Address of the mayor, together with the annual reports for the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts for the year .., Part 1

Author: Fitchburg (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
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HON. FRANK O. HARDY Mayor of Fitchburg


CITY DOCUMENT No. 39


ADDRESS OF THE MAYOR


JANUARY 1, 1912


TOGETHER WITH THE


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


CITY OF FITCHBURG


FOR THE YEAR 1911


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, MAR. 8,1872.


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FITCHBURG : H. M. DOWNS PRINTING CO. 1912


CITY OF FITCHBURG.


IN CITY COUNCIL, January 1, 1912.


Ordered : That the committee on printing be and they hereby are authorized to advertise for bids and cause to be printed eight hundred (800) copies of the annual reports of the different departments of the city for the year 1911, together with the Inaugural Address of Hon. Frank O. Hardy for the year 1912.


The expense of the same to be charged to "Printing Account."


A true copy.


Attest :


WALTER A. DAVIS. City Clerk.


INAUGURAL ADDRESS


OF


HON. FRANK O. HARDY JANUARY 1, 1912


INAUGURAL ADDRESS


OF


HON. FRANK O. HARDY


Gentlemen of the City Council :


For the fortieth time since the Legislature first granted our city its charter, representatives chosen by the people meet to organize. As year after year goes by the force of custom grows stronger. I feel that the custom established by twenty prede- cessors in thirty-nine annual messages should be honored by again observing it. As we stand here today in the places honored by so many men of the past, our thoughts differ, probably, not much in the main, from theirs. For some the future is a new and untried field, for others experience has given some insight, but for all the sobering thought of official respon- sibility supersedes the excitement of the election.


In assuming any new position or in undertaking the man- agement of any new enterprise, we look about to take account of stock, so to speak. We interest ourselves first to know what assets and what liabilities confront us, what rights or powers there are, and how these are mingled with duties and pro- hibitions. This is no less true as we now assume official position as members of the city government. Thus it has seemed best for me to speak briefly along this line this morning.


First of all, then, we have been chosen to direct, for the ensuing municipal year, the business of the city of Fitchburg. Fitchburg is a fine New England city. It has naturally good air, good water, and good views. Its physical assets are such that, either from the point of view of health or of convenience, it is a city to be reckoned with, for it has possibilities of develop- ment along both lines. The North, the West and the South, may all have their claims, but this is home to us, and he is a rare man indeed who can afford to decry the claims of home.


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We are, and always have been, free from scourging plagues of disease; the very contour of the country aids in this result. The death rate is low, and we are not for years, if ever, likely to be troubled by the fearful problems of congestion of popu- lation.


Our transportation facilities, which are unusually good, will continue to prove of valuable assistance in making us the center of a large and desirable population.


Our history, too, is inspiring. One hundred and forty- eight years ago, on the third of February, we were set off from our neighbor Lunenburg, and the child has surely grown ! At various times we have taken from or given to Lunenburg, Ashby and Westminster, parts of our territory, but the wisdom of the early settlers and the pioneers has been demonstrated. Our civic record has been clean and bright, and our sons have wrought wisely and well, both without and within our borders.


Figures of population do not, however, tell the whole story of growth. For happiness a man requires at least a comfortable house, enough to eat, adequate pay for his work, and in addition as many of the other comforts of life as possible. And I believe that a community whose people are not well-housed, well-fed, well-paid and well-comforted is neither a normal, a healthy nor a happy community. Hence, if the town grow in population only, and not in these other ways, it is not a growth to be desired, and mere figures connot indicate its condition.


I believe, however, that we have made some progress in all these lines, and hence that our growth is to a considerable ex- tent healthy and normal.


My conclusion is not based upon generality alone, for while we have grown from a town of about 10,000 people in 1872 to one of nearly 40,000 in 1912, there are other evidences of an all-around growth. I regret that the figures for the last Federal census are not available, but indication of tendencies as found in the ten-years period, 1895 to 1905, are interesting. These show that from 1875 to 1905 our population increased 168 per cent. In the value of goods we increased 68 per cent. An interesting comparison tending to prove my belief that we gain in the comforts of life is shown by the fact that in the same period there was an increase of 20 per cent. in the number of persons employed, while the increase in wages paid was 37 per


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cent. It has often been said that our city is becoming an indus- trial and manufacturing center. You may be surprised, as I was, however, to know that while we stood in 1895 the twentieth city in the State in population, and one hundred and nineteenth in value of agricultural products, in 1905 we stood eighteenth according to population, and forty-third in value of agricultural products ; that is, while we moved up two places in rank in num- ber of people, we moved up seventy-six places in value of agricultural products. This to me means that our growth has elements of strength, and that what has so well developed in the past can be more developed in the future. In this connection I desire to lay particular stress on the fact that land in the City of Fitchburg and immediate surrounding country is capable of producing the best of crops, that through the medium of the automobile much of this land heretofore considered undesirable by reason of location, is now comparatively near at hand. It can without doubt be made to earn satisfactory return on capital invested. To all those interested in farming in its various branches, the State gives, free of expense, the most valuable assistance. I hope many will avail themselves of the opportu- nities to study into this question, for I am firmly convinced that farming is an occupation which is healthful, enjoyable, and one which can be made profitable. I am further prompted to ask your consideration of this question, because I believe that it is not for the best interests of Fitchburg that it should become exclusively a manufacturing city.


The financial statement of the city is as follows:


Total funded debt November 30, 1911,


$1,553,577 50


Less :


Water debt,


$484,000 00 250,000 00


School loan,


$734,000 00


$819,577 50


Less sinking funds :


General loan,


$185,472 05


Sewer loan,


34,183 59


State Normal School,


19,908 06


$239,563 70


Net debt in calculating debt limit,


$580,013 80


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Valuation :


1909


$28,534,435 90


1910


30,223,357 00


1911


32,078,117 00


Average for three years, $30,278,636 63


21/2 per cent. of average valuation, $756,965 92


Borrowing capacity at present time, 175,881 48


To be paid from sinking fund,


35,000 00


Bonds maturing in 1911, to be paid by appropri- ation, 98,439 50


Sinking fund requirements,


25,300 00


Now to administer these assets is our duty. Our council is the legislative branch of the government. In the words of our charter, "the administration of all the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of the city with the government thereof " are vested in us. We are, in other words, the political branch of the government-that is, the "policy-forming" branch whose duty it is to determine, formulate and legislate on the policy of the city in its various affairs, leaving mostly to the several officers and boards the work of carrying those policies into effect.


We have not, however, an absolutely free hand, and so I wish to speak briefly of some of the prohibitions or controls laid upon us by law or otherwise within which we must act. These it is not inappropriate to regard as liabilities for the sake of carrying out our figure of speech.


First, then, our relation to the whole people fixes our respon- sibility. You will agree that it is more difficult to legislate for a large number of people than for a small number. The very dignity of our position ought to ensure freedom from partiality, either to persons or to localities. In the field of "big business," as it has been called, or the economic field of our national life, we have seen during the last fifteen years a growing war upon what has come to be regarded the special privilege-this conflict is one of the growing pains of the democracy-but as surely as this is true it is just as true that we should war upon the special privilege of persons or localities in the field of our political life.


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The temptation for the weak man to play politics is greatest in the field of our relations to the people of the community, because the law does not often prescribe or lay down a rule for our conduct. When it does attempt to do so it most often imposes upon us merely the question of determining what the public convenience and necessity require, as in the matter of laying out a highway or abolishing a grade crossing, but the public convenience and necessity cannot be determined by rule. It is a matter of common sense and good judgment, of which we are made the judges. We represent the people of the com- munity and in us is vested the right temporarily to make these decrees, but the very indefiniteness of the responsibility makes it one to be all the more carefully exercised.


But in our relation to the State the prohibitions and controls are more precise. In Massachusetts we have been growing away from the purest forms of self-government. The State has by its charter limited our authority. By law we can or must do cer- tain things, and by law we cannot or must not do certain other things. This is often too easily forgotten by the people at large or is not understood at all. Our duty, however, is to govern the city within the law. And this is often a more difficult task than we think. Besides the direct limitations of our power to act in general ways, we find many specific laws which must claim our attention. When, for example, the State says we must establish rifle ranges or hospitals or playgrounds the duty is plain. The policy of the thing is no longer a question ; the duty on us is to find and determine the method of carrying out that policy. So we find negative controls. For instance, we cannot fix the rates of fares in street railway franchises or exact payments for or limit the terms of such franchises, nor take the land of private persons without adequate payment, and then only so much may be taken as is actually required for really public use. Nor can we change the personnel of various departments without the required formalities.


In the matter of finance we again see that we are hedged about by many of these controls or legal requirements. Our income, our expenditure, our borrowing capacity and our debt are all subject to more or less restriction. We ought all to be familiar with this, for a thorough knowledge and understanding of it will be of greatest service in forming judgments as to how


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to vote on any given proposition. And it is also true that a careful study of our powers with reference to finance will remove some questions from the so-called and uncertain field of politics to the more certain realm of business. I urge upon you that you learn how taxes are assessed and collected, how this money can or must be expended, how and for what purposes and within what limits the city may borrow money, and how such borrowed money can or must be paid. These are practical, vital ques- tions, and without a clear understanding of them you cannot hope to fulfil to the highest degree of efficiency your office.


In addition to the controls to which we are subject by reason of our relation to our population or to the State, we find a handi- cap in another way. We have heard much lately about effi- ciency in business enterprises. But it is probably true that a private business and a municipal corporation are different in important particulars. The more cumbrous organization of the latter and its great degree of decentralization make it impossible to secure from the expenditure of the same money the. same results -there is, in other words, a smaller efficiency in the latter. It is perhaps unfortunate that it is true, but govern- mental enterprises have always been more costly than private enterprises, and strive though 'we may to overcome this, we ought so far to take it into account, as to allow somewhat for it in our calculation.


In the last place, in speaking of the liabilities which face us, the people are calling louder than ever before for improve- ments and comforts and conveniences, all to be built or furnished at public expense and maintained from the public purse. We all enjoy these, and they add to the pleasure of life in the com- munity, but they certainly do call for a constantly increasing scale of expenditure. These calls are hardest to refuse and yet we must remember that they, too, must be paid for. If the public will pay, they can have these things, but in every case we have the problem of adjusting the welfare of the beneficiaries to the ability of the public treasury to stand the drain of these outlays. In most cases this will present for our thought the most complex kind of problem and call for the sanest kind of solution.


Such then is the field before us. In speaking to you I have so far departed from the custom of my predecessors as to inake


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no specific recommendations to you concerning the various departments, for I believe that until one is acquainted more closely than we now are with the inside of the departments, it is unwise to make specific and detailed suggestions for changes in them. Accordingly, from time to time as occasion may demand, I shall probably present to you such recommendations as I may have for changes in any of the city affairs, with my reasons for referring to the same. I wish it understood that at any time I shall welcome suggestions, not only from you, but from any per- son whatsoever in the city. Such suggestions will be received and heard and will be acted upon so far as its merits may seem to entitle it to consideration.


Our problem being what it is, you can readily see that your office is one to be exercised with patience and caution and fore- sight. No one who acts from motives of personal advantage or from a desire to favor certain persons or localities above others ought to sit in our municipal council. Such one cannot be a councillor for the whole people or the whole city. This, at least, the citizens have a right to ask, and this is the least that we can pledge.


I will say in conclusion that I believe we are all proud of the fact that we live in New England, which in reality is God's country. It is the best part of the world.


Fitchburg is one of New England's most prosperous cities. Her people live on the highest order of civilization. They are good law-abiding citizens who respect the principle of equal rights. Her industries are of the highest order and are owned almost entirely by local capital and controlled by men who make their homes here. Her goods are shipped all over the world. Her past record is creditable and her future is promising. The administration of her affairs for the coming year is this day placed in our hands. To build her larger so far as area is con- cerned is not of so much importance as to see that what we have is the best possible, according to our means and ability to make it. I feel sure that our associations will be pleasant, and that the city will receive benefit through our efforts under the principle that a "a man's strength measures his duty to others, not his claim on them."


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GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS OF THE


CITY OF FITCHBURG FOR 1911


GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS


OF THE


CITY OF FITCHBURG


FOR 1911


MAYOR,


HON. M. FREDERICK O'CONNELL 22 Prospect Street.


ALDERMEN. President, JOEL JOEL.


WARD 1. - JOHN B. FELLOWS, 27 Linden street.


WARD 2. - FRANK P. ALLEN, 407 Main street.


WARD 3. - FRANK H. Foss, 68 Arlington street. WARD 4. - JAMES PIGGOTT, 72 Mt. Vernon street.


WARD 5. - JOEL JOEL, 43 Highland avenue.


WARD 6. - JOHN C. SMITH, 40 Smith street.


CITY CLERK WALTER A. DAVIS, 71 View street.


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CITY GOVERNMENT COUNCILMEN.


President, WILLIAM P. ESPIE.


WARD ONE.


JOHN W. DOOLING, 579 Water street. JOHN F. MCDOWELL, 6 Crown street. JOHN B. MORAN, 4 Hobson street.


WARD TWO.


VICTOR GUAY, 4 Fairmount place. GEORGE H. MILLER, 25 Daniels street. FRANCIS H. TAYLOR, 90 Kimball street.


WARD THREE.


WILLIAM P. ESPIE, 840 Westminster Hill road. BENJAMIN F. MCCAULIFF, 37 River street. EDWARD A. MCINTIRE, 421 Ashburnham street.


WARD FOUR.


CLARENCE L. CHANDLER, 61 Fox street. PERCY B. HITCHCOCK, 47 Mt. Vernon street. FORREST G. SMITH, 14 Longwood avenue.


WARD FIVE.


WILLIAM E. DEMPSEY, 14 Pearl Hill road. LYMAN E. NEWTON, 132 Pearl street. HENRY G. PEARSON, 63 Congress street.


WARD SIX.


NAPOLEON J. CADORETTE, 462 Water street. JAMES H. SHEEHAN, 22 Fulton street. JOHN J. SWEENEY, 11 Second street.


Clerk, HARRY P. CASEY, 9 Nutting street.


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CITY GOVERNMENT


JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1911.


FINANCE-Mayor O'Connell, Alderman Joel, President Espie, Councilmen Dooling and Sheehan.


ACCOUNTS-Alderman Fellows, Councilmen Miller and Smith.


PRINTING-Mayor O'Connell, President Espie and Coun- cilman Moran.


CLAIMS-Aldermen Joel and Piggott, Councilmen Mc- Cauliff, Hitchcock and Pearson.


HIGHWAYS -- Aldermen Joel, Allen and Smith, Councilmen Dooling, Guay, McIntire, Smith, Dempsey and Sheehan.


WATER-Aldermen Smith and Piggott, Councilmen Moran, Miller and Sweeney.


BUILDINGS-Alderman Fellows, Councilmen Pearson and Chandler.


FIRE DEPARTMENT-Aldermen Foss and Allen, Council- men Miller, McDowell and Sheehan.


MILITARY-Alderman Allen, Councilmen McCauliff and Pearson.


FUEL AND LIGHTING STREETS-Alderman Smith, Coun- men Taylor and Cadorette.


CITY PROPERTY-Aldermen Foss and Smith, Councilmen McDowell, Guay and Cadorette.


SALARIES-Aldermen Piggott and Foss, Councilmen Mc- Cauliff, Moran and Dooling.


EDUCATION-Aldermen Allen and Fellows, Councilmen Chandler, Newton and McIntire.


LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS-Aldermen Piggott and Joel, Councilmen Taylor, Cadorette and Chandler.


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CITY GOVERNMENT


STANDING COMMITTEES, BOARD OF ALDERMEN.


POLICE-Aldermen Piggott, Joel and Allen.


LICENSES-Mayor O'Connell, Aldermen Allen and Joel. ENROLLMENT- Aldermen Foss and Smith.


ELECTION RETURNS- Aldermen Piggott and Foss.


BILLS IN SECOND READING - Aldermen Smith and Fellows.


COMMITTEE TO READ RECORDS-Aldermen Joel and Fellows.


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STANDING COMMITTEES, COMMON COUNCIL.


BILLS IN SECOND READING-Councilmen McIntire and Guay.


ELECTIONS-Councilmen Dempsey, Taylor and Sweeney.


ENROLLMENT-Councilmen Dooling and Hitchcock.


COMMITTEE TO READ RECORDS-Councilmen McDowell and Newton.


JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE.


RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAYOR'S INAUGURAL-Aldermen Joel and Smith, President Espie, Councilmen Sheehan and Taylor. .


ON CITY FARM INVESTIGATION-Aldermen Foss and Smith, President Espie, Councilmen Sweeney, Taylor and Smith.


CITY OFFICIALS.


Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, HERBERT G. MORSE.


HERBERT G. MORSE.


*G. Fred P, DAY.


Deputy Collector of Taxes,


TEDWARD M. GRAVES.


WALTER A, DAVIS.


City Clerk,


*Resigned June 20, 1911.


¡Appointed June 20, 1911.


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CITY GOVERNMENT


Auditor of Accounts,


FRANK D. PAGE.


Superintendent of Streets,


City Engineer,


City Solicitor,


City Physician,


MICHAEL J. HOGAN. TIMOTHY J. SHEEHAN. JOHN F. MCGRATH. GEORGE P. NORTON, M. D.


Superintendent of Water Works and


Water Registrar,


Chief of Police,


A. W. F. BROWN. APOLLOS Q. THAYER.


Superintendent of Fire Alarm Telegraph, GEORGE F. JEFTS.


Inspector of Wires, GEORGE F. JEFTS. Inspector of Milk and Petroleum, JOHN F. BRESNAHAN. JAMES A. SHEA.


Sealer of Weights and Measures,


Inspector of Buildings, Elevators and Superintendent of Public Buildings,


Clerk Overseers of the Poor,


Superintendent of Almshouse,


Matron of Almshouse,


Chief Engineer of Fire Department, TIMOTHY F. MURNANE.


Inspector of Animals, HENRY D. CLARK, D. V. S. Inspector of Meats and Provisions, HENRY D. CLARK, D. V. S. Clerk of Committees, HARRY P. CASEY. CHARLES T. CUSHING.


City Messenger,


ASSESSORS OF TAXES.


Horace M. Flynn, Chairman


Ira G. Wilkins, Clerk,


Charles H. Morse,


term expires 1914. term expires 1912. term expires 1913.


Office, City Hall Building.


ASSISTANT ASSESSORS, 1911.


Ward 1-Fred A. Adler.


Ward 2-Arthur M. Belliveau.


Ward 3-Sullivan W. Huntley.


Ward 4-Hiland C. Hitchcock.


Ward 5-Charles H. Glazier.


Ward 6-John P. Gallagher.


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*JOHN H. KIRBY. $ tJOSEPH D. O'KEEFFE. ROBERT M. JONES. EZRA COLEMAN. MRS. EZRA COLEMAN.


*Died July 5, 1911. tAppointed July 18, 1911.


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CITY GOVERNMENT


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


M. Fred O'Connell, Mayor ex-officio. William P. Espie, President ex-officio. John R. Smith,


term expires 1912.


Benjamin A. Cook, term expires 1913. Willard L. Humes, term expires 1914.


Clerk of Board, Robert M. Jones. Acting Clerk, Willard L. Humes. Office, City Hall Building.


WATER COMMISSIONERS.


Arthur A. Train, Chairman, term expires 1912.


Thomas C. Sheldon, term expires 1913.


James A, Smith, term expires 1914.


Supt. of Water Works and Clerk of Board, A. W. F. Brown. Office, Water Works Building, 104 River street.


BOARD OF STREET COMMISSIONERS.


Thomas A. Monahan, Chairman, term expires 1914.


Joseph A. Rivers, term expires 1912.


David C. Dacey, term expires 1913.


Clerk and Engineer, Timothy J. Sheehan.


Supt., Michael J. Hogan. Timekeeper, Eugene Oakman.


SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION.


Arthur H. Lowe, David M. Dillon, Daniel A. Boyle.


Clerk of the Board, Chief Engineer and Supt., David A. Hartwell. Consulting Engineer, Harrison P. Eddy. Office, Fitchburg Savings Bank Building, 352 Main street.


BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS.


Frederick A. Currier, 35 Mt. Vernon street,


Chairman and Secretary,


term expires June 1, 1917.


, John E. Dwyer, 19 Boylston street,


term expires June 1, 1913.


Patrick J. Murray, 472 Fairmount street,


term expires June 1, 1915.


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CITY GOVERNMENT


BOARD OF HEALTH.


Frederick H. Thompson, M. D., Chairman, term expires 1913. James Barr,


Dwight S. Woodworth,


term expires 1912. term expires 1914. Bacteriologist, Atherton P. Mason, M. D. Agent, Frederick R. Houghton.


Inspector of Plumbing, John F. Bresnahan.


Inspector of Milk, John F. Bresnahan.


Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Henry D. Clark, D. V. S. Office, City Hall Building.


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.


Henry D. Clark, D. V. S.


BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS. Chief, Timothy F. Murnane. Assistant Chief, H. H. Wheelock. Second District Chief, J. S. Thompson. Third District Chief, Henry J. Hyatt.


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS.


Henry O. Putnam, Chairman, term expires 1912.


Ira G. Wilkins, Clerk, term expires 1914.


Albert G. Liversage, term expires 1913. Superintendent of Public Burial Grounds, Willard A. Lowe. Office, City Hall Building.


CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINERS.


Walter A. Davis, Frederick Fosdick,


Ernest W. Gilson.


BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.


Daniel F. Sullivan, Chairman, term expires May 1, 1912.


John B. LaRiviere, term expires May 1, 1913.


J. Frank Fisher, term expires May 1, 1914.


Walter A. Davis, ex-officio, Clerk.


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CITY GOVERNMENT


PARK COMMISSIONERS.


Henry F. Coggshall, Chairman,


term expires 1914.


John Shirreffs,


term expires 1912.


John H. Daniels,


term expires 1913.


Dwight S. Woodworth, Clerk,


term expires 1915.


Harry G. Townend,


term expires 1916.


TRUSTEES OF BURBANK HOSPITAL.


Mayor M. Fred O'Connell, Chairman, ex-officio, President of Common Council, William P. Espie, ex-officio. City Treasurer, Herbert G. Morse, ex-officio.


FOR ONE YEAR.


Henry A. Willis,


Charles F. Baker,


Albert H. Burgess, Elliot N. Choate,


Henry McGrath.


FOR TWO YEARS.


Benjamin D. Dwinnell,


Ernest P. Miller,


Frederick H. Thompson, Charles H. Rice,


Frank O. Hardy.


FOR THREE YEARS.


Alvah Crocker, Charles E. Ware,


*Henry T. Page,


Charles T. Crocker,


Herbert I. Wallace, Daniel Simonds.


Clerk of Board of Trustees and of Executive Committee, Wilbur W. Henry.


Vice-Chairman, Alvah Crocker.


Treasurer, Wilbur W. Henry.


Auditors, Elliot N. Choate and Albert H. Burgess.


Executive Committee, Mayor, Chairman, President Common Council, ex-officiis, Charles T. Crocker, three years, Charles F. Baker, two years, Albert H. Burgess, one year.


Finance Committee, Mayor, Chairman, City Treasurer, ex-officiis, Henry McGrath, three years, Frank O. Hardy, two years, Herbert I. Wallace, one year.


*Died Sept. 23, 1911.


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CITY GOVERNMENT


HOSPITAL STAFF.


Surgeons, Dr. W. F. Sawyer, Dr. A. P. Lowell, Dr. F. H. Thompson, Jr.


Assistant Surgeons, Dr. R. A. Rice, Dr. R. A. Morgner, Dr. G. P. Norton.




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