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Respectfully submitted, C. M. LUNT & SONS.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL.
To His Honor the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN: The whole number of arrests during the months of 1902, for offences committed within the city of Newburyport is 585, of which 220 were of foreign birth, 365 were born within the limits of the United States, 41 were females, and 68 were minors.
Arrests were for the following causes, viz .:
Assault and battery 32
Detained as witness 1
Assault with a dangerous weapon 2
Assault with intent to commit unnatural act 2
Adultery
2
Arson
1
Bastardy
4
Deserter
1
Breaking and entering
8
Cruelty to dumb animals 1
Blackmail
1
Trespass
1
Capias
1
Drunkenness
333
Disturbing the peace
12
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Over-driving horse
1
Disorderly house 1
Evading fare 13
Escaped prisoner . 1
Exposing person
1
Common night walkers
2
Fornication
·2
Disorderly person
3
Fighting
13
Fraud
1
Receiving stolen goods
1
Disturbing religious meeting
1
Insane
12
Interfering with an officer
1
Larceny 58
Neglected children
3
Fast driving
1
Malicious mischief
22
Non-support .
4
Violation of cigarette law
2
Runaway boys and girls .
4
Safekeeping
3
Stubborn and disobedient
1
Tramps .
1
Vagrancy .
3
Violation of the rules of the board of health 1
Violation of city ordinances 5
Stealing a ride . 1
Violation of the liquor law 21
Total . 585
These were disposed of as follows, viz .:
Appealed . 4
Bound over to superior court . 13
Bailed on call 10
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Cases continued 10
Committed for non-payment of fine 69
Committed to Danvers hospital 12
Committed to Lyman school
1
Committed to state board of charity
5
Committed to woman's prison, Sherborn
Defaulted
8
Discharged without arraignment
5
Discharged by the court .
24
Fined and paid
233
House of correction . 1
Newburyport workhouse 2
Ordered to pay costs 1
31
Placed on file 94
4
Sentence postponed
4
Sent to jail
26
Turned over to other officers
11
Turned over to parents
4
Turned over to military authorities
1
Turned over to superior court . 3
Turned over to relatives 1
Turned over to almshouse
1
Settled by marriage .
1
Cases dismissed
3
Total .
585
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amount of property reported lost . $3,182.50
Amount of property recovered $3,267.50
Amount of imprisonment imposed (days) 1,940
Accidents reported
45
Assisted other officers
125
Attempted suicide
1
8
3
Put on probation
Released
226
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Ambulance calls 11
Buildings found open and secured 151
Suicide 3
Complaints investigated 1,415
Defective places in streets reported
78
Dogs killed 13
Disturbances suppressed without arrest
77
Dangerous wires and poles reported 22
Extra duty at ward room, ball grounds, yacht race, fair grounds, circus 97
Escorts furnished processions 3
Fire alarms given 6
Fires extinguished without alarm 9
Horses found cast ; owners notified 5
Injured persons assisted . 37
Intoxicated persons helped home
54
Lights furnished for dangerous places 56
Lost children restored to parents 26
Liquor seizures 17
Lights found burning in buildings
44
Lights reported out in stores
21
Meals furnished lodgers and prisoners
1,772
Money taken from and returned to prisoners
$1,113
Notified to remove snow from sidewalk 170
Nuisances investigated 12
Destitute families reported .
3
Officers for extra duty at City hall 88
Overheated stoves 4
Persons provided with lodgings 1,197
Runaway teams stopped . 9
Search warrant for liquor served 24
Street obstructions removed 85
Stray teams put up . 17
Search warrants for property 3
Street lights reported out 85
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Sudden or mysterious death ; notified medical examiner 14
Water found running in buildings . 8
Water main burst; superintendent notified .
13
Steam escaping in building
3
Gas
66
66
3
Special duty, quarantine .
325
66 hospital 4
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK L. LATTIME, .
City Marshal.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY SOLICITOR.
To the City Council:
GENTLEMEN : In compliance with the ordinance I have the honor to submit a report of the business of this of- fice during the past year.
The following cases, in which the city of Newbury- port is a party, are now pending in court :
1. The water case. In the case of the Newburyport Water Company v. the city of Newburyport, in the United States Cir- cuit Court, the company's application to reopen the case for the introduction of further evidence was denied in January, and a final decree entered dismissing the bill, in March, 1902. The company claimed an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, for which two years are allowed, and has recently per- fected the appeal and taken out a citation returnable in that court January 5, 1903. Immediately on dismissal of the bill, the ques- tions of interest and payment were taken up by counsel for the city, and have been under negotiation, with some prospect of an agreement. As the amount of interest in dispute is now quite large, it will have to be determined by the court, if not agreed on by the parties. A motion for this purpose is already filed, and will be pressed unless an agreement is reached.
The above statement contains all the information that I can give at the present time regarding this suit, and is given after conferring with the senior counsel in the case, Hon. A. E. Pills- bury.
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2. Henry B. Little v. city of Newburyport. This is a peti- tion to the Superior Court in the nature of an appeal from the as- sessors' valuation of the petitioner's property. No action has been taken this year in the case by the petitioner, and as the city has already received the tax, no move on the part of the city is to be expected.
3. Edward E. Varina, exc. v. city of Newburyport. This is an action of contract brought in the Newburyport police court to recover payment for the wharfage of the bath house belonging to the city. The case has lately been tried, but the decision has not yet been handed down. It is my opinion that the plaintiff is enti- tled to some compensation for wharfage.
Last year Michael Hosman recovered damages against the city of Newburyport to the amount of two thousand dollars ($2000) and costs, for an injury received on the highway near Chain bridge. The defect consisted of a careless and dangerous leaving of the rails belonging to and operated by the Citizens' Electric Street Railway, at the point where the accident occurred.
I commenced suit against the Citizens' Electric Street Railway to recover back the amount of damages, and a trial was had in the Superior Court in June of this year. The case was opened to the court but soon after its open- ing, and the commencement of trial, the counsel for the defendant agreed to settle the case for eighteen hun- dred and fifty dollars ($1850) in cash, with a further agreement that the Citizens' Electric Street Railway would pay the additional one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) and the costs of the former action. This agree- ment was accepted and the case was withdrawn from trial. The eighteen hundred and fifty dollars in cash has been paid to me, which I have turned over to the
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city. The remaining one hundred and fifty dollars and costs, thus far, has, I am informed, not been paid in to the city and is still due from the railway company.
The suit of Dame et al, excs. v. city of Newburyport, for money due for services rendered to the city as coun- sel in the water case, is now pending in the Superior court. No trial has been had in this action thus far, as the plaintiff has not pressed the suit.
The only remaining suit is that of the city of New- buryport v. trustees of the Putnam Free School. This is a petition brought by the city to determine the amount to be paid for the taking of the land and build- ing held by the Putnam Free School trustees. This is to be determined by a jury. It is now pending in the Superior court for the county of Essex, and an early trial may be expected.
During the past year there have been many claims presented against the city, which I have considered be- fore the committee on claims, and personally. Several small claims have been adjusted, but the majority of petitioners, having in my opinion no cause of action against the city, have been granted leave to withdraw, and thus far there have been no suits brought.
I have given more than the usual number of opinions, both written and oral, to the several departments, and have appeared in the police court whenever my services were required, especially in the prosecution of parties charged with the violation of the liquor law.
In addition to the work in the city, I have appeared before the legislature on many occasions, when bills were under consideration affecting this city and other municipalities.
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My disbursements to date, for travelling expenses, witness fees, typewriting, telegraphing, etc., amount to one hundred fifty-one and ninety one-hundredths dollars ($151.90). My receipts from the city have been one hundred thirty-seven and seventy one-hundredths dol- lars ($137.70).
Respectfully submitted,
J. C. M. BAYLEY, City Solicitor.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DRAW-TENDER OF THE NEWBURYPORT BRIDGE.
To the Committee on Bridges and Culverts :
GENTLEMEN : The following number of steamboats, ves- sels and sailboats passed through the draw in the year 1902, viz .: 1175, against 1657 for the year 1901.
Tug C. E. Uhler . 142 times
" Hazel Dell 178 66
" Bronx
108
Steamer Merrimac 276 66
66 City of Haverhill 82
Small steamers 243
Sailboats
132
Vessels
14
Total
1175 66
The first to pass through was the schooner Niona, March, 13th ; the last, tug Hazel Dell, December 29th.
I have consumed the following supplies :
Coal 2 tons
Matches
7 bdls
Kerosene oil
20 gals
Sperm oil
3 “
Machine oil
5
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Carried up the river, in vessels :
Coal
1438 tons
Roofing gravel
195 “
Apples
25 bbls
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM I. HUNT.
Newburyport, December 29th, 1902.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE' SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS.
To the Joint Standing Committee on Sewerage:
GENTLEMEN : The sewers, after the annual flush in De- cember, were free from obstructions. Twelve notices of trouble have been received by me, all but two being in private drains, which I had looked after by the drain layers. The first of the two was on Garden and Pros- pect streets, three man holes in this section being filled nearly to the top with solid matter. This was on April 1. The other was on School street, September 1. I found sewer plugged. Removed a pair of stockings, two handkerchiefs, a towel and a stick 18 inches long, after some difficulty.
It has been the custom, I am informed, to flush the sewers but once a year. I have given my personal at- tention the past nine months and find it is not safe to neglect them during the summer months, as many places in the system need careful attention, and I have been obliged to flush them several times.
I feel it my duty to call your attention to the condi- tion of the sewer on Merrimac street, between Broad and Strong streets. While I have no remedy to offer at
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· the present time, it seems to me something should be done to relieve the crust that forms there. On my first inspection I found a crust eight inches in thickness. After considerable trouble I was enabled to break it up. On my next inspection, one month later, the crust had formed again, but was removed with less difficulty. My next visit found the sewerage running quite clear. Feeling encouraged I abandoned my inspection until the annual flushing in December, five months later. I then found a crust thicker and more difficult to break than the first. While this may never completely block the sewerage if properly cared for, it seems to me your at- tention should be called to it and some remedy provided if possible.
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Appropriation $650 00
Cost of Supt. F. Curtis $131 25
66 H. H. Landford 393 00
flushing .
20 00
66 labor for cleaning pans, removing dirt,
and clearing obstructions . 53 46
Cost of tools and equipments 13 66
200 feet of hose at 7c. per foot 14 00
relocating misplaced Y's 30 78 $656 15
Should have charged to construction account, $41.00.
CONNECTIONS.
138 locations have been given. I have personally lo- cated and witnessed the proper connection of all but 10, and properly recorded them in the "Drain Register." The connections are located as follows :
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS
Arlington street
2
Monroe street
3
Ashland
4
Magnolia street
5
Atkinson
1
Merrill
1
Beck
1 Marlboro
3
Boardman
2
Middle 66
1
Carter 66
2
Neptune
2
Charter 66
2
Oakland
4
Chapel
1 Ocean 66
2
Collins
1
Purchase 66
5
Congress
1
Prospect 66
2
Central place
1
Payson
3
Chestnut street
1 Pond 66
1
Charles 66
1
Parsons
1
Dexter . 6
1
Pleasant
1
Dove
66
2
Summer
1
Eagle
.6
1 State
66
1
Elm
6 6
1
Salem
66
1
Fair 66
1
Spring
66
Franklin 66
1
Smith's court
1
Federal 66
1
Ship street
1
Greenleaf
1
Toppan street .
1
Green
1
Titcomb street
1
Howard
66
12
Tyng 66
3
Hancock 66
1
Temple 66
1
Harris
60
1
Union
1
Hale's court
1 Vernon
1
Independent street
1
Water 66
6
Jackson 66
1
Washington street
1
Jackman 66
1
Warren
2
Kent
1 Walnut
8
Lime
66
4
Winter
1
Merrimac
66
16
1
Tremont street
2
High
Bills for the annual flushing are late in the season and have to go into the next year's account. You will no-
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tice that the bill for flushing is only $20.00. Upon in- quiry I was informed that but a small part of the system was flushed, owing to delay on the work for some cause.
348 feet of sewer has been completed the past year, under the supervision of the superintendent, without cost to the city for superintendence.
New establishments drained . 160
Total number of drains to date 1412 66 establishments drained . 2260
Classified : Stores 191
Halls, including churches and schools 96
Hotels and boarding houses 28
Factories, offices and workshops 164
Tenements
1781
Respectfully submitted,
HIRAM H. LANDFORD,
Superintendent.
December 29th, 1902.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY REGISTRAR.
CITY REGISTRAR'S OFFICE. March 1, 1903.
The following, relating to births, marriages, and deaths in the city of Newburyport, for the year ending December 31, 1902, are compiled for information and are respectfully submitted.
BIRTHS.
The number of children born in the city during the year 1902, and recorded in this office, is 351; 36 more than the previous year. Of this number 185 were males and 166 females ; all single births, no twins. Of the number 6 were blacks ; 10 were returned as illegit- imate.
Births occurred by months and quarters as follows :₣
January . 27 April . 33 July . . . 31 October . . 27 February. 39 May . 22 August. . 33 November . 24 March. . 31 June . 27 September 33 December . 24 97 82 97 75
Total .
. 351
Of 34 children born, both parents were returned as natives of Newburyport; of 69 children, fathers only
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were natives of this city; and of 48, the mothers only were natives of Newburyport.
NATIVITY OF PARENTS.
FATHERS.
MOTHERS.
Born in the United States
217
216
66 the British provinces
58
64
Ireland
35
51
other foreign countries
31
20
Unknown
10
0
1
351
351
MARRIAGES.
The number of intentions filed and certificates issued from this office for the year ending December 31, 1902, was 130; 42 less than the previous year. The number returned for record, the marriages taking place here or elsewhere, was 126 ; 4 not returned.
The number of marriages recorded, 145 ; 34 less than last year; 119 couples married in this city ; 26 in other places and promptly and properly returned here for record.
Marriages occurring in each month and quarter, as follows :
January. . 4 April . . 21 July . . 11 October . 21 February . 8 May. 9 August . 7 November 9 March . . 4 June
. 20 September 19 December 12 16 50 37 42
Total . . 145
Marriages solemnized in this city and vicinity by the following clergymen and officials :
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Congregationalist. . Charles S. Holton 1
George W. Christie
1
F. G. Alger 11
M. Oakman Patton 9
Richard Wright
2
Daniel T. Fiske
5
Methodist .
. H. G. Alley 10
George W. Tupper 5
Alexander Dixon 5
Presbyterian . . Horace C. Hovey 6
T. James Macfaddin 4
Episcopal . Arthur H. Wright 7
Baptist .
. George H. Miner 7
Unitarian . Samuel C. Beane
6
Advent . . D. H. Woodard . 3
Jewish Rabbi Jacob Jaffa 1
Roman Catholic . W. H. Ryan 21
Michael T. Buckley 1
J. B. Labossiere 6
George W. Haley 1
John J. Flood . 6
Justice of the Peace Edward F. Bartlett 1 Out-of-town clergymen 26
145
Average age of grooms, 28.7, and of brides, 25.8. The oldest couple married : groom, 69 years ; bride, 60 years ; second marriage of each. The youngest couple were 18 for the groom and 15 for the bride. Nine grooms were under age : 3 at 18, 1 at 19, and 5 at 20 years. Only 4 brides were under age : 1 at 15, 1 at 16, and 2 at 17 years.
It was the first marriage of 122 grooms, the second of 20, and the third of 3 grooms; the first marriage of 126 brides, the second of 19, and no third-termers.
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Of 14 couples, the brides were older than the grooms, and of S, their ages are recorded as the same.
DEATHS.
Deaths occurring in this city during the year 1902, not including 25 stillbirths. were 280, 5 more than the preceding year; 148 males, 132 females. The number of deaths recorded, including 25 stillbirths, was 396. Of this number, 91 occurred in other cities and towns and were brought to this city for interment; 72 were re- moved from this city to other places for interment, 22 of which were removed to Oldtown, Newbury, cemetery. Deaths occurred, by months and quarters, as follows, including stillbirths :
January . 23
April . . 28 July . . 24 October . 22 February. 30
May . . 21 August . 29 November 27 March . 20 June . . 25 September 26 December 30 73 74 79 79
. 305 Total .
Deaths from zymotic diseases during the year 1902 were as follows: Typhoid fever, 7; diphtheria, 4; measles, 3; scarlet fever, 2; variola, 1; 17 in all; 9 more than last year.
Deaths from accidental causes, 5,- 1 each, railroad accident and burns, and 3 casualty ; 3 suicides,- 1 each from hanging, shooting, and poisoning ; from old age, 20; cancer, 17; pneumonia, 16; consumption and phthisis, 15; heart disease, 15; paralysis, 12.
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Death rate, in an estimated population of 15,000, is 18.66 per thousand.
Average age for the year, excluding stillbirths, is 50.1.
For further information reference can be had to tabu- lated statement hereto annexed.
GEORGE H. STEVENS, City Registrar
ANNUAL REPORTS
Statement of Deaths in the City of Newburyport for the Year 1902
CAUSE OF DEATH
Males
Females
~ | January
| February
| March
1 .. : _ | April
: | May
| June
: : | July
: _ | August
| October
| November
| December
Under 1 yr.
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
10 years
| 15 years
20 years
30 years
40 years
[ 50 years
| 60 years
1 70 years
80 years
| 90 years
Accidental
3
2
5
:
: :
1
..
1
..
1
.
. .
.
A næmia .
1
1
4
3
1
..
1
2
·
1
1
..
.
1
Appendicitis.
2
2
4
8
1
2
1
.
.
.
. .
. .
Arterio Sclerosis ..
...
....
.....
.
2
2
4
.
·
.
..
..
.
Bronchitis ..
1
1
2
1
.
.
2
1
2
1
1
. .
. .
.
. .
Cancer !.
10
17
1
1
.. 2
3
2
3
3
1
.
.
. .
1
4
2
1
·
.
..
1
1 2
. .
..
. .
..
.
. .
.
6
8
15 5
3
2
2
*2
. .
·
. .
Convulsions.
4
1
2
..
.
. .
·
. .
Dentition ..
1
·
5
..
.
.
..
..
..
.
.
. .
Diphtheria .
2
2
4 2
..
. 1
·
·
.
..
.
.
Dropsy .
2
2
1
.
..
. .
..
..
.
. .
..
1
1
1
1
.
.
·
..
·
..
Gastritis .
3
· 3
3
..
4
8
1
5
1
.
.
. . 2
.
·
.
..
.
. 4
Hemorrhage
. . .
Hip joint disease .
. .
Inanition ...
2
1
3
..
1
2
.
·
. .
.
1
.
..
1
·
.
1
.
1
Alcoholism
1
.
.
.
...
..
. .
. .
1
1
.
. .
.
.
..
1
.
.
Apoplexy, .
1
1
1
. .
. .
·
.
..
.
. .
.
Bronchial pneumonia
4
4
S
1
1
. .
9
.
..
.
1
. .
.
..
. .
.
Congenital debility.
1
1
Cystitis .
2
..
1
..
.
..
.
..
..
·
1
Diabetes .
3
Dilated Stomach.
. 1
Disease of brain.
2
Dysentery .
2
3
1 .
.
.
..
..
..
.
..
.
. .
Gangrene
Heart disease Heart failure
4
6
1
1
. .
·
..
.
. .
1
1
. .
.
Indigestion
.
1
.
Adynemia .
1
: :
1
.
.
.
.
. 1
.
-
·
2
1
1
.
..
Asthma .
. . 2
. 1
1
1
1
1
.
. .
.
..
Carbuncle
....
. .
.
.
.
.
.
..
..
1
1
1
2
..
1
. .
. .
..
.
. .
·
..
..
·
3
..
. .
..
..
. .
. .
..
Dystocia Placenta Privire .... Entero Colitis
3
.
. .
1
1
1
2
. .
..
1
2
1
1
1
. .
.
.
1
·
1
1
·
.
1
.
. · 1
. .
.
. .
.
1
..
Cholera infantum ..
6
3
Cirrhosis of liver .
1
..
1
1
4
Consumption (phthisis). ..
·
1
1
2
1
2
2
.. .
.. .
.
.
.
1
...
. ....
. .
.
1
1
Bright's disease
....
... .
1
1
..
.
Angina Pectoris.
Aortic regurgitation
1 1
Abscess .
| September
2
.
2
. 1
·
·
· ·
1
.
.
1
..
1
.
2
1
. .
1
1
Total
244
Intestinal occlusion La grippe . Laryngismus stridulus .. Leukæmia Mal-nutrition
.
.. 2
1
3
..
..
..
.
.
.
. .
1
. .
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
. .
..
..
..
. .
.
2 1
.
.
..
..
1
1
.
3
. .
. .
..
..
..
]
2
.
1
1
. .
.
. 1
..
1
. .
Necrosis of coccyx. ...
1
..
·
. .
.
..
..
..
..
·
1
.
·
3
. .
3
1
2
2
:
Paralysis ..
8
4
12
..
..
·
Paraplegia .
......
....
.....
1
5 1
..
..
..
·
1
:
. .
. .
.
..
:
. .
.
... ..
. . .
Pneumonia .
. 6 1
Prematurity
2 . 1 1 ..
1
1
.
..
.
..
..
·
·
.
.
I
1
.
..
·
·
.
.
.
1
1
2 1
.
.
..
. .
.
..
1 4
1
Stillborn
3
..
. .
. .
..
1
.
..
..
. .
. .
..
·
..
..
Tubercular laryngitis.
3
3
.
..
..
1
.
Tuberculosis .
3
.. 3
6
.
..
..
·
1 1
1 1
1
1
· 1
1
..
Typhoid fever ..
.. · 1
Uremia ....
..
Uterine fibroma
. .
. .
..
..
.
.
..
..
.
. .
Unknown .
1 1
.
.
. .
..
..
. .
1
. .
. .
.
162
143
305
23
30
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS.
To the Joint Standing Committee on Highways, City of Newburyport:
GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to submit, herewith, my annual report for the fiscal year ending December 6, 1902.
In consequence of the very limited means at the dis- posal of the highway department, the almost entire absence of materials to work with, and the general demand for improvements from one end of the city to the other, it has been impossible to accomplish any one piece of work, but, in an endeavor to satisfy everyone, different jobs have been started, to be completed in the future. Consequently any report of it must be very general and rambling.
CONSTRUCTION.
To take the work that might be called construction in the order in which it was done, I would mention the following :
Parker street, from the railroad crossing to beyond the brick-yards. This was a very bad piece of clay
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road, and in the spring or very wet weather almost literally impassable. By using refuse brick material at hand and corduroying part of it, this stretch has been greatly improved, at a cost of only seventy-four dollars, ninety-five cents ($74.95). This stretch should be re- surfaced and the work carried further in the spring.
Curson's Mill road. The work of surfacing this road with broken stone, which was begun by my predecessor, was taken up this year and another stretch of about six hundred feet finished, at a cost of two hundred thirty- eight dollars, eighteen cents (238.18). This being one of the favorite pleasure drives of the city, and its sur- roundings being such, I hope to see the work of surfacing soon completed and a connection made with the state highway on Storey avenue.
Merrimac street at Break-o'-Day hill. A good start has been made here also. It was a very unsightly and dangerous street and a very expensive hill to maintain. It has been widened and straightened, and a beginning has been made in the work of setting edgestones and building the sidewalk on the northeast side. A gutter, needed to take care of the heavy flow of water from the large watershed above, has been constructed where edgestone was set. I sincerely hope that this work may also be allowed to go on to completion.
Monroe street. The work on Monroe street was begun this year, the block between Kent and Warren streets having been regraded and heavily macadamized. This was the only stretch on that street which was at all difficult to grade, but the faulty construction of a "cross-
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