George P. Atwell, stone chips 20 00 L. B. Bodwell & Co., wood 3 12 James Kennard, stone . 35 83 P. W. Dickey, repairing tools 15 29 labor of men and teams 1,39 1 56 ^,578 92 GRADING FOR CONCRETE. Dr. To appropriation .... $2,000 00 reserved fund, am't transferred . 1,156 23 $3,156 23 245 By balance from old account . 246 Paid J. B. Varick, picks> pails, rope, etc. . . . . 11 14 Daniels & Merrill, nails, oil, etc 5 00 Barr & Clapp, nails, oil, etc. . 2 01 J. M. Chandler & Co., oil, wicks, etc. .... 2 63 B. L. Hartshorn, hauling drain-pipe . . . . 19 75 H. Fradd & Co., lantern and kerosene oil . . . 1 38 John B. Clarke, printing . 9 00 Campbell & Hanscom, printing 7 ^s7 T. L. Thorpe, waste . . 1 20 A. H. Lowell, castings . . 54 78 J. T. Simpson & Son, brick . 63 00 J. Stickney .... 10 00 Concord Railroad, freight on brick 13 20 A. B. Webster, clevis and bolt 75 A. J. Sawyer, lumber . . 43 27 Head & Dowst, lumber . . 40 D. F. Cressey & Co., sharpen- ing tools .... 16 99 H. Fradd & Co., oil and lan- terns 2 89 Norman Cass ... 50 Geo. W. Thayer, rubber boots 8 25 Geo. W. Weeks, rul)ber boots. 8 25 Plumer & Holton, oil suit, etc. 7 00 labor of men and teams . 4,575 44 !j!6,647 23 247 MILE-BROOK SEWER. Dr. To appropriation .... $4,000 00 14,000 00 Cr. By sewers and drains, amount trans- ferred $4,000 00 $4,000 00 BRIDGE-STREET SEWER. Dr. To appropriation .... $4,000 00 $4,000 00 Or. By reserved fund, am't transferred $4,000 00 $4,000 00 GRANITE BRIDGE. To balance from old account . . $16 75 appropriation .... 50 00 reserved fund, am't transferred 425 52 Paid J. B. Varick, hardware . $26 Barr & Clapp, nails and spikes A. C. Wallace, lumber . W. Ireland, carpenter-work . Walter Neal, carpenter-work . labor and teams 248 AMOSKEAG FALLS BRIDGE. Dr. To balance from old account . . $67 13 appropriation . . . . 50 00 reserved fund . . . . 59 26 $176 39 Cr. Paid George Holbrook, lumber and labor ..... 249 Paid C. R. Colley & Co., painting fence .... 125 labor of men and teams . By reserved fund, am't transferred 500 251 Paid John B, Hoit, bounty 50 Cyrus B. Norris, bounty Manchester Water-works H, S. Rowell, bounty on foxes Ira A. Moore, bounty on foxes J. B. Huse, bounty on foxes . Samuel P. Elliott, bounty on fox ..... David Mitchell, bounty on fox William Farmer, bounty on fox Fred Jewell, bounty on hawks John Hatch, bounty on hawks Gale E. Jackson, bounty on hawks . . . . E. R. Hill, bounty on hawks . E. W. Corning, bounty on hawk .... Harry Young, bounty on hawk M. B. Flanders, bounty on hawk .... H. K. Emery, bounty on hawk Mary E. Reed, bounty on bear W. H. Huse, bounty on hawk A. T. Price, bounty on hawk . T. S. Montgomery, bounty on hawk .... A. H. Lowell, iron castings . D. M. Goodwin, dippers and chains .... 2 00 J. A. Sanborn & Co., repairs on sleigh damaged by steamer 7 00 Thomas A. Lane, labor on watering-trough . . 12 09 Thomas A. Lane, plumbing . 10 90 252 id Barnard & Co., rail irons and 253 Paid Dr. L. B. How, return of births and deaths . . 5 50 Dr. L. M. French, return of births .... 6 75 Dr. L. French, return of births 12 75 Dr. J. W. Mooar, return of births .... 6 25 Dr. John Bell, return of births and deaths ... 7 2 ,> Dr. W. W. Wilkins, return of births and deaths . . 9 00 Dr. H. E. Newell, professional services .... 3 00 Dr. George D. Towne, profes- sional services ... 5 00 Dr. James Sullivan, profession- al services .... 3 00 Dr. L. M. French, professional services . . . . 15 00 Dr. L. French, professional services .... 1 00 Judith Sherer, services at pest- house . . . . 360 00 James A. Buncher, care of steam boiler at city library 105 10 Barton & Co., oil-cloth for court-house . . . 20 25 George W. Varnum, care of court-house . . . 140 75 Patrick Finn, burying nui- sances . . . . 14 00 M. S. Fogg, witness fees . 1 37 E. G. Haynes, Akron pipe . 57 48 J. H. Maynard, referee fees . 20 00 254 Paid Hilas Dickey, referee fees . 20 00 S. W. Parsons, referee fees . 20 00 F. P. Colby, bill-posting . 10 00 Fogg & James, team for com- mittees .... 5 00 J. A. Barker, team for com- mittees .... 3 H. P. Watts, use of team C. A. Smith .... American Asylum for Deaf and Dumb, board of Jerry Bebau .... Everett Bros., printing . Livingston & Kimball, printing Campbell & Hanscom, print- ing John B. Clarke, printing F. H. Challis & Co., printing Mooar & Co., ink, pens, pass- books, etc. Temple & Farrington, blank- books, etc. Thomas W. Lane, printing and binding Thomas W. Lane, stationery lor city engineer Peter Shiatte, expenses to Hartford, for deaf and dumb boy, Jerry Bebau . . 15 00 G. A. Ramsdell, examination of county records . . 1 50 Barnard tfe Goodwin, iron-work 9 00 J. W. Mooar, burying nui- sances .... 5 00 255 Paid William B. Abbott, painting pest-house . . . . 60 00 George S. Hooper, examining town records ... 3 25 H. W, Longa, use of team . 7 00 A, G. Stevens, traveling ex- penses .... 13 75 H. R. Chamberlin, traveling expenses .... 1 75 J. S. Tabor, use of team . 2 00 S. S. James & Bro., teams . 5 00 S. A. Riddle, copy of town records .... 2 00 Daniel Healy, whitewashing tree-boxes .... 36 Piper & Hawley, dry goods . William H, Newhall, repairing fence at Amoskeag cemetery Timothy Clark, burying nui- sances .... S. Christophe, auditing tax- books .... J. M. Crawford, canvassing . Secretary of State, certified copy of act H. E. Parker, engrossing bill 1st N. H. Battery, firing salute July 4, 1879 . Ellen Kerren Charles A. Smith, dusters, brooms, etc. Carl C. Shepard . William P. Scott, witness fees George E. Morrill, diary and pens 1 50 256 Paid J. Prince, elm-trees, and set- ting 31 00 C. E. Crumbie, elm-trees, and setting .... 56 Coleman & Maxwell, ink N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Co., pumping out cellars J. Fred Stanton J. M. Carpenter, ink F. M. Dix, ribbon for stamp . J. McDerby, repairing con- crete J. N. Baker, care of tower clocks .... W. H. Annan, paper, envel- opes, etc. .... William Reynolds's estate, abatement of taxes D. B. Brooks & Co., ink Fogg & James, teams George H. Allen, supplies for city engineer Charles Bunton, blacksmithing Sulloway &Toplitf, profession- al services .... '')6 Su Jane Sullivan, services at pest- house .... I. P." Fellows, use of team A. E. lliopel, interpreter for assessors .... George Y. Sawyer, profession- al services .... C. II. Reed, j)ostiMg notices of tramp law .... 6 258 PINE GROVE CEMETERY. To balance from old account . 269 Cr. Paid A. H. Hartshorn, labor . $491 J. J. Abbott, tin signs . C. H. Hodgman & Co., truck- ing Daniels & Merrill, hardware . C. A. Toomey, labor F. A. Emerson, labor J. H. Maynard, building house Bv balance to new account 2G0 Paid A. B. Webster, pole-strap, rings, etc. .... 1 J. D. Andrews & Co. Pike J. Esty, pole-strap . Company's bill for services 261 Paid T. A. Lane, Chapman valve 6 25 Company's bill for services 825 00 Pennacook Hose Company No. 1. Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas $20 10 J. M. Plaisted, driver 600 00 L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal 51 00 J. Q. A. Sargent, hose . 5 00 Wm. C. Rogers & Co., duster 3 20 Wm. C. Rogers & Co., whip 2 03 Daniels & Merrill, oil and whip 3 50 J. Esty, repairing halter, har- ness, blanket, etc. 95 A. V. Esty, repairing harness 1 50 F. N. McLaren, collar and snaps . . . . 6 31 W. H. Vickery, keys and re- pairing lock 2 Plumer & Holton, overalls H. 0. Dudley, coaline . George E. Hall, oil wicks J. H. Wiggin & Co., soap Peter Ducherne, repairmg harness, etc. George F. Maxfield, driver J. M. Chandler & Co., oil matches, etc. J. N. Baker, repairing clock Company's bill for services 262 Massabesic Hose Company No. 2. Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gasJ. $37 Manchester Water-works L. B. Bodwell & Co.. coal Fisher & Flanders, matches Walter Seaward, night ser vices as driver . F. N. McLaren, whip Thorp & Marshall, coal-hod Company's bill for services 263 Paid George H. Porter, wood 4 Pike & Heald, lantern lamps and globes .... J. M. Chandler & Co., oil, matches, etc. A. J. Robie, extra services as driver .... A. J. Robie, repairing coats . J. B. McCrillis & Son, repairs Edwin Branch, repairing har- ness, etc. .... Chas. Canfield, repairing suits Manchester Loco. Works, re- pairs . . . . Thorp & Marshall, plumbing, etc...... James R. Carr, lettering lad- ders ..... C. H. Hodgman & Co., freight and trucking Company's bill for services 264 Paid Dennis Sullivan, driving sup- ply wagon .... 33 Wm. C. Rogers, ladder hooks S. C. Forsaith & Co., eagle packing .... J. D. Andrews & Co., carpen- ter-work .... Jacobs & Evartsburh, steel stamp and express J. B. Clarke, printing . T. W. Lane, express, station- ery, etc. .... G. F. Maxfield, labor J. F. Sullivan, labor on supply wagon .... Tristram Berry, labor . A. A. Puffer, labor J. P. ScoUay, polishing oil Concord Railroad Co., freight on hose .... T. W. Lane, services as chief engineer .... A. C. Wallace, services as as- sistant engineer . B. C. Kendall, services as as- sistant engineer . 0. E. Kimball, services as as- sistant engineer . Sam C. Lowell, services as assistant engineer Sam C. Lowell, services as clerk of board 265 Recapitulation 266 Paid Concord Railroad Corporation, freight . . . . 1 70 L. G. Tillottson & Co., blue vitriol .... 68 J. G. Jones .... M. G. Crane & Co., lightning points .... Thomas W. Lane, team . Howe & French, blue vitriol . John B. Clarke, printing Charles Williams, Jr., Kerite wire, etc. .... J. A. Wiley .... A. H. Lowell, zincs S. S. James & Bro., team Jas. R. Carr, painting ladders W. H. Vickery, lock Charles A. Smith, broom and duster .... Thorp & Marshall, copper tub Thomas A. Lane, valves and rubber tube J. Hodge, lumber . A. C. Wallace, telegraph poles and lumber Fogg & James, team J. J. Bennett, mason-work Dennis Sullivan, trucking lad- ders ..... C. E. Clough, team Amoskcag Manufacturing Co., .")0 bell, fixtures, labor, etc. . 10 Pike & Heald, setting up stove, repairing pipe, hooks, etc. . o 57 267 HYDRANT SERVICE. Dr. To appropriation .... 118,000 00 reserved fund, am't transferred 195 00 $18,195 00 Cr. Paid Manchester Water-works for water . . . .$18,195 00 8,195 00 RESERVOIRS. Dr. To balance from old account . . $29 44 appropriation .... 100 00 $129 44 Cr. Paid Patrick Finn . . . . $50 00 By reserved fund, am't transferred 79 44 $129. 44 POLICE DEPARTMENT. Dr. To appropriation .... $15,800 00 H. W. Longa, costs and fines . 3,025 6S D. R. Prescott, costs and fines . 254 86 J. C. Bickford, costs and fees . 1,689 85 Morrison & Hiland (overdraft) 5 00 $20,775 89 Cr. By balance from old account . . $2,391 85 Paid Nathan P. Hunt, judge . . 1,744 16 H. W. Tewksbury, assistant judge .... 28 00 E. M. Toplifif, assistant judge 2 12 268 Paid J. C. Bickford, clerk . . 500 00 . D. R. Prescott, marshal " 28 81 H. W. Longa, marshal . . 1,059 08 H. W. Longa, witness fees, etc. 79 37 W. B. Patten, assistaitt mar- shal ...... 681 92 Eben Carr, captain night watch .... 33 75 David Perkins, captain night watch .... 786 00 J. F. Cassidy, night watchman 731 00 M. J. Jenkins, night watchman 695 00 Jas. Bucklin, night watchman 737 00 Thos. Frain, night watchman 753 00 Michael Marr,niglit watchman 556 00 Z. B. Wright, night watchman 743 00 Michael Fox, night watchman 725 00 Jas. F. Dunn, night watchman 732 00 H. Stearns, night watchman 741 00 T. Reardon, night watchman 186 00 Wm. H. Newhall, night watch- man .... * 759 B. Farrar, night watchman . H. Harmon, night watchman I. P. Fellows, night watchman Thomas R. Northrup, night watchman .... John C. Colburn, day police . Randall W. Bean, day police . H. H. Noyes, special police . J. E. Bailey, special police A. N. Brown, special police C. H. Reed, special police J. B. Nourse, special police . 269 Paid James Duffy, special police . 210 00 E. G. Woodman, special police 6 00 E. H. Holmes, special police 22 00 E. W. Holmes, special police 2 00 S. L. Mitchell, special police 73 00 J. Quinlau, special police 2 00 Robert Leggett, special police 1 00 A. G. Holmes, special police 4 00 J. Waters, special police 4 00 A. Hill, special police 6 00 J. Terrill, special police 6 00 A. Helie, special police . 11 00 G. W. Varnum, special police 2 62 T. P. Heath, special police 11 00 C. O'Shaughnessey, special police 6 00 T. Collins, special police 2 00 M. L. Brown, special police 1 00 T. P. Badger, special police 4 50 R. A. Challis, special police 6 00 Hugh Wallace, special police 00 E. A. G. Holmes, special police 00 H. P. Marshall, special police 00 A. B. Page, special police 00 A. J. Mayhew, special police . 00 S. P. Chase, special police 3 00 Orrison Webber, special police 4 50 E. P. Cogswell, special police 3 00 G. P. Minard, special police . 4 00 J. I. Whittemore, special police 6 00 David Alden, special police . 3 00 Geo. H. Dudley, special police 3 00 Gideon Rochette, special police 6 00 H. P. Hunt, special police 3 00 270 Paid E. F. Wyman, special police . 4 W. G. Meader, special police . N. A. Sleeper, special police . N. B. Abbott, special police . Isaac L. Heath, professional services .... David F. Clark, professional services .... Thomas D. Luce, professional services .... Denis F. O'Connor, profes- sional services . Hazzen & Hazzen, professional services .... J. H. Andrews, professional services .... H. E. Burnham, professional services .... A. P. Dodge, professional ser- vices ..... William Little, professional services .... Frank Hiland, professional services .... Morrison & Ililand, profes- sional services C. A. Gallagher, professional services .... Manchester Gas-light Co., gas W. U. Tel. Co., telegrams P. C. Cheney Co. F. H. Challis & Co., printing dockets .... H. A. Grecnleaf, team . . 271 Paid Livingston & Kimball, print- ing ..... 5 50 Temple & Farrington, printing 37 52 Everett Brothers, printing . 11 50 John B. Clarke, printing . 37 62 8. S. James & Brother, teams 7 25 Mooar & Co., stationery . 3 23 Brigham & Pratt, crackers . 8 17 Daniels & Merrill, sperm oil and awning cord . . 7 75 C. H. Wood .... 75 A. F. Clement, cleansing blan- kets 2 70 Fogg & James, teams . . 28 25 Piper & Hawley, blankets . 6 00 J. A. Barker, furnishing meals for prisoners . . . 76 00 William W. Owen, cleansing blankets .... 2 25 Thos. W. Lane, slates, record- book, etc. ... 9 90 By balance to new account . . 337 08 ,775 39 CITY HALL AND OFFICES. Dr. To L. B. Bodwell & Co., overdraft $11 53 Nathan P. Kidder, rent of hall and stores .... 1,332 00 balance, overdrawn . 1,159 32 By balance from old account . Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas . . b 970 Paid^Manchester Water-works 1,406 Julia Rivers, washing floors . Celinda German, washing floors Carl C. Shepard, duster J. J. Abbott, painting . James R. Carr, painting and glazing .... L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal and wood ..... Dickey, Young, & Co., coal and wood .... Daniels & Merrill, waste-bas- ket, cord, twine, etc. . Maxwell & Stowell, ice . Thos. A. Lane, plumbing Pike & Heald, plumbing R. J. Donnelly. pluml)ing B. Frank Fogg, plumbing James S. Bacheler, plumbing W. H. Vickery, keys, repair- ing stoves, etc. . J. A. Barker .... Stearns & Farmer, brooms, salt, etc. A. C. Wallace, lumber . W. Ireland, carpenter-work . George HoUn-ook, carpenter- work . . . . . George H. Dudley, carpenter- work ..... J. D. Andrews & Co., rcjjair- ing skylight Knight & Seaward, carpenter- 1 work . . . . • 13 273 Paid S. P. Chase, carpenter-work 50 Bennett & Lord, mason-work 65 B. W. Robinson, plastering and whitewashing 44 95 J. R. Weston, cotton cloth 3 00 J. A. Wiley, disinfectants 1 20 Charles A. Smith, dusters 2 85 Parker & Gordon, chair cush- ions .... 1 50 James Collins, pitch wood 1 50 Straw & Lovejoy, care of clocks 21 00 C. H. Wood, painting signs 8 00 Augustus Williams, putting up awning 1 00 R. M. Yale & Co., flag . 23 50 Barton & Co., mat 1 25 J. S. Holt & Co., soap . 7 00 A. M. Eastman, matches 9 35 R. D. Gay . 1 05 P. C. Cheney Co., paper 6 50 Wm. C. Rogers, hardware 50 274 Paid Manchester post-office, stamps, etc. .... 35 Nathan P. Kidder, stamps Wm. E. Moore Thomas H. Tuson . Temple & Farrington W. H. Annan Thomas W. Lane . George E Glines . By reserved fund, am't transferred . 275 Paid W. Ireland, lumber and labor 130 16 Knight & Seaward, lumber and labor . 208 Daniels & Merrill, hardware J. B. Varick, hardware . "Wm. C. Rogers, hardware J. R. Carr, painting F. M. Heath & Co., painting Wm. F. Starkweather, paint- ing .... J. J. Abbott, painting . C. R. Collej, painting . Bennett & Lord, plastering etc J. C. Young, roofing, etc. John Lynch, labor W. P. Stratton & Son, stove pipe, zinc, and labor . Fuller, Dana & Fitz, hair felt- ing . E. G. Haynes, whitewashing John Kelley, labor Manchester Locomotive Works, boiler .... Pike & Heald, putting heating apparatus in City Hall building .... Pike & Heald, zinc and hard- ware ..... Carl C. Shepard, wall-paper . J. J. Bennett, setting boiler, etc. . . • . . J. J. Bennett, mason-work 276 Paid James S. Bacheler, checks, valves, plumbing, etc. . 89 78 Manchester Gas-light Co., gas. 8 80 CITY LIBRARY. To appropriation .... $2,.500 00 By balance from old account . $80 Paid Mrs. M. J. Buncher, librarian Mrs. M. J. Buncher, repairing locks ..... Manchester Gas-light Co., gas Manchester Water-works Temple W. E. Moore, printing . . 3 00 Campbell & Hanscom, printing 17 90 ^tna Insurance Co., insurance '-'^2 50 G. H. Dudley, repairing I'urni- ture 2 40 N. P. Hunt, freight on books, etc. .... trustees of city library . By balance to new account 277 278 Paid Campbell & Hanscom, printing 279 Paid French Band, services . 280 Paid F. N. Mcf.aren, repairing har- ness . . . . . 281 PAYMENT OF FUNDED DEBT. Dr. To appropriation $10,000 00 110,000 00 Cr. Paid Suncook Valley R. R. bonds . -f 9,900 00 Bj balance to rew account . . 100 00 110,000 00 ABATEMENT OF TAXES. Dr. To balance from old account . . $9 72 appropriation .... 1,000 00 reserved fund, am't transferred 424 60 balance, overdrawn ... 03 By August Headmark, poor, 1874 William Summers, dead, 1874 Jefferson Smith, feeble mind 1874 .... Patrick Costello, dead, 1874 Isaac W. Fogg, over-valuation 1874 .... Solomon Hodgman, over 70 1874 .... Warren Boyce, dead, 1874 V. R. Littlefield, poor, 1874 John Regan, poor, 1874 . Calvin Rock wood, dead, 1874 Hiram S. Morrison, poor, 1874 George L. Wyman, poor, 1874 Aaron George, poor, 1874 282 By Jefferson Smith, feeble mind, 1875 .... 2 22 James R. Bidgood, poor, 1875 2 22 Isaac W. Fogg, over-valuation 1875 8 88 Calvin Rockwood, dead, 1875 2 22 J. F. Chase, no horse, 1875 2 89 Walter W. Kauffer, paid in Massachusetts, 1875 2 22 William G. Farnham, paid in Massachusetts, 1875 2 Stephen Spaue, dead, 1875 George L. Wyman, poor, 1875 George Clayton, poor, 1875 Aaron George, poor, 1875 Eugene Gowath, poor, 1875 Charles F. Haville, insane, 1875 Joseph C. Moore, poor, 1875 Barney Burns, poor, 1875 Eleazer Badger, poor, 1875 Michael Cuddy, disabled soldier " 1875 . . Robert R. Moore, dead, 1875 John Mcintosh, no dog, 1875 Robert Donnelly, duplicate, 1875 David Patten, dead, 1875 . H. C. Osgood, dead, 1875 . Ricard Onesime, duplicate, 187 Richard Dorsey, poor, 1875 Jefferson Smith, feeble mind 1S76 .... Frank J. Clark, duplicate, 1876 Michael DriscoU, paid in Maine, 1876 28j By Isaac W. Fogg, over-valuation, 1876 .... 4 Michael Abbott, duplicate, 1876 "Willard E. Sargent, poor, 1876 James R. Bedford, poor, 1876 Calvin Rockwood, dead, 1876 George L. Wyman, poor, 1876 Aaron George, poor, 1876 Eugene Gowath, poor, 1876 Barney Burns, poor, 1876'. George 0. Cheney, poor, 1876 Almon Come, poor, 1876 . Edmund Peabody. poor. 1876 J. P. Whittemore, poor, 1876 Horace Crandall, poor, 1876 Concord R. R. Corp., error 1876 .... Manchester & Lawrence R. R Corp., error, 1876 Michael Cuddy, disabled sol dier, 1876 Robert R. Moore, dead, 1876 Robert Donnelly, duplicate, 1876 H. N. Chadbourne, error, 1876 Jefferson Smith, feeble mind 1877 Frank Burton, duplicate, 1877 owner unknown, clerical error 1877 .... Wm. Summers, dead, 1877 Benj. Freeman, paid in Massa- chusetts, 1877 Jas. W. Kimball, paid in Hook sett, 1877 . 284 By Olive M. Winegar, over-valua- tion, 1877 .... 2 00 Richard G. Hartman, minor, 1877 1 58 Michael Driscoll, paid in Maine, 1877 2 58 James Foreman, dead, 1877 1 Frank T, Brown, minor, 1877 James Collins, over 70, 1877 James Hunter, over 70, 1877 James Collins, no dog, 1877 Abel Jones, over 70, 1877 Geo. H. Jenkins, poor, 1877 Calvin Rockwood, dead, 1877 Stephen Spane, dead, 1877 Eustace Brunelle, error, 1877 Carla Broden, poor, 1877 . A. J. Kendall, dead, 1877 Wm. Bailey, poor, 1877 . Wm. J. Desilets, dead, 1877 Jeremiah J. Connor, error, 1877 John Fitzgerald, 2d, minor, 1877 Fred Gilford, dead, 1877 . Thos. Hassett, duplicate, 1877 . Willard E. Sargent, disabled soldier, 1877 ... 1 68 Thos. Cavanaugh, state-|)rison, 1877 1 58 John F. Sullivan, minor, 1877 . 1 58 Dudley Gihnan, i)aid in Gotfs- town, 1877 .... 1 58 John Kearns, minor, 1877 . 1 58 Walter W. Kauflfer, j>aid in Massachusetts, 1877 . . 1 58 285 By James R. Bedford, old and poor, 1877 2 58 Annette Page, clerical error, 1877 22 12 David Page, clerical error, 1877 1 58 Frank H. Kendall, cripple, 1877 1 58 Adelbert Hurd, paid in Massa- chusetts, 1877 1 58 Isaac W, Fogg, over-valuation 1877 .... 3 32 Michael Cuddy, disabled soldier 1877 .... 1 58 Thos. Fitzsimmons, poor, 1877 1 58 Jeremiah Donovan, paid in Au burn, 1877 . 2 05 Frank Porter, paid in Auburn 1877 .... 1 58 John Berbeck, poor, 1877 2 58 Horace Crandall, poor, 1877 58 Moses Emerson, 1877 58 Patrick Dowd, only one arm 1877 .... 58 Richard Dorsey, poor, 1877 58 Chas. B. Doble, left city, 1877 58 George Davis, dead, 1877 58 Aaron George, poor, 1877 58 Geo. 0. Cheney, poor, 1877 58 Almon Come, poor, 1877 . 1 58 John Harvey, over-valuation 1878 .... 1 74 Patrick A. Devine, over-valua tion, 1878 10 44 VVm. Edmunds, not here, 1878 1 74 Granville Haselton, over-valua tion, 1878 . 3 48 286 By Edwin Branch, taxed wrong, 1878 .... 15 Nathaniel George, use of water ing-trough. 1878 . E. K. Rowell, use of watering trough, 1X78 Wm. Summers, dead, 1878 Patrick McGraw, dead, 1878 Charles N. Carter, paid in Bow 1878 . • . . Cornelius J. Croning, paid in Boston, 1878 Henry H. Fuller, over-valuation on horse, 1878 Dalmer Damon, duplicate, 1878 Mary Brown, poor, 1878 . Albert Mallard, over 70, 1878 Frank Mead, minor, 1878 Alonzo Jutras, dead, 1878 John Johnson, paid in Massa chusetts, 1878 Fred S. Bean, duplicate, 1878 Robert J. Young, duplicate 1878 .... Albin Swett, paid in Massachu setts, 1878 . James Talty, minor, 1878 Joseph L. Dow, no dog, 1878 John M. Hayes, over-valuation 1878 .... Alexander \V. Muschner, no dog, 1878 . James Silver, paid in Hooksett 1878 .... . 287 By John Silver, paid in Hooksett 1878 .... 1 74 Oscar M. Titus, over-valuation 1878 .... 1 74 Jefferson Smith, feeble mind 1878 .... 1 74 Horace Philbrick, minor, 1878 1 74 Brastus B. Davis, paid in Wash ington, 1878 1 74 Jerome B. Harvey, paid in Mas sachusetts, 1878 . 1 74 Edmund S. Stratton, minor, 1878 1 74 Jos. G. Colburn, duplicate, 1878 1 74 Chas. Fifield, paid in Deerfield, 1878 1 74 Nelson H. Farmer, duplicate, 1878 1 Geo. A. Palmer, duplicate, 1878 Benj. Freeman, paid in Massa- chusetts, 1878 Wm. Parr, cripple, 1878 . Geo. Philbrick, duplicate, 1878 Albert Montgomery, paid in Hopkinton, 1878 . owner unknown, error, 1878 Wilbur T. Meserve, paid in Jackson, 1878 Thomas Clow, no dog, 1878 Frank Lawrence, paid in Hook- sett, 1878 .... Charles A. Carter, paid in Bow, 1878 Lyman H, Lamprey, disabled soldier, 1878. 1 289 By Patrick Costello, dead. 1878 74 John Douglass, minor, 1878 74 B. F. Clark, too many dogs 1878 .... 00 Joseph Higgins, dead, 1878 74 Chas. H. Whitcomb, paid in Ray- mond, 1878 . 1 74 John Cronin, minor, 1878 1 74 Arthur Gleason, paid in Wash ington, 1878 . 1 74 Clissum Sawyer, minor, 1878 1 74 Justin Spear, over 70, 1878 1 74 Charles Ingalls, paid in Hook- sett, 1878 . . . . 1 74 William Burke, duplicate, 1878 1 74 Frederick V. Kessler, dead. 1878 1 74 Gilinan C. Smith, over-valuation 1878 .... 1 74 Joseph S. Clark, error, 1878 2 74 Andrew Dow, paid in Boston 1878 .... 1 74 John A. McKelvie, minor, 1878 1 74 Sam Lee, gone to China, 1878 1 74 Sam Lee, 2d, not here April 1 1878 .... 1 74 John Kelley, dead. 1878 . 1 74 Onesime Ritchie, duplicate, 1878 1 74 Horace I. Johnson, paid in Massachusetts, 1878 1 74 John Patten, dead, 1878 . 1 74 Isaac W. Fogg, over-valuation 1878 .... 3 52 Dallas Montgomery, no slut 1878 . \ 2 00 19 2 291 By Maurice Foley, dead, 1878 2 74 John Burbeck, poor, 1878 1 74 William Cragin, paid in Peter borough, 1878 74 John Burbeck, duplicate, 1878 74 Orreii Bunker, over 70, 1878 74 Chas. 0. Eastman, no dog, 1878 00 John Courtney, minor, 1878 74 Xavier Dupuis, minor, 1878 74 Reuben England, disabled sol dier, 1878 . 74 Horace Crandall, poor, 1878 74 Moses E. Emerson, poor, 1878 74 Patrick Dowd, only one arm 1878 .... 1 74 Richard Dorsey, poor, 1878 1 74 Chas. B. Doble, left city, 1878 1 74 George Davis, dead, 1878 1 74 William Bailey, poor, 1878 1 74 Aaron George, poor, 1878 1 74 James Richardson, duplicate 1878 .... 1 74 Barrett & Hunt, over-valuation 1878 .... 1 30 Albert Colby, paid in London derry, 1879 . 1 50 John J. Kearns, minor, 1879 1 50 Michael Laughlin, over 70, 1879 1 do Frank Stone, paid in Hooksett, 1879 . .' . 1 50 Charles S. Kidder, paid in Bed- ford, 1879 . . . . 1 50 Brooks & Hayes, over-valuation, 1879 . . . . . 4 50 292 By Wm. Harwood, paid in Auburn, 1879 1 Chas. Elmwood, duplicate, 1879 H.C. Canney,clerical error, 1879 Bartlett & Morse, clerical error, 1879 John Cahill, duplicate, 1879 Thos. Carberry, over 70, 1879 . Fred Linhardt, minor, 1879 Geo. A. McElroy, minor, 1879 . Centennial Tea Company, dupli- cate, 1879 . . . . F. H. Clement, paid in Derry, 1879 . Alonzo H, Weston, error, 1879 F. P. Hutchinson, over-valua tion, 1879 John G. Ellinwood. error, 1879 Chas. J. Lyford, only one arm, 1879 .... Samuel H. Martin, no horse, 1879 H. H. Fuller, no dog, 1879 Charles Balchin, minor, 1>^79 Orren P. Currier, over-valuation 1879 .... Charles Untiet, minor, 1879 Frances A. Ferris, error, 1879 Arthur Fonda, minor, 1879 Adams & Lamprey, over-valua tion, 1879 . Arthur Cate, minor. 1879 Charles E. Stearns, error, 1879 Peter Sheridan, poor, 1879 Sidney Davenport, minor, 1879- 293 By George Hanson, no doiz;, 1879 1 00 Charles F. Warren, over-valna tion, 1879 . 7 50 Daniels & Merrill, over-valua tion, 1879 . 45 00 Obadiah Jackson, on lot Bald Hill, over-valuation, 1879 75 Nahum Brooks, discount on money at interest, 1879 24 00 Daniel Brainard, no dog, 1879 1 00 Jeremiah Donovan, paid in Auburn, 1879 1 John Handley, dead, 1879 Thomas Gavin, minor, 1879 James Evers, 2d, minor, and no dog, 1879 . Charles H. Uhlig, no dog, 1879 William McLane, minor, 1879 Otis S. Yeasey, minor, 1879 Albert G. Dole, over 70, 1879 Thos. Berry, 29 A. C, duplicate 1879 ... E. K. Rowell, watering-trough 1879 .... Michael Kearns, 506 Elm street duplicate, 1879 William B. Kendall, paid in Bed ford, 1879 . Douglas Hunter, no dog, 1879 Charles Davis, not here, April 1 1879 .... James O'Brien, minor, 1879 Francis Healey, minor, 1879 Charles M. Frank, no dog, 1879 294 By Amos Spotford, over-valuation, 1879 4 Edward Webber, clerical error, 1879 William W. Hubbard, error in return, 1879 .... Andrew McNab, clerical error, 1879 Fred A. Colby, duplicate, 1879 George Lawrence, minor, 1879 . John Twomey, duplicate, 1879 . C. W. Stanley, on bank stock, 1879 J. C. Nichols & Son, over-valua- tion, 1879 .... Plumer & Holton, over-valua- tion, 1879 .... G. F. Bosher & Co., over-valua- tion, 1879 .... Eliza A. Campbell, over-valua- tion, 1879 .... Frank Mara, no dog, 1879 Winnfred StoU, no dog, 1879 . Edwin Branch, no dog, 1879 Julia E. Wilson, only one dog, 1879 Willie L. Curning, no dog, 1879 John Shea, no dog, 1879, Josselyn & Co., error, 1879 M. A. Furlong, poor, 1879 Ellen Braley, poor, 1879 . Frank E. Foss, paid in 11111,1879 Fred W. Cheney, paid in Bos- ^")0 ton, 1879 . . . . 1 295 By Joseph E. Greeiileaf, paid in Pittsfield, 1879 •. 1 Norris C. Stevens, paid in Pem- broke, 1879 .... George Jackson, paid in London- derry, 1879 .... Frank ?ai\o'ent, paid in Weare, 1879 ... Willis W. Fisk, paid in Rhode Island, 1879 . Jnlins Harman, duplicate. 1879 Nazarine Bellenan, minor, 1879 Samuel Ferguson, minor, 1879 Joseph Gardner, minor, 1879 . Patrick Edwards, duplicate, 1879 Joseph Gaggin, over 70, 1879 . John Hayes, over 70, 1879 Daniel Jones, no carriage, 1879 1 05 Charles B. Wingate, no carriage, 1879 78 Donald Smith, disabled soldier, 1879 . . . . . 1 50 Andrew George, dead, 1879 . 1 50 Coleman Devine, dead, 1879 . 1 50 John V. Sullivan, over-valua- tion, 1879 . . . . 3 00 Samuel Rice, paid in New York, 1879 Frank Mara, no dog, 1879 Harvey & Co., over-valuation, 1879 George Tiernay, no dog, 1879 . Joseph Ritchie, duplicate, 1879 Willis A. Redfield, paid in Clare- mont, 1879 .... 1 50 1 297 By James E. Rindge, temporary res- idence, 1879 1 50 Sylvester Nichols, dead, 1879 . 1 50 John T. Haines, duplicate, 1879 95 Ira Forrest, duplicate, 1879 50 Robert Snyder, duplicate, 1879 50 Michael Abberton, disabled sol- dier, 1879 . 1 50 John Began, poor, 1879 . 1 50 J. F. McCarthy, over-valuation 1879 .... 3 00 George E. Flanders, over-valua tion, 1879 . 3 Maurice Lane, minor, 1879 Albert Jackson, dead, 1879 Fred F. Lane, minor, 1879 Silas M. Haselton, duplicate 1879 .... Stephen Spane, dead, 1879 Thomas Mackin, dead, 1879 Daniel J. Ahern, minor, 1879 John Wier, sick and poor, 1879 Fred Hardy, minor, 1879 . George Howard, minor, 1879 Edward Molyneaux, left the country, 1879 Josiah T. Langley, paid in Ep som, 1879 Lucy Dickey, poor, 1879 . Orren Bunker, over 70, 1879 John McAllister, over-valuation 1879 .... George Fox, temporary resi dence, 1879 . 298 By John H. Hoffman, paid in Bed- ford, 1879 .... 1 George E. Davis, no horse Seth Austin, tramp, 1879 . Joseph Byron, duplicate, 1879 . Joseph Boynton, temporary resi- dence, 1879 .... Thomas Doubleday, minor, 1879 Cotton & Co., no liorse, 1879 . Ira W. Pennock, over-valuation, 1879 John Buchan, duplicate, 1879 . Edson Hill, over-valuation, 1879 Aaron George, poor, 1879 Horace Crandall, poor, 1879 Moses E. Emerson, poor, 1879 . William Austin, poor, 1879 William Austin, duplicate, 1879 Fred Badger, only one arm, 1879 Charles F, Coffin, gone to Colo- rado, 1879 .... Patrick Connor, cripple, 1879 . Michael Cuddy, disabled soldier, 1879 Charles Pillsbury, dead, 1879 . John Emerson, minor, 1879 Thomas Nolan, no dog, 1879 . Thomas Fitzsimmons, poor, 1879 Henry F. Scribner, paid in Goffs- town,1879 .... Fred Emerson, dead, 1879 Samuel Perkins, gone to Canada, 1879 1 50 Charles Perkins, gone to Omaha, 1879 1 50 299 By Samuel H. Stevens, paid in Mil- ford, 1879 . . . . 1 50 Frank Porter, paid in Auburn, 1879 .... 1 Daniel P. Prescott, error, 1879 John Burbeck, poor, 1879 B. T. Robinson, paid in Little ton, 1879 George E. Akerman, paid in Alexandria, 1879 . Reuben England, disabled sol dier, 1879 . Michael Austin, minor, 1879 Charles W. George, duplicate 1879 .... John Bowler, duplicate, 1879 Hiram Pressej, no dog, 1879 Hugh Donahoe, no stock in trade, 1879 . Leonard Sullivan, error, 1879 Joseph A. Dolber, duplicate 1879 .... John Cronin, duplicate, 1879 A. D. Stowell, duplicate, 1879 Bartholomew Ash, poor, lb79 Thomas Maloy, pays in New market, 1879 Henry Dowst, pays in Aliens town, 1879 . Alfred Arlson, in regular army 1879 .... Ira F. Davis, minor, 1879 Dennis Bresnahan, poor, 1879 John S. Adams, duplicate, 1879 300 DISCOUNT ON TAXES. Dr. To appropriation .... $5,000 00 reserved fund, ara't transferred 1,514 20 $6,514 20 Cr. By balance from old account . . $670 20 Paid sundry persons . . . 5,844 00 $6,514 20 STATE TAX. Dr. To appropriation .... $39,724 00 $39,724 00 Cr. By Solon A. Carter, State Treas. . $39,724 00 $39,724 00 COUNTY TAX. Dr. To appropriation .... $39,000 00 balance, overdrawn . . . 365 98 $39,365 98 Cr. By County Treasurer's receipt . $39,365 98 $39,365 98 OUTSTANDING TAXES. List for 1870, H. R. Chamberlin, collector .... $6,358 13 List for 1871, H. R. Chamberlin, collector .... 6.260 70 301 List for 1872, William G. Everett, collector .... 2,811 93 List for 1873, William G. Everett, collector .... 4,222 01 List for 1874, John Hosley, coUec- tdf 4,475 55 List for 1875, John Hosley, collec- tor 4,568 58 List for 1876, James Mitchell, collec- tor 3,544 57 List for 1877, Seth T. Hill, collec- tor 3,475 17 List for 1878, Seth T. Hill, collec- tor 4,809 47 140,526 11 TAXES FOR 1879. Dr. To resident taxes assessed . $263,108 75 non-resident taxes assessed . 1,297 98 1264,406 73 Or. By collections, abatements, and discounts . . . i235,974 53 balance outstanding . . 28,432 20 1264,406 73 CITY OFFICERS' SALARIES. Dr. To appropriation .... $10,000 00 reserved fund, ain't transferred 420 88 110,420 88 302 Cr. Paid John L. Kelly, mayor $1,000 00 Nathan P. Kidder, city clerk . 900 00 H. R. Chaml)erlin, city treas. 1,000 00 Wm. E. Buck, supt. of schools 1,500 00 J. A. Barker, city messenger . 570 00 Wm. R. Patten, city solicitor . 550 00 Geo. E. Morrill, collector of taxes . . . . 400 00 Seth T. Hill, collector of taxes 679 75 A. G. Stevens, city engineer . 731 92 J. Fred Stanton, asst. engineer 179 00 S. B. Putnam, clerk of com- njon council 100 00 Geo. D. Towne, city physician 25 00 C. s. Fisher, assessor 328 75 J. H. Haynes, 321 00 Chas. H. Brown, " 139 75 John Ryan, " 30 00 Henry W. Powell, assesj>or 175 00 I. T. Webster, 32 50 D. O. Furnald, 147 5U H. P. Watts, 143 75 Michael Cavanaugh, " 72 50 Isaac Whittemore, assistant assessor 91 25 E. W. Brigham, assistant as sessor 26 25 J. P. Moore, assistant assessor 22 50 Josepii H. Haynes, inspector 54 00 D. H. Young, " 4 50 Hiram Forsaith, " 39 38 H. D. Lord, " 11 25 H. H. Noves, '• 15 75 303 Paid A. J. Sanborn, inspector 50 Hiram Forsaith, " 50 Freeman Higgins, " 50 John Hosley, " 50 A. J. Nay, " 50 Thomas Howe, moderator 3 00 D. H. Maxfield, 3 00 C. K. Walker, 3 00 " J. D. Jones, 3 00 " D. 0. Furnald, 3 00 C. E. Quimbj, ward clerk 5 00 C. F. Garland, " " 5 00 " J. T. Baxter, " .5 00 S. B. Stearns, " " 00 Geo. E. Glines, " " 72 H. S. Perry, " " 00 Jas. F. Baldwin, " " 00 John Prince, selectman . 00 Samuel Thompson, selectman 10 00 " Stephen Palmer, 5 00 " D. R. Prescott, 5 00 " Ralph Pearson, 5 Wm. Howe, " W. E. Holt, Horace C. Paige, " Sidney Smith, " George H. Dudley, " 0. J. Butman, " Michael Connor, '• Charles Atherton, " A. Q. Gage, -' Frederick Knowlton, " Thomas N. Bond, " Horace C. Paige, " 304 Paid M. J. Callahan, selectman 5 A. A. Ains worth, •' D. B. Emery, " Wm. Stevens, " Chas. F. McCarty, ward clerk J. H. Haynes, clerical services Nicholas Nichols, clerk for as- sessors .... W. Jencks, Jr., clerk for as- sessors .... J. E. Wilson, clerk for as- sessors .... Moses E. George, clerk of over- seers of poor . . . Moses E. George, overseer of poor ..... P. A. Devinc, health officer . J. W. Mooar, " " H. W. Longa, '' " C. G. B. Ryder,overseer ofpoor '' '' Wm. H. Maxwell, . " Robert Hall, " . " Isaac R. Dewey, " . •' Daniel Sheehan, " . '' •' S. J. Young, . " " George H. Colby, . J. L. Kelly, chairman overseers of poor .... J. L. Kelly, school committee. J. W. Whittle '• Ezra Huntington, school com- .^ mittee . . . Abial C. Flanders, school com- mittee .... 305 Paid C. A. O'Connor, school com- mittee .... 10 G. W. Weeks, school commit- tee .... . Louis E. Phelps, school com- mittee .... Wm. A. Webster, school com- mittee .... Henry C. Sanderson, school committee .... Chas. F. Everett, school com- mittee .... Daniel Clark, school committee Benj. C. Dean, " " Walter M. Parker, school committee .... Denis F. O'Connor, school committee .... Brackett B. Weeks, school committee .... Marshall P. Hall, school com- mittee .... E. W. Brigham, school com- mittee .... James E. Dodge, school com- mittee .... James E. Dodge, clerk of school committee $10,420 88 20 306 DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES. Dr. To appropriation .... -$200 00 8200 00 Cr. Paid Louis Bell Post No. 3, G. A. R. 8200 00 S200 00 SCHOOL-HOUSES AND LOTS. Dr. To appropriation .... 8200 00 8200 00 Cr. Paid J. McDerby & Son, concreting . 8161 00 By reserved fund, am't transferred 39 00 8200 00 WOMEN'S AID AND RELIEF SOCIETY HOSI^ITAL. Dr. To reserved fund, am't transferred 8200 00 8200 00 Cr. Paid treasurer of Women's Aid and Relief Society . . . 8200 00 8200 00 MANCHESTER WATER-WORKS. Dr. To balance from old account . . 813,291 55 receipts from water-rents . . 53,143 17 — 806,434 72 307 Cr. By interest, amount transferred . $30,000 00 Paid Charles K. Walker, superin- tendent .... 1,-2 Arthur E. Stearns, clerk . 1,000 00 (diaries C. Cole, superintend- ent of pumping-station 600 00 Campbell & Hanscom, print- ing ..... 2 25 Hutchins, Riedel & Co., print- ing 46 00 John B. Clarke, printing . 37 00 J. Hodge, lumber and labor . 14 38 Head & Dowst, lumber and labor . ; . . 4 37 L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal and wood ..... 46 Peter Gaines, wood Joseph E. Bennett, auditing accounts, use of team, and labor on Lake Massq,besic . S. S. James & Bro., teams C. H. Hodgman & Co., teams Richard T. Ritchie, rope J. B. Sawyer, civil-engineer- ing ..... Derry & Co., blacksmithing . Daniels & Merrill, hardware . John B. Varick, hardware Wm. C. Rogers & Co., hard- ware 19 88 D. Milton Goodwin, water- pails, waste, lantern-globes, etc 18 79 308 Paid Pike boxes- etc. . . . 294 93 Sewell, Day & Co., coils jute gasket . . . . 14 67 D. T. Mahoney, lumber . . 300 50 J. S. Kidder & Co., cement . 128 15 E. G. Haynes, sewer-pipe . 12 69 Concord R. R. Corp., freight . 1,176 55 Manchester Locomotive W'rks, iron castings, etc. . . 603 47 A. M. Eastman, oil, wicks, and matches ... 5 76 Jarechi, Hayes & Co., stop- cocks, etc. .... 72 50 Mowry & Phillips, pig lead, solder, etc. . . . 009 97 Boston Lead Co., pig lead and lead pipe .... 10 98 Morris, Tasker & Co., rubber- coated pipe, nipples, etc. . 237 42 Union Water-Meter Co., me- ters^ couplings, etc. . . 664 11 Boston Machine Co., hydrant and nozzle caps . . . 81 90 R. D. Wood & Co., iron pipe 6,608 40 Walworth Manufacturing Co., locks, nipples, and cou[)lings 85 80 S. M. Bennett, labor on Lake Massahesic survey . . 33 13 Walter Wright, labor on Lake Massal)esic survey . 35 88 J. P. Young, labor on Lake Massabesic survey . . 42 00 309 Paid National Tube Works, pipe, 310 Paid Adam N. Gowen, wood 6 A. Pollard .... Austin, Johnson, & Co., lumber J. J. Abbott, painting . Goodwin Bros. & Co., repairs D. William Goodwin, repairs Chapman Valve MTg Com- pany, valves Manchester Mills . Fogg & James, teams J. M. Chandler & Co. . P. C. Cheney Co., paper J. C. Young .... Frederick C. Dow, rubber boots .... George W. Miller, wood S. A. Felton & Co., brushes . D. W. Goodwin, rubber-coated pipe A. M. Eastman, oil and matches labor of men and teams James A. Weston, water com- missioner ... 80 00 John L. Kelly, water commis- sioner .... 15 00 J. Q. A. Sargent, water com- missioner . . . . 21 00 A. C. Wallace, water commis- sioner .... 30 00 William P. Newell, water com- missioner . . . . 27 00 Alpheus Gay, water commis- sioner .... 27 00 By balance to new account . . 14,518 29 311 RESERVED FUND. Dr. To balance from old account . . $0 70 appropriation .... 10,000 00 Nathan P. Kidder, dog licenses . 746 00 Nathan P. Kidder, rent of tene- ments ..... 205 Nathan P. Kidder, show licenses Nathan P. Kidder, hearse rent . Nathan P. Kidder, rent of ward- room lot ... • Nathan P. Kidder, aqueduct water ..... Nathan P. Kidder, south city scales ....'. Seth T. Hill, costs on non-resi- dent taxes .... Seth T. Hill, costs on resident taxes ..... George E. Morrill, costs on non- resident taxes George E. Morrill, costs on non- resident taxes Highway District No. 4, amount transferred .... Highway District No. 6, amount transferred . . Highway District No. 7, amount transferred .... Highway District No. 9, amount transferred .... Highway District No. 12, amount transferred .... Lighting Streets, amount trans- ferred ..... 312 To Commons, amount transferred . 313 By Land Damage . 314 Paid Knight & Seaward, carpenter- work 4 36 J. C. Young, roofing and slat- ing 18 26 N. B. Tilton, mason-work . 2 00 Wm. D. Eastman, mason-work 19 90 Hartford Steam-Boiler Insur- ance Company . . . 100 00 P. W. Follansbee & Son, mov- ing school-house . . 50 00 F. P. Sargent, grading around school-house 78 Manchester Locomotive Works J. J. Abbott, painting . C. N. Ilarvey, mason-work A. Bodwell, stone . C. H. Robie, concreting B. W. Robinson, mason-work By balance to new account . FUEL. To balance from old account appropriation . Paid L. B. Bodwell & Co., coal and wood ..... Oilman Clough & Son, wood . George M. Story, wood . Geo. E. Mores, sawing wood . 315 By reserved fund, am't transferred 450 51 repairs of school-houses, am't transferred .... 1,000 00 FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES. To balance from old account $198 36 appropriation . 675 00 Paid Daniels & Merrill, floor-brush- es, call-bells, thermometers, etc...... $44 38 New England S. F. Co., frame globe, erasers, crayons, etc 59 Herman Foster, dusters . Carl C. Shepard . Pike & Heald, brooms, repair ing mats, etc. N. T. Cottelle, piano John B. Varick, twine and tongs .... S. W. Sanford, erasers . D. B. Brooks & Co., ink Ginn & Heath, music-charts etc C. A. Smith, water-pails Parker & Gordon, table and chairs By incidental repairs, am't trans ferred .... balance to new account 316 BOOKS AND STATIONERY. Dr. To balance from old account . 317 Cr. Paid Manchester Gas-light Co., gas $48 Manchester Water-works for water . . . . H. B. & W, 0. Chamberlin, chemical apparatus W. E. Buck, use of team N. T. Cottelle, repairing pianos H. F. Morse, filling diplomas Daniels & Merrill, hardware . N. S. Clark, ribbon for diplo- mas . . . . . Wm. C. Rogers & Co., steel rake . . . . . C. H. Wilkins, lettering diplo- mas . . . . . J. F. Woodbury, making iron pokers . . . . W. H. Yickerj, keys, repair- ing engine, etc. . F. W". Dearborn, tuning pianos D, M. Goodwin, dampers and cleaning chimney J. A. Wiley, chemicals . Canney & Wiley, chemicals Mooar & Co., ink-stands and ink .... Thomas W. Lane, postage stamps Herman Foster, dusters W. H. Annan, taking weight of coal Pettee & Whittle, lime . G. R. Yance, stove-blacking 318 Paid L. A. Ward, moving pianos . 5 Higgins Bros., use of chairs . J. A. Carr. use of team D. H. Dickey, cleaning vaults C. A. Jackson, mounting ani- mals ..... J. T. Robinson, preserving birds W. G. Everett, use of team . Fogg F. N. Young, cleaning vault . G. W. Weeks, cash paid for tuning piano B. Stone, washing windows . N. S. Clark .... George C. Paine, furnace reg- ulators .... B. W. Corning I. S. Whitney, tuning pipes . M. V, B. Kinne & Co., use of team ..... Mrs. De Merci, cleaning school- house .... W. P. Stratton & Son, repairs on pipe, etc. ... 2 75 Samuel Caldwell ... 2 00 Amoskeag Manufacturing Co., iron sink castings J. B. Varick .... J. M. Sanborn, tuning ))ianos George E. Mores, glazing, etc. J. N. Baker, repairing clocks F. P. Colby & Co., moving pi- anos ..... J. M. Chandler & Co. . 319 CARE OF ROOMS. To appropriation . .$2,400 00 Paid John A. Carr 320 INCIDENTAL REPAIRS. Db. To balance from old account . . $600 81 furniture and supplies, amount transferred . . . . 281 47 321 Paid James Roper, whitewashing . 10 E. G. Hayiies, whitewashing . F. M. Heath & Co., painting . Joel Daniels, painting and glazing .... B. Stone, whitewashing . Chas. Bunton, iron-work Wm. Frain, labor . Richard Murphy, labor . 322 ^ Paid Josie Richardson, teaching . 21 Lizzie Burns, '• Myra Richardson, " Lizzie West, " Lenora Gilford, " Campbell & Hanscom, printing Everett Bros., " John B. Clarke, " George H. Dudley, enameled . cloth, etc. . . . . Manchester Gas-light Co., gas Barr & Clapp, oil, matches, and glass . . . . James S. Bacheler, gas-pipe and labor . Jas. W. Preston, janitor George E. Mores, " Geo. W. Varnum, '" By balance to new account 323 Paid Cowperthwait & Cc 324 Paid S. J. Green . . . . 325 Paid Lucia E. Esty 326 Valuation, Taxes, Etc. Tear. Valuation. 1838 . . 327 City Debt. Date of Notes. 328 FUNDED DEBT. Amount of funded debt, Jan. 1, « 1879 .... $939,000 00 Paid during the year . . . 9,900 00 Amount of funded debt, Jan. 1, 1880 1929,100 00 Interest due,Jan. 1,1880, estimated $19,000 00 Bills outstanding, Jan. 1, 1880 . 24,907 15 . $43,907 15 Total indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1880 . $973,007 15 Cash in treasury, Jan. 1, 1880 . $35,406 34 Notes due the city . . . 1,301 85 Interest on the same . . . 640 00 $37,347 69 Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1880 . $935,659 46 Net indebtedness, Jan. 1, 1879 . 958,036 97 Decrease of net indebtedness during the year .... $22,377 51 Attest, NATHAN P. KIDDER, City Auditor. 329 CITY PROPERTY. City-Library building .... . 130,000 00 Permanent inclosure of commons City Hall and lot ... . City Farm and permanent improvements Stock, tools, furniture, and provisions at City Farm Engines, hose, and apparatus Engine-house, stable, and land, Yine street Hose-house and lot, Maple street Hose-house and lot, Nashua street Reservoirs ...... Hearse, houses, tombs, and new cemetery Court-house and lot . Common sewers ..... Safes, furniture, and fixtures at City Hall Street lanterns, posts and pipes . Water-works ..... Horses, carts, plows, and tools for streets WardTroom and lot, Manchester street . Ward-room and lot, Park street . Engine-house and lot. Ward Eight Water-pipe, wagons, and apparatus for water ing streets ..... Stock in Suncook Yalley Railroad Lot, Lowell street .... Gravel lot, Belmont street . Gravel lot. Ward Eight (one-half acre) Gravel lot, Bakersville (one acre) Fire-alarm telegraph, bell-tower, and bell Yalley Cemetery .... 330 SCHOOL PROPERTY. Blodget-street school-house and lot . 13,000 00 Movable furniture, maps, charts, etc. .... Bridge-street house and lot Old High school-house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. New High school-house . Movable furniture, maps, charts books, and apparatus Wilson-Hill house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Merrimack-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Manchester-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Park-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Franklin-street house and lot . Movable furniture, maps, etc. Spring-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Stark house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Bakersville house and lot Movaljle furniture, maps, etc. Gofie's-Falls house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. House and lot near Harvey's . Movable furniture, maps, etc. House and lot near Clough's mill Movable furniture, maps, etc. 331 Hallsville house and lot . . 3,500 00 Movable furniture, maps, etc. Massabesic house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Mosqijito-Pond house and lot . Movable furniture, maps, etc. Center-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Ash-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Lincoln-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. South house and lot, 'Squog . Movable furniture, maps, etc. Amoskeag house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Main-street house and lot Movable furniture, maps, etc. Amount of school property Amount of city property Total property INDEX INDEX. Abatemeut of Taxes 281 Account of City Treasurer 208 Alarm-Boxes and Keys 30 Amoskeag Falls Bridge 248 Amoskeag S. F. E. Co. No. 1 41, 259 Amoskeag Hose Co 40 Apparatus, Fire 21 Atteudauce at School 105, 152 Awards for Land taken for Highways 241 Assessors 9 Books and Stationery 316 Bridge, Amoskeag 248 Bridge, Granite 247 Buildings, Repairs of 274 Care of Rooms 319 Cemeteries, Report of Committee on 195 City Government, 1879 3 Library 163, 276 Hall and Offices 271 Farm 13, 227 Solicitor, Report of 57 Teams 230 Treasurer's Accounts 208 Property 329 Physician, Report of 157 Debt 327 Payment of 281 Commons 248 County Tax 300 336 Contingent Expenses 316 Condition of Reservoirs and Cisterns 24 Discount on Taxes 300 Decoratiou of Soldiers' Graves 306 Debt, Funded 328 Donations to City Library 176 E.W.Harrington Hose Co. No. 3 43,202 Excelsior Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1 43, 202 Engineers 9 Engineers' Dei^artment 263 Engineers' Report 19 Evening Schools 321 Farm, City 227 Fire-Alarni Telegraph 22, 265 Fire Apparatus 21 Fire Department 9, 259 Fire-Alarm Boxes and Keys, Location of 30 Fires, 1879 27 Furniture and Supplies 315 Fuel 314 Goffe's Falls Hose Co 40 Government, City, 1879 3 Granite Bridge 247 Grading for Concrete 244 Highway District No. 1 233 2 233 3 235 4 235 5 230 236 7 237 8 237 9 238 10 238 11 239 12 239 13. 240 337 Highways, New 240 Awards for Lands taken for 241 Hydrants 45 Hydrant Service 267 Incidental Expenses 249 Incidental Repairs (Schools) 820 Interest 216 Instructions to Key-Holders 33 Inspectors of Check-Lists 9 Interest on Taxes 216 Land Damage, Awards 241 Lighting Streets 242 Library, City 1G3, 276 Donations to . 176 Trustees' Report 1G3 Librarian's Report 173 Treasurer's Report 169 Loan, Temporary 215 Location of Alarm-Boxes 30 Location of Hydrants 45 Monument, Soldiers' 203, 277 Militia 277 Miscellaneous Expenses of Fire Department 203 Macadamizing Streets 244 Massabesic Hose Company No. 2 42, 262 N. S. Bean Steam Fire Engine Company No. 4*. 41, 260 Names and Residences of Members of Fire Department 41 Officers, City 3 Outstanding Taxes 300 Overseers of Poor, Report of 63 Paving Streets 243 Paupers off the Farm 217 Penuacook Hose Company No. 1 42, 261 Payment of Funded Debt 281 Pine Grove Cemetery 196, 258 Police Department 7, 267 22 .. 838 I'rintiiiij: aiul Advertisijio; 316 Stationery 273 Property, City 321> School 330 Repairs of School-Houses 313 Buildings . 274 Reserved Fund 311 Reservoirs 24, 267 Report of City Solicitor 57 Finance Committee 212 Committee on City Farm 13 Chief Engineer 19 Public Schools for 1879 104 Trustees of City Library 103 Librarian of City Library 173 Committee on Cemeteries 195 Overseers of the Poor 9. 64 School Committee 8, 99 Treasurer of City Library 169 Superintendent of Pul)lic Instruction 121 Water Commissioners 67 Superintendent of Water- Works 69 City Physician 157 City Engineer ISl Salaries of Teachers 323 OtHcers 301 School-Houses and Lots 306 School Property . 330 Schools, Evening 321 Sewers and Drains 245 Soldiers' Monument 203, 277 Streets, Lighting. . ; 242 Macadamizing 244 Watering 241 Paving 243 . ^ State Tax. . . 300 Tax, County 300 State 300 339 Taxes, Abatement of. 2H1 Discount on 300 Outstanding 300 Temporary Loan 215 Teleo;raph, Fire- Alarm 22, 265 Teams, City " 230 Teachers, Salaries of 323 Tuition 322 Valuation, Taxes, etc 326 Valley Cemetery 195, 258 Water-Works 306 Watering Streets 241 Water Commissioners' Report 67 Women's Aid and Relief Society Hospital 306 "7" -annual ^ r epop ^^ ^ M^GS DATE DUE das A fine of Two Cents will be charged for each tne book is kept overtime.